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The association for administrators, district superintendents, principals, assistant principals, supervisors and those who support the public schools of Florida. |
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2012 LEGISLATIVE BILLSBelow is the list of major bills FASA is monitoring for the 2012 Session. For deatiled information on each bill, click on the bill number.SB 0366 - Relating to Group Insurance for Public Employees - Sponsored by Sen. Gaetz Group Insurance for Public Employees; Requiring that school districts procure certain types of insurance for their officers and employees through interlocal agreements; providing an exception; requiring each school district to enter into an interlocal agreement and establish the School District Insurance Consortium governed by a board of directors; providing for membership and specifying terms of office for board members; authorizing the board to employ staff or contract for staffing services to be provided to the consortium; requiring the Department of Management Services to provide technical services to the consortium; requiring the consortium to advertise for competitive bids for insurance; authorizing the awarding of bids on a statewide or regional basis and the selection of multiple insurance providers; requiring that school districts engage in collective bargaining with certified bargaining agents, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 Last Actions: 1/9/2012 SENATE On Committee agenda - Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations, 01/12/12, 1:00 pm, 412 K1/12/2012 SENATE Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays 1/12/2012 SENATE Now in Budget Identical: HB 0453 - Relating to Group Insurance for Public Employees (Stargel) SB 0962 - Relating to Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program - Sponsored by Sen. Benacquisto Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; Increasing the tax credit cap amount applicable to the program, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 Last Actions: 01/20/12 SENATE On Committee agenda - Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, 01/25/12, 8:30 am, 301 S - If Needed 01/24/12 SENATE Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays SENATE Removed from meeting agenda: Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, 01/25/12 01/25/12 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed SENATE Now in Budget Compare: HB 0859 - Relating to Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program (Corcoran) SB 1704 - Relating to High School Athletics - Sponsored by Wise High School Athletics; Expanding the eligibility of certain students in private schools to participate in sports programs in public schools; designating the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association as the governing nonprofit organization of athletics in private schools in this state; revising provisions relating to the bylaws of the Florida High School Athletic Association and providing for organization, authority, and duties of the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association; prohibiting the Florida High School Athletic Association from denying or discouraging interscholastic competition between public and private schools, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 Last Actions: 01/25/12 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education Pre-K - 12, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 301 S 01/30/12 SENATE Favorable with CS by Education Pre-K - 12; 4 Yeas, 1 Nay 02/01/12 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed Similar: HB 1403 - relating to High School Athletics (Stargel) SB 1798 - Relating to Public Education - Montford Public Education; Defining the term “agency” for purposes of exempting school districts from reviewing rules and making certain reports; repealing provisions relating to the Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act; repealing provisions relating to public school parental choice; requiring that full-time equivalent student credit completed through the Florida Virtual School’s franchises and school district virtual instruction schools and programs be reported to the Department of Education and be funded through the Florida Education Finance Program; repealing provisions relating to standard high school diploma designations, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 Last Actions: 1/9/2012 SENATE Filed SB 1886 - Relating to Zero Tolerance For Crime And Victimization In Schools - Sponsored by Sen. Wise Zero Tolerance For Crime And Victimization In Schools; Requiring that each district school board adopt a policy for reporting to a law enforcement agency acts that pose a serious threat to school safety; requiring that acts that do not pose a serious threat to school safety be handled within the school’s disciplinary system; requiring that a child accused of a misdemeanor offense not be arrested and formally processed in the juvenile justice system; requiring that minor incidents be diverted from the juvenile justice system or handled within the school system’s disciplinary system, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 Last Actions: 01/25/12 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education Pre-K - 12, 01/30/12, 3:30 pm, 301 S 01/30/12 SENATE Favorable with CS by Education Pre-K - 12; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays 02/01/12 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed SENATE Now in Criminal Justice Identical: HB 1445 - relating to Zero Tolerance for Crime and Victimization in Schools (Davis)
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