Florida School Boards Association – 2008 Legislative Platform Proposals

Each year the Florida School Boards’ Association (FSBA) requests input from school boards throughout the state regarding possible legislative priorities for inclusion into the FSBA Legislative Platform. Based on positions taken by the Board, priorities are developed for approval. The Board may endorse, change, or delete these recommendations.

• Continue to provide funding for the Merit Award Program.
• Authorize school boards to designate certain Career and Technical Centers in their districts to be classified as “Technical Colleges”.
• Provide additional funding to school districts from sources other than the education budget to pay for the capital outlay cost of emergency and disaster sheltering in new schools or for retrofitting existing facilities.
• Restore the option for students to earn one credit in either Practical Arts, Fine Arts or a half-credit combination of both to the graduation requirements for a Traditional 24-Credit Program.
• Modify Florida statute related to the Florida School of Excellence (FSE) alternate charter school authorizers to clarify that school districts have no financial or oversight responsibility to the schools authorized by the FSE.

All District Goals and Critical Success Factors.

There is no financial impact to the District.