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2019 Policy and Budget Update
Florida School Finance Officers AssociationJune 20, 2019
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Florida's Education Performance• Florida is #4 in the nation in K-12 student achievement according
to Quality Counts.
• Florida is #1 in Advanced Placement participation and #3 in performance according to the Education Week.
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NAEP Reading, Grades 4 and 8, 2003-2017Percent At or Above Basic
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NAEP Mathematics, Grades 4 and 8, 2003-2017Percent At or Above Basic
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2019 Legislative Summary
2019 Statistics 2018 Statistics
• Total Bills Filed – 3,492• Total Bills Passed - 197• Total Bills Passed
Impacting Educationand the Agency - 30
• Total Bills Filed – 3,250• Total Bills Passed - 200• Total Bills Passed
Impacting Educationand the Agency - 22
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2018-19Appropriation
2019-20Appropriation
Increase/(Decrease)
Total Operating Budget 17,745,938,496$ 18,115,909,584$ 369,971,088$ Total Fixed Capital Outlay 1,886,816,125$ 1,631,446,297$ (255,369,828)$ Grand Total 19,632,754,621$ 19,747,355,881$ 114,601,260$
Total 2019-20 Education BudgetBefore Vetoes
(Excluding Local Funds)
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K-12 Public Schools2018-19 Florida Education Finance Program
(FEFP)
2018-19FEFP FourthCalculation
2019-20Appropriation Increase
%Increase
Unweighted FTE (UFTE) Students 2,835,437.95 2,847,819.21 12,381.26 0.44%
State and Local Funds 21,065,653,504$ 21,848,530,267$ 782,876,763$ 3.72%
Funds Per UFTE Student 7,429.42$ 7,672.02$ 242.60$ 3.27%
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2007-08 Funding Level
Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) – Total Funding
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• Per student funding of $7,672.02, an increase of $242.60 per FTE.
• $75 increase in the Base Student Allocation.
• $782.9 million increase in total FEFP funds.
• Reduce Required Local Effort millage rate by 0.148 mills from 4.075 to 3.927 to provide property tax relief of $272.3 million.
• $284.5 million for the Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal Allocation.
• $45.5 million for the Turnaround Supplemental Services Allocation.
• $18.0 million increase over the 2018-19 Safe Schools allocation, for a total of $180.0 million.
K-12 Public Schools2019-20 Highlights for
Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP)
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K-12 Program - FEFP 11,927,286,014$ 12,450,345,660$ 523,059,646$ K-12 Program - Non-FEFP 734,644,868$ 444,237,489$ (290,407,379)$ K-12 Program - Federal Grants 1,814,629,022$ 1,814,629,022$ - Educational Media & Technology Services 10,090,677$ 9,938,677$ (152,000)$ Total 14,486,650,581 14,719,150,848$ 232,500,267$
K-12 Public Schools2019-20 Overview
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Career and Adult Education - Total funds of $508 million
• $370 million in Workforce Development funds.
• $72.7 million in federal budget authority for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
• $45.4 million for Adult Basic Education federal flow-through funds.
• $6.5 million in Performance Based Incentives.
Career and Adult Education2019-20 Overview
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Florida College System - Total funds of $1.26 billion
• $30 million for Student Success Incentive Funds.
• $13.2 million for projects and operational support.
• $14 million Performance-Based Incentive funds for Industry Certifications.
Florida College System2019-20 Overview
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• Student Financial Assistance for all Postsecondary Entities – Total Funds of $1.1 billion includes:
• $75.4 million additional funds for Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program, for a total of $595.1 million.
• $1.4 million additional funds for need-based aid, for a total of $280.4 million.
• $19.6 million increase in the Gardiner Scholarship Program, for a total of $147.9 million to address the nearly 1,900 students with special needs who are on the wait list.
Other Education2019-20 Overview
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• Vocational Rehabilitation – Total Funds of $236.4 million• To provide employment opportunities to an estimated
70,000 Floridians in 96 field locations.• $7.3 million for the Adults with Disabilities Program.
• Blind Services – Total Funds of $56.6 million• To provide education, training and employment
opportunities to 12,000 Floridians in 10 district offices.• $6.7 million to provide employment opportunities for
blind vendors in food service operations.
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Fixed Capital Outlay - $1.63 billion
• $158.2 million for maintenance, repair, renovation and remodeling projects at charter schools.
• $2.8 million for Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
• $50 million for School Safety Grant Program.
• $32.3 million for Special Facility Construction Account projects.• $1 million for Hernando Schools Vocational Program.
• $11.3 million for Florida College System projects.
• $1.11 billion for Debt Service.
Fixed Capital Outlay2019-20 Overview
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2018-19Appropriation
2019-20Appropriation
Increase/(Decrease)
K-12 14,486,650,581$ 14,719,150,848$ 232,500,267$ Career & Adult Education 483,137,484$ 508,343,989$ 25,206,505$ Florida Colleges 1,228,541,003$ 1,255,757,765$ 27,216,762$ Private Colleges & Universities 169,095,325$ 148,117,367$ (20,977,958)$ Student Financial Aid 841,225,298$ 922,002,423$ 80,777,125$ State Board of Education 254,969,219$ 269,514,971$ 14,545,752$ Vocational Rehabilitation 224,118,252$ 236,385,568$ 12,267,316$ Blind Services 58,201,334$ 56,636,653$ (1,564,681)$ Total Operating 17,745,938,496$ 18,115,909,584$ 369,971,088$ Fixed Capital Outlay 1,886,816,125$ 1,631,446,297$ (255,369,828)$ Total Operating and Fixed Capital Outlay 19,632,754,621$ 19,747,355,881$ 114,601,260$
2019-20 Education Operating andFixed Capital Outlay Summary
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Major Bills Passed• SB 2500 – General Appropriations Act (not signed as of June 13, 2019)
• SB 2502 – Implementing Bill (not signed as of June 13, 2019)
• HB 5 – Ballot Measures
• HB 807 – Civics Education (not signed as of June 13, 2019)
• HB 7071 – Workforce Education (not signed as of June 13, 2019)
• HB 7099 – Child Welfare (not signed as of June 13, 2019)
• HB 7123 – Taxation
• SB 1418 – Mental Health (not signed as of June 13, 2019)
• SB 7014 – Government Accountability
• SB 7030 – School Safety (including Mental Health)
• SB 7070 – K-12 Education
• SB 7098 – Death Benefits
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• Implements the 2019-2020 General Appropriations Act, SB 2500, and makes the following substantive modifications for the 2019-2020 fiscal year:
• Provides legislative intent that the implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2019-2020.
• Incorporates the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) work papers by reference for the purpose of displaying the calculations used by the Legislature.
• Provides that funds provided for instructional materials shall be released and expended as required in the proviso language attached to Specific Appropriation 93.
• Establish the State Board of Education as the board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
• Require the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to develop a methodology for calculating each district’s wage level index and provide a transition plan by October 1, 2019, to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor that minimizes any negative impacts for using the wage index in lieu of the Florida Price Level Index beginning with the 2020-21 fiscal year.
• SB 2502 – Appropriations Implementing Bill Education
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• Turnaround School Supplemental Services Allocation• Created within the FEFP to provide schools that are a district-
managed turnaround school, as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(a), F.S., schools that earn 3 consecutive grades below a “C,” as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(b)3., F.S., and schools that have improved to a “C” and are no longer in turnaround status, as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(c), F.S., with funds to offer services designed to improve the overall academic and community welfare of the schools’ students and their families.
• Preliminary allocation will be provided once school grades are finalized and released.
• SB 7070 – K-12 Education
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• Persistently Low-Performing Schools• Defines “Florida Opportunity Zone” as a population census tract that has been
designated by the United States Department of the Treasury as a Qualified Opportunity Zone.
• Revises the definition of a “persistently low-performing school” (PLP) to include schools that have earned 3 grades lower than a “C” in at least 3 of the last 5 years, unless the school has earned a grade of “A” or “B” in either of the 2 most recent years.
• Allows a Hope Operator to establish and operate a School of Hope charter school in a PLP zone or a Florida Opportunity Zone.
• Clarifies and expands the uses of Schools of Hope grant funds.• Clarifies that grant funds can be used until the school reaches full
enrollment.• Allows funds to be used for initial leasing costs of a school facility.• Clarifies that if a School of Hope closes, all property purchased with public
funds reverts to the ownership of the school district.• Eliminates Schools of Hope funding for traditional public schools with a
turnaround plan.
• SB 7070 – K-12 Education
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• Family Empowerment Scholarship• By July 15, 2019, and April 1 of each school year thereafter:
• School districts must inform all households within the district that receive free or reduced-priced meals under the National School Lunch Act of their eligibility to apply to the department for an FES.
• Require school districts to notify participating students and their parents about locations and times to take statewide assessments.
• Scholarship amounts are based on the 95 percent of the FEFP funding generated for a student in the basic program plus a per-FTE share of all categorical funds, except for the Exception Student Education categorical.
• Eligibility – Do not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty level. Students must be in kindergarten or enrolled in public school in the prior school year.
• SB 7070 – K-12 Education
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Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal Program• Now part of the FEFP, with $100,000 to each district and the remaining balance
allocated based on each district’s share of FEFP base funding.• One-time recruitment award of up to $4,000 for a newly hired classroom teacher
who is a content expert, based on criteria established by the department, in mathematics, science, computer science, reading or civics.
• Retention award for a classroom teacher who was rated as highly effective ($2,500) or effective ($1,000) the preceding year pursuant to s. 1012.34, F.S., and teaches in a school for 2 consecutive school years, including the current year, which has improved an average of 3 percentage points or more in the percentage of total possible points achieved for determining school grades over the prior 3 years.
• School principal of $5,000 award if he or she has served as school principal at his or her school for at least 4 consecutive school years, including the current school year, and the school has improved an average of 3 percentage points or more in the percentage of total possible points achieved for determining school grades over the prior 3 years.
• Recognition award, provided from funds remaining after payment of recruitment, retention, and principal awards, for instructional personnel who were rated as highly effective or effective and selected by his or her school principal, based on performance criteria and policies adopted by the district school board or charter school governing board.
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• Facilities• Deletes the plant survey requirement for projects funded with 1.5 mill capital outlay
funds. • With the exception of educational facilities and sites subject to a lease-purchase
agreement entered pursuant to s. 1011.71(2)(e), F.S., a district may not use funds from any sources for new construction that exceeds statutory limits.
• Removes legal and administrative costs and site improvement costs from the calculation of cost per student station.
• Removes sanctions for exceeding the cost per student station maximums.• Requires the department to work with the Office of Economic and Demographic
Research (EDR) to review and revise, by January 1, 2020, the cost per student station limits to reflect actual construction costs.
• Requires the department to work with EDR to select an industry-recognized construction index to replace the Consumer Price Index by January 1, 2020, adjusted annually to reflect changes in the construction index.
• Removes the requirement for a cost benefit analysis prior to school board vote on a resolution to implement one or more of the exceptions to State Requirements for Educational Facilities; the vote is revised from supermajority to majority.
• SB 7070 – K-12 Education
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• Special Facility Construction Account• Authorizes a school district that sustained hurricane damage in the 2018-19
school year to request funding from the Special Facility Construction Account in the 2019-20 school year for a new project before the completion of the district’s participation requirement for an outstanding requirement.
• Authorizes Special Facility Construction Account construction projects to exceed, if approved by the Special Facility Construction Committee, the statutory cost per student station limit for:
• Legal and administrative fees;• Site improvements or related offsite improvements;• Complying with public shelter and hurricane hardening requirements;• Overruns created by a disaster;• Security enhancements approved by the school safety specialist; and • Unforeseeable circumstances.
• Phase I Plans instead of Phase III Plans
• SB 7070 – K-12 Education
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• School Safety• Establishes campus hardening workgroup.• Expands school safety specialists to include law enforcement officers.
employed by the sheriff’s office.• Expands options and eligibility for Guardians.• Requires improved SESIR reporting.• Requires promotion of FortifyFL.• Expedites services for certain students. • Requires active assailant response policies.• Standardizes behavioral threat assessment instrument.• Establishes threat assessment database workgroup.• Allows more flexibility to transfer funds to safety needs.
• SB 7030 – Safe Schools
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FortifyFL• 6,926 Public and Private Schools
• 226 Law Enforcement Agencies• 1,012 Tips Reported as of June 13, 2019
• Vendor has a Spanish translation version in development, as well as improvements to the app’s functionality and administrative functions
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• Mental Health Assistance Allocation• Extends the allowable expenditures to include training for
educators and other school staff in detecting and responding to mental health issues; and connect children, youth and families who may experience behavioral health issues with appropriate services.
• Removes the requirement that 90% of a district’s allocation must be spent on direct mental health services or the coordination of services.
• Requires the district plan to include all of the district schools, including charter schools, unless a charter school elects to submit a plan independently from the school district.
• Specifies that charter schools that submit a plan are entitled to a proportionate share of district’s Mental Health Allocation.
• SB 7030 – Safe Schools
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• Mental Health Assistance Allocation Plan• Employment of school-based mental health services providers to
expand and enhance school-based student services and to reduce staffing ratios.
• School-based mental health services providers include, but are not limited to, certified school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, and other licensed mental health professionals.
• Strategies to increase the amount of time that school-based student services personnel spend providing direct services to students, which may include the review and revision of district staffing resource allocations based on school or student mental health assistance needs.
• Contracts or interagency agreements with local community behavioral health providers or providers of Community Action Team services to provide behavioral services at district schools.
• Services may include, but are not limited to, mental health screenings and assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group counseling, psychiatric or psychological services, trauma informed care, mobile crisis services, and behavior modification.
• Behavioral health services may be provided on or off the school campus and may be supplemented by telehealth.
• SB 7030 – Safe Schools
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• Mental Health Assistance Allocation Report• Amends the district annual September 30th program outcomes and
expenditures report to include, at a minimum, the number of each of the following:
• Students who receive screenings or assessments;• Students who are referred to either school-based or community-based
providers for services or assistance;• Students who receive either school-based or community based
interventions, services or assistance;• School-based and community-based mental health providers,
including licensure type, paid for from funds provided through the allocation; and
• Contract-based collaborative efforts or partnerships with community mental health programs, agencies or providers.
• SB 7030 – Safe Schools
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• Requires the department to publish an annual report on apprenticeship andpreapprenticeship programs on its website by September 1 of each year, to include:
• A list of registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs, sorted by localeducational agency and apprenticeship sponsor.
• A detailed summary of each local educational agency’s expenditure of funds for apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs including:• Total amount of funds received for apprenticeship and preapprenticeship
programs.• Total amount of funds allocated to each trade or occupation.• Total amount of funds expended for administrative costs per trade or
occupation.• Total amount of funds expended for instructional costs per trade and
occupation.• Number of apprentices and preapprentices per trade and occupation. • Percentage of apprentices and preapprentices who complete their respective
programs in the appropriate timeframe. • Information and resources related to the applications for new apprenticeship
programs and technical assistance and requirements for potential applicants.
• HB 7071 – Workforce Education
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• Financial Literacy• Requires districts, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, to offer a
financial literacy course consisting of at least one half-credit as an elective.
• Middle Grades Promotion• Requires a middle school student to successfully complete one course in
career and education planning.
• HB 7071 – Workforce Education
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• High School Graduation• Allow a student to earn two mathematics credits by taking Algebra I in two full-
year courses.• Allow a student to substitute a credit in computer science, if identified as
equivalent in rigor by the commissioner for:• One mathematics requirement except for Algebra I and Geometry.• One science credit, except for Biology I.• A computer science credit may only be used to substitute one course (either
mathematics or science).
• HB 7071 – Workforce Education
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• New CTE Graduation Pathway Option• Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a student is eligible to complete a
Career and Technical Education alternative pathway to earn a standard highschool diploma through this new option by earning at least 18 credits.
• Digital tool certification increased from 15 to 30.
• Student Advising• Requires in-person academic advising of students deemed to be potential
dropouts or whose GPA average drops below 2.0, about career education programs.
• HB 7071 – Workforce Education
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• School Transportation• Allows school districts to use a passenger car or multipurpose passenger
vehicle or truck, as defined in 49 C.F.R. part 571, designed to transport fewerthan 10 students, when transportation is for trips to and from school sites toallow students to participate in a career education program that is not offeredat the high school in which such students are enrolled, but is not for customarytransportation between a student’s residence and such sites.
• Workforce Education Funding and Expenditure Records• Clarifies that school districts and Florida College System institutions must
maintain adequate and accurate records, including a system to record schooldistrict workforce education funding and expenditures, to maintain theseparation of postsecondary workforce education expenditures and secondaryworkforce education expenditures.
• HB 7071 – Workforce Education
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• HB 5 – Ballot Measures• Requires a referendum to adopt or amend a local government discretionary sales
surtax, including a school board referendum to impose a School Capital Outlay Surtax,be held at a general election.
• Requires the school district to provide a copy of the final resolution or ordinance tothe Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) atleast 180 days before a discretionary sales surtax referendum is held.
• Requires OPPAGA to procure a certified public accountant to conduct a performanceaudit of the program associated with the proposed surtax within 60 days afterreceiving the final resolution or ordinance from the school district. The results mustbe made available to the public on the school district’s website at least 60 days beforethe referendum is held. If this requirement is not met, the referendum shall bevoided.
• HB 807 – Civics Education• Requires the Commissioner of Education and civics experts to review the middle
school civics education course standards, instructional materials and assessment in 2019 and provide recommendations to help Florida become number one in the nation in civics literacy.
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• HB 7123 – Taxation • Requires school districts to share tax revenues generated from school district-voted
discretionary millages with charter schools based on each school’s proportionate share of thedistrict’s total unweighted full-time equivalent student enrollment. Charters must use thesefunds in a manner consistent with the purposes of the law, and the referendum must includean explanation of the distribution methodology.
• Applies to millage levies for school operational purposes authorized by a vote of the electorson or after July 1, 2019.
• Provides a seven-day “disaster preparedness” sales tax holiday (May 31 – June 6) for thepurchase of items related to hurricane preparedness.
• Provides a five-day “back-to-school” sales tax holiday (August 2 – August 6) for clothing, schoolsupplies, and select computers and accessories.
• HB 7099 – Child Welfare• Exempts individuals classified under the Guardianship Assistance Program from the payment
of tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district that provides workforce educationprograms, Florida College System institutions or state universities.
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• SB 1418 – Mental Health• Requires the FDOE and the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention and suicide
prevention experts, to develop a list of approved suicide screening instruments to be included in the youth suicide awareness and prevention training materials for K-12 instructional personnel.
• Requires that the list of approved youth suicide awareness and prevention training materials identify standardized suicide screening instruments appropriate for use with school age populations.
• The selected suicide screening instruments must have adequate reliability and validity, and provide information on administration and use of the instrument.
• Amends the criteria for a “Suicide Prevention Certified School” to include:• At least two school-based staff members certified or competent in the use of
one of the approved suicide screening instruments.• A policy that requires the use of a suicide risk screening instrument prior to
the initiation of an involuntary examination.• Establishes reporting and posting requirements for “Suicide Prevention Certified
Schools.”• Note: DOE-approved youth suicide awareness and training materials are available at
http://sss.usf.edu/resources/topic/suicide/index.html
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• SB 7014 – Government Accountability• Adds the Governor and Commissioner of Education to the list of parties who may be
notified by the Auditor General that a district school board, charter school or chartertechnical career center has failed to comply with applicable auditing, financial reporting,bond issuance notification or bond verification provisions or failed to disclose a financialemergency or provide information required during such an emergency. Followingnotification, the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee may schedule a hearing todetermine if the entity should be subject to further state action.
• Expands the activities that are punishable as a crime to include willful failure or refusalto provide the Auditor General access to an employee, officer or agent of an entity as afirst-degree misdemeanor.
• Requires the auditor selection committee to consist of at least three members, one ofwhom must be a member of the governing body of the entity and must serve as thecommittee’s chair. An employee, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of thegoverning body may not be a member.
• Requires that school districts, Florida College System institutions, state universities andcharter schools establish internal controls designed to prevent and detect fraud, waste,and abuse.
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• SB 7098 – Death Benefits• Reenacts the requirement for the state to waive certain educational expenses for the child or
spouse of a deceased first responder incurred while obtaining a career certificate, anundergraduate education or postgraduate education. This provision applies to lawenforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, firefighters,emergency medical technicians, or paramedics who are accidentally or intentionally andunlawfully killed while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties on or after July1, 2019.
• The amount waived must be in an amount equal to the cost of tuition and matriculation andregistration fees for a total 120 credit hours.
• The benefits provided to a child continue until the child’s 25th birthday, while benefitsprovided to a spouse commence within five years after the first responder’s death and maycontinue until the 10th anniversary of that death.
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Other Bills Passed for Public Schools• HB 213 Immunization Registry (New requirements with opt out provisions)
• HB 427 Honor and Remember Flag (Schools may display new flag)
• SB 212 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Reenacts for three more years)
• SB 620 Military-friendly Initiatives (Enrollment of military children based on orders)
• SB 292 Education (Military uniform allowed at graduation)
• SB 318 Child Welfare (Child Abuse Reporter Public Record Exemption)
• SB 1306 Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission (To be commemorated in public secondary schools)
• HB 741 Anti-Semitism
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State-Administered Retirement Systems
Membership Class
Normal Cost – Pension and Investment Plan
Unfunded ActuarialLiability
Combined Contribution Rates
7/1/2018 7/1/2019 7/1/2018 7/1/2019 7/1/2018 7/1/2019
Regular Class 3.04% 3.19% 3.50% 3.56% 6.54% 6.75%
Special Risk Class 12.18% 12.53% 10.60% 11.14% 22.78% 23.67%
Special RiskAdministrative Class
3.64% 3.61% 29.62% 33.26% 33.26% 36.67%
Elected Officers ClassLeg/Gov/SAs/PDs 6.65% 6.67% 48.38% 47.64% 55.03% 54.31%
Judges 12.00% 12.30% 27.05% 27.98% 39.05% 40.28%
County Elected Officers
8.50% 8.73% 38.48% 38.37% 46.98% 47.10%
Senior Management 4.45% 4.60% 17.89% 19.09% 22.34% 23.69%
DROP 4.41% 4.68% 7.96% 8.24% 12.37% 12.92%
Proposed and Current FRS Employer Contribution Rates
• SB 7016
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• Executive Order 19-31 Legislative Tasks (January 30, 2019)• Secure $10M to seed high quality workforce apprenticeships and other industry
specific learning opportunities• Adopt a “reverse transfer” policy within universities and state colleges• Require 4-year colleges to offer associate’s degrees to students when they
complete the required 60 hours• Create “Last Mile College Completion” funding incentive• Secure $10M to establish a program for teacher professional development in
computer science• Allow computer science to count as a science credit toward high school
graduation
• Executive Order 19-32 DOE Tasks (January 31, 2019)• Make recommendations to the Governor by January 1, 2020, to:
• Eliminate Common Core from Florida’s standards• Provide a roadmap to make Florida’s standards and literacy #1• Create opportunities for public input• Improve the quality of instructional curriculum and suggest ways to
streamline testing and focus on civics literacy
• Executive Orders
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• Executive Order 19-45 DOE Tasks (February 13, 2019)• Extend guardian program applications to April 1, 2019• Audit school district diversion programs with DJJ by July 1, 2019; develop best
practices and consistent criteria for diversion programs with DJJ• Develop best practices for school hardening and harm mitigation by July 1, 2019
(workgroup now in law)• Communicate to superintendents how to implement compliance of safe-school
officers and guardians• Implementation of centralized, integrated data repository and data analytics
resources by August 1, 2019
• Executive Orders (HB 7071)
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ESSA Updates• Federal Index based on 2018-19 performance will come out around the
same time as school grades.
• ESSA Report card beta site: https://edudata.fldoe.org/ with 2017-18 performance data and 2017-18 cost data.
• Report card will go live with 2018-19 performance data this summer.
