In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, policy advisors Kimberly Case, Tori Deal, Jon Steverson and Beth Vecchioli join together to discuss the 2024 regular legislative session in Florida.
Last Thursday and Friday were the state Think Tank legislative meetings which preface the in-person business meetings and convention next week. The Think Tanks were held by Zoom again this year, During the Resort and Second-Home Specialist Breakout Group meeting, where I am a panelist, Denis Ha...
Accordingly, the 2023 legislative session focused on addressing some of those glitches and making further clarifications as the legislature saw fit. The following is a summary of how each of the 3 above-referenced have now been updated: Milestone Inspections Milestone inspections are required for most...
Florida Wraps Up Legislative SessionReports on the final stages of the legislative body's session in Florida highlighted by deliberations on the state budget.Sigo, ShellyBond Buyer
His letter,provided first to Playbook, says he’ll resignMarch 31— one day before the special election — which means he’ll be in Tallahassee for the start of the legislative session. Fine said in his letterthat he was drawn to politics to help shape education policy but that he was wo...
Two other bills linked to the deregulation effort also passed with unanimous support in the Senate Wednesday, a day after the start of the 2024 legislative session. One of the measures (SB 7000) would make changes that, in part, would give districts flexibility in setting teacher salaries. ...
Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference at the close of Florida’s 2023 legislative session. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP At the time, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a 2022 educational law that prohibited LGBTQ+ curriculum to include a ban on teachers and students using ...
Republican legislative leaders particularly House Speaker Richard Corcoran won a major battle with the passage of HB 7069 in the legislative session’s dying moments on Monday May 8. Today educators and parents across the state urged that the Governor veto the legislation. Normally, there would be...
The bill will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 14- and 15-year-olds. It was slightly watered down from a proposal DeSantisvetoed earlier this month, a week before the annual legislative session ended. ...
The bill emerged as one of the most controversial education bills of the 2024 legislative session. Under the bill, teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities would be barred from teaching "identity politics" or include lessons that are "based on theories that systemic ra...