CONTENTS
♦ 2010 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
• Education Budget Materials
• Education Legislation
♦ 2010 ELECTION INFORMATION
• Qualified Candidates
• Primary Election Results
• General Election Results
♦ SELECTED MEMOS AND RELATED MATERIALS
♦ LITIGATION AND RELATED ISSUES
♦ FEDERAL ISSUES
♦ 2011 FSBA PLATFORM
♦ 2010 U.S. CENSUS
♦ CLASS SIZE INFORMATION
2010 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
♦ 2010-2011 Education Budget Materials
• Governor's Budget Veto Letter
• Budget Veto List
• Governor's Budget Veto Press Release
• General Appropriations Act -- Education Sections
• Side-by-Side Comparison of Budget Highlights
• Full FEFP Funding Run (4/27/10)
• House Script for Budget Presentation
• FEFP Funding History 2005-2010
• District Levy of 0.25 Critical Needs Millage 2009-2010
• Comparison of House & Senate Education Budget Proposals 4/1/10
• Comparison of House & Senate Conforming Bills 3/28/10
♦ Budget Background & Resource Documents
• FEFP 4th Calculation (4/2010)
• Education: Conference Update 3/3/10
• 2010 Florida Tax Handbook
• Transparency Florida Website
• Florida: An Economic Overview (EDR 2/3/10)
♦ 2010-2011 Education Legislation
• Governor's Veto Letter for HB 5607
• Detailed Summaries of Education Bills
• Proposed Constitutional Amendments
• FSBA Letter Requesting Veto of SB 6
• Education Fast Facts 2009-2010
2010 ELECTIONS INFORMATION
♦ Qualified Candidates
• School Board
• Governor & Cabinet
• Florida Legislature
• U.S. Congress
♦ Primary Election Results
♦ General Election Results
SELECTED MEMOS AND RELATED MATERIALS
♦ Governor Crist
• Task Force on Excellent Teaching - 6/14/10
♦ Department of Education
• 2010-2011 Second FEFP Calculation Memo - 7.16.10
° Second FEFP Calculation Run
• Millage Rate Certification Memo - 7/16/10
° Millage Rate Certification
° Prior Period Millage Adjustment
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
° 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)
President Obama's "Blueprint" for Reauthoization of ESEA
NSBA Press Release Regarding the Blueprint
President Obama's Weekly Address -- 3/13/10
♦ Race to the Top Grants
• RTTT Phase II Memorandum Of Understanding -- 5/3/10
• RTTT Phase II Clarification
• RTTT Finalists / Press Release -- 3/4/10
• RTTT Finalists / Letter to Governors -- 3/4/10
• Florida DOE Webinar -- 2/23/10
• Memo from Commissioner Smith -- 1/11/10
• DOE Response to Concerns Raised by Miami-Dade -- 1/11/10
• DOE Response to Concerns Raised by Broward -- 1/11/10
• Joint Memo from President Atwater & Speaker Cretul -- 1/11/10
• Open Letter from Andy Ford, President of FEA -- 12/09
• Complete Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Package
• Overview of Florida DOE Application - 11/18/09
• NSBA Guidance to School Boards - 12/7/09
• NSBA Overview of Requirements - 11/25/09
• NSBA Chart of Proposed & Final Requirements
• U.S. DOE Guidelines and Information
♦ Investing in Innovation Grants
• U.S. DOE Guildelines and Information
♦ Federal Economic Stimulus Package (ARRA)
• NSBA Economic Stimulus Resource Center
• U.S. Department of Education Website
• April 2009
° Initial Release of ARRA Funds -- State-by-State Chart
° U.S. DOE Guidance on McKinny-Vento Grants & Allocation Chart
° U.S. Treasury Guidance on Qualified School Construction Bonds & Allocation Charts
° U.S. Treasury Guidance on Qualified Zone Academy Bond Program & Allocation Charts
° U.S. DOE Guidance on Title I, Part A Funding
° U.S. DOE Guidance on Stabilization Funding
2011 FSBA PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
♦ Initial Platform Materials
• 2011 Platform Development Memo
• 2011 Platform Development Time Line
• 2011 Platform Proposal Form -- Word | PDF
• 2010 FSBA Platform
♦ Joint Statements Adopted by FSBA, FLC, and FAC
2010 U.S. CENSUS
• 2010 U.S. Census Website
• 2010 Florida Sunshine Census Website
° Florida Sunshine Census In Schools Website
° PowerPoint Presentation -- Kidd Group
• Sample School Board Resolution -- Palm Beach
• Sample Press Release -- Palm Beach
CLASS SIZE INFORMATION
• DOE Class Size Presentation 1/12/10
• DOE Class Size Amendment Website
• DOE Non-Compliance Penalty Calculation Memo - 6/2/10
• DOE Non-Compliance Penalty Calculation Worksheet -- 6/2/10
• FSBA Class Size Litigation
° FSBA Memo -- 6/25/10
° Litigation Summery -- Penalty Provision
* Resolution
* Retainer Agreement
° Litigation Summery -- Charter School Exemption
• FEA Challenge of Amendment 8
° Legal Complaint
° Press Release - 7/23/10

