GOOD AFTERNOON. THE BOARD WILL PARTICIPATE IN THREE MEETINGS TODAY, STARTING WITH THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE RECAP, FOLLOWED BY A CLOSED DOOR RISK MANAGEMENT SESSION AND THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEET MEETING WHICH BEGINS AT 5 P.M. I WILL NOW CALL THE 2026
LEGISLATIVE RECAP TO ORDER AT 3 P.M. Mrs. SINCLAIR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. DISTRICT 1: MATTHEW LANE. >> HERE DISTRICT 2; VIRGINIA SAVIETTO. >> HERE DISTRICT 3: CHAIR KAREN BRILL. >> HERE DISTRICT 4 ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE DISTRICT 5: GLORIA BRANCH. >> HERE DISTRICT 6: MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE DISTRICT 7: EDWIN FERGUSON
>> HERE >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE RECAP WORKSHOP SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE MISS MEGHAN FAYE FROM CAPITAL CONSULTING.
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. WE ARE JOINED BY RITA SOLNET, OUR FEDERAL LIAISON AND Dr. YOLANDA MORGAN OUR CHIEF OF STAFF. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO Dr. MORGAN. WE HAVE A BUSY SESSIONS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, MEMBERS OF THE DAIS. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATE. WE'LL START WITH THE STATE AND THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO THE FEDERAL UPDATE, FOLLOWED BY THE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO MEGHAN TO GIVE US OUR STATE UPDATE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN PERSON TODAY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
MISS MORGAN IS GOING TO DO THE SLIDES FOR ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION ON THE BUDGET AND MOST RECENTLY ENDING YESTERDAY, A SPECIAL, ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION
ON PROPERTY CAX TAXES WHICH I'M SURE ALL OF YOU PAIDND I'M GOINT LAST EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY. WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BUT START WITH THE BUDGET, KEY FUNDING NUMBERS. SO THE TOTAL EDUCATION BUDGET
FOR K-12 THIS YEAR WAS $30 BILLION. WITH A SPLIT BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL OF $16 BILLION IN STATE DOLLARS AND $14 BILLION IN LOCAL FUNDING. I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT DID RECEIVE IN
A STATE APPROPRIATIONS SO PLEASED TO REPORT ON THAT. AND THEN WEST TECH ALSO RECEIVED $372,000 SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. ONE OF THE MAIN KIND HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE INCREASE TO
THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION. THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $R OVEN INCREASE IN TOTAL FUNDS OF ABOUT 150 BRINGING THE TOTAL FUNDS PER UNWEIGHTED FTE TO $9,337.67 PER
STUDENT. A MOM THE BIG PICTURE,S NOT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM BUT WE WILL THE ELEPH IS THE STATEWE ENROLLNDS. THE INCREASE THE TO BSA AND PER T FUNDING AMOUNT IS
LOOK AT STAT WE ALL KNOW THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT INC SCHOOLS THAT EVEN THOUG AN INCRS PER STUDENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONCE YOU PARSE THE EMPOWERMENT I'M SURE FREDERICK WILL GO
INTO DETAIL WITH YOU ABOUT THERE WILL BE IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL DIST YEAR OVER YOUR SO THAT MAY PRESENT B AS POINTED OUT ON THE SLIDE BUTF OF THE REGULAR SESSION TALKING
ABOUTHAT D STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND CHALLENGES. WH AND WHEN YOU WERE IN HALL TASS, WE HIT ON THAT W EVERY
SESSION AND THE LEGISLATURE DID ULTIMATELY FUND AN $80 MILLION E BLOW, TO PROVIDE A PATH FOR DISTRICT'S STATEWIDE SO PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS WILIVE AN $10 MILLION TO YOUR FUNDING
THROUGH TO HELP SOFTENTHE BLOW G WILDLY OVERSHOT BY THEAS SO ESTIMATING CONFERE LAST YEAR THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT IT ON A ON AND REQUIRED TO BE FUNDED TO
HELP THE EVENT THERE IS ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, IF NG THIS YEAR AND OURSELVES IN A, IT WILP WITH ANY SORT OF PREVENT TIFF OF PROCEED-- PRORATION. HITTING ON A FEW OF THE MAIN
STATE BUDGET CATEGORICALS, I KNOW THEERATION OPTIONS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT. SOMETHING THAT WE FOUGHT TO KEES PAST YEAR BEFORE. THAT WAS LEVEL FUNDED YEAR OVER
YEAR, SO RIGHT AROUND 600 MILLION CLASSROOM TEACHER SALARY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN FUNDING FROM $100 MILLION LAST YEAR UP TOMILLION STATEWIDE THIS YEAR.
THERE IS PROVISO TIED TO THE FUNDING FORPALM BEACH COUNTY WHERE YOUR TEACHERR MANY YEARS, THE FUNDS ARE TO BEDS TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 10 PLUS YEARS SO
REALLY FOCUSING ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS WHORE THAT 10-YEAR MARK OF SERVICE WITH THE SCHOOL SAFE SCHOOLS ALLOCATION AND MENTAL HEALTHN, THOSE WERE LEVEL FUNDED THIS YEAR. SO SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SCOL RECOGNITION FUNDING WASED O RECOGNIZE THOSE HIGH PERFORM DISTRICTS AND A LITTLE BIT OF NA RETIREMENT SYSTEM MANDATORY COT WAS LAST SO STATEWIDE SCHOOL BOARDS WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN
WHAT YOU OWE OF ABOUT $80 MILLION STATEWIDE. TAKE A MOMENT AND FOCUS ON THE TAX PACKAGE WHICH PASSED LAST FRIDAY ALONG WITH THE BUDGET AND THAT'S WHY I'M HIGHLIGHTING IT
IN THIS ORDER. I DON'T USUALLY TALK ABOUT THE PACKAGE HERE BUT THIS IS HOPEFULLY A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR DISTRICTS WHO HAVE LOCAL VOTED REFERENDUMS LIKE PALM BEACH COUNTY. IT ACTUALLY THIS ISSUE ENDED UP? THE TAX PACKAGE BECAUSE OF A
PRESSING ISSUE IN SARASOTAA AND MANATEE COUNTIES THAT GOT HIGH PROFILE LEGISLATORS ATTENTION AND INVOLVEMENT AND I DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM TO GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT BUT THE CHANGE IN THE TAX PACKAGE IS FOR ON VOTED
REFERENDUM DOLLARS RAISED AND CHECKED BY THE COUNTY AND THE TAX COLLECTOR, THERE IS A COMMISSION THAT HAS TO BE PAID TO THE TAX COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING THE MONEY. THERE WAS DEBATE BETWEEN COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS KIND OF STATEWIDE.
PEOPLE WERE DOING IT DIFFERENTLY, NOT SURE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY IT AND THE STATUTE WAS UNCLEAR AT BEST IN TERMS OF WHO OWED THE MONEY TO THE TAX COLLECTOR ON THE VOTED COMMISSION. SO THIS MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT JUST LIKE THE NON-VOTED MILLAGE,
INCLUDING VOTED MILLAGE, THE COMMISSION ON THE TAXES COLLECTED IS TO BE PAID BY THE COUNTY. SO THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT SEE THAT POTENTIALLY SHIFTED TO YOU AS A FUTURE LIABILITY AND THERE
WAS LANGUAGE AS A STOP GAP SAYING THE COUNTY CANNOT STOP TO PLACE IT AS A MEANS OF AVOIDING PAYING THAT COMMISSION ON THE TAX COLLECTOR COMMISSION FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR.
I WILL TOUCH ON THE IMPLEMENTING BILLLY. THIS IS THE BILL THAT IMPLEMENTED THE BUDGET BUDGET AND GOES ALONGSIDE WITH IT: THIS IS WHERE THE STABILIZATION PROGRAM IS CREATED AND MAINTAINED AND REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
MAINTAIN A PROJECTED BALANCE TOT FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT PRORATION. THERE ALSO, SORT OF A, I CALL IT A STOP GAP MEASURE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE A FULL FUNDING BUT THERE IS IN THE IMPLEMENTING A E DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PUT
OUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS TO BRROPOSED FOR THE ATTENDANCE, DAILY ATTENDANCE CROSS CHECK SOLN. THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WERE HOPING TO SEE THE LEGISLATURE FUND AND DIRECT THE DOE TO
PROCURE AND GET THE BALL ROLLING FOR DISTRICTS TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION AND TO STOP DOING THE CROSS CHECK MANUALLY WITH THE
TRANSITIONNTICIPATED TRANSITION AT THE DOE SAIMENT A GUBERNATORIAL TRANSITION, THE LEGISLATURE WAS HESITANT TO TAKE ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE I.T. PROJECT WHEN YOU HAVE A POTENTIALLY NEW COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, BUT THE LANGUAGE
IN THE IMPLEMENTING BILL GETTING THAT PROCESS GOING SO WE WILL ANTICIPATE WE WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS WILL BE OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR DISTRICTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.NG ON TO POLI.
IT FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO THATHE REG SESSION HAPPEN THIS BILL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER O BUT FIN PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. SUITS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT,
THE IMMUNITY BILL THE AMOUNT OF TORT RECOVERY A PLAINTIFF CAN RECOVER FROM ESSENTIALLY, AAGAIL DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT GETS SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY PROTECTION. THIS BILL HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THERE IS SOME L OUT THERE THE GOVERNOR MAY VETO THIS AND ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENTPROPOA REASONABLENESS STANDARD BECAUSE SO MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LIKE
AICT ARE LAW TO TAKE ON INHERENTLY RISKY BEHAVIORS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, SPORTS, YOU KNOW, THINK PLAYGROUNDS WAYS THT HURT ON YOUR CAMPUSES. SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. NOT HAVE BILL YET.
THERE IS STILL-- SO YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THESE BILLS HAVE BEEN SIGNED. SO I TRIED TO NOTE ON THERE, THE SPREAD SHEET, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BUT $120 BILLS THAT STILL ARE WAITING IN THE CUE QUEUE FOR REVIEW BY THE
GOVERNOR. THE NEXT ONES I WANT TOGETHER, 178 AND 538 BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE TO DO ATHLETICS R THESE WERE THE MOST WIDELY COVERED IN THE PRESS BILLS THAT PASSED THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A OF
CHANGES AND ITERATIONS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. SENATE BILL 1 THE TEDD BRIDGEWATER BILL. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PALM BEACH POST TALKINGBOUT IMPL OF THIS THE
THOUGHT THAT FHSSA IS ALLOWED TO USE PERSONAL FUNDS TO AID STUDENT ATHLETES IN WHATEVER THEY MIGHT NEED: FOOD,O PRACTI, SHELTER, BECAUSE THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE TEDDY BRIDGEWATER, FORMER NFL COACH OY
SPENDING MONEY, I GUESS ON UBERS TO GET HIS PRACTICE. WHATM BEACH POST DID COVER WAS THAT THEY HAVE GUIDANCE SAYING EXPENDITURES BY COACHES CANNOT BE ROUTINE.
THEY HAVE TO BE AN MANDELA ORE-Y DIVERGES FROM THE SITUATION THAT PREEMPTED THIS BILL BEING FILED IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO HAS NOT ADOPTED YET BY THE BOARD OF THE FHSAA AND I THINK WE WILL SEE
AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT ONE STAY TUNED BUT I'M SURE IT'S SOMETHING THE DISTRICT IS TERMSE IMPLEMENTATION SENATE BILL 538 HAS THE IMPLEMENTATION THE DIST. AS YOU MOVE INTO THE SUMMER AND
THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, I WILL CALL THIS CONTINUATION OF UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE INTO THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SPORTS.
THE THOUGHT AN I THIS LEGISLATION IS STUDENT IN HOME EDUCATION, TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP, F SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVAME OPPORTUNITIES NO MATTER WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR CLASSES WHETHER IT'S AT HOME, PRIVATE SCHOOL OR PUBLIC SCHOOL, T PLACE
PLAY THE SPORT OF YOUR CHOICE OR THE SPORT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY, GO TRY OUT FOR IT OR DO, WHETHER IT'S CHESS CLUB, STET MR SCHOOL WHEREVER IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKS FOR YOU. AND SO IT DOES SET UP A FRAMEWORK THAT THE DISTRICT,RD T
IN TERMS OF SETTING FORTH FEES FOR WHAT YOU CAN CHARGE AY SAID SPORT OR ENROLL IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. THE BILL IS PRESCRIPTIVE IN CALCULATE THE FEE. IT HAS TO BE ROUGHLY THE SAME AS
WHATEVER IT WOULD COST TO YOU PROVIDE THEVITY OR SPORT TO DIST ENROLLED STUDENT AND THEN IT DOES CREATE AN APPEALS FRAMEWORK THE FHSAA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IF THIS PARENT DOES NOT LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD'S OR THE
PARENT'S DECIS AN ACADEMIC SAY THE STUDENT IS DENIED ELIGIBILITY ON A SPORTS TEAM. DL WOULD GO TO THE FHSAA THROUGH APPEALS PROCESS. BOTH OF THOSE BILLS ON HAVE BEEN APPROVE THE GOVERNOR AND SO RIGHT NOW IT
WILL SORT OF MOVE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE LAST BILL ON THIS PAGE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS FROMOUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEMBER, REALLY GREAT BILL THAT ALLOWS
MARCHING BILL FULFILL EDUCATIONS AS PART OF THE REQUIRED COURSES FO DIPLOMA SPECIAL OLYMPICS PARTICIPATION TO SATISFY THE GRADUATION
REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABIN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. QUIBBLINGLY I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO OF THIS PAGE THAT HOUSE BILL 561. THIS ONE WAS BY REPRESENTATIVE GERWIG OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY ALSO ALWAYS A SUPPORTER AND
CHAMPION FOR THE DISTRE HER. RY MOVES BARRIERS FOR LAPSED TEACHER CERTIFICATION AND EASIER FOR TEACHERS TO KEEP THEIR CERTIFICATIONS GOING. KUDOS TO HER AND THAT BILL HAS
BEEN THE GOVERNOR. I'M GOING TO PINT OUT TWO. I SHOULD HAVE PUT THEM ON THE SAME PAGE. ONE IS ON THIS SLIDE IS ON THE NEXT. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE WIDELY DISCUSSED AND TOUTED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THETHIS WOULD BE BI, ALLOWING SALARY INCENTIVES FOR QUALITY TEACHERS ASSIGNED TO DNF SCHOOLS EMPTING THAT FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. AND THEN ON THE NEXRE
IS THE OTHER BILL THAT I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. SENATE BILL 1296, THIS WAS T BIO
-- F MEMBERSHIP TO PARTICIPATION THRESHOLDS FOR UNION CERTIFICATION. I POINT THESE O GOT A LOT OF PRESS AND I WOULD CALL IN YEAR THE DeSANTIS ADMINISTRATION. IT IS NO SECRET THAT GOVERNOR
DeSA THIS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCAY TAKEN ON SOME HIGH PROFILE BATTLESHE . AND I SORT OF SEET OF THEIRNG SALVO, THE LAST SORT OF-- I THEIR LAST STAND AGAINST THE UNION BEFORE S
OFFICE. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY GOT OY DO IMPACT THE SCHOOL BOARD NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TEACHER'SON. THE LAST ONE I WANT TO NOTE ON L
1073 SCHOOL DISTRICTS B COSTNER. THIS ESTABLISHES A DISTRICT MEMF RIGHTS AND SO IT LAYS CONCRETE GUIDANCEOU AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO PARTICULARLY FINANCIAL
INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. PROCESS FOR RECORDSAND 24 CAME N BUT PROHIBITS NON-CONFIDENT YABILITY AGREEMENTS FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WAS A SITUATION
THAT TOOK PLACE IN OTHERDISTRICT BROUGHT TO L WHAT THE PROCESS BE MAKINGSCHOOL BOARD MA TRANSPARENT LOOK AT WHAT ISITH L
FINANCES. THAT WAS PROVED BY THE GOVERNOR ALREADY. I WILL MOVE ON QUICKLY BILLS THAT DIED. TWO OF THE BILLS I CALL THEM THE EDUCATION TRAIN BILLS WHICH WERE HOUSE BILL 10 P 1 AND SENATE BILL 7036.
THESE-- THIS IS A PRETTY EXAMPLE OF HOW THE HOUSE SENATE DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ON BIG PICTURE CHANGES REALLY ON ACADEMICS THIS YEAR THERE WERE NEW MATH STANDARDS. THERE WERE SOME PIECES IN THEAB.
UNDERSTOOD THEN THERE WERE SOME CO KNOW, CULTURE WARS, DEI. THERE WERE LOTS OF PIECES PROBABLY A DOZEN DIFFERE TUCKEDF D UP BUYING DYING. A COUPLE OF THE LESS CPARTS ANDO
OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION ANDE WAS NOT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON THE MEATY ISSUES THIS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS SENATE BILL 318, THE SEN GATES EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THIS WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, PICKED UP ALL OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL ON SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW TO TIGHTEN UP OVERSIGHT AND PROTECT THE
DIST SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS DOUBLE COUNTED. THEY COULD NOT REACH CONSENSBETE AND ULTIMATELY THAT DIED AS DIDF THE DEREGULATION PACKAGE FROM A FEW YEARS BACK. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN PRETTY
INSISTENT THAT THEY DID ALL THE DEREGULATION THAT THEY AGREE WITH AND THERE WAS APPETITE TO BRING THAT ONE BACKE VINE AST ON. IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY TAX SPECIAL SESSION.
THE MOST RECENT MEETING LEGISLATURE, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY AND I HAVE BEEN, IN REAL TIME TEXTING MISS MORGAN WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AN HOUR BY HOUR BASIS.
LUCKILY MONDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD A COUPLE OF CHAMPIONS, TRUMBLE E SENATE PRINT IN TWO YEARS. SENATOR ERIN GROLL AND SENATOR JENTHE THREE OF THEM FORMED A COALITION AND WENT TO THE SENATE
PRINT'S OFFICE AND THAT SCHOOL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE PROPERTY TAX PROPOSAL ON THE SENATE SIDE AND INCOMING SPEAKER SAM THE HOUSE SIDE IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY FILED AMENDMENTS EXEMPTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUT FROM THE I KNOW IT'S NOT ALL ROSIE
BECAUSE THE OTHER GOVERNMENTS ARE ROPED INTO THIS AND IT'S GOING TO GO BEFORE THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AND BEFORE THE VOTERS AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. TH G BUT IT IS IT'S APPEALING TO MOST
HOMEOWNERS HAD THEY LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL SAVINGS AND PROPERTY TAXES. IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING POLITICAL DYNAMIC AND THERE WILL BE ADS RUN PRO-AND CON AGAINST THIS PROPERTY TAX PROPOSAL IN NOVEMBER. I KNOW IT WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY
ON THE BALLOT WITH THE REFERENDUM SO THAT WILL BE MESSAGING PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE VOTERS ARE EDUCATED ABOUT ONE VERSUS THE OTHER SO REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE BORING BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILLS. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE QUESTIONS JUST NOW FOR Ms. FAYE AND I'M GOING TO START US OFF BY MENTIONING THAT WITH HOUSE BILL 0453, THAT'S THE
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS. I DON'T KNOW, Ms. FAYE, IF YOU ARE AWARE THAT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED HERE IN THIS ROOM AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, THERE WAS A BILL THAT PASSED THAT ALLOWED MARCHING BAND STUDENTS TO
FULFILL THEIR P.E. REQUIREMENT AND WITH THAT, WE ASKED MISS SOLNET TO HELP WITH WRITING THE BILL. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET SENATOR BURMAN AND REPRESENTATIVE PEGGY GOSSETT SIMON TO CO-SPONSOR. THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSH BACK BUT
THAT FLEW RIGHT THROUGH WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. TOWARD THE END OF SESSION THEY ADDED ABOUT THE PERFORM PERFORMING ARTS TO ALLOW BAND TO ALSO COVER THAT AND I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT CHEERLEADING TO BE ADDED TO IT AS WELL.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO Ms. SOLNET BECAUSE THAT WAS A PASSION OF MINE AND IT CAME TO ME THROUGH PARENTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WHOSE CHILDREN WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH P.E. BUT WERE PARTICIPATING IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND WE ARE THRILLED.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL THING THAT YOU HEAR MISS SOLNET TALK ABOUT BECAUSE SHE FOCUSES ON THE FEDERAL BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, SHAT BILL WOULD NOT GONE THROUGH, WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CREATED AND GONE THROUGH. BIG THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ON TO MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REGARDING SOME OF THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED AND ONE OR TWO THAT WEREN'T. I JUST WANT TO DOVETAIL OFF CHAIR BRILL'S POINT. I GUESS WE SHOULD EXTRAPOLATE THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE P.E. REQUIREMENTS FOR BAND PARTICIPANTS, SHOULD WE NOT DO IT FOR ANYBODY IN ANY SPORT? FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL TRACK? WE WORK WAY HARD HARDER IN TRACK AND BASKETBALL THAN P.E. COULD. IF YOU ARE IN ANY SPORT, I'M
SURE WE SWO HAVE TO DEFINE THAT BUT WEIGH SHOULD STRETCH THAT OUT. THAT JUST MAKES GOOD SENSE BAND MEMBERS DO WORK HARD BUT I THINK OTHER ATHLETES WORK AS HARD AS WELL AND I DID YOU ALSO SAY THAT CHEERLEADING IS GOING TO FALL INTO THIS EXCEPTION AS WELL?
>> SO THAT WASN'T FROM US, ACTUALLY AND SO MY FOCUS WAS REALLY JUST TO HAVE A BILL FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS BUT THE EASIER WAY TO GET IT PASSED WAS TO CHANGE THE BILL THAT WAS ALLOWING THE BAND SO IT WAS
REALLY MEANT FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PURPOSE BUT THE BAND WAS DONE THE YEAR BEFORE. >> Edward Ferguson: IF I'M ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A MEMBER OF THEIR BAND AND PLAY THE FLUTE OR CLARINET OR SYMBOLS, I'M EXCLUDED FROM THE P.E. REQUIREMENT, RIGHT?
>> I BELIEVE IS IT ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS THAT THEY PARTICIPATE? SO IF THEY PARTICIPATE FOR TWO YEARS, BUT THAT PIECE I'M NOT REALLY INVOLVED WITH. MY REAL INVOLVEMENT, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IS MY PASSION, WHICH IS SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
>> SO AGAIN I'M JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE THE NATURAL EXTENSION OF THE LAW WOULD BE FOR ANY ATHLETE, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THERE A TWO-YEAR REQUIREMENT THAT YOU ARE ON THE FOOF TEAM OR TRACK TEAM OR BAD MINSON TEAM OR GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL PEOPLE, WHATEVER, LET'S GET THAT WAIVER
IN PLACE AS WELL. STARTING ON PAGE 12 OR 13 PAGE 12 OF 34. BILLS THAT PASSED PART 1. I WANT TO GET SOME SOME
INFORMATION ON THE ROOSEVELT MONEY. I HAVE A SUSPICION ABOUT IT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHO IS CHAMPIONING THIS MONEY PLACED IN THE STATE BUDGET? I HAVE HEARD IT FOR YEARS NOW THAT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS GETTING
MONEY WHO IS BEHIND GETTING THAT MONEY. >> THERE IS ANOTHER GROUP, AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SECURE THAT MONEY SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT BUT THERE ARE OTHER LOBBYISTS IN TALLAHASSEE HELPING WITH THAT INITIATIVE.
>> Edward Ferguson: SUPERINTEND ENT BURKE DO WE KNOW WHO IS CHAMPIONING THIS ROOSEVELT MONEY? >> Supt.Burke: THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT MONEY, I BELIEVE BROUGHT TO US BY Mr. STEPHEN ROSS AND THE ROSS
RELATED GROUP AND THEY ASSISTED WITH THAT SO BACK TO PAGE 12, SENATE BILL 538, SO DOES THIS SENATE BILL APPLY ONLY TO STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING EDUCATED AT HOME VIRTUALLY AT CHARTER
SCHOOLS OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. >> >> IT APPLIES TO ALL STUDENTS RECEIVING SOME KIND OF TAXPAYER FUNDED EDUCATION. I KNOW YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN TALLAHASSEE. LEON HIGH SCHOOL AND AGAVE HIGH
SCHOOL IN THERE, I'M ENROLLED AT GABE HIGH SCHOOL, DOES THIS SENATE BILL NOW ALLOW ME TO PLAY FOR LEON WHILE I AM ENROLLED AT GABE. >> I'M UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BILL WOULD WORK IS THAT IF YOUR SCHOOL, IF GABE DOES NOT OFFER THE SUPPORT THAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PLAY OR THE EXTRA CURRICULAR THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN, THEN YES YOU COULD GO PLAY THAT AT ANOTHER SCHOOL OR TRY OUT FOR IT. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY HAVE TO LET YOU ON TO THE TEAM. >> Edward Ferguson: UNDERSTAND. SO IT THEN TENDS TO APPLY FOR
CHARTERS, PRIVATE, AT HOME. PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN THE CONVENTIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM SO I GET THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT FOR OUR TEAMS. YOU VERY WELL DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL TEAM AT HOME UNLESS YOUR FAMILY IS EXTREMELY LARGE AND VIRTUAL AND ALL THAT GOOD
STUFF BUT ASSUMING BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM, IF YOU ARE ENROLLED AT GABE, YOU CANNOT TRY OUT FOR THE LEON FOOTBALL TEAM. >> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. >> SENATE BILL 824, SHOULD BE ON
THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 13 OF 34. WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT BEHIND 824 IN REGARDS TO-- YEAH, WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT BEHIND THAT? IS THAT MORE OF LIKE THE STREAMLINING OF GOVERNMENT? WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SENATE BILL 824 ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SURPLUS VACANT PROPERTY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY DEFINITELY ENGAGED ON THAT BILL. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THE
OTHER CHARTER SCHOOL BILL AS WELL THAT DEMOCRACY NOT PASS. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT IN A MOMENT. THIS IS NOW A REPORT THAT HAS A LIST OF ALL YOUR VACANT PROPERTY AND WOULD I SAY VERY MUCH SO THAT IT WILL BE TUCKED AWAY IN THE FUTURE FOR WHEN THE ORIGINAL
LY FILED BILL COMES BACK TO TAKE A LOOK AT, PARTICULARLY WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT. I KNOW LEGISLATORS YOU HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CLOSING SCHOOLS, IF WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE SITTING ON ALL THAT
PROPERTY AND IT SHOULD GO SOMEWHERE WHERE IT CAN BE USED. THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATORS THAT FILED THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION ORIGINALLY. AND I SUSPECT IT WILL BE BACK. >> Edward Ferguson: UNIMPROVED PROPERTY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO EFFECTIVELY SOME SORT OF EMINENT DOMAIN WHERE A GOVERNING BODY
CAN SAY BECAUSE YOUR STUDENT POPULATION IS SHRINKING, YOU HAVE THIS UNIMPROVED LOT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY DOGE REQUIRES IT SO THAT MAYBE A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS THE MEANS TO BUY IT AT MARKET VALUE, LET THEM
MOVE INTO YOUR SPACE, PAY THE IMPACT FEES IF THERE ARE IMPACT FEES FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHATEVER, THE POINT IS IF YOU HAVE SHRINKING ENROLLMENT, YOU ARE NOT USING THIS UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, YOU THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A LAW PRESENTED TO THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE AT SOME POINT FOR APPROVAL WHEREBY A CHARTER SCHOOL, YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BUT YOU COULD SAY WE WANT TO USE THAT PROPERTY AT OKEECHOBEE AND CONGRESS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SITTING ON IT FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. WE WANT TO PAY THE MARKET VALUE FOR IT.
IS THAT SOMETHING CONDITIONAL-- COMING DOWN THE PIKE. >> I THINK WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING THAT IN THE FUTURE. >> Edward Ferguson: HOUSE BILL 1279, WHO SPONSORED THAT BILL, THE ONE IN REGARD TO SALARY INCENTIVES FOR HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AT DNF RATED SCHOOLS.
>> BY REPRESENTATIVE JENNIFER KING-CARTJOHNSON-- KINCART-
JOHNSON. >> Edward Ferguson: HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THE FACE OF SHRINKING ENROLLMENT. I HOPE THEY DON'T PULL IT OUT OF THEIR RESERVE FUNDS TO INCENTIVIZE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS TO GO TO THE DNF RATED
SCHOOLS. WILL THERE BE A GREATER ALLOCATION IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATIONAL MONEY I KNOW WE WENT UP A POINT WHICH IS BETTER THAN SOMETHING. -- BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT TO MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE YOU WOULD NEED TO GIVE THE DISTRICTS MORE MONEY TO BE MORE NUANCED IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE DNF
SCHOOLS. THAT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT. I WOULDN'T, TO BE FAIR, I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER BUT THAT IS SOMETHING, MOVING FORWARD, WE SHOULD LOOK AT TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE DIFFERENT LAWS. SOUNDS GOOD IN PAPER BUT IN TERMS OF EFFECTUATING IT, I
DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK IF WE HAVE LESS MONEY TO DO ALL THESE GREAT THINGS. HOUSE BILL 1217 WHO SPONSORED THAT BILL AND WHY WAS IT SEEN AS A NEEDED LAW. >> THAT WAS SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHN SNYDER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. AND THAT-- APPLIED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THE INTENT, WHY REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER FILED THAT BILL. I NEVER SPOKE WITH HIM ON HIS
INTENT. >> Edward Ferguson: IS THIS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS PASSED INTO LAW. >> IS NO. >> Edward Ferguson: THEN WHY DID YOU FIND THIS IMPORTANT TO BRING TO OUR ATTENTION? >> THERE WERE HONESTLY THESE WERE THE BILLS THAT I THOUGHT WERE THE MOST RELEVANT TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU TODAY IN THIS LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I HAD FOR YOU. >> Edward Ferguson: BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT BEHIND-- HOME RULE. I'M HEARING HOME RULE IN THE BACK OR FRONT OF MY MIND AND THE SIDE OF MY MIND, IN THE MIDDLE
OF MY MIND RIGHT NOW. HOW ARE YOU AND TALLAHASSEE TELLING A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY HOW THEY SHOULD REGULATE THEMSELVES. THEY'RE SAYING THAT YOU ARE NOT TO HAVE ANY LAWS THAT SPEAK TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, NOT THAT I'M A PROPONENT OF THE LAWS
BUT IT SEEMS ODD THAT TALLAHASSEE IS TELLING SOMEBODY HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY HOW THEY SHOULD RUN THEIR BUSINESS AND SPEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT WAS? >> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU IT WAS TO COOPERATED OR HOME RULE AND DO A STATE REPREEMPTION.
I THINK THE POLICY POSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE IS THAT GOAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE SETTING THESE POLL ASSIST AND THEY PREESPECIALLIED THAT TO THE STATE. 12K3W4R*6 SENATE BILL 1,100. I LOST MY TERMS IN-- I LOST MY PLACE IN TERMS OF THE SLIDE
DECK. I MADE A NOTE OF THAT BUT I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. >> THIS ONE I SHOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED WE WORKED A LOT ON THIS BILL. REPRESENTATIVE RIZZO'S BILL.
>> I ALMOST BLEW A GASKET. THANK YOU ALL. I REMEMBER SPEAKING ABOUT THAT. TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL. I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO QUELL IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN QUELL IT IN FUTURE YEARS. >> I THINK WE SOWED SOME SEEDS OF DISCORD WITH INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE WHO WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE SO EVEN IF IT COMES BACK NEXT YEAR, REALLY THIS BILL WOULD UNDERMINE THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PROGRAM AND HOW STUDENTS ARE EQUITABLY FUNDED SO I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF SORT OF LAYING THAT GROUNDWORK THIS YEAR EVEN IF IT DOES COME BACK.
>> Edward Ferguson: I FOUND IT. PAGE 16 OF 34. HOUSE BILL 1071. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE CHARTER SCHOOL PROVISION? I HADN'T LOOKED AT THAT IN SOME TIME NOW AND I SAW IN YOUR SUMMARY, THE PART ABOUT PROHIBITING CHARTER SCHOOL ACADEMIC DISMISS ALES. CAN YOU BE-- DISMISSALS CAN YOU
ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT MEANS? >> HONESTLY, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE, A POSITIVE PIECE OF THIS BILL, THE BILL DID NO THE PASS BUT IT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. FERGUSON, WHO IS ENROLLED IN FIFTH GRADE WITH US IS NOT DOING WELL AND SO WE ARE GOING TO
DISMISS HIM SO THAT OUR SCHOOL GRADES LOOK BETTER WHICH WAS A PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN ALLEGED AT CHARTER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. >> SO BEFORE WE GO THE TO PM 3, YOU DID DISMISS ME. >> YES TO MAKE THE SCORES BETTER.
NOT TO ADDRESS THE GRIFT WHERE YOU BRING EDWIN IN FOR THE 10-DAY COUNT KNOWING I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AND YOU KICK ME BACK OVER TO BURKE HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT FUNDING AND YOU CAN BURKE HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUISITE FUNDS. >> WE WOULD BE KICKING YOU OUT
TO THE BURKE HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT YOU DON'T SCORE POORLY ON P.M. THREE AND IT GOES INTO OUR TEST SCORES.
LAST QUESTION IS SENATE BILL 318. >> SPONSOR BY DON GATES AND NO CORRESPONDING HOUSE BILL. THIS DOES SPEAK TO THE-- MY
WORDS NOT ANYONE ELSE'S THE SHENANIGANS WHERE CERTAIN CHARTER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A GAMESMANSHIP WHERE THEY GET THE MONEY AND SEND THE CHILD BACK BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO RECAPTURE THE MONEY. SO RIGHT NOW THE BILL DIED SO WE
ARE STILL BASICALLY ARE WE STILL DOLING THE MONEY OUT QUARTERLY OR TWICE A YEAR. >> QUARTERLY. THAT IS A MISS FREDERICK
QUESTION ON THE SPECIFICS. 24 WOULD HAVE TRIED TO REMEDY PAYMENTS, CLAW BACKS, WHO IS IN WHAT SEAT AT ONE TIME WHEN THE STUDENT GETS FUNDED. I STRONGLY SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE APPETITE ON BOTH THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. >> Edward Ferguson: THAT WILL INCREASE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION THAT THE IT SHOULD BE REWORKED IN SOME SORT OF WAY THAT IS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN QUARTERLY. THAT'S A VERY BIG OVERHAUL TO THE FINANCE SYSTEM I KNOW PUTTING THE GUARD RAILS INTO PLACE GETTING TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS WILL BE PRIORITIES. >> THANK YOU, MEGHAN, AND TELL RON HELLO AND CAPITAL CITY CONSULTING FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND WHEN WE WERE IN TALLAHASSEE, YOU REALLY TOOK US AROUND TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE MET THE LEGISLATORS SO THAT WE COULD GET OUR MESSAGE OUT. A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT AND JUST GET CLARIFICATION. THE MONEY FOR WES TECH AND ROOSEVELT IS JUST IN THE BUDGET, NOTHING IS FINALIZED JUST TELL
THE PUBLIC IT IS IN. DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE MONEY AT THIS TIME. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT. I WANTED TO REACH OUT TO Mrs. SOLNET WHO HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL WITH WES TECH OVER THE YEARS. THE MONIES WE HAVE GOTTEN OVER
AND OVER AGAIN TO HELP MAKE WES TECH VIABLE, TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADULTS IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK WITH THE GLADES CAREER READINESS ROUNDTABLE, THE TRICITIES AND REALLY FOLLOWING THE MONEY AS IT MOVE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES IN TALLAHASSEE WORKING WITH CAPITAL CITY BUT HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND CALLING THE COMMUNITY TO ACTION SO I CAN ANSWER THE REASON WE HAVE THAT MONEY THERE IS BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK AND THE PEOPLE IN
THE GLADES GOING TO TALLAHASSEE MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MAKING SURE THEY MENTION THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND WEST TECHNICAL SITUATION SO I WANT TO BE ON RECORD WITH THAT I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT YET BUT WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH
THE FOLKS TO GET WITH THE GOVERNOR TO PUT HIS SIGNATURE ON IT THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK Mr. BURKE, WE ARE SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE AN GEARWICK OF PALM BEACH
COUNTY. WE DID BRING IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE OF THE START TIME SITUATION. WE WERE NERVOUS. SHE MADE IT HAPPEN. SHE HAS MADE IT HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THIS EDUCATION CERTIFICATION HOUSE BILL AND I'M ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT IF WE
CAN SEND HER A LETTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THANK HER FOR HER DILIGENCE IN TALLAHASSEE, LOOKING OUT FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE STILL HAVE A TEACHER SHORTAGE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THIS EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PIECE SHE PUT TOGETHER REMOVES
BARRIERS IN HELPING TEACHERS WHO MAY HAVE RETIRED OR THEIR CERTIFICATE MAY HAVE LAPSED AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND TEACH. IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK INTO THE FIELD ON THEIR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION. THAT WAS PRETTY SMART ON HER PART HELPING US TO RECRUIT AND
RETAIN AND GET RETIRING TEACHERS BACK IN THE CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREAS THAT WE NEED. IF WE CAN DO A BETTER BACK TO HER, THAT'S GREAT.
IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO US AND TO HAVE THEM EXEMPT FROM THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TESTING AND TO HAVE THEM ACTUALLY EXAMINED FOR FLORIDA HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, THAT IS
A BIG DEAL, TOO YOU DID BRING BACON HOME FOR US EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY FROM TALLAHASSEE PLEASED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK HAVE YOU DONE.
>> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, Ms. WHITFIELD. >> SMALL THANK YOU FOR COMING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO NICE TO SEE NEW PERSON. SB 0178 IS THE ONE ABOUT I WAS
JUST CURIOUS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT SOMEBODY COULD GIVE A COACH MONEY AND THEN THAT COACH COULD USE THAT MONEY TO GIVE TO THEM OR IS IT STILL PROHIBITED BECAUSE OF AN ETHICS ISSUE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? >> SO THE BILL SAYS THAT COACHES CAN USE THEIR OWN PERSONAL FUNDS.
AND I KNOW MY POINT EARLIER, THERE ARE RULES FURTHER CLARIFYING THIS SITUATION. AS OF RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY THAT NO, SOMEONE CANNOT GIVE MONEY THE A COACH TO THEN GIVE TO A STUDENT. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR DISTRICT STAFF AS
THE FHSAA IS PUTTING THE RULES IN PLACE. >> ISN'T THERE A RULE THAT WE CAN NO YOU HAVE BOOSTERS CAN GIVE MONEY TO A COACH TO BECOME THE COACH? AND THAT WOULD BE THEIR MONEY AND THEY CAN USE IT FOR THE STUDENTS. >> THAT IS TRUE. THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE OF ONE OF
THESE TWO BILLS. I THINK IT'S IN SENATE BILL 538 THAT ALLOWS BOOSTER FUNDS TO SUPPORT COACHING SALARIES. SO COACHES WOULD THEN HAVE MORE MONEY PAID TO THEIR PERSONAL FUNDS BY BOOSTERS. THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED OR IF
IT WILL BE CHALLENGED. THERE WAS A COURT CASE OUT OF BREVARD COUNTY 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO THAT STRUCK DOWN THE ABILITY TO ENHANCE COACHING SALARIES AND ENHANCE CERTAIN SPORTS OVER ANOTHER USING BOOSTER FUNDS AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WILL CHALLENGE THAT PIECE OF THE
LEGISLATION. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TRACKING AND TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT AS IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. I THINK THE LEGISLATORS WHO, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE COACHES WERE WELL PAID AND KIND OF SEEING THAT STATE FUNDS ARE TIGHT, WANTED TO LOOK TO THAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCE AND SO THEY
WERE GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT THIS IN PLACE AND SEE IF ANYONE CHALLENGED IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair: Ms. THAN. >> Marcia Andrews: FOLLOWUP ON Ms. WHITFIELD'S QUESTION. I USED TO SIT ON THE BOARD OF
THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. WHEN I WENT TO THE MEETINGS TWO AND THREE TIMES A YEAR, WE HAD SOMEONE FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT SAT ON THAT BOARD AS WELL AS A PRINCIPAL. CAN YOU TELL US IF WE WILL HAVE
REPRESENTATION WHEN WE MEET TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES AND WHO IS SITTING ON THE BOARD REPRESENTING PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AS I REPRESENTED THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, I DID SEE US THERE AND WE HAD A VOICE, SO DO YOU ALL KNOW WHO IT IS THAT IS REPRESENTING US? THAT WILL HAVE A VOICE TO SPEAK ON THIS?
>> I KNOW OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ATTENDS THE MEETINGS. ANY CONFIRMATION, IS SHE A BOARD MEMBER, Mr. OSWALD OR JUST THERE AS AN OBSERVEER. >> AN OBSERVER. SHE IS NOT A BOARD MEMBER. >> Supt.Burke: WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A SEAT ON THEIR BOARD. >> CORRECT. >> Speaker: WE ARE NOT
REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD. WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE MEETINGS. >> Marcia Andrews: I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I WAS A VOTING MEMBER. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD ANYBODY. WE REALLY DON'T. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE-- I KNOW THIS IS OFF LINE BUT HOW CAN WE GET REPRESENTATION FOR THE
FUTURE? >> I WILL LOOK INTO THAT. >> EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND BEST TO EVERYBODY. YOU SAID THAT WE WILL GET $9,337
PER STUDENT. DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT COMPARES NATIONALLY. BEFORE WE WERE 46th IN THE NATION. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PUTS YOU NOW. >> I AM SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE. >> Supt.Burke: DOES NATIONAL RANKING USUALLY LAG A COUPLE OF
YEARS BY THE TIME WE GET DATA COUNTRY WIDE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT DATA. THAT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE PULLED FROM THE SIGNAL CENTER OF EDUCATION STATISTICS I BELIEVING THAT COULD BE IN JEOPARDY WITH EVERYTHING Ms. SOLNET IS GOING
TO TELL US. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO Ms. SOLNET WITH THE 2026 FEDERAL UPDATE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE OF FEDERAL EDUCATION FROM JULY 1 TO CURRENT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THIS LAST
FISCAL YEAR. THIS YEAR THERE WERE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND VERY UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES. AND IN FACT, THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS OFTEN REFERS TO THIS YEAR AS UNSTEADY AND UNPREDICTABLE AND I THINK WE
COULD ALL AGREE THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS. I WILL SAY THAT WAS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS AND I BELIEVE IT IS STARTING TO STABILIZE PERHAPS MAYBE NEXT YEAR WON'T BE AS UNSTEADY AND UNPREDICTABLE. I COMPILED A TIMELINE OF NOTABLE
PIVOTAL KINDS OF EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. PAUSED, IT CANCEL, WITH HELDION CONGRESSIONALLYPPROVED K-12
EDUCATION FUNDING THIS. AT THE VERY ONSET JULY 1, BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YOU RECALL, ALL DISTRIC FORCED O DEAL WITH THE OF $7 BILLION FUND
EXPLAIN THAT. I HAVE ANOTHER CHART TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT IMPACTED EQUALLY UNSETTLING THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME, JULY,UST, SEPTEMBER, WERE WAS FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TERMIN TOTAL-- 730 GRANTS TOTALING $2.2 BILLION. SO AGAIN THEY THEY CANCELED. THEY WITH HEL APPROVED K-12 FUNDING. I WILL SAY THAT RIGHT NOWTHERE T DO WITH THOSE GRANTS
THAT WERE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AND K. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK IN TIME ANDR
TERMINATE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THAT IS ALL OF THESE STEPS, THE MASSIVE ALL WERE TO ALIGN THE GOAL OF SHUTTING DOWN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BY 2
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONS YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE FALL AND THE WINTER INTERAGENCYNERSHIP AG DOWN. AND SO THEIR WORK, THEIR THEIR MISSION THEIR ALL
GETS SPLIT OUT TO SIX DIFFERENT FEDERAL AGEIE A CHART LATER ON I WILL TALK TO Y ADDITION TO TECIU
MAKING PROCESS AND YEAR HOUSE PUSHED VERY STEEPER CUTS THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE
UNFORTUNATELY THE SENATE WON OVER AND WE ENDED UP WITH LEVEL FUNDING WHICH WAS A BLESSING. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE TIMELINE NEXT. I MENTION JULY 1, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FROZE THE $7 BILLION IN EDUCATION FUNDING. THAT WAS $31.4 MILLION TO PALM
BEACH COUNTY. EVERYBODY WAS IN A PANIC AT THAT POINT LION'S SHARE OF FEDERAL
DOLLARS WAS STOPPED. SO THAT MONEY PRIMARILY TARGETED TEACHER TRAINING, SUMMER SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND MIGRANT
EDUCATION THEY BEGAN TO TRANSFER THE MANAGEMENT OF SELECT THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS WORKFORCE
TRAINING THAT ALL NOW RESIDES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AFTER THE INTERVENTION OF BIPARTISAN GOVERNORS WE GOT OUR MONEY BACK, THAT 7 BILLION THAT WAS FROZEN. AUGUST 7 IS THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER
THAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT EARLIER, THE EXECUTIVE ORDINARY TO OVERHAUL THE EDUCATION GRANT MAKING PROCESS. NOVEMBER 18 CAME AND THAT IS WHEN ALL OF THE NEW FEDERAL INTERAGENCY PARTNERSHIPS WERE WRITTEN AND ANNOUNCED SO IN
OTHER WORDS THAT WAS REALLY THE OFFICIAL TIME WHEN THEY BEGAN DIVVYING UP THE RESPONSIBILITIES. DECEMBER 4 WE HAD, WHICH WAS A PIVOTAL TIME AND I DON'T THINK WE KNEW IT AT THE TIME BUT WE HAD A VISIT FROM THEN U.S.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENTBEACH COUNTY. I WILL TALK THAT I WILL MOMENT D
WHY THAT WAS PIVOTAL AND THAT WAS A TODISTRICTS ALL APPRT UNANIMOUSLY. AND IT W VERY, VERY HELPFUL
THREE MONTHS WHEN WE ADVOCACY T. Y OF WERE TALLAHASSEE, THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FAMILY
ENGAGEMENT AND STUDENTS OFMILITL MOVED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS EMBEDDED WITHIDEPARTMENT. THAT MOVED TO THE JUSTICE. FEBRUARY 3, WE
EDUCATION AND THAT ISONS, WE OU2 THAS THE LEVEL WHICH WE ALL BREATHED A OF RELIEF TH SEPTEMBER 30. FEBRUARY 10,ION ANNOUNCED SOMETHING BRAND NEWISM
TAX CREDIT AND IT DOLLAR DOLLAR TAX CREDIT UP TO 1700 CONTRIBUTIONS TO SGO, SCHOLARSHI ORGANIZATIONS. FOR STUDENTS WOUD
BE A SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATION. TREASURY AND I.R.S. DEPARTMENT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY RULESW AROUND THAT BUT MAKE NOTE THAT SECRETARY McMAHON IS TALKING ABOUT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 2027.
SO THEY'REAYEING TAXPAYERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BUT WE REALLY NEED TO SEE, I RULES ARE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT OR
MARCH 16LRITION PRIMARILY RESTRICT NEW GUIDELINES ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE COMING OUT IN JULY.
THE 1L HILL WE WILTA THAT IN A FEW MIN. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. MARCH 26, IT KIND OF SLID UNDER A
DATAHAT T SET OUT TO WE MORE FEDERAL SAFEGUARDS ANDON REGULATIONS PUT IN PLACE. NOW ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS SUPPORTED BY BIPARTISAN, THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTING
IS DO THINKULAR IT'S JUST BEEN LOADED, BY THE WAY, ON TO THE SYSTEM, BUT I DO THINK THIS HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE. THE BILL NUMBER BY THE WAY IS S-4214 IF
IT. THE OTHER PEOPLE SUPPORTING IT D SUCKER BERG OF METAA-- ZUCKERBERG ANDHE HEAD OF ANTHROPICS AND THEY'RE SAYING
WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN WITH THEAVE MORE FEDERAL REGULATIONS IN PLACE. MARCH 30 SECRETARY McMAHON CAME OUT AND SAID THAT THE BUILDING, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
MASSIVE LAYOFFS AND RESIGNATIONS, THEY ARE DOWN TO ONLY 30%Y IN MILE DOWN THE ROAD. LEASED T OFE WHITE HOUSE FUNDING SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WE STILL HAVE THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE HAS TO THAT'S TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OFEMBER. I SHOULD MTI CONGRESS JUST CAME BACK YESTERDAY, JUNE 2, AND FOR JUN JULY AND
WEEKS AND WEEKS AND SOMETIMES E SENATE IS NOT IN AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE HOUSE IS THA IS TT THERE IS GOING TO BE VERY FEW VOTES TAKEN PLACE OVER THE SUMMER AND W TO TOO MUCH ABOUT
K-12 FEDERAL EDUCATION. THEY ALSO HAVE THREE VERY CONTENTIOUS BILLS THA'S GOING T. AND THEN LASTLY, STILL SCHEDULED DATE TO SHUT
DOWN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT JULY 1. THIS WAS 31.4 MILLIO IMPACTED PALM BEACH COUNTY. FORTUNATELY WE HAD A GREAT
ENDING TO THAT BECAUSE GOVERNORY AND WE HAD A RESOLUTION BY JULY 25. BUT IN PARTICU ABOUT TO IMPACT OUR SUMMER AND THAT 21st CENTURY LEARNING PROGRAM. AND ALSO IMPACT PROFESSIONA TEA.
FEDERAL GRANT MAKING. WHOLE PROR EDUCATION THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAY PROVISIONS THE NEW PROCESS OF FEDERAL GRANT MAKING, THE THE
PRESIDENT'S POLICY PRIORITIES OR THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. PROHIBIS WITH ANTI-AMERICAN VALUEST DOESN'T SPECIFY WHAT THAT IS. OT TO BE USED TO FUND,
PROMOTE, SUBSIDIZE OR F RACIAL PREFERENCES, DEI INITIATIVES OR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THEY' PREFERRING THAT AWARDS GO MIX OF RECIPIENTS
VERSUS REPEAT GRANTEES WHICH HAT BECAUSE IF HAVE A GRANT TYPICALLY ARE GOINGSE IT'S A LONG-TERM THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL CHANGES, ALL OF THE EXISTING AWARDS
ARE MODIFIED TO AND THEY ALSO GRANT, ANY EDUCATION GRANT CAN BE REVISITED, REVIEWED AND IT CANCEL WITHIN 30 DAYS NOTICE.
SORT, ARE THE SIX NEW AGENCY AGREEMENTS. IT RO BE GOING OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THEY ASSUMED ADMINISTRATION FOR MOST OF THE ELEMENTARY ANDY TIT4
POSTSECONDARY AND A THAT WORKFORCE TRAINING THAT I MENTIONED. MOST THE MOST VOLUMEM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GOES OVER TOOF HEALTH
AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HUMAN SERVICES, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, PROMISEPECIAL EDUCATION AND I THINK THERE IS A TUG OF WAR GOING ONRE GOING TO WANT TO OVER NUTRITION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF JUS MENTIONED, ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OFFICE OF THEY PICKED UP A BACKLOG OF 12,000 CASES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF HANDLE STUDENT LOANS BUT AND
FAFSA BUT THEY WILL ALSO HANDLE THIS FEDERAL SCHOOL TAX VOUCHER. TRIBAL EDUCATION W THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IS GOING TO HANDLE FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES. SO NOW WE WILL GO TOS
VISIT. AT THE TIME THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND H TO SED CAREER ACADEMIES, VIS CANT
CANT-- HE VISITED SANTAARIES AN. HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED AND THANKS TO OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, JAMIE WYATT AND STAFF, YOLANDA FOR MAKING SURE HE WAS SUPERINTENDENT.AND OUR THIS I A
HE WALKED AWA A NATIVE OF PALM H COUNTY. BUT HE WALKED AWAY REALLY LOVING WHAT HEAW AND TOO, SO WE HAVE A FRIEND NOW. AND FOUR MONTHS LATER, HEECAME THE SECRETARY OF LABOR BECAUSE
HIS-- THE FORMER ONE RESIGNED. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. THE NEXT CHART, YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS FEDERAL ADVOCACY PLATFORM. I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN WITH YOU.
AND THE NEXT CHART MARCH 17 TO THE 19th WE TOOK THE GREATER FLORIDA CONSORTIUM, VISITED WITH OVER 16 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY POLICY AIDES WE ALSO MET WITH ON SEPARATE DAYS. IT WAS A VERY FRUITFUL AND
PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND IT WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE DOING THEIR EARMARKS SO THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCHANGE. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE FER EVER SEEN MORE PRODUCTIVE SETS OF MEETINGS THAN I DID THAT
WEEK. THAT'S GOOD. CHART NEXT STEPS. NEXT STEPS, CONGRESS ALREADYRET. THEY'RE GOING DEBATING THREE CONTENTIOUS BILLS BEFORE THEY EVER GET TO K-12 EDUCATION.
THEY WILL BE DEBATING THE IMMIGRATION BILL, A BILL ABOUT IRAN AND FUNDING BORDER PATROL AND ALSO I THINK THIS WAS TAKEN OFF TABLE LAST THE BILL ON THE 1.776
ANTI-WEAPONIZATION BILL BUT THOSE THREE ARE VERY AND THEY WILL BE THAT. SO I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE ANYTHING TO DO K-12 FEDERAL L IN SEPTEMBER AND EVEN THEN, I THINK
THERE IS A HIGH DO ON THE CONTIE CONTINUING RESOLUTION BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO VOTE ON ANYTHING BEFORE THE MID TERMS SO IT WILL PROBABLY GET KICKED TO DECEMBER SOMETIME. ORE NCHES SOME OF THAT SOUNDS BLEAK BUT I DO SEE
IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, MORE OF A MOVE TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY. EVERYBODY WANTS IT, BOTH SIDES, BOTH CHAMBERS ALL STEAM WANT IT. SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. >> Chair Brill: WE'LL START WITH
MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: I'M STILL LAUGHING BUT I'M GOING TO ASK ANYBODY. >> Edward Ferguson: OUT OF MY RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO LAUGH. WHAT COLOR HAT SHOULD I WEAR AND IN WHAT DECADE DO YOU THINK WHEN
WAS AMERICA EVER HEALTHY IN TERMS OF OUR FOOD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? ARE WE GOING BACK TO THE 50s, 40S, 30S? BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN KNOCKING TWINKIES DOWN SINCE THE 80S WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. WE HAVEN'T BEEN HEALTHY FOR A LONG TIME. >> I CAN'T ANSWER WHAT THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS
DOING SPECIFICALLY WITH SCHOOL NUTRITION BUT THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT IN JUNE WITH THEIR GUIDELINES AS FAR AS SUGAR AND SALT INTAKE BUT AS FAR AS THAT,
I CAN'T TELL YOU. >> Edward Ferguson: CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE I RECEIVE THAT. IT JUST STRUCK ME AS LAUGHABLE WHEN I HEARD THIS. EVERYBODY IS INTO RHYMING AND SAYING CATCHY THINGS BUT SUBSTANTIVELY WE HAVE BEEN KILLING OURSELVES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN EATING FOR DECADES UPON DECADES. SO TO SAY HEALTHY AGAIN I FEEL
LIKE OUR HEALTH EDUCATION HAS BEEN MEH. IT'S GOOD THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO BETTER BUT I DON'T KNOW. LAST BOARD MEETING OF THE YEAR I'M NOT GOING TO SNITCH ON ANYBODY ELSE BUT I NEEDED TO WALK AWAY. THAT WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING.
WHO-- IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE A SPECIFIC CONGRESSMAN IS PUSHING. THIS IS THE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT... >> HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SO IT'S SECRETARY KENNEDY SO HE CAME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN FOR MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN AND WITHIN
THAT CAMPAIGN HE HAS STAFF THAT WILL BE HANDLING NUTRITION FOR SCHOOLS, THAT FORMULA. >> Edward Ferguson: I GET IT. GREAT PRESENTATION. >> Chair Brill: I'M GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OR MAKE A COMMENT AND I HAVE EYE QUESTION FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU FOR ALSO AN IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION. I AM WORRIED ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO TESTING, I KNOW WE ARE SHORT ON TIME AND I WANT TO GO QUICK. I FILED THE COMPLAINT AGAINST
THE PREDECESSOR TO THE FCAT. THEY SAID IT WAS THE TEST PUBLISHER WOULDN'T ALLOW A CERTAIN CALCULATOR OTHER THAN A PARTICULAR CALCULATOR FOR THE TEST. AND I ARGUED THAT MY SON NEEDED A CALCULATOR THAT DID FRACTIONS SO LONG STORY SHORT, CUTTING TO
THE CHASE, IT GOT KICKED TO THE STATE AND BECAME THE FCAT AND KICKED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THREE YEARS LATER, IT'S IN CASELAW. WE WON. AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE FCAT WITH THE CALCULATOR AS HIS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT IS NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE ARE DOING WONDERFUL THINGS. SOMETIMES IT'S BEYOND THAT FOR THE STUDENTS LEVELING THE PLAY FIELD FOR THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS. MY QUESTION, AND I THINK YOU HAVE ANSWERED IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
VOTE ON ANY OF THIS UNTIL MAYBE SEPTEMBER, BUT THE A.I. DATA CENTER MORATORIUM, PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING LATER ABOUT PROJECT TANGO. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY DOES
VOTE BEFORE THEY VOTE ON THIS MORATORIUM HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THIS IF THEY HAVEN'T BROKEN GROUND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD KNOW THE ANSWER. IF THE COUNTY VOTES TO PROCEED ON A PROJECT AND THEY HAVEN'T BROKEN GROUND, WOULD THAT IMPACT
THEM WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERLAY. >> TYPICALLY WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES UP WITH A RULE, THEY CAN'T GO BACKWARDS SO IF SOMETHING IS ALREADY DONE, THEY'RE GOING SAY FOR ALL FUTURE, RIGHT. THEY SHOULD BE KEEPING THEIR
AUTO ON. THEY WILL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND SAFEGUARDS. SO MAYBE SOME OF THE WORK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING WOULD BE BENEFICIAL MAY BE VOTED
ON BEFORE SEPTEMBER BUT I WOULDN'T BET THE RANCH ON IT. >> Chair Brill: I APPRECIATE IT. TO MR. FERGUSON'S POINT, THIS IS AN TACK ON HOME RULE. AND SO SO IT IS AN ATTACK ON THE STATE BEING ABLE TO AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT THEY FEEL WOULD BENEFIT MY COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO MS. SAVIETTO. >> Virginia Savietto: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MEG MEGAN. WHAT DO WE KNOW, WHAT THE STATUS OF THE J1 VISA PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS.
DO WOE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. >> HAPPY TO SAY IT'S BACK IN ENACTED AGAIN. AFTER-- I KNOW THE HISPANIC EDUCATION COALITION ASKED ME ABOUT THIS A LOT. AFTER MANY, MANY MONTHS AND ACTUALLY SEVERAL YEARS, OF THAT
WHOLE PROGRAM STOPPING, I SEE SOME EYES GLAZED OVER. J1 VISA IS WHERE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS CAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND TEACH FOR THREE YEARS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. SO THEY GET A TEMPORARY VISA.
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT ALLOW THEM TO STAY FIVE YEARS. BUT FOR MOST PART, IT'S THREE YEARS. AND THEN THEY MUST GO BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE TO STAY THERE FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY COME BACK. AND THEY MUST COME TO A FULLY ACCREDITED SCHOOL.
SO IT IS BACK, YOU KNOW, ON THE TABLE BECAUSE IT IS A TEMPORARY VISA. BUT I KNOW THE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY SLOW BECAUSE THE IMMIGRATION, THERE ARE 75 COUNTRIES NOW THAT HAS SUSPENDED
IMMIGRATION. AND IF THE TEACHERS ARE COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY HAPPEN TO BE FROM ONE OF THOSE 75 COUNTRIES, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET TIED UP WITH PAPERWORK. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> Virginia Savietto: DO YOU KNOW THAT LIZ? DO YOU HAVE THE LIST?
>> I DO HAVE THE LIST. I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU I KNOW THE SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES, COLOMBIA IS ON THE LIST, CUBA IS ON THE LIST, GUATEMALA IS ON THE LIST. BRAZIL IS ON THE LIST BUT THAT'S PORTUGUESE, RIGHT. SO I WILL SHARE THE LIST WITH
YOU EXPWHRAF THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. >> Virginia Savietto: THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM? >> PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD IS A FEDERAL INITIATIVES THAT GOES BEYOND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
IT WORKS WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT WAS PUT IN PLACE-- IN THE EARLY 2000S AND THEY MODELED IT AFTER THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE. THE ONLY PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALL OF FLORIDA WELL LET ME
EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS THEY GO INTO HIGH POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY WORK WITH HEALTHCARE, THEY WORK WITH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND EVEN HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND THEY TRY TO LIFT UP THE
COMMUNITY AND THEY GET QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE ONLY ONE IN FLORIDA THAT I KNOW OF IS IN BROWARD AND THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 35 IN THE
COUNTRY MAYBE 40. >> Virginia Savietto: SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM WITH PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE PROGRAM. IT'S NOT A BRANDT THAT IS GIVEN TO A COMMUNITY AGENCY. >> IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT. IT'S KIND OF A COALITION OF PEOPLE WORKING. LIKE THE ONE IN BROWARD, BROWARD
COLLEGE, BROWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND ACTUALLY FAU IS WORKING WITH THE PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. SO IN ADDITION TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COUNSELORS AND, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM BUT IT'S A LONG-TERM PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, FOR
450EU6 HIVE THAT PARTICULAR ONE STARTED RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, I THINK. >> I THOUGHT THEY WERE WORKING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY BECAUSE I'VE HEARD OF THEM MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE HERE, TOO. >> NO, NOT HERE.
>> Virginia Savietto: THN I WAS LOOKING AT THE SLIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS CRAZY TO ME, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SO NOW THEY HAVE EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE STUDIES I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT ENTAILED YET. I WANT TO READ THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. I HAVE A FEELING IT HAS TO DO WITH THE J1 VISA BECAUSE THE J1 VISA IS HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND HOMELAND SECURITY, TWO AGENCIES, BUT I'M
SHOCKED THAT THEY'RE HANDLING FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES. >> Virginia Savietto: IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT ALL THE EDUCATION PIECES ARE SPREAD OUT INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES IT ALL BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: I WILL MAKE IT QUICK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS
REPORT THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US TODAY AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL LEVEL CAN WE MAKE THIS REPORT AVAILABLE TO MY ROYAL PALM BEACH EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WELLINGTON, TRICITIES BECAUSE YOU COME TO THEM EACH YEAR, WITH THE REPORT OF WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO DO AS IT RELATES TO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT HIS SIGN-OFF, AND PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THE ACTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN. AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, SERVING NOW AS THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY
SCHOOLS, 81 OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS ON THE GROUND IN D.C. ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME YOU SEE HER SITTING HERE, BUT IN MARCH WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
WITH THE COUNTIES OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME OVER TO THE CAPITOL AND HAVING ME MEET WITH THE CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS WHEN I'M IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND WHAT YOU JUST DID FOR THE GREATER FLORIDA CONSORTIUM. THAT WAS FABULOUS. I WAS READING ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS YOU ACCOMPLISHED BY
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE TRULY NEED RIGHT HERE AT HOME AND A LOT OF THIS, I THINK WE DON'T PAY YOU. , YOU ARE JUST OUT THERE MAKING IT HAPPEN ON YOUR OWN AND I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW YOUR HEART NOOSE THIS WORK.
WHEN YOU SEE A REPORT THIS COMPLETE AND THIS THOROUGH, IT MEANS A LOT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MY TIME SITTING UP HERE AND LOOK AT A LOT OF LOBBYISTS WE HAVE HAD IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AT THE STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVEL SO I'M SAYING THANK YOU PERSONALLY TODAY. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: YEAH, YOU HAVE BEEN READING MY NOTES. YOU TOOK SOME OF MY THUNDER.
I DO WANT TO FIRST GIVE KUDOS TO Ms. FAYE AND CAPITOL CITY CONSULTING. YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THE FRONT LINE ADVOCATING FOR US IN TALLAHASSEE AND DOING TOP NOTCH PRESENTATIONS AS WELL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO POUR IT ON THICK FOR
MISS SOLNET. EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATIONS SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE IN 22. THERE IS RARELY A QUESTION THAT I HAVE TO ASK YOU. THE THINGS I'VE ASKED FOR OTHERS, YOU ALWAYS COMP YOU ARE THE PROTOTYPE IN THAT REGARD. YOU DO HAVE A DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IS UNIQUE. I HAVE BEEN IN MANY PRESENTATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, EQUALLY SMART PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU BUT THE INTENT OF CARE AND DETAIL THAT YOU PUT FORTH IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS NOT LOST ON ME AND I'M SURE IT'S NOT LOST ON MANY PEOPLE UP HERE. YOU ARE A CREDIT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I APPRECIATE THE SUBSTANCE AND TIME THAT YOU TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP US ABREAST OF ALL THINGS AT ALL
TIMES. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BUT AS WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF AN ASSET WE SEE YOU AS. YOU KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK
EVERY SINGLE TIME AND I'M HAPPY YOU ARE PART OF TEAM PALM BEACH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'M FEELING THE LOVE OBVIOUSLY YOU HEAR THIS SCHOOL BOARD GREATLY APPRECIATED ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH. SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? POST-MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND SO AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD IS GOING TO LEAVE THE BOARD ROOM TO ATTEND A CLOSED DOOR RISK MANAGEMENT SESSION. THIS SESSION IS EXPECTED TO
HOPEFULLY LAST APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AS WE HAVE TIME CERTAIN AT FIVE P.M. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL LEAVE THE BOARD ROOM.