Category: Florida Legislative News
May 24, 2010
The News Service of Florida published the breaking news below on the Florida Supreme Court’s rejection of a challege to the State’s “Save Our Homes” property tax program. Should you have any questions or comments, please contact Colodny Fass. SUPREME …
May 21, 2010
The Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy and Accountability published the following education-related reports today, May 21, 2010: National Association of State Directors of Special EducationFinancing Special Education: State Funding Formulashttp://projectforum.org/docs/FinancingSpecialEducation-StateFundingFormulas.pdf A total of 27 states reported that …
May 20, 2010
Above: Florida Today editorial cartoon by Jeff Parker To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Class size issue on Florida ballot as Amendment 8 The Legislature’s proposed state constitutional amendments on redistricting and …
May 20, 2010
U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises (“Subcommittee”) Chairman Paul Kanjorski announced a May 21, 2010 hearing on the state of accounting and auditing standards. A Subcommittee news release is reprinted below. Should you have any …
May 19, 2010
The U.S. Treasury issued the following news release today, May 19, 2010 (to view the referenced attachment, click on the hyperlink below): The Federal Reserve System in May will begin its 2010 Census of Finance Companies. The census is …
May 19, 2010
The Office of Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued the following news release on May 17, 2010: Governor Crist Signs Unemployment Compensation Legislation New Law Provides Additional Unemployment Benefits and Enhances Link Between Unemployment Compensation Beneficiaries and Job Opportunities TALLAHASSEE …
May 19, 2010
Florida Property and Casualty Association Members: As you are likely aware, the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit for Leon County, Florida, issued its final judgment on May 7, 2010 in Frederick Kortum v. Alex Sink, finding that the …
May 18, 2010
The 2010 Florida Legislative Session ended on Friday, April 30. The Legislature, which faced a $3.2 billion deficit for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2010-2011, filled this hole with cuts to health care and criminal justice, as well as by …
May 18, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: State Citrus Taxes Raised After Crist Veto Citrus officials to review a proposed $53.8 million budget Wednesday. Gov. Charlie Crist’s Saturday veto of an agriculture bill sent …
May 18, 2010
The Florida Legislature allocated $14 billion for Pre-K through 12th grade education with the passage of House Bill 5001, the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act (“Budget”). The 2010-2011 Budget contains a small increase in per-student funding (0.02 percent), which represents …