♦ 2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
• General Information
• 2012 Session Materials
♦ 2012 ELECTIONS
• Proposed Constitutional Amendments
♦ 2011-12 FSBA PRESIDENT'S REPORTS
♦ SCHOOL GRADES
♦ SELECTED MEMOS, REPORTS, AND RELATED MATERIALS
♦ LITIGATION AND RELATED ISSUES
♦ FEDERAL ISSUES
• Reauthorization of ESEA (NCLB)
• Race to the Top Grants
• Federal Funding
♦ EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES
• Merit Pay
• Class Size
♦ SCHOOL BOARD SALARY INFORMATION
2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
♦ General Information
• Economic Overview - 12/6/11
• Budget Overview -- 8/1/11
• 2011 Florida Tax Handbook
• FSBA 2011 Legislative Session Summary
♦ 2012 Session Materials
• Budget Information
* 2011-2012 FEFP 3rd Calculation Memo -- 12/22/11
* 2011-2012 FEFP 3rd Calculation Run -- 12/22/11
* 2005-2011 FEFP Allocation History
• FRS Information
° FRS Overview: Pension Plan I Investment Plan
° Glossary
♦ 2012 ELECTIONS
• Constitutional Amendments
° Amendment 7
* HJR 1471 -- (enacted during the 2011 Legislative Session)
* Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (filed 7/20/11)
* Trial Court Summary Judgement (issued 12/13/11)
* FSBA Issue Brief
♦ FSBA PRESIDENT'S REPORTS
• Inaugural Address by President Lee Swift -- June 2011
• President's Letter -- July 2011
• President's Letter -- September 2011
• President's Letter -- November 2011
• President's Letter -- December 2011
• President's Letter -- January 2012
♦ SCHOOL GRADES
• High School Grades - 12/20/10
• High School Grades - Press Release
• Elementary & Middle School Grades - 8/2010
SELECTED MEMOS, REPORTS, AND RELATED MATERIALS
♦ Governor Scott
• Transition Team Reports
° Education Transition Team Recommendations
° All Transition Team Reports and Recommendations
♦ Department of Education
• Class Size Compliance Penalty Memo -- 12/29/10
° Penalty Calculation -- Traditional Public Schools
° Penalty Calculation -- Charter Schools
° Compliance Plan Template
♦ Other Agencies and Entities
• Department of Management Services Annual Workforce Report -- 12/2010
LITIGATION AND RELATED ISSUES
• Constitutional Challenges Relating to Education
° Palm Beach County Class Action Suit - 11/4/09
° Leon County Statewide Challenge - 11/18/09
* Defendants' Motion to Dismiss -- 2/1/10
* Court's Ruling Dismissing Defendants' Motion to Dismiss -- 8/25/10
° Final Constitutional Accountability Commission Report
• Voucher Litigation
° Full Text of the Supreme Court Decision
° Voucher litigation timeline and summary
FEDERAL ISSUES
♦ Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (NCLB)
• Op-Ed Column by U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan -- 1/3/11
• President Obama's "Blueprint" for Reauthoization of ESEA
♦ Race to the Top - Phase II
• Florida DOE RTTT Vendor Symposium Presentation -- 9/30/10
• Florida DOE RTTT Phase II Website this site provides a number of resources, including:
° LEA Final Scope of Work Template
° DOE Guidance of LEA Final Scope of Work
° Participating LEAs
° State Deliverables
° 90-Day Timeline
• RTTT Phase II Memorandum Of Understanding -- 5/3/10
• RTTT Phase II Clarification
♦ Federal Funding
2012 FSBA PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
• Platform Development Memo -- 6/27/11
• Platform Develpment Timeline
• Platform Proposal Form: PDF Format | Word Format
• Tentative Platform Evaluation Matrix: PDF Format | Word Format -- 9/19/11
• Proposed Platform -- 10/7/11
• Adopted Platform -- 10/13/11
EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES
♦ Merit Pay
• National Center on Performance Incentives: Teacher Pay for Performance - 9/10
• Education Policy Institute: Problems with Using Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers - 8/10
• Center for Teaching Quality: Performance Pay for Teachers -- 1/08
• Center for Teaching Quality: What's Working Series -- Designing a System That Works - 9/10
• Denver Public Schools: Teacher ProComp Model
° ProComp Payment Chart
• Mike Rose: Threats to School Reform Are Within School Reform
♦ Class Size
• Class Size Compliance Penalty Memo -- 12/29/10
° Penalty Calculation -- Traditional Public Schools
° Penalty Calculation -- Charter Schools
° Compliance Plan Template
• FSBA Class Size Litigation
° FSBA Memo -- 6/25/10
° Litigation Summery -- Penalty Provision
* Resolution
* Retainer Agreement
° Litigation Summery -- Charter School Exemption
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SALARIES
• FSBA School Board Member Salary Memo and Salary Table
• Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR) Report
• Attorney General Opinion 1979-87: Salary Effective Date
REDISTRICTING
• FSBA Issue Brief: Constitutional Amendment on Redistricting
• Public Meeting Schedule