Education Meetings in Tallahassee – January 20 – 24, 2025
Monday, January 20th is the federal holiday honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It also happens to be Innauguration Day in D.C. Committees in Tallahassee will meet Wednesday and Thursday in preparation for the opening of the 2025 legislative session (on March 4, 2025). Although there are no bills on this week’s agendas, early committee week agendas are often designed to inform committee members on the topics the committee intends to address in the upcoming session.
If you can’t attend in person, you can watch meetings on thefloridachannel.org .
The Florida House
These are the scheduled meetings of House Education committees next week. The House Education & Employment Committee, again, is not scheduled to meet.
Wednesday January 22, 2025
9am – 11am: House Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Location:Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Meeting Florida’s workforce needs: panel discussion on how students are made aware of career & technical education opportunities
3:30pm -5:30pm: House PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
Location:Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Overview on How the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) Works
Department of Education update on:
- October 2024 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Student Survey Results
- Third Calculation of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 FEFP
Panel Discussion with School District Superintendents on:
- Role of School Districts in Forecasting FTE Students
- Recalculating the FEFP
Thursday, January 23, 2025
9am – 11am: House Student Academic Success Subcommittee
Location:Reed Hall (102 HOB)
- Discussion on preparing and supporting teachers to meet the academic needs of students.
3:30pm – 5:30pm House Education Administration Subcommittee
Location:Reed Hall (102 HOB)
- State and local perspectives of implementing key programs of Florida’s K-12 system.
- Panel discussions on state and local coordination of school safety and the statewide early warning system.
Florida Senate
Both Senate Education committees are scheduleed to meet.
Wednesday January 22, 2025
11am – 1pm Senate Education Pre-K – 12
Location: Pat Thomas Committee Room, 412 Knott Building
- Presentations from the Executive Directors of the Heartland Educational Consortium, North East Florida Educational Consortium, and Panhandle Area Educational Consortium on Rural School Districts and Consortia Services
- Panel Discussion by Rural School District Superintendents
When Senator Ben Albritton took the role of Senate President he promised a “Rural Renaissance” during this legislative term. Albritton described himself as “a proud son of rural Florida, Florida’s Heartland, six generations deep” and vowed to ensure rural communties “have access to all the opportunities the rest of Florida has to offer.” Rural school districts have specific challenges and it looks like the Florida Senate may be planning to tackle some of them.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
9am – 11 am: Senate Appropriations Committee On Pre-K – 12 Education
Location: Mallory Horne Committee Room, 37 Senate Building
On the agenda:
- Program Review – District Support Programs
- Assistance to Low Performing Schools
- School District Education Foundation Matching Grants
- Regional Literacy Teams
- Program Review – Regional Education Consortia
Again, If you can’t attend in person, you can watch meetings on thefloridachannel.org .