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K-12 Education: 2017 FloridaLegislative Session Outlook &
Key Issues
February 17, 2017
11:00am - 12:00pm EST
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Welcome & Introduction
Mary Chance, President
Consortium of Florida Education Foundations
Mission: The CFEF advances student achievement in
Florida through member local education foundations by
increasing their capacity and resources in partnership
with key stakeholders.
http://educationfoundationsfl.org/
Welcome from our Host
Bill Hoffman, Education Consultant
Florida Philanthropic Network
http://www.fpnetwork.org/
Mission:
Foster cooperation and collaboration among
business, government and nonprofit organizations.
Advance sound public policy that includes nonprofit
sector perspectives.
Promote and develop philanthropy in Florida.
Platform Priorities
Legislative Leaders
Education Funding
Hot Topics and Q & A
Format
A little about you
Work in K-12 Education
Work in Higher Education
Work in Independent Sector (Non-Profit or
Philanthropy)
Work for State Government
Concerned Citizen
K-12
Policy &
Funding
Priorities
Florida
Legislature
Governor’s
Office
FL Dept. of
Education/
State Board
Business
Community
Students
Philanthropy &
Foundations
Parents
School District Leaders
Teachers
Constituencies & our Schools
National/International Entities
(Data & Resources)
Top Legislative Priorities of Key Groups
Allyce Heflin
Southern Strategy Group
Eric Prutsman
CFEF Government Representative
Top Education Priorities
Governor Rick Scott Funding for enrollment growth
Increase in school safety initiatives
Increase in Sparsity Supplement (assistance to rural districts)
Digital classrooms
Florida Retirement System increases
Transportation increases
Increase in ESE allocation
Elimination of initial teacher certification and renewal fees
Teacher recruitment and retention
Teacher professional development initiatives
Student Articulation and Access
Provide all K-12 and postsecondary students with more options to learn and achieve in areas needed for higher education and workforce success
Increased Student Achievement
To create the conditions in every school district where all students have the opportunity for the education that assists them in reaching their highest individual achievement and address specific gaps where those conditions are not presents
Education Service Efficiency
To ensure the state’s return on investment by providing more quality efficient services and protections
High Quality Education Institutions
To provide protection for students enrolled in private postsecondary institutions by requiring institutions to implement procedures to safeguard their ability to maintain operations and ensure licensure of high quality institutions
Restore authority for school districts to levy, by simple majority vote, up to 2.0 mills for capital purposes, and maintain the current authority of school districts to determine the use of local capital outlay millage revenue
Provide sufficient per student funding to place Florida in the upper quartile nationally, increase the Base Student Allocation by at least five percent annually, and ensure that funding for each categorical allocation within the FEFP is sufficient to cover actual costs, growth, and inflation, and is not reduced by either enrollment or revenue changes during the fiscal year
Revise Florida statutes and related State Board of Education Rules regarding 3rd Grade promotion and retention to:
Prove clearly defined alternative pathways for student promotion and retention with a more balanced approach that considers both assessment results and local evidence of student performance
Ensure that the final decision on student promotion or retention is made at the local level
Ensure that student promotion or retention is not dependent upon, or denied
by, a single assessment result
Ensuring Equity – All children deserve to develop to their full
potential, irrespective of their race, gender, culture, linguistic
background, ability, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic
status, or nation of origin.
Promoting Excellence – No matter where they attended school, all
students must be provided a safe, healthy, and accepting learning
environment and a rigorous, high-quality, and personalized academic
program.
Supporting Educators – As the most significant in-school factors for
student achievement, teachers and school leaders deserve the
support and resources to maximize student learning outcomes and
prepare our young people for the future.
High-stakes testing – Florida PTA opposes the use of national, mandated, standardized test as the sole criterion for measuring a school or student progress.
Physical Education/Reducing Childhood Obesity – Florida PTA urges the legislature to support daily physical education programs taught by certified PE teachers as an integral part of every child’s education and to support efforts to improve the nutritional value of foods and beverage served and sold in schools throughout the state.
School Choice – PTA supports public school choice and the creation of public charter schools based on a set of principles that are designed to keep the integrity of public schools intact.
Voucher Expansion – Florida PTA urges the Legislature to impose strict eligibility requirements on private institutions and non-public K-12 schools receiving public dollars through any state funded voucher, grant, or scholarship programs, and at a minimum, require them to meet the same accountability standards at their cost as public schools, including, but not limited to, school-wide participation in any statewide mandated assessment program, and school performance grade category designated and improvement rating.
Early Childhood Education – Florida PTA urges the legislature to support and fully fund high-quality child care and preschool programs that are affordable and accessible, coordinated at all levels, and characterized by high standards for teaching, training, health, and safety.
Juvenile Justice – PTA encourages collaboration between law enforcement, the judicial system, and child welfare agencies; promotes alternative dispute resolution techniques that provide a range of possible sanctions; urges the prevention of the incarceration of youth in adult facilities; and supports assisting youth leaving the juvenile justice system with programs that prevent recidivism.
Sexual Violence and Harassment – PTA urges and supports the strengthening of Title IX and all other laws that identify, address the effects of, and prohibit sexual harassment and sexual violence impacting students, and compliance by recipients of federal funds with the provisions of Title IX.
Child Trafficking – PTA supports the adoption and enforcement of laws that will deter the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt pf children for the purpose of exploitation.
Bullying – PTA supports policies and programs that address the prevention, intervention, and elimination of bullying.
Closing Florida’s Talent Gap by Improving
Educational Opportunities
Preparing Florida’s workforce and addressing the skills gap
Investing in digital and virtual education technology
Adequately preparing Florida’s youngest learners
Supporting STEM initiatives
Championing school choice and competition
Continuing to improve Florida’s K-12 system
Empowering Florida’s best teachers
Class Size Reform
Achieve the class size reduction mandate on a "school level class size
average" basis for grades 4-12 .
Reinvest the savings into measures demonstrated to improve teacher
quality and to improve student achievement.
Standards and Accountability
Hold Florida students to higher standards to successfully compete in the
global marketplace.
Make sure every student who takes the new test receives an accurate and
valid test score.
School Choice
Early Learning - AIF SUPPORTS a uniform system of regulation for health and safety standards for all early learning providers accepting taxpayer dollars.
Access to Technology and Innovative Learning - AIF SUPPORTS removing all barriers for accessing all forms of innovative technology-driven education.
Choices that Work for Individual Students - AIF SUPPORTS educational choice.
Competition that Drives Improved Performance
Talent Pipeline and Economic Development
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical (STEMM)
Accountability
Give families public school choice, so they are best positioned to make decisions for their children
Support school districts implementing competency-based and personalized-learning education systems
Allow more students to access the opportunities through Gardiner Scholarships and the John M. McKay Scholarships for Student with Disabilities
Increase support, accountability, and student access to high quality charter schools
Improve access to services and fair treatment for home education students
Support and reward teachers, providing them with the liability protection they deserve
Fund student-centered priorities and policies that work through the 2016-17 K-12 education budget
Through FPN’s Education Funders Affinity Group:
Higher standards for education, as exemplified by the Florida
Standards, as measured by the high quality, aligned Florida Student
Assessment
State-wide goal of 60% of working-age Floridians having post-
secondary degree or certification by 2025
Research in support of merit and need based financial aid, including
the effects of recent changes to Florida Bright Futures
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Education Committee
PreK-12 Innovation
Subcommittee
PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee
Legislative Structure
Senate
Appropriations
Appropriations Subcommittee on
PreK-12 Education
Education
Overall Leadership
House of Representatives Speaker of the House
Representative Richard Corcoran (R-37)
(Part of Pasco County)
Speaker Pro Tempore 2014-2016
Representative Jeanette Nuñez (R-119)
(Part of Miami-Dade)
Overall Leadership
Florida Senate President of the Senate
Senator Joe Negron (R-25)
(Martin, St. Lucie, and parts of Palm Beach County)
President Pro Tempore
Senator Anitere Flores (R-39)
(Monroe County and parts of Miami-Dade County)
Education Committees
Chair: Michael Bileca
Vice Chair: Robert “Bob” Cortes
Members:
Larry Ahern Bruce Antone
Robert Ascenio Kamia L. Brown
Manny Diaz, Jr. Byron Donalds
Shevrin “Shev” Jones Chris Latvala
Larry Lee, Jr. Rene “Coach P” Plasencia
Mel Ponder Elizabeth W. Porter
Jake Raburn Barrington A. “Barry” Russell
Charlie Stone Jennifer Mae Sullivan
Chair: Dorothy L. Hukill
Vice Chair: Debbie Mayfield
Members:
Gary Farmer, Jr.
Bill Galvano
Tom Lee
David Simmons
Wilton Simpson
Linda Stewart
Perry E. Thurston
Senate House of Representatives
PreK-12 Appropriations
Subcommittees
Chair: David Simmons
Vice Chair: Dana D. Young
Members:
Doug Broxson
Gary M. Farmer, Jr.
Denise Grimsley
Tom Lee
Bill Montford
Darryl Ervin Rouson
Chair: Manny Diaz, Jr.
Vice Chair: Jake Raburn
Members:
Bruce Antone Kamia L. Brown
Byron Donalds Randy Fine
Jason Fischer Roy Hardemon
Chris Latvala Larry Lee, Jr.
Ralph E. Massullo, MD Stan McClain
Wengay M. Newton, Sr. Jennifer Mae Sullivan
Paul Renner
Senate House of Representatives
Legislative Leader Perspective
Representative Robert “Bob” Cortes District 30
Education Committee, Vice Chair
PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee
Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee
Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
Ways & Means Committee
Projected Florida 2017-18 Budget
$83.5 billion
Total Florida 2017-18 Budget
FY 2016-17 Appropriations
Education, $21,779.0, 27%
Trans & Ec. Dev., $12,561.6, 15%
Justice, $4,974.6, 6%
Ag. & Natural Resources, $3,927.9, 5%
Approp. Committee, $2,826.3, 3%
Gov. Ops, $1,965.5, 2%
Health Care, $34,313.9, 42%
Fiscal Year 2016-17 - CR HB 5001General Appropriations Act - $82.3 Billion
(In Millions of Dollars)
State Education Appropriations by
Program, FY 2016-17 - $23.8 Billion
Blind Services, 0.2%
Early Learning Services, 4.4%
Fixed Capital Outlay, 8.5%
Florida Colleges, 5.2%
Student Financial Assistance, 1.7%
Private Colleges and Universities, 0.7%
Public Schools, 57.4%
State Board of Education, 1.0%
State Universities, 19.9%
Vocational Rehabilitation, 0.9%
Total Education Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2016-17
PreK-12 Education 5-Year
Funding History
$0
$2,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000
$6,000,000,000
$8,000,000,000
$10,000,000,000
$12,000,000,000
$14,000,000,000
$16,000,000,000
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
State BOE
Ed Media/Tech
Fed K-12 Prog
State NonFEFP
State FEFP
Early Learning Svc
PreK Ed
Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP)
Legislature established the Florida Education Finance Program in 1973 to comply with the constitutional requirement for uniform system.
The funding formula used to calculate operating revenue allocations for 67 school districts including charter schools, 1 special district, 6 lab schools, & Florida Virtual School.
The purpose is to provide each student in the Florida public educational system the availability of programs and services appropriate to his or her educational needs.
These services should be substantially equal to those available to any similar student notwithstanding geographic differences and varying local economic factors.
Florida Education Finance Program
Funding
$3,690$3,269 $3,077 $3,371 $3,266 $3,534
$3,873 $3,881 $3,931 $4,028
$3,436$3,577
$3,424$3,196
$2,952$2,843
$2,897 $3,010 $3,156 $3,156
$346 $330
$0
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Public Schools Funds (FEFP) per FTE
Fed Stimulus
Local Funds
State Funds
What Do You Think?
Best and Brightest Reform
Bright Futures Reform
More funding for Higher Education
More funding for K-12 Education
Testing Reform
Legislative Priorities
Best and Brightest Reform
Testing Reform
Questions & Answers
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Staying Informed with Free Resources
During Session & Beyond
Easy links for contact information for legislators, following committee
agendas, archived audio, following legislation and publications.
www.myflorida.com
www.floridasenate.gov (also use bill tracker)
www.myfloridahouse.gov (also use bill tracker)
www.thefloridachannel.org – Watch committees, live & recorded
Staying Informed with Free Resources
During Session & Beyond
Staying Informed with Free Resources
During Session & Beyond
http://educationfoundationsfl.org/info-resources-hub
Join Us at the CFEF Legislative Reception
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Florida Historical Capitol Museum
400 S. Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL
For more information or to RSVP,
please email patricefletcher@cfef.net
Sponsored by:
Mary Chance, President
Consortium of Florida Education
FoundationsOffice: 352-338-0250 | Cell: 352-316-6574
marychance@cfef.net
www.educationfoundationsfl.org
Bill Hoffman, Education Consultant
Florida Philanthropic NetworkOffice: (813) 956-6453
bill@billhoffmanandassociates.com
www.fpnetwork.org/