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The 60 day
Legislative
Session ended
today, with
passage of the
budget, the only
bill that they
are required to
pass. The House
adjourned just
before 7 PM and
the Senate at
8:47 PM. We
will bring you a
final update on
bills, once all
action has been
recorded.
Budget
The total
funding for the
FEFP will be
$18.1 billion,
an increase of
$111 million
(0.62%) over the
current year.
This amount is
made up by
around $873
million in
federal stimulus
funds, which
ends this year,
nearly 9 billion
in state funds,
and more than
$8.3 billion in
local funds.
This last amount
is based on the
assumption that
all school
districts will
continue to levy
the current
millage amounts.
Per student
funding will be
around $6,843, a
minimal increase
of $1.22 (0.02%)
over current
levels. Please
note that this
token increase
does not help
close the
deficit left by
the decreases in
per student
funding over the
last 3 fiscal
years. These
roughly amount
to a little over
$33.00 in
2009-2010,
$280.00 in
2008-2009 and
$180.00 in
2007-2008 adding
up to a total of
around $492 per
student. The
funding level
proposed for
this
year--2010-2011
returns us to
the funding
level from 4
years ago - the
2006-2007 fiscal
year.
In addition
language
inserted into
the conforming
bills requires
districts to
meet class size
requirements in
October and also
exempts charter
schools from
meeting class
size
requirements.
Details will
follow in the
final update.
All budget
documents are
available at:
Race to the Top
The Governor's
Working Group on
Race to The Top
held a marathon
meeting on
Wednesday, April
28th.
The amended
document is
available at
http://www.flgov.com/racetothetop.
All pertinent
information is
listed below the
letter under
Additional
Documents.
Please click on
Participating
Memorandum of
Understanding,
per Working
Group.
Thank you for
your advocacy
and prompt
response to our
alerts during
this session.
THANK YOU
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