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06/13/2023 - Board Workshop

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Source
HCPS Board Meeting
Date
2023-06-13
Location
Hillsborough County, FL
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Transcript
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15,729 words · about 88 min
Collected
2026-03-30

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001Henry "Shake" Washington: GOOD MORNING. WE WILL START THE MEETING AND I AM NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ADDISON DAV DAVIS. MR. DAVIS, YOU ARE ON MUTE. Addison Davis: WELCOME TO TECHN TECHNOLOGY. GO AHEAD, MR. DAVIS. Henry "Shake" Washington: HE IS STILL ON MUTE. Addison Davis: THEY CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. THEY SAY THEY CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. . SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THE AUDIO. Henry "Shake" Washington: MICHAEL McAULEY, YOU CAN TAKE OVER. Michael McAuley: WE ARE HERE FOR A WORKSHOP TO GO OVER THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS MADE IN TALLAHASSEE. TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF STAFF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE FORMAT IS ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE GOING OVER EACH OF THOSE ITEMS VERY BRIEFLY. WE KNOW THERE IS

002A LOT TO UNPACK IN SOME OF THEM, BUT TODAY'S WORKSHOP IS FOR US TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE AND OPPORTUNITIES LATER AFTER THIS, IF THERE ARE MORE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE GOT FOLKS FROM ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION TO -- TO PRESENT THAT ITEM. AND THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS ONCE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THIS POINT. Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, TO SET EXPECTATIONS AND SET THE STAGE. THERE IS A TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAN'T BE ANSWERED YET. IN ADDITION TO THE LAWS PASSED, RULEMAKING NEEDS TO OCCUR AT THE STATE LEVEL. MR. DAVIS WILL BE BRINGING AT THE WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 1, PROBABLY MORE DETAILS. BUT TODAY IS A TIME FOR QUESTION AND TO HAVE THE ITEMS PRESENTED

003TO YOU. Michael McAuley: SO THE CHAIR, IF HE CAN GET THE FIRST SLIDE UP, PABLO. Addison Davis: I HEAR YOU NOW. SORRY, I HAD SOME PAUSE IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT UP AND RUNNING NOW. Michael McAuley: SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE GOT A FEW OF THE HIGH IMPACT EDUCATION BILLS ARE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT ALL OF THOSE BILLS THAT ULTIMATELY IMPACT OUR WORK IN SOME WAY. BUT WE FELT LIKE THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU MIGHT HAVE THE MOST INTEREST AROUND AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. SO TODAY'S SESSION WILL FOCUS ON THESE HIGH IMPACT ITEMS. MISS DAVIS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WILL BE UNPACKED FOR THE BOARD. Kristin Davis: NOT THIS MORNING. WE WILL CERTAINLY STICK TO THE POWERPOINT AND OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AND Q&A AND IS HE CERTAINLY CAN.

004Michael McAuley: IF ALL RIGHT FOR THE BOARD CHAIR, WELCOME. WE WILL JUMP RIGHT IN TO THE FIRST OPENING. Kristin Davis: GOOD MORNING. Addison Davis: MIKE, CAN I SAY SOMETHING FIRST? Michael McAuley: ABSOLUTELY, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: THANK YOU FOR LET ME VIRTUALLY COME IN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IN ADDITION TODAY AS MR. McAULEY TALKED ABOUT, BILLS FROM SCHOOL BOARD IMPLEMENTATION, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IMPLEMENTATION. WHAT WE DO ON THE GROUND WITH CONTENT AND LEGISLATION AND WHAT THE LEGISLATION WILL WORK THROUGH WITH TALENT MANAGEMENT. NEW INCENTIVES AND TRANSITION OF HOW WE WILL BE IMPACTED FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND OPERATIONAL CAPITAL OUTLAY PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS WE START TO LOOK THROUGH NOT ONLY FINANCIAL BUT CHOICE AS WELL. AND GOING INTO

005SOME OF THE SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE CONTENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AS WE IMPLEMENT. THANK YOU, KRISTIN DAVIS AND OUR TEAM. THEY STAND READY AND PREPARED TO ARTICULATE WHAT LEGISLATION IS FOR US AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT IT IN THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. AT THIS TIME I WILL TRANSITION TO KRISTIN DAVIS. Kristin Davis: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. IF WE CAN GET THE POWERPOINT BACK UP AND WE WILL START ROLLING. WE WILL START -- I WILL BACK UP REAL QUICK. NO SURPRISES, BOARD MEMBERS, THESE ARE THE SCHOOL BOARD-RELATED BILLS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, HOUSE BILL 411 SIGNED INTO LAW MAY 17 THAT NOW A CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL BOARD MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT THEY ARE RUNNING IN WHEN THEY ASSUME AS OPPOSED TO EN WHEN THEY RUN FOR OFFICE. TERM LIMITS. HOUSE BILL 477 SIGNED INTO LAW

006MAY 9. AS YOU KNOW LAST YEAR THE LEGISLATIVE BODY PUT INTO LAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS 12-YEAR TERM LIMITS. SO THIS YEAR WHAT GOES INTO EFFECT ARE EIGHT-YEAR TERM LIMITS. OLY CHANGE WAS A STRIKE-THROUGH OF THE 12 AND THE NUMBER 8 PUT IN THERE STILL EFFECTIVE FOR THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 AND BEYOND. PARTISAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, HB 31. A JOINT RESOLUTION. NOT SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S VETO POWERS AND GOES TO THE VOTERS. IN 2024 AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, AND IF 60% OR MORE OF VOTERS APPROVE, IT WILL GO TO THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL START WITH HOUSE BILL 1 AND FINANCE. GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS. I WILL BE COVERING HOUSE BILL 1, SCHOOL CHOICE. THE FINANCE PORTION. IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW MARCH 27, 2023. IT EXPANDS THE

007ELIGIBILITY FOR THE FLORIDA TAX CREDIT IN THE FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP TO INCLUDE STUDENTS RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE IN K-12 EDUCATION. IT ALSO -- THIS SCHOLARSHIP EXPANDS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS WHOSE HOUSE HOLD WELCOME 185% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND DID YOU SEE NOT EXCEED 400%. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES A PAIRING DIRECT EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH LIMIT THE EN R08MENT FROM 2024 TO 20,000 AND 40,000 FOR YEARS THEREAFTER. ALSO FOR FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE DISABLED, INCREASE THIS FISCAL YEAR THE GROWTH FROM 1% TO 3%. ALSO REDUCE THE REGULATION TO THE FULLER EARLY EDUCATION CODE, THAT IS THE CAPITAL OUTLAY. ALLOW THE FOLLOWING FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR THAT. THE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT IS 20,000 STUDENTS ALL

008OVER FLORIDA AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW OUR STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND HB 1. MARIE WHALE WILL JUMP IN AROUND THE DEREGULATION AND EDUCATION CERTIFICATION FLEXIBILITY. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE UPDATES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN OUR EDUCATORS. AND THE PARTICULAR LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ARE TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR THE TEACHERS CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND EXTENDS THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF SELECT, TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES FROM THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS. THE HCPS IMPACT ON THAT, OUR CURRENT TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION HOLDERS THROUGH 2023, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 379 EDUCATORS THAT THIS WILL ASSIST. AND THAT INCLUDES 146 THAT ARE IN OUR CHARTER. WE DO ALSO TRACK OUR CHARTER TEACHER CERTIFICATION AS WELL. FOR THE 2024 IMPACT, WE HAVE 583 EDUCATORS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED WITH THAT EXTENSION AND THEN FOR 2025, WE HAVE 744 EDUCATORS

009CURRENTLY WITH A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION. SO IT HAS REALLY HELPED US. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WENT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY ON MARCH 22. AND IT BECAME AN AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY. THE DOE PROVIDED A VERY DETAILED MEMO TO DISTRICTS ON MAY 5 THAT ALSO OUTLINES SOME OTHER DETAILS AND SPECIFICS THAT I WILL BE REVIEWING WITH THE LEADERS AT THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. Kristin Davis: OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVE INTO SLIDE 7. OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. HOUSE BILL 69 TITLED EDUCATION AND ASHLEY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR US. SURE. SEVERAL LAYERS TO 1069. SO WE WILL GO OVER THEM SEPARATELY. ALSO MORE IS TO COME ON SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE LAYERS DUE TO MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR PLAN OF THE DISTRICT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DEFINING SEX, THERE IS NOW A DEFINITION WITH HOW WE CAN DEFINE SEX

010AND FOUND IN THE FLORIDA EARLY LEARNING EDUCATION CODE. WHAT WE CAN DO AND NOT DO WHEN IT COMES TO PRONOUNS. AND THEN, ALSO, PROHIBITS INSTRUCTION ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY. EXPANDS THE PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION AND NOW PRE-K THROUGH 8th GRADE EXCEPT WHEN REQUIRED BY THE REQUIRED INSTRUCTION STATUTE. AND ALSO THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE 1003.46, THAT IS THE -- EXCUSE ME, THE HIV EDUCATION. IT ALSO EXPANDS ON THE 9th THROUGH 12th GRADE AND MUST BE AGE APPROPRIATE OR DEVELOPMENT LEANING APPROPRIATE WITH ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STANDARDS AND WE KNOW NEW STANDARDS ARE COMING. REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICT TO POST ON THE WEB SITE THE POLICIES TO NOTIFY PARENTS AND PROCEDURES IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE STUDENT SERVICE. NOW WHAT IS DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE -- EXCUSE ME, IS -- WE USED TO

011HAVE TO PROVIDE OUR MATERIALS AND THE BOARD USED TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE MATERIALS. THE MATERIALS WILL NOW GO TO THE DOE FOR APPROVAL. SO WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR MORE GUIDANCE ON THAT. AND REQUIRES HEALTH INSTRUCTION TO INCLUDE THE BIOLOGICAL MALE -- MALES IMPREGNATE BIOLOGICAL FEMALES. PRESIDENT IMPACT, WE NEED TO WAIT FOR APPROVAL FROM DOE, AND ONCE WE GET THAT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR POLICY 2417 DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM DOE. Kristin Davis: WE WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING TWO SLIDES AT THE WORKSHOP ON THE 26th? THE FOLLOWING TWO WILL BE COMMUNICATED ON IN THE NEXT WORKSHOP. Kristin Davis: GREAT. SLIDE 10, STILL ON HOUSE BILL 1069. ASHLEY ADDRESS IT BRIEFLY, THE PREFERRED PRONOUN USAGE. WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR US.

012SO THIS PART OF HB 1069 IS BASICALLY LAYING OUT THE CHANGES TO THE USE OR ADDING STATUTE 1000.71, PERSONAL TITLES AND PRO ANNOUNCE. EMPLOYER CONTRACT OR STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED -- "REQUIRED" BEING THE KEY COMPONENT TO REFER TO THAT PERSON USING THAT PREFERRED PERSONAL TITLE OR PRONOUN. THE SECOND PART OF IT ADDS THAT A STUDENT MAY NOT BE ASKED TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER PERSONAL TITLE OR PRONOUN. AND ADDS A COMPONENT OF IT TO SAY THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT TO BE PENALIZED OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO PROVIDE THEIR PRONOUN. AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT OF IT IS AN EMPLOYER CONTRACTOR MAY NOT PROVIDE TO A STUDENT HIS OR HER PREFERRED PERSONAL TITLE OR PRONOUN. IF THESE PRONOUNS OR PERSONAL TITLES DO NOT CORRESPOND TO HIS OR HER SEX. WE

013WILL BE UPDATING THE LGBTQ CRITICAL RESOURCE GUIDE AS APPROPRIATE AND DEVELOP TRAINING FOR SCHOOL STAFF. Kristin Davis: OKAY, THANK YOU. HOUSE BILL 1537 TITLED EDUCATION. MOVE INTO THIS ONE NEXT UNDER SLIDE 11. THIS WAS ONE OF THE TRAIN BILL THAT HAD ABOUT 40 DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF IT. MANY OF THE SECTIONS INCLUDING BILLS THAT WERE THE STAND-A AROUND BILLS, THE PILOT SCHOOL PROGRAM. AND A NUMBER OF THINGS. WE WILL FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF THINGS OF CONCORDANCE SCORES AND GRADUATION RATES AND SCORES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. TO CODIFY THE CONCORDANT SCORE REQUIREMENTS, BULLET NUMBER ONE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL MEASURES OF STUDENTS GRADUATING DURING THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR TO MEET THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. IT ALSO QUALIFIED THE CONCORDANT SCORES FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 9 THROUGH 2023-'24 COOL YEAR. NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND AND ALLOWED THOSE ENTERED GRADE

01492020 AND BEYOND TO THE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT THROUGH THE USE OF THE CLASSIC LEARNING TEST. THE SECOND BULLET ADDED A NEW GRADING COMPONENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY THE SCHOOL GRADE COMPONENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL CAPTURE THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL 3 AND HIGHER FOR ELA, MATH AND SCIENCE. STARTING IN SPRING 2024, IT WILL ADD A FOURTH ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE THAT WILL CAPTURE THE PERCENT OF STUDENT EARNING LEVEL 3 OR HIGHER FOR GRADE 3 ONLY. Kristin Davis: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DEIDRE. STICK WITH HOUSE PILL 1537 FOR ONE MOMENT WITH ONE FLY WITH CHINSIA COVERING CHARTER SCHOOL PROVISIONS FOR US. GOOD MORNING. THIS PART OF THE BILL MODIFIES THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE CAPITAL OUTLAY CURRENTLY. CHARTER SCHOOL THAT HAS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, GRADE

015OF F, TWO CONSECUTIVE GRADES LOWER THAN A C AND SCHOOL RATING OF UNSATISFACTORY. WE HAVE CURRENT CHARTER SCHOOLS NOT RECEIVING CAPITAL OUTLAY. STARTING IN JULY 2023, THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA CHANGES AND EXPANDS A LITTLE BIT. SO THE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE TWO CONSECUTIVE GRADES OF F WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE. THREE CONSECUTIVE GRADES BELOW A C AND TWO CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATINGS OF UNSATISFACTORY. A NEW LANGUAGE ALLOWS FOR A BROADER CRITERIA TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS. Chris: THANK YOU. SLIDE 13, HOUSE BILL 7039. STUDENT OUTCOMES. TRACY BERGMAN WILL HEIGHT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES FOR US. SURE. GOOD MORNING, HOUSE BILL 7039 IS THE STUDENT OUTCOME BILL AND CONTAINS COMPONENTS FOR READING AND MATH AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH OF THEM. SOME ARE PRESENTING JACK AND HIS TEAM THIS MORNING. READING SIDE, SOME OF THIS ISN'T

016NEW. IT HAS BEEN BROKEN ABOUT AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND PREVIOUS PURCHASES THROUGH THE BOARD AND STATE THAT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL WILL BE INSTRUCTED IN THE SCIENCE OF READING AND QUEUING SYSTEM THAT RELIES HEAVILY ON VISUAL MEMORY, PICTURE CUES, SKIPPING WORDS CANNOT BE A BASIS FOR WORD READING INSTRUCTION. PRE-K CURRICULUM. ACROSS THE PROGRAMS PRIVATE OR PUBLIC THAT THE CURRICULUM NEEDS TO SUPPORT EARLY LITERACY AND MATH SKILLS AND BUILD A CONTENT KNOWLEDGE BUILDING PIECE THAT ALIGNS ALSO TO WHAT THE BEST STANDARDS OF K-12 AND STATE APPROVED CURRICULUM TO BE USED IN SUPPLEMENTAL OF THE CORE. THIS WILL INCLUDE DYSLEXIA SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION, THIS BILL EXTENDED THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE NEW WORLDS BOOK INITIATIVE TIER 2 AND 3 DEFICIENCY CAN APPLY FOR A FREE BOOK EVERY MONTH. THAT WILL BE EXTENDED DOWN INTO PK STUDENTS. ADDITION

017TO THE K-12 READING PLAN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, NOT THE 2023-'24 BUT THE 2024-'25 WILL INCLUDE LITERACY COACH PLACEMENT AND HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS IN GRADES K-2. IT CONTINUES A BIG PIECE OF THIS BILL IS STUDENTS WITH SUBSTANTIAL READING DEFICIENCY AND STATES THAT A PARENT OF ANY K-3 STUDENTS WHO EXHIBITS A SUBSTANTIAL READING DEFICIENCY AND OR THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA MUST BE NO NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF THE STUDENTS DEFICITS. ER. VENTUALS PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT AND THE PROGRESS MONITORING TOOL AND DATA AND MUST BE REPORTED MONTHLY. STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT MEETING THESE EXPECTATION MUST HAVE A PROGRESS MONITORING PLAN OR FEDERALLY APPROVED PLAN SUCH AS AN IEP. THIS ALSO STATES THAT INTERVENTIONS MUST BE PROVIDED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO THESE STUDENTS NOT THROUGH ELP OR OUTSIDE SOURCES AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY AND SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION AND

018TARGETED TO THE STUDENTS' NEEDS. IT ADDRESSES STUDENTS WHAT WE CALL "DOUBLE RETENTION STUDENTS" IN GRADE 3. THEY HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN GRADE GRADE 3 AND A PREVIOUS GRADE RETENTION AND APPLICABLE AND ACCELERATION PROGRAMS TO GET THOSE STUDENTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE THAT IS NOT ONLY LEVEL APPROPRIATE BUT AGE APPROPRIATE AS WELL. IT ALSO ADDRESSES INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN STATES THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. WE MUST INCLUDE THE SCIENCE OF READING RESEARCH BEHIND IT. FOR MATHEMATICS. MATHEMATICS IS NOW BEING ADDED INTO THE MIX WHERE READING HAS BEEN WITH THE HOUSE BILL OF 7011 LAST YEAR. MATH DEFICIENCY TO THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM AND REQUIRES PARENT NOTIFICATION FOR SUBSTANTIAL MATH DEFICIENCY OR CHARACTER STACK OF DIS CALCULA. AND THE CHARACTER STACKS O OF DYSACOULA AND THROUGH MONITORING AND INTERVENTIONS. WILL COMPILE RESOURCES TO

019SUPPORT THE DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE FOR APPROPRIATING TEACHER CANDIDATES AS WELL AS OUR STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT TEACHER TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WILL BEST BE SUITED. SO WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON HCPS? SO SOME OF IT IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS, BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF ON TOP OF THE SCIENCE OF READING SHIFT AS WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS BILL FOR QUITE A WHILE. PROVIDING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TEACHERS, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ON THE SCIENCE OF READING THAT BEGAN EARLIER AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WE PURCHASED IN MAY THE EXPLICIT FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM OF YOUTH LIE AND SCREENER OF DIBBLE THAT CAN BE USED TO SCREEN FOR I DID LEX I CAN'T AND DYSCACOULA IN GRADES K-3 FOR MATH. WE HAVE A PROGRESS ALERT AND PLAN WE USED

020AS PART OF OUR PLAN LAST YEAR, AND IT WILL NEED TO BE INCORPORATED TO INCLUDE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA AND PROGRAM SO THEY ARE TRULY ALIGNED TO THAT SYSTEMIC INSTRUCTION AND NOT THE USE OF THE THREE QUEUEING SYSTEM. AND NEED FOR SCHOOL PROCESS FOR SCHOOL LEVEL STAFF TO PURCHASE MATERIALS THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL FUNDS BE IT TITLE I AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALIGNMENT WITH THE BILL. FOR MATHEMATICS, STUDENTS SCORING BELOW A LEVEL 3 OR PROFICIENCY AT GRADE LEVEL, IDENTIFY ASSESSMENT AND CRITERIA FOR DIFFICULTY, ACADEMIC NEEDS AND ACT DECKIC SUPPORT AND DETERMINING AND DEVELOPING THAT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE THAT MATH DEFICIENCY OR DYSCACOULA. HOW THAT CAN BE PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOL DAY AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND MATH CAN BE DEVELOPED WITH SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

021OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DAY AND MATH WITH WHAT WE SIMILARLY DO WITH LITERACY. IN TERMS OF POLICY UPDATES, WE NEED TO WORK ON THE STUDENT PROGRESSION PLAN TO INCLUDE THE MATHEMATICS PIECE AS WELL AS THAT DYSCACOULA AND DYSLEXIA SCREENING PIECE. WORDING OF EARLY INDICATORS AND GUIDANCE FOR THAT THIRD-GRADE STUDENT WHO MAY HAVE THE DOUBLE RETENTION. Kristin Davis: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, TRACY. MOVE ON TO SENATE BILL 240. EDUCATION WITH SCOTT BROOKS. THIS -- JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, TWO YEARS AGO IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 2021, HOUSE BILL 1507 WAS INTRODUCED. SO THIS IS KIND OF I WOULD SAY AN OVERHAUL AND A REVISION FROM THAT BILL AND SCOTT WILL HIGHLIGHT IT FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING. ONE OF THE FIRST HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BILL IS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL OF

022OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO HAVE A WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM. SO WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE ANNUAL CAREER FAIRS AT EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL. THE GOOD NEWS FOR US, WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH THE CAREER ACADEMY FOR A LONG TIME WITH YVONNE FREY AND BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, AND I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. THE OTHER ONE THE DISTRICT CONTROLLED OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS. SO THE STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DIFFERENT CTE PROGRAMS. IN OUR DISTRICT WE HAD IS A VERY ROBUST MAGNET AND SEVERAL PROGRAMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AND TAKE THE CLASSES IN THE CTE PROGRAMS. PARENTAL NO

023ET IF I OCCASION OF ACCELERATION, ACADEMIC AND CAREER PLANNING OPTIONS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT TO PARENTS THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS IN PLACE. WE DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. MIDDLE GRADES, CAREER AND EDGE PLANNING COURSE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT AND WE WILL TALK THROUGH OUR SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CURRICULUM ARE IN LINE WITH THE NEW CHANGES THAT COME DOWN FROM DOE. SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE FOR A MINUTE. THE NEXT ONE THE CAPE DIGITAL TOOL CERTIFICATE. IN THE PAST THE STATE HAS LIMITED HOW MANY OPTIONS AND OUR DIGITAL SCHOOLS, K-8 INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND THEY BASICALLY TAKEN ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS OFF SO MANY MORE

024OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE. ANOTHER ONE ONE IS THE HIGH SCHOOL ARTS CREDIT WILL INCLUDE CTE COURSES. YEARS PAST, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS LEAVE THEIR THE CTE PROGRAM TO TAKE A COURSE. NOW THEY WON'T HAVE TO. THECTE WILL BE ONE OF THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. EACH YEAR, A LIST OF CTE COURSES THAT MEET SOME OF THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS .THIS COMES TO US EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ADD MORE CLASSES SO MORE OF OUR STUDENTS CAN GRADUATE. WE ARE GROUPED TO CONVENE ON PATHWAYS. EVERY YEAR, THE STATE LOOKS AT IT AND CONVENES WORK GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER ARE ALIGNED TO WHAT THE STATE NEEDS TRULY ARE IN THE WORK FORCE. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TEACHING PROGRAMS AND THINGS

025THAT THE STUDENTS WHO GET HIRED WITH GET JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY. RENAMES THE MERIT DESIGNATION TO INDUSTRY SCHOLARS DESIGNATION. A NAME CHANGE. CERTIFICATION FUNDING LIST FOR CAPE. EVERY YEAR THEY TAKE A FEW OFF AND ADD A FEW MORE. KIND OF A MOVING TARGET FOR US. THE NEXT ONE IS WEIGHTED FUNDING. THIS IS A BIG ONE. IT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YESTERDAY, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON ALL THE PAPERS AND INFORMATION COME DOWN FROM DOE. WE ARE GOING BACK WHERE THE COURSES WILL BE FUNDED AND WEIGHTED. ADDITIONAL FTE FOR AUTOMATIC WELDING COURSES THAT ARE SO EXPENSIVE. A LONG, LONG TIME SINCE WE HAD THAT. A KEY, KEY COMPONENT TO THIS BILL AND I THINK THAT LONG TERM THIS WILL HELP US. PART OF OUR WEIGHTED FUNDING, BONUS FUND GOING STUDENTS COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. IF STUDENTS GO THROUGH

026ALL THREE WELDING CLASSES. ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON TOP WEIGHTED FUNDING FOR THAT. FOR THE RULES AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND DO EXPECT THIS TO BE A LARGE INCREASE FINANCIALLY FOR OUR DISTRICT. EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATION MASTER IN-SERVICE PLAN. I WILL TOUCH QUICKLY. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET MORE BUSINESS FOLKS TO COME INTO EDUCATION TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER. THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS TECHNICAL COLLEGES CAN NOW LEGALLY OFFER THE AAS OR THE AS DEGREE PROGRAM. EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT RN. AS LONG AS WE HAVE A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH ONE OF THE OTHER FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEMS. THE IMPACT FOR US, WE WILL BE INCREASING A NUMBER OF SITES THAT ARE OFFERING OJT. WE HAVE 23 AND WILL MOVING UP TO 32. AND HIGH SCHOOL FAIRS WITH HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ON ALL THE CAREER EDUCATION

027REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THE INCREASED FUNDING THROUGH INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND COURSE COMPLETERS WILL BE A LARGE FINANCIAL IMPACT. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHANGE IF HAPPENED A YEAR WOOING BE QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS THAT OF EXTRA FUNDING THAT WOULD HAVE WENT WITH OUR SCHOOLS. Kristin Davis: THANKS, COULD THE .WE WILL MOVE INTO EXCEPTIONAL TALENT AND HOUSE BILL 1035 WITH MARIE WHALEN. THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE BILL EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND CLARIFIES SOME COUNTY TEACHERS' RIGHTS THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IN THIS. SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE BUY ONE, GET ONE FOR A TUITION AND A FEE WAIVER TO GO WITH THAT. EXPANDS DUAL ENROLLMENT EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP. ASSIST OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO IT BE ABLE TO TEACH OUR COLLEGE LEVEL CLASSES AND THEY CAN TEACH THEM

028RIGHT THERE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES FOR THE DUAL ENROLLMENT CREDIT. THE TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IS NOW ESTABLISHED AS WELL AS ANOTHER PATHWAY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ENTER THE TEACHING PROFESSION. IT WEIGHS TEACHER CERTIFICATION, THE INITIAL EXAMS AND GUYS FOR SPECIFIED RETIRED FIRST RESPONDERS. ESTABLISHES THE HEROES IN THE CLASSROOM BONUS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME SIGN-ON BONUS TO SELECT RETIRED FIRST RESPONDERS AND VETERANS WHO BECOME FULL-TIME CLASSROOM TEACHERS. SOME OF THESE SHIFT TO SOME HIGHLIGHTS REGARDING TEACHER RIGHTS AND STUDENTS. REQUIRES A PRINCIPAL TO IMPOSE CONSEQUENCES ON A STUDENT ONLY AFTER DETERMINING THAT A STUDENT HAVE VIOLATED A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND REQUIRES THE PRINCIPAL TO NOTIFY A TEACHER OF ANY ACTION THAT IS TAKEN. CREATES A NEW STATUTE THAT WILL CATALOG A NUMBER OF TEACHERS' RIGHTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GUARANTEED IN LAW REGARDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND

029AULTIZES THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HAVE ALLEGATIONS OF SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF A STUDENTS, PARENTS OR TEACHERS RIGHTS. WE WILL BE COORDINATING ALL OF THOSE AREAS WITH OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, THE RELATIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL LEADERS. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A REQUIRED POLICY UPDATE OR ANY POLICY IMPLICATIONS AT THIS CURRENT TIME. NEXT ONE HOUSE BILL 1125 WHICH CREATES OR ADOPTS AN INTERSTATE TEACHER MOBILITY COMPACT MODEL LEGISLATION INTO FLORIDA STATUTES. AN IMPACT ACROSS STATES THAT WILL JOIN THE PARTICULAR COMPACT AND ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE -- IF THEY EARN CERTIFICATION IN ONE STATE, THEIR CAN THEN BE RECOGNIZED IN ANOTHER STATE FOR THEIR TEACHER LICENSURE. THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE ALSO NOTED IN THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE BILL SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR MILITARY STAFF MEMBERS, RETIREES

030AND MILITARY SPOUSES. IT ALSO -- TO PIGGYBACK ON TO WHAT MR. BROOKS ALREADY SHARED, THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHING LICENSES THAT ALSO DO NOT REQUIRE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE A REQUIREMENT. THIS COMPACT WILL ALLOW US TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR TEACHERS COMING FROM OTHER STATES. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PROVIDE JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECRUIT EDUCATORS INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. CONTINUING. SENATE BILL 7024 JUST RECENTLY SIGNED INTO LAW ON JUNE 5. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM RELATED TO A DROP. NOT PARTICULARLY ALL OF THE PIECES YET, BUT WE ARE MAKING GREAT HEADWAY. SO THIS PARTICULAR SENATE BILL INCREASES THE TIME FOR FOLKS IN THE DROP TO GO FROM FIVE YEARS TO EIGHT YEARS NOW. AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 24 MONTHS AVAILABLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL

031THROUGH JUNE 30. NOW TAKES OFF THAT AGE REQUIREMENT FOR WHEN PERSONNEL MAY NEED TO ENTER THE DROP. AND WE WILL HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT I THINK MISS JOHNSON WILL SPEAK TO WITH THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL FOR THE INCREASE IN THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM RATES. THE IMPACT FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR PROJECTED FOR 2023-2024 IS 15,300,000 BASED ON THE PEOPLE WE HAVE EMPLOYED AS OF TODAY. Kristin Davis: ALL RIGHT, RO, DON'T GO TOO FAR AWAY. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HOUSE BILL 633. HOUSE CLASS SIZE. HOUSE BILL 633, CLASS SIZE, OF THOSE THAT EXCEED THE CLASS SIZE MAXIMUM AND MAINTAIN THE REQUIREMENT OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE AND ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT STILL SUBMIT A COMPLIANCE PLAN IN. BUT IT RAISES THE PENALTY OF IMPACT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF WE ARE NOT

032-- IF WE DON'T MEET CLASS SIZE, THE PENALTY IS WAIVED. SO HOUSE BILL 1259. THIS IS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT LEVYS CAPITAL MILLAGE. IT REQUIRES A CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST ALSO SHARE WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND GIVES A CALCULATION -- WE ARE TURNING TO THE NEXT PAGE. AND I WILL THROUGH THE CALCULATION. BASED ON OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR FTE IS 197,000 STUDENTS CHARTER FTE IS 35,248. WE ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND GET A TOTAL COUNT OF 233,000. THEN WE CALCULATE THE AMOUNT. HAND THIS IS A PROJECTION OF WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE IN CAPITAL OUTLAW IS OVER $257 MILLION. WE TAKE -- WE GOT TO REDUCE THE DEBT PAYMENT THAT THE DISTRICT PAYS YEARLY, $67 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT. WE CALCULATE THAT AND VALUABLE AFTER WE DO THAT REDUCTION

033OF $67 MILLION IS $190 MILLION THAT NEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OURSELVES. >Kristin Davis: THANK YOU, RO. BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO SLIDE 34, HOUSE BILL 34 EDUCATION. CHARTER SCHOOL. AND WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT. HB 443 MODIFIES LANGUAGE -- THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE FLORIDA 1.2033 AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING: ANY SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER ASSIGNED TO CHARTER SCHOOL HAVE WILL LOTTERY PREFERENCE TO SEND THEIR STUDENT TO THE SCHOOL THEY ARE ASSIGN TO. SOME MAY HAVE ELIGIBILITY BASED ON THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM. IB SCHOOL MAY DISMISS A STUDENT AFTER ONE SEMESTER IF HE OR SHE IS NOT MEETING THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR THAT PROGRAM. THE CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH TO COMMON GOVERNING BOARDS TO TRANSFER DOLLARS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY TO OTHER SCHOOLS. THE LOAN MUST BE REPAID WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND THE CHARTER

034OFFICE WILL MONITOR OF FINANCIALS AND ANNUAL AUDITS. REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO FAY PAYMENTS, MAYBE PAYMENTS AND REIMBURSEMENT WITH SSSER FUNDS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL SUBMITTING THE REQUEST. THE IT IS STRICT IS MANDATED TO SUBMIT EACH YEAR BY SEPTEMBER 1, A LIST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL DUE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE WE COLLECT FROM THE SCHOOLS. THE TEACHER CLASSROOM APPLY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALLOCATION MAY BE GIVEN TO A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN A CHARTER SCHOOL OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR PLACED IN THE ROLE OF A CLASSROOM TEACHER. Kristin Davis: THANK YOU. THE LAST SLIDE PART OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. AND ARISELI, HOUSE 1521, FACILITIES REQUIREMENTS BASED ON SEX. THIS ONE IS HB 1521 CREATES THE SAFETY AND PRIVATE SPACES ABILITY. BASICALLY SAYING OUR CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT WILL INCLUDE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES FOR THOSE WHO WILLFULLY

035ENTERS A REST ROOM OR CHANGING FACILITY AND REFUSES TO DEPART WHEN ASKED TO DO SO. WE WILL HAVE UPDATED LANGUAGE IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING VETTED BY LEGAL AND AWAITING ON DOE RULEM RULEMAKING. Michael McAuley: BOARD MEMBERS, THAT REPRESENTS A LOT AND APOLOGIZE OF HOW MUCH WE PUT ON YOU. AND HOPE THE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS GIVE YOU A OPPORTUNITY TO DIG DEEP NEAR IT. MOST OF WHAT TALLAHASSEE CODIFIES BEST PRACTICES WE HAVE BEEN DOING ANYWAY. NEW THINGS WE WILL IMPLEMENT ACCORDING TO LAW AND CERTAINLY ONCE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPTS THEIR RULES. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE HAVE OUR TEAM IN FRONT OF US. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING YOU OUT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MR. McAULEY. THANK

036YOU, KRISTIN DAVIS, FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. A LOT OF DETAILS AND WE WILL BE IT WAS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE ELSE FOR COMING AND PARTICIPATING AND INFORMING US. WE WILL BEGIN WITH QUESTIONS. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES. MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS. BEGIN WITH MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MISS DAVIS, AND ESTEEMED STAFF MEMBERS. AND MR. McAULEY, INDEED THIS IS A LOT. IN FACT I SPENT HOURS AND HOURS GOING THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ONE ON ONES WITH AN ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS ALSO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS. I DO HOPE THAT AFTER THIS MEETING THAT WE

037WILL HAVE A ONE ON ONE WITH ATTORNEYS AND STAFF MEMBERS TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER. I UNDERSTAND THAT RULE MAKING HAS NOT BEEN DONE OR FINISHED YET. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THREE WORKSHOPS, RULEMAKING WORKSHOPS TAKING PLACE IN 2023-2024. AND I RECOMMENDED TO NOT ONLY -- KRISTIN AND JIM PORTER, OUR ATTORNEY, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT WE HAVE OUR LOBBYISTS TAKE PART IN THE DETAILS OF RULEMAKING. THE DEVIL IS -- THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS, RIGHT? I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCEDURES FROM SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IN LIGHT OF ALL THESE BILLS CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN -- I AM SURE THEY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, PUT INTO THE WORDS PERHAPS THAT WILL BE SHOWN. THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE DONE AND A LOT TO BE -- AS MR. McAULEY SAYS CODIFIED. MY QUESTION FIRST

038IS ALWAYS FINANCE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- AND THIS GOES TO RO AND MR. McAULEY TELLING ME HOW TO DIRECT THE QUESTIONS IF IT IS NOT TO THE ACTUAL FOLKS. MISS ROMANIER AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS. WITH THE FTE LOSS ESTIMATED AT $259 MILLION. BUT ONLY HAVE 282 STUDENTS WE ARE PROJECTING SO FAR FOR THE -- WELL, THE COUNT -- THE FIRST COUNT DAY FIVE. WE ARE PROJECTING LOSING QUITE A BIT OF STUDENTS. NO QUESTION. A YEARLY COST OF 36.7 BILLION FOR THE -- FOR EACH YEAR THE YEARLY STEP INCREASE. NEARLY COULD OF 12.5 MILLION TO SHARE OUR CAPITAL FUNDS WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS. A YEARLY COST OF OVER $4 MILLION OR MORE AS I SAID THE CHEEKS IN THE SEATS LOSS. SCHOOLS, WE DO NOT FROM T THE ESSER GRANT TO RELY ON.

039THE LOSS OF $15 MILLION EXPENDITURE. UTILITIES AS WE ALL CAN UNDERSTAND. EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. ANOTHER $5 MILLION. BENEFITS WILL GO UP $18 MILLION. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS $18.5 MILLION. AND I CAN GO ON AND ON. TO THIS POINT AND TO THE QUESTION, HOW WILL WE SUSTAIN OUR FISCAL ABILITY FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN WE HAVE MORE THAN BE A $500 MILLION DRAIN THAT IS JUST AN ESTIMATE AND THE IF IGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN. CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANSWER ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY A COMFORT LEVEL? WE ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING A TENTATIVE BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE ANY AFFIRMATIVE ANSWERS OR OUR APPROPRIATION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T LEVIED OR SET WHAT OUR RATE OF LEVY WILL BE FOR OUR RIGHT OVERALL FOR THE DISTRICT TO LEVY FOR CAPITAL OR OUR GENERAL MILLAGE. WAIT FOR

040THOSE NUMBERS TO SOLIDIFY THOSE NUMBERS. NOT THE FINAL NUMBERS EMBEDDED IN THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE A FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN THAT IS STILL NOT ACTED TO IN THE DISTRICT. VACANCIES THAT THE DISTRICT HAVE AND LOOK SAT OUR STRUCTURE AND SEE IF IT IS NEEDED BASED ON STUDENTS THAT WE ENROLL. ALL GOES INTO THE BUDGET. RIGHT NOW IN A PROJECTED BUDGET, WE ARE PROJECTING A DEFICIT. TOO MANY UNKNOWNS WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND WHERE WE WILL LAND AT OVERALL FOR OUR BUDGET. Lynn Gray: UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED. BUT YOU DID GIVE THE FIGURES IN THE SYNOPSIS AND FIGURES OF $$315 MILLION IN OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, THERE A MONEY DRAIN. WE CAN'T ESCAPE THAT. I DON'T WANT US TO. WE NEED TO HAVE THE REALITY IN FRONT OF US. THE OTHER QUESTION FOR -- SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I DID HEAR YOUR

041VOICE? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. I RAISED MY HAND. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MISS JOHNSON. THE OTHER THING IS THE REALITY OF IT, ONCE WE BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE 20-DAY COUNT, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR WORKFORCE. IF WE ARE LOSING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND MISS JOHNSON TALKING OF VACANCIES AND USING THAT FIRST AND MAKE FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS AT THE SCHOOL-BASED LEVEL BUT THE DISTRICT-LEVEL AS WELL. BEING VERY MINDFUL OF WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN WHAT WE GENERATE VERSUS WHAT WE EXPEND AND NOT GO BACK TO PAST PRACTICES THAT PUT NEWS A SITUATION WHERE PETITION TO OVERCOME. I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ARE CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND BE VERY COMPASSIONATE AND CAREFUL AND

042THAT THE BOARD IS INFORMED EVERY STEPS AS WE MAKE THE 'JUSTMENTS. Lynn Gray:I THANK YOU FOR THAT. BASE STUDENT, WE HAVE THE INCREASE, BUT THE REALITY IS, THERE ARE EXPENDITURE. CAN YOU ENUMERATE THE EXPENDITURES OF THE PLUS VALUE STUDENT-BASED ALLOCATION. ALWAYS CHARTER SCHOOL. ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOL. HB 1, POTENTIAL LOSS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILY EMPOWERFUL SCHOLARSHIP THAT WE KNOW IS OVER $1 MILLION THAT IS INDICATED FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT AND LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT AND LOOK INTO LANGUAGE, CLASS SIZE AND ENROLLMENT IS HELD UP. Lynn Gray: OKAY, THANK YOU. SECOND QUESTION AND THEN I WILL RUN OUT OF TIME. THIS GOES TO DR. DE LANG. SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MISS JOHNSON, THE QUESTION IS WHEN WE HAVE A CHILD COMING FROM A LOW PERFORMING CHARTER SCHOOL THAT THEY ALREADY SAID HOUSE BILL

0431 SAID THEY COULD BE REMOVED. THEY CAN GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. A ANOTHER SCHOOL MIGHT BE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH. THEY MAY ALSO -- THAT SAME CHILD MAY FROM THE $8,000 MAY BE OKAY TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THEN THE HOME SCHOOLING. ALL THESE DIFFERENT THIEFDOMS. HOW ARE WE STAFFED TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THE FTE CHILD -- FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD -- HOW DO WE TRACK MONEY NOT.THE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SITE BUT OUR BUDGET. WHAT HAPPENS IS CALCULATION FROM THE STATE. WHEN THE CALCULATIONS CHANGE, EACH QUARTER WE DO THE CALCULATION, WHEN THE CALCULATION CHANGES, THE STATE HAS TO GIVE UP THE FUNDING FOR WHEREVER THOSE STUDENTS ARE AND WHEREVER THEY LAND. IN THE INCIDENT THEY GET IS A TRUE UP. TRUE UP THE BUDGET AND FINAL CALCULATION IF STUDENTS COME TO

044US FROM IT THE CHARTER SCHOOL. THEN WE RECEIVED THOSE FUNDINGS. Lynn Gray: DO WE HAVE A MECHANISM. WE HAVE A COUNTING SYSTEM THAT I COUNT AND WE VERIFY AND SUBMITTED TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF. AND THE SCHOLARSHIP APARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACCOUNT IS TRUED UP WITH THE I.T. DEPARTMENT. AND WE DO THAT PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COUNTING STUDENTS ACT RALL RATLEY AND RECEIVING THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE STUDENTS. Lynn Gray: I THANK YOU AND YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. A SKELETON CREW AND YOU DO SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. Lynn Gray: DR. DELANG VERY QUICK ON WHAT -- OOPS, MY TIME IS UP. I WILL GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. THE SUSPENSE IS HEIGHTENING, RIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THERE IS STILL TIME. IF YOU

045WANT TO FINISH UP SO THAT WAY WE CAN ROTATE. Lynn Gray: YEAH, MY QUESTION IS THE HOUSE BILL 1537 -- LET ME MAKE SURE OF THIS ONE. SO HOW DOES THE BILL APPLY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. NOW WHEN IT SAYS THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN DISMISS STUDENTS FOR POOR PERFORMANCE AND THEN COME TO OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT MEASURES DO WE TAKE IN ACCEPTING THESE LOW-PERFORMING STUDENTS. SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS -- THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OR THE LAW BEHIND THEM TO DISMISS LOW PERFORMING STUDENTS. THIS IS THE CHARTER SCHOOLS I AM TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN WE MUST ACCEPT THEM. PERHAPS YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A VERY FAIR PROPOSITION. SURE. I THINK CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED. SO THE ACTION ITSELF -- THE CHA CHARTER APPLICANT OCCASION WILL OUTLINE THE PROGRAM. ANY SCHOOL MAY DO DISMISS

046ACADEMICALLY. BY LAW, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISMISS ACADEMICALLY. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL AND CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY WITH -- WITH THIS TYPE OF ACTION. OUTLINE AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUCH AS BLAKE OR AN IB SCHOOL. ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE IB CHARTER SCHOOLS. THEY CAN OUTLINE THE CRITERIA IN THE ACTION THAT WILL SUFFICE FOR A DISMISSAL AFTER THE FIRST DEMESSIER. IT IS NOT JUST -- NOT JUST ANY OR ALL OF THEM, BUT BASED ON THE ACTION. SOME WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ACTION IF THEY DO DISMISS BY ACADEMICS AND MONITOR THAT THEY ARE DOING SO LAWFULLY. Lynn Gray: THIS IS STATED IN HOUSE BILL 4 HAD 33 THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL BE DISMISSING LOW PERFORMING STUDENTS. AND I DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO DWELL TOO MUCH DEEP NEAR THAT BECAUSE YOU

047MAY NOT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THERE IS -- THAT IS A PERSPECTIVE THAT -- THAT WORRIES ME. BUT YOU ARE ON TOP OF IT, DR. DELANG. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, GO AHEAD. YES, MA'AM. NOT ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS, JUST THOSE THAT HAVE AN APPROVED ACTION WITH A PARTICULAR ACADEMIC PROGRAM. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, SHOULD I SHIFT GEARS. Nadia Combs: WE WILL COME BACK AROUND. MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? Nadia Combs: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY. Jessica Vaughn: APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES DUE TO THIS LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT I AM HEARING FROM SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND MISS JOHNSON IS THAT WE WILL HAVE

048TO LOOK AT CUTTING POSITIONS, RIGHT, IF THAT -- WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE ENROLLMENT AND THE ATTENDANCE TO JUSTIFY THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT A LOT OF OUR VACANCIES AND WHERE WE ARE AFRAID WE WILL SEE OUR BIGGEST HIT IS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN GENERAL AND STRUGGLING TO STAFF THOSE THAT WE HAVE SEEN OF OUR CONVERSATION OF JUST ELEMENTARY. GOING FORWARD AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND COLLAPSING POSITIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO BE VERY MINDFUL AND VERY TRANSPARENT HOW THIS IS AFFECTING OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS OPPOSED TO ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS, I AM VERY CONFUSED ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR LGBTQ+ POPULATION AND HOW EVERYTHING

049THAT I SEE LOOKS LIKE THE ANTITHESIS OF THIS GREAT FREEDOM WE TALK ABOUT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND WE CAN DIVE MORE ON THIS IN OUR ONE TO ONES. KIDS CAN'T IDENTIFY PRONOUNCE. WHAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. IF THEY INSIST ON USING A BATHROOM AND LOCKERING ROOM WITH THEY IDENTIFY WITH. STATEWIDE THEY WILL BE PENALIZED. TO TALK OF FREEDOM AND GO AFTER OUR LGBTQ+ POPULATION LIKE THIS IS JUST MIND-BOGGLING. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TO FOLLOW UP WITH MEMBER GRAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THE COUNTS AND THE TRANSFER BACK FROM CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS TO OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS. AND I KNOW IT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR PLATFORM AND ONE OF OUR LEGISLATORS TOOK IT UP TO HAVE MORE COUNTS TO ACCURATE CAPTURE THE MONEY. THE

050MONEY CAN ACCURATELY FOLLOW THE STUDENT. I KNOW FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE UP UPDATE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THAT PASSED. WITH OUR LAST COUNT WE PROVIDED THE NUMBERS AND THE STATE CAME BACK AND SAID THAT COUNT ISN'T RIGHT AND WE HAVE TO ADJUST OUR BUDGET. I AM HOPING AS WE GO FORWARD SINCE WE HAVE SO FEW COUNTS IN GENERAL, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THE STATE TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE GIVE THEM THE NUMBER AND THEY COME BACK AND SAID, NO, 3500 STUDENTS SHORT AND WE ARE TAKING MORE MONEY OUT OF YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. FOR MY QUESTIONS, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CATEGORICAL AND SOUND LIKE OUR PER PUPIL FUNDING AND WILL BE MAKING NEWS AND PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSE AND. YOU GOT ALL THIS MONEY P PER PUPILS. BUT THE

051CATEGORICALS THAT WE ORIGINAL LIE GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS MERGED AND OUT OF THIS PER PUPIL SPENDING. THEY MAY HAVE INCREASED THAT, DEFUNDING THE CATEGORICALS THAT WE HAVE MORE FOR AND MEANS WE WON'T HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR GENERAL FUND PER PUPIL. LIKE TAKING THE CATEGORICALS GIVING US MONEY AND EXTEND IT. AND NOT NECESSARILY MORE -- MORE FLEXIBILITY. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT IS -- THAT'S CORRECT. YES, THE CATEGORICALS ARE EMBEDDED IN OUR BSA. MAKES OUR BSA LOOKS MORE INFLATED. BUT IN ACTUALITY, WE HAVE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CATEGORICALS. WE NEED TO WORK WITH THOSE TEAMS TO SEE WHERE SPENDING IS HAPPENING TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY THAT WE ARE NOT SPEND THE MONEY SPENDS IT ON OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED BY THE DISTRICT. Jessica Vaughn: AREAS LIKE INSTRUCTION, MATERIALS. THEY WILL HAVE TO

052CUT THEIR BUDGET TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY OR WE WILL HAVE LESS MONEY OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE LOTTERY FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. DID YOU SAY IF THERE IS A SECURITY OFFICER OR A POLICE OFFICER ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT THEIR CHILDREN AUTOMATICALLY BYPASS THE LOTTERY SYSTEM AND GET INTO THE CHARTER SCHOOL? IS THIS PART OF THIS LEGISLATION? I AM GOING TO CLARIFY THAT. THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENCE IN THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. SO EACH KINDS OF LIKE OUR MAGNET SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE A PREFERENCE LIST AND OUR SROs ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT PARTICULAR CHARTER SCHOOL IS PART OF THAT PREFERENCE LIST. THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY SURPASS THE LOTTERY, BUT THEY ARE PART OF THAT PREFERENCE LIST. Jessica Vaughn: SO CAN WE GET, AS BOARD MEMBERS, SOMETHING THAT HELPS CLARIFY

053WHAT THAT PREFERENCE LIST LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO OUR OWN AND REALLY HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND LOTTERY SYSTEMS AND WHAT PREFERENCE LOOKS LIKE AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN IN CLOSING, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO ASK FORMALLY THAT WE PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, WHETHER IT AS SUMMARY, A POWERPOINT SIMILAR TO THIS. THAT WE SEND THIS OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL AS OUR EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN IN THE FULL NAME OF TRANSPARENCY ACCESS ALL OF THE STATE LAWS THAT ARES AND GIVING AN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE. A HUGE DISCONNECT THAT I SEE ARE FAMILIES FRUSTRATED WITH A LOT OF CHANGES THAT OUR STATE MANDATED TO COME AND ADVOCATE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD. AS YOU SEE WITH THE LEGISLATION, OUR HANDS ARE

054TIED. I KNOW THEY WILL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR WHOEVER IS MAKING THESE DECISIONS PROVIDE A LINK AND LIKE A REPORT CARD WITH CHANGES SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHO WANT TO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND TAKING THE QUESTIONS. Michael McAuley: TO THE CHA IR, WE WILL PUT TOGETHER THIS IN A MANNER THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN CONSUME AND GIVE THEM LINKS WHERE THEY CAN DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY WE KNOW THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BEEN UNAPOLOGETIC ADDRESSING SCHOOLS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL STAFFING. SCHOOLS WHO MAY HAVE HISTORICAL UNDER PERFORMED AND NEEDS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE AND CULTURE, TO ADDRESS INTERVENTIONS THROUGH LITERACY OR MATHEMATICS

055OR SCIENCE, WE HAVE WORKED TO BE ABLE THROUGH SUE AND SHAY TO GIVE THOSE SCHOOLS WHAT THEY NEED FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REVIEWING EVERY SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT OF WHAT THE NEEDS MAY BE AN MOVE THE NEEDLE STRUCTURALLY AND CULTURALLY AND PROTECT THOSE SCHOOLS FROM ALLOCATIONS. AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT CATEGORY CALS. LAND IMPACT OUR BUDGETS AND DETERMINE WHAT NEEDS TO REMAIN AND WHAT WE CAN ABANDON SELECTIVELY AND STRENGTH IN THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICES DO NOT CONTINUE AND DO DUPLICATE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN CONTINUED MOVEMENT AND FORWARD PROGRESS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION. EVERY TIME WE HAVE TURN OR PULL WITH FINANCES AND MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS REMOVED SO WE ALL HAVE A BETTER

056UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS WE MOVE FORWARD. EVERYTHING WE DO IS RELATED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS A FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. MEMBER RENDON. Patti Rendon: GUYS, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DETAIL OF THE LEGISLATURE. A LOT OF WORDS TO DECODE AND ALL OF YOU TOOK TIME AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO CLARIFY THE POSITIONS AND MAKE AN UNDERSTANDING. WE WILL SUFFICE AND PUT POSITIONS IN PLACE ACCORDING TO OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS. NOT CUTTING POSITIONS, BRUTAL SKATING BASED ON THE STUDENTS WE HAVE. I THINK WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY WE ARE CUTTING POSITIONS BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WITHER GOING TO ALLOCATE POSITIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER

057OF STUDENTS WE HAVE. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE AT THIS POINT THE -- THE OPEN POSITIONS WE ALREADY HAVE WE EITHER A, DON'T HAVE A PERSON -- A PERSON TO FILL IT. OR B, WE MAY THE NOT HAVE STUDENTS IN THE SEAT TO HAVE THAT POSITION. UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE -- WE ARE NOT GOING TO NOT HOUSE A CLASSROOM WITH A TEACHER -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS A BOARD WE UNDERSTAND NOT A BOARD MEMBER HERE THAT WILL NOT MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CLASSROOM HAS AN ALLOCATION FOR A TEACHER THAT IS NECESSARY. MEMBER GRAY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. YOU RATTLED OFF ABOUT 300 MILLION THAT WE WILL BE IN THE HOLE. WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT, BECAUSE THE FIGURES ON PAGE 33 THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US ARE $13 MILLION, NOT $300

058MILLION. Lynn Gray: YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER? Patti Rendon: PLEASE. Lynn Gray: THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM THE -- FROM MISS JOHNSON WHERE WE HAD AS OF JANUARY 2023 A LOSS OF $259 MILLION FROM THE FTE DUE TO THE GROWTH OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A YEARLY COST OF $36.7 MILLION FOR TEACHER YEARLY STEP INCREASE. HOUSE BILL 1259, WHICH YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, HAS A SHARE OF 12.5 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S THIS COMING YEAR. HOUSE BILL 1 SIGNED INTO LAW WILL TRANSLATE INTO POSSIBLY $4 MILLION OR MORE OF LOSS. IN ADDITION ON THE DATA THAT IS PRESENTED -- AND I JUST WROTE THAT QUICKLY DOWN. YOU SEE IT. THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM HAS A $15 MILLION PRICE TAG THAT WILL GO UP. UTILITIES, $5 MILLION WILL GO UP. BENEFITS, $18 MILLION WILL GO UP. INSTRUCTIONAL

059MATERIALS, $18.5 MILLION. COMPREHENSIVE READING PROGRAM THAT IS NOW -- WE HAVE TO TAKE PART IN IS 12.5 MILLION. EVEN ERASING THOSE FROM THIS DATA SHEET, THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR QUESTION, CAME TO ME PROBABLY FOUR MONTHS AGO AND I PRESENTED THIS AS PART OF THE RATIONALE FOR THE JUST FUNDAMENTALLY AND FISCALLY THAT IF WE DON'T CLOSE SCHOOLS, WE WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE IN BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS THESE EXPENDITURES REVEAL. Patti Rendon: IF I LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY IN OUR PREVIOUS PACKET WHICH WERE PROVIDED IT DID SAY $350 MILLION AND GAVE THOSE CALCULATIONS; HOWEVER, YOU GUYS PROVIDED US WITH A REVISED PAGE 33 WHICH ACTUALLY COMES DOWN TO A LOSS OF $13 MILLION. NOT $350 MILLION. AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. Patti Rendon: SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE PUBLICLY WE ARE ALL AWARE WE ARE LOOKING

060AT THE RIGHT CALCULATIONS OF A POTENTIAL LOSS OF $13 MILLION. AND, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ADJUST AND UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSE BILL 1 SAYS THAT IT IS A MAXIMUM OF 20,000 STUDENTS. IF WE CURRENTLY HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOUSE BILL 1, OUR HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HOUSE BILL 1, THAT WON'T CHANGE OUR INCOME AT ALL. SO THIS IS A MATTER OF 20,000 STUDENTS STATEWIDE THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON HOUSE BILL 1 WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY GOING OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. NOW THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY, AS A BOARD MEMBER, HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE STAFF WE HAVE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WE ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB PROVIDING THE RESOURCES, THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATION THAT

061WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE CHARTER SCHOOL OPTION BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATION WE ARE PROVIDING HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THAT HOUSE BILL 1 ONLY IS AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 STUDENTS THAT HONESTLY COULD BE USED -- AND THAT FUNDING WILL GO FROM THE STATE DIRECTLY TO POTENTIAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS, HOME SCHOOLS, THAT WILL NEVER EFFECT OUR DOLLARS HERE. IT IS TRUE -- IT IS TRUE BECAUSE 20,000 STUDENTS ARE STATEWIDE. I HAVE A SON OR DAUGHTER AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND I ASK FOR THAT MONEY, MONEY WE WERE NEVER GETTING OR NEVER SEE OR NEVER HAD. IF THE MONEY GOES FROM THE STATE TO THE SCHOOL, NOT TO US IT. SO WE HAVE GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE PUBLICLY MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE

062MONEY GOES. NOW CHARTER SCHOOLS, ABSOLUTELY. THE NEW CAPITAL OUTLAY IS ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT $5 MILLION. $4. 5 MILLION. ROUGHLY $5 MILLION THAT IS UNEXPECTED. IT COMES FROM OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY MONEY WE ARE USING. MONEY THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR SCHOOLS. NOT DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS. NOT DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS. BUT MONEY WILL BE USING FOR OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, OTHER SCHOOL FUNCTIONS. BUT WE DO NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE KEY FACTOR WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT IN. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD IS WE HAD BETWEEN PAGE 10 AND 11 IN OUR NOTEBOOKS YOU GUY MS. A SLIDE THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED AND HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND

063A LOT OF DETAIL THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE INCLUDED AND HOUSE BILL 1069. GOES FROM REQUIRED POLICY UPDATE AND THEN IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND A PAGE MISSING IN A SLIDE, THAT DETAILED A LOT OF DIFFERENT DETAILS. Kristin Davis: WE WILL CHECK THAT OUT. WE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT. Patti Rendon: A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. MEMBER GRAY QUOTED SOME OF IT. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS -- IT MAY HAVE BEEN SLIDES 8 OR 9, WHICH WE -- WILL BE COVERED ON THE JUNE 26 WORKSHOP. MAYBE THAT'S IT. NOSE TWO WILL BE COVERED ON JUNE 26. WE CAN TALK OFFLINE. Patti Rendon: IT WAS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ON THAT. AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. THE OTHER -- YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GO BACK TO FINANCIAL PIECES WHEN TO COMES TO OUR

064CATEGORICALS. CATEGORICALS WE REQUIRED BEFORE. NOT GIVING ADDITIONAL MONEY BUT GIVING ADDITIONAL MONEY BEFORE FOR EACH ONE OF THESE? YES, DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT COUNT. Patti Rendon: DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT COUNT. THE OTHER FACTOR IF WE HAVE A CATEGORICAL THAT WE ARE NOT UTILIZING WE CAN SHIFT THAT MONEY AND USE IT IN SOME OTHER WAY IT THAT WE NEED IT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. Patti Rendon: MAINTAIN THE CATEGORICAL. FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. IF WITHER IN A PLACE WE HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WE NEED AND $3 MILLION, WE CAN SHIFT IT. THE MONEY IS NOT GONE BUT RUN INTO OUR FUND BALANCE, BUT THAT'S CORRECT. Patti Rendon: I DID HAVE A QUESTION WHEN IT CAME TO. I THINK I CLARIFIED ALL THAT. I WANTED TO ADD FOR THE CATEGORICALS THEY ARE RESTRICTED FOR PURPOSE ONLY. BUT NOW

065THEY ARE NOT LONGER RESTRICTED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: I JUST WANT -- NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. WE TALK OF FISCAL LIABILITIES AND EXPENDITURES, WE ARE REMINDED THAT THIS PARTICULAR LIST ON PAGE 33 DOES NOT REVEAL THE COST OF THE. THE UPGRADE OF THE TEACHER SALARY WHICH COMES UP DO $36.7 MILLION OR REVEAL THE LOSS OF FTE THROUGH THE YEAR PREVIOUS. FTE LOSS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND MISS JOHNSON, DO NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT. YOU KNOW IT IS SUBSTANTIAL AND DR. DELANG, YOU KNOW THAT ALSO AND KEPT TRACK OF THE LOSS FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE ARE LOOKING AT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF DEFICIT IN 33. LOOKS LIKE $13 MILLION. AND THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS. DOES NOT REFLECT THE LOSS OF FTE YEAR AFTER

066YEAR FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOL INDUSTRY, FOR DOES IT SHOW ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE THE $39 MILLION OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE COSTING $36.7 MILLION, WITH THE ADDITION OF TEACHER SALARIES. THAT CANNOT BE DISPUTED BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARD DECISIONS WE MADE AND, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW TEACHERS TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM ARE THE BEST ANECDOTE FOR A GOOD EDUCATION. SO I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE AND GET BACK TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE -- FROM THIS PACKET THAT WE ALL HAVE RECEIVED. THIS GOES TO MISS WELCH. MISS WELCH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1537. AND I AM -- I AM LOOKING AT WHERE IT RELATES TO SCHOOL GRADES, ASSESSMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, STUDENT BE MAR. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM CONCERNED WITH AND OUR TEACHERS

067ARE AND OUR LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE A HUGE DISCIPLINE PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR TEACHERS FACE IT EVERY DAY. AND OUR POLICY NOW HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY AND SIGNED, SO TO SPEAK, BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD. OUR -- OUR PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, DISCIPLINE POLICY. I WILL GET THE NAME IN A MINUTE. IT HAS A BETTER NAME THAN THAT. BUT NOW THIS ONE REFLECTS. THIS PARTICULAR BILL HAS A TREND TOWARD ZERO TOLERANCE AND BEFORE THE LATE 1970s AND '80s -- SHAKE, YOU REMEMBER THIS -- WE HAD A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY THAT PRINCIPAL HAD TO ADHERE TO WHICH WERE PRETTY TOUGH. THIS PARTICULAR -- MISS WE WILL 67 MUCH, IF YOU COMMAND A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO THAT, THAT THIS SUGGESTS THAT OUR DISCIPLINE POLICY WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO GO TO ZERO TOLERANCE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU MAY

068ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA LEGISLATIVELY OF HOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE ZERO TOLERANCE? Kristin Davis: I KNOW MISS BURKHEAD AND I WILL BE WORK ON THIS LANGUAGE AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. I KNOW SHE HAS BEEN IN THE ROOM. WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT. BUT CAN I CIRCLE BACK TO YOU IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE. I KNOW WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WHEN WE REVIEW THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL AND RELATED TO THIS BUT IF YOU CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THIS AND WHAT IT IS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. . Lynn Gray: MY NEXT QUESTION IS REGARDING THE LGBTQ GROUP PLUS. ASHLEY CAPUCCI OVERSEES THIS PARTICULAR ONE, HOUSE BILL 1069. THE QUESTIONS I HAVE -- AND LET ME GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GET TO THAT.

069ONE OF THE CONCERNS OR THERE ARE A FEW CONCERNS, AND I AM LOOKING AT FROM A TEACHER'S LENS. WHEN WE START SAYING THAT TEACHERS ARE -- THERE IS ACTUALLY A FORM NOW -- AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE RULE MAKING HAS FINISHED IT, THAT IF TEACHERS ARE USING THE WRONG PRONOUN, THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE A -- HAVE A -- A STUDENT CAN WRITE ON A FORM THAT WAS DONE. AND THE TEACHERS HAVE SO AS MUCH BUREAUCRACIES ALREADY, AND I JUST SHUTTER TO THINK WHAT MORE CAN THEY POSSIBLY HAVE THAT COULD INFLATE THEIR CHALLENGES, BUT WHAT CRITERIA, IF YOU KNOW IT AT ALL, WILL OUR TEACH EXPECT. AND ARE WE PROVIDING PD. SO THEY KNOW THE -- HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS PRONOUN USAGE? MISS CAPUCCI? JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL ACTUALLY LIVE IN -- I

070GUESS AERSOL CAN ADDRESS THIS. I AM NOT AWARE OF A FORM -- NOT AWARE OF A FORM IN HOUSE BILL 1069 RELATED TO THE PREFERRED TITLE OR PRONOUN USAGE. Lynn Gray: IT IS IN THE MEAT OF THE -- IT IS IN THE DETAILS OF THE BILL. OKAY, WE WILL -- Lynn Gray: I HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT BEGS THE QUESTION. THE GENERALISTIC QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE SET UP FOR A FUTURE PD. HAND THIS WILL SHARE IN THE COMMUNICATION CONTENT -- CONTEXT FOR MANY OF THESE BILLS AS IT AFFECTS OUR TEACHERS. BUT LET'S JUST TAKE THIS ONE. Kristin Davis: BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO AIRESELI. SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAYERS OF 1069 AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE INVOLVED. AS WE KNOW, WE WILL GO INTO THE NEXT WORKSHOP ABOUT

071SOME OF THOSE EXTRA DETAILS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND THE PD AROUND THAT AND WHAT TEACHERS CAN AND CANNOT DO. THEY WILL BE COVERED AT THE PROFESSIONAL STUDY DAY AND HAVING A PD AROUND THAT. Nadia Combs: I AM SORRY. I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PD. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH CHAIR, NEXT WEEK IS OUR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES TO PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT STAFF OF HOW THESE NEW LEGISLATION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT WOULD BE TURNKEYED AS THEY GO BACK NOT ONLY PROFESSIONAL STUDY DAY BUT PREPLANNING WITH THEIR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE MAJOR SCENARIOS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THAT IS PART OF OUR BIG FOCUS FOR NEXT WEEK AS WE GET

072TO LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THE STRAINING AND HAVE THE RESOURCES AND START THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR FOR PRE PLAPLREPLANNIN Lynn Gray: MADAM CHAIR, MAY I CONCLUDE. Nadia Combs: YES. Lynn Gray: MY CONCLUSION STATEMENT AND TO EDIFY A STATEMENT OF A FORM. IT IS CALLED AN OBJECTION FORM. AND THOSE OBJECTION FORMS WHETHER THEY ARE REAL OR NOT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU, MISS GRAY. THEY ARE IN HOUSE BILL 1069. AND MISS CAPUCCI HIGHLIGHTED, THERE ARE MANY PROVISIONS IN THE BILL AND PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND OBJECTION AND WILL BE COVERED AT THE JUNE 26 WORKSHOP, NOT RELATED TO THE PREFERRED TITLE OF PRONOUNS. OKAY. I WILL GET WITH YOU BEHIND THE SCENES AND I DEFINITELY AGREE -- A MENTION WAS MADE BY A BOARD

073MEMBER, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS -- THESE TYPE OF BILLS IN A WORDSMITH WAY THAT HAD THE PUBLIC CAN DIGEST BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT I AM SEEING HERE IN PRESIDENT MEAT OF THE TOPIC OF THE BILL AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING ARE NOT CONGRUENT HAND THIS WORRIES ME AS WELL BECAUSE WE CAN'T GIVE MIXED MESSAGES. IT HAS TO BE FACTUAL. AGREE THAT THE RULE MAKING WILL BE DONE, BUT STILL THERE SEEMS TO BE -- NOT A CONFLUENCE OF ACCURACY. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST THANK KRISTIN DAVIS AND YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OPINION THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE WE JUST STARTED INTO IT. AND I VERY WELL UNDERSTAND THAT. WE HAVE -- WE

074HAVE A LOT OF WORK AND WE KNOW THE WORK CAN'T BE DONE ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE BILLS JUST CAME IN, THE HOUSE BILLS AND LAWS HE JUST SIGNED IN JUST CAME IN. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE TIME IN ORDER TO DO THAT. UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT SO WE -- I AM QUITE CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE IT IS THE LAW. IT IS SIGNED IN. I DON'T HAVE ANY DISCRETION THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. IT TAKES TIME. A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS YOU DON'T HAVE -- BECAUSE IT JUST CAME INTO EFFECT. IT WAS SIGNED AND WILL COME INTO EFFECT JULY 1. SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,

075JUST MAKE SURE ONCE WE START DOING THE UPDATES WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, IS TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARENTS SO THEY WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON. WE DON'T HAVE TO PANIC TO GET ALONG. HEY, LOOK, WE ARE DOING JUST FINE, BELIEVE ME. IT WILL TAKE TIME IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLETE THE TASK AND DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHACHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SORRY, TAKES A WHILE TO HIT THE UNMUTE BUTTON. I APPRECIATE IT, MEMBER GRAY. I WAS THE BOARD MEMBER THAT REQUESTED IT BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC JUST TO CLARIFY. BUT I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO SOME THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE WERE LEFT A LITTLE BIT UNCERTAIN.

076SO I KNOW I HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CATEGORICALS. MISS JOHNSON YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY IF THOSE CATEGORICALS WEREN'T USED, THEY GO IN OUR GENERAL FUND. BY TAKING THOSE AWAY AND NOT PROVIDING EXTRA MONEY FOR THAT. AND STICKING IT IN THE PER PUPIL FUNDING, REALLY WE ARE NOT GETTING MORE FLEXIBILITY PAUSE IF THE MONEY WASN'T SPENT WOULD BE ROLLED INTO OUR GENERAL FUND ANY WAY. EATING AWAY FROM THE EXTRA MONEY PER PUPIL. AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT? THAT MONEY ROLLS INTO THE FUND BALANCE AND IS RESTRICTED BUT STILL FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE. NOW SINCE WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE MONEY, IT IS NO LONGER RESTRICTED. WE STILL HAVE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CATEGORICAL MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THAT RESOURCE TOO, BUT ANY LEFTOVER WILL BECOME UNRESTRICTED AS PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND. THANK

077YOU, YOU SAID FUND BALANCE. I HEARD GENERAL FUND. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. OPEN POSED OF GOING INTO WHERE WE WILL SAVE THE MONEY, WE WILL HAVE IT IN OUR GENERAL FUND AND STILL OVERALL GETTING A WASH WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE WHETHER FROM CATEGORICAL OR NOT. IF YOU MOVE THOSE CATEGORICALS THAT WE WERE GETTING EXTRA FUNDING FOR INTO THIS -- THIS NEW FORMULA, WE ARE NOT SEEING AN INCREASE WITH OUR PER PUPIL AMOUNT OF MONEY, CORRECT? WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN INCREASE AT ALL. THE PART OF THE BASE AND WE HAVE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED SO WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES BASED ON THE EXPENDITURES NO YOU. Jessica Vaughn: I ANTICIPATE WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND FORMALIZE THAT. THANK YOU,

078SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS FOR COMMITTING TO THE FACT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR FUNDING IS, YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SCHOOLS NEED EXTRA RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STAFF, THAT YOU ARE COMMITTING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU WANT TO CLARIFY. WHEN I SAY I AM CONCERNED OF STAFF REDUCTION IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, ATE NOT SO CONCERNED OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT ALREADY MEMBER RENDON. WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE EXTRA SUPPORT THAT IT WILL TAKEN SINCE WE ARE THE ONES THAT SERVICE THE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT POPULATION AND A LOT OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AREN'T ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. EVERY CLASS HAVE A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND WE WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SINCE NOW THE STATE EVEN THOUGH IT

079IS PART OF OUR STATE CONSTITUTION, WE HAVE A CLASSROOM AMENDMENT ISN'T GOING TO HONOR THAT BY IMPOSING ANY PENALTIES FOR -- FOR ANY CLASSES THAT ARE OVERCROWDED AND WITH THE FORMULA OF THE CLASSES BEING PER BUILDING AND NOT ACTUALLY CLASSES, IT IS CONVOLUTED ANYWAY. HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED THAT WITH A WHAT WE DID WHEN SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS CAME NO IS ALIGN OURSELVES WHAT THE STATE WILL ALLOCATE PER PUPIL, AND A DISTRICT OUR SIZE WITH THE NEED THAT WE HAVE DOESN'T MIRROR A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ALWAYS END UP BEING MORE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN OUR SCHOOLS, EVER SINCE WE HAD TO DO SOME OF OUR REDUCTIONS TO COME ONLINE, I HAVE BEEN HEARING CONCERNS FROM PARENTS NONSTOP. WHEN THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

080WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL FORUMS A PLETHORA OF HOW IT IS HARD TO NAVIGATE GOING TO COLLEGE WITHOUT COLLEGE ADVISORS AND HOW THAT SWITCHED TO OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR COUNSELORS DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY. SO MANY JOBS WE HAVE TO PROVIDE EXTRA SERVICES FOR AND THAT IS WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. I ANTICIPATE HAVING MORE CONVERSATION WITH THAT GOING FORWARD. LASTLY, MY LAST QUESTION IS, THIS IS WHERE I AM ADDITIONALLY CONFUSED. IF WE ARE NOT LOSING MONEY. LET'S TALK OF HOME-SCHOOL PARENTS. IF WE ARE NOT LOSING MONEY ON HOME SCHOOL PARENTS, WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? ONLY SO MUCH MONEY THAT OUR STATE -- THAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES CAN GENERATE TO GO TOWARD EDUCATION, PERIOD. NOT LIKE -- FROM MY UNDER STANDING A AND UNLESS YOU ARE WRONG. TELL ME THAT, MISS

081JOHNSON, THE STATE HAS ALLOCATED ANOTHER POT OF THE EXTRA FUNDING OF HOME SCHOOL PARENTS. THERE IS STILL A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN, AS A COUNTY, WHETHER IT IS NOW FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH DOLLARS THAT WE TAKE IN BASED ON THE CAP PLACED ON TAX REVENUE. IF IT IS NOT COMING AND NOT COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET, IF THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE LESS MONEY TO GO AROUND, HOW ARE THESE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL OPTIONS BEING FUNDED, MISS JOHNSON. BEING A PART FAFP AND THE PROCESS, THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO ALLOCATE AND SET THE RATE. THAT MEANS THEY CAN RAISE TAXES. AND THAT'S HOW THEY RAISED -- INCREASE THEIR FUNDING SOURCE EACH YEAR, FISCAL YEAR. Jessica Vaughn: WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO PAY FOR THIS, TAXES WILL GO

082UP? IT IS A POSSIBILITY. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I AM SURE WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION AS THIS UNFOLDS. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. THANKS AGAIN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. THANKS MISS DAVIS AND EVERYBODY WHO PRESENTED. A LOT OF WORK WENT THROUGH HERE. AGREE WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE SOMETHING PALATABLE TO THE PUBLIC SO IT BREAKS IT DOWN WITH MORE BUCKETS AND USER-FRIENDLY FORMAT. THAT WILL BE GREAT IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE WEB SITE. YOU KNOW, I WAS -- I WAS REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND, YOU KNOW, I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE SEEMS

083TO BE A REALLY STRONG FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT READING AND MATH AND CTE. AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE IN THOSE AREAS ARE REALLY VERY STUDENT FOCUS AROUND THE FACT THAT FAMILIES WILL BE INFORMED ALONG THE WAY IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE ALL REALLY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE SUCCESS -- ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS. THERE IS GOING TO BE, TO OBVIOUSLY, LOOKING AT THE REGS, A LOT OF POLICY UPDATES WE NEED TO MAKE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL. CAN WE TALK THROUGH -- I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AT OUR BOARD RETREATS AROUND THIS. BUT CAN WE TALK TO OUR WORKSHOPS AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE DONE, WHETHER IT IS QUARTERLY. YOU KNOW, AROUND REVIEWING AND GETTING CONSENSUS ON NEW POLICIES THAT

084WILL COME TO THE FORWARD EVENTUALLY. HOW FREQUENT WILL WE HAVE THOSE. NOT A REAL TIGHT TIMELINE FOR THOSE. AND WHAT ARE THE DEADLINE DATES FOR THE BOARD OR THE STAFF TO SUBMIT DRAFT POLICY THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AT THOSE WORKSHOPS. TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE WORKSHOP? USUALLY IT IS A MONTH. SO -- AND REVIEWS IN THE PAST, IT HAS BEEN A VERY TIGHT QUARTERLY, SO COVID KIND OF INTERRUPTED AURAL THAT. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN BACK ON A TIMELINE, AND I AM NEVER SURE WHAT -- WHEN -- WHEN THE WINDOW IS OPEN FOR ME TO SUBMIT POLICY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LATELY, THERE HAS BEEN POLICY SUBMITTED LIKE THREE DAYS BEFORE. REVIEWED IT AT A WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF IN IF THE NEXT POLICY CYCLE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SLIP STUFF IN

085AT THE LAST MINUTE. AND I JUST WANTED TO GETS A VERY CLEAR TIMELINE ON ALL OF THIS. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A LOT IS GOING TO COME, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DIGEST IT, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH STAFF AND -- AND MISS DAVIS PLANNED PORTER OF DRAFTING NEW POLICY. Jim Porter: IF I CAN RESPOND, MADAM CHAIR. YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID, MEMBER HAHN. SPOT ON. THE NEXT POLICY WORKSHOP IS AUGUST 1. WE HAD INSTITUTIONALIZED AND COVID PUT HAYES TO THAT. SHE AND MR. GIBSON AND I WILL, GETTING TOGETHER WELL BEFORE THEN TO CREATE MORE OF A PROCESS FOR YOU. AND THE AUGUST 1st WEB SITE HE DID SIGNED TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES WE HAVE BY STATE LAW AND ALSO A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE

086NEW POLICIES. AND THEN WE CAN AT THAT TIME -- Stacy Hahn: WHAT IS THE DEADLINE? IF AUGUST 1 IS THE WORKSHOP, WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR INTRODUCING NEW POLICY. Jim Porter: WHAT DO YOU THINK, MISS DAVIS? Stacy Hahn: USED TO BE A MONTH. Jim Porter: WHILE SHE IS GETTING READY TO ANSWER. WE ESTABLISHED DEADLINES IN THE PAST AND BOARD MEMBERS QUITE FRANKLY HAVE NOT HONORED THOSE. A COLLECTIVE DECISION. WE TAKE THE POSITION IF YOU SUBMIT SOMETHING LATE, WE WILL TRY TO DO IT. THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL. IF YOU GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO SAY NO TO YOU, THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. Stacy Hahn: I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THE WAY IT WORKS. Jim Porter: I MEAN, I AM JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU. Stacy Hahn: IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE WAY

087OF WORK. BECAUSE THEN -- MISS HAHN WANTED SOMETHING PUT IN AND A WEEK BEFORE. I GET IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO SAY TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE, NO. Jim Porter: REMEMBER HAPPY TO SAY NO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND. Stacy Hahn: BECAUSE THEN MAYBE MEMBER RENDON IS PUT IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. I NEED MORE THAN A WEEK OR A COUPLE OF DAYS TIME TO MAYBE RESEARCH OR COUNTER WHAT TIME DOING OR COME UP. SHE IS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND TALK TO BOARD MEMBERS AND SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? IT COULD BECOME ADVERSARIAL. Jim Porter: IT DOES BECOME ADVERSARIAL. NOT CAN, BUT DOES. Stacy Hahn: I AM TRYING TO AVOID THAT AND I THINK IF WE CAN AGREE TO A HARD DEADLINE, TWO WEEKS THAT YOU KNOW WE

088CAN COME TO CONSENSUS ON ON THAT FROM ANOTHER TIME. AUGUST 1, TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY OTHER MEMBERS FEEL. LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. I AM BRINGING IT UP NOW. BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO NAIL DOWN THE TIMELINE FOR THIS. AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS AROUND POLICY. AUGUST 1 IS THE NEXT ONE. AND THEN CAN WE GET THOSE HARD DATES. THEN WE CAN BACK INTO -- MAYBE IF WE AGREE ON TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS, WE CAN BACK INTO THAT AND GIVE HARD DATES FOR POLICY SUBMISSION. AND EVERYBODY KIND OF KNOWS THE WAY OF WORK AROUND POLICY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS FEELING A LITTLE WONKY AND UNSTABLE. Jim Porter: WHY DON'T WE DO

089THAT. Stacy Hahn: KICKING SAND. Jim Porter: MISS DAVIS AND I PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU IN YOUR JUNE 26 WORKSHOP TO ENCAPSULATE. AND IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, WE WILL REACH OUT. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. ONCE AGAIN, SPOT ON. Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: YES, THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS COME UP WITH A TIMELINE. I CAN GIVE YOU SOME DATES AND COMMUNICATE AND MR. PORTER CAN COMMUNICATE FOR EACH OF YOU. THAT IS THE IMPORTANT THING. SO MANY POLICIES AND SO MANY CHANGES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABIDING BY THE LAW AND ABIDING WITH ALL THOSE CHANGES AND MAKING SURE WE ARE WORKING MORE AND MORE. THANK YOU, AGAIN, KRISTEN DAVIS. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? Kristin Davis: REAL QUICK. I WANT TO RESPOND

090TOP DR. HAHN'S COMMENTS. COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBER RENDON AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE FOUR POLICY WORKSHOPS THIS YEAR. WE HAD ONE IN JANUARY AND ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS SCHEDULED THAT GOT PUSHED A FEW TIMES. SO THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE. IT WAS PUSHED A FEW TIMES UNFORTUNATELY. SO 9 THIRD ONE THAT WAS ON THE -- SO THE THIRD ONE ON THE CALENDAR IS AUGUST 1 AND FOURTH ONE ON THE CALENDAR AUGUST 24. YES, MA'AM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I ALSO -- THANK YOU -- I THINK EVERY BOARD MEMBER TALKED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY OUTOUTREACH WITH ALL THESE LAWS. I THINK TEACHERS ARE CONCERNED AND WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY STAND AND IMPORTANT TO BE EMBEDDED IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVERY TEACHER KNOWS GOING IN. BECAUSE THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT TEACHERS HAVE.

091I GUESS ONE OF MY COMMENTS IS, WHEN WE LOOK AT FLORIDA AND WE KNOW IT HAS -- ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF INFLATION RIGHT NOW NATIONALLY, AND TAMPA, PARTICULARLY, HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFLATION THROUGHOUT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BASE ALLOCATION AND HEAR FROM THE MEDIA SO MANY MORE MILLIONS ARE SPENDING ON EDUCATION. THAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE MANY MORE STUDENTS ARE COMING TO FLORIDA. AT THE VERY BOT SOME. 48th NATIONALLY FUNDED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT NOW. WHERE ARE WE WITH FUNDING. BECAUSE THE INFLATION IS HIGH AND WHERE ARE WE WITH FUNDING? I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS FUNDING. BECAUSE IT IS VERY MISLEADING WHEN YOU SEE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATIONS INCREASED. THE NEEDS HAVE INCREASED. EVEN BUILDING A SCHOOL HAS

092ALMOST INCREASED BY 50%. EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT INCREASING BY 25 TO 50%. I KNOW WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS NATIONALLY RANKED AND PAYING OUR TEACHERS AND PER STUDENT ALLOCATION BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE VERY LOW ON THAT. HB 157 AS FAR AS SHARING THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, WILL WE ALSO BE ABLE TO GET THE PICO DOLLARS WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET TO OPEN UP TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY. WILL WE RECEIVE PICO DOLLARS? Kristin Davis: THAT IS NOT PART OF THE LAW. Nadia Combs: I WANT AND TO CLARIFY THAT. IT IS MISLEADING WHEN WE DO SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT AND OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING SO WELL, VERY MISLEADING WITH THE FUNDING, AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. FINALLY, I AM ALL FOR PARENT CHOICE, BUT THE BIGGEST

093THING THAT THERE IS SOME OVERSIGHT. MY QUESTION IS AS FAR AS HOUSE BILL ONE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IMAGINE THAT A CHURCH WILL DOUBLE THEIR TUITION FOR STUDENTS. THE GOAL OF THE LAW TO HAVE STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT CHOICES, CHARTER HOME SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL. WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THOSE PLACES INCREASING TUITION BY 50% OR MORE AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ATTEND THOSE SCHOOLS. WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS THE OVERSIGHT FOR THAT, TESTING ARE, HOME SCHOOL. TESTING OUR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN AND WILL THEY BE TESTED OR HOME SCHOOL AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TAXPAYER MONEY. Kristin Davis: I WILL BE HAPPY TO JUMP IN. IN TERMS OF MEMBER COMBS' HOUSE BILL 1.

094YOU WON'T NECESSARILY SEE ANY CHANGES WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND HOME EDUCATION, TRADITIONAL HOME SCHOOL ROUTE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND A PERSONAL EDUCATION PLAN THAT BE ADDS REQUIREMENTS WITH NORM REFERENCE TESTING AND BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE DETAILS. Nadia Combs: WE ARE PROVIDING THE FAS TESTING MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS, I WOULD IMAGINE WE WILL WANT TO DO THE SAME THING FOR OUR STUDENTS TO CREATE A CATEGORY THAT IS EDUCATED AND THOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING A GREAT EDUCATION. THAT IS MY QUESTION. SOUPS DAVIS, YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? Addison Davis: THANK YOU, KD. THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY OF HOME SCHOOL OF THE PROGRESS MONITORING. STUDENTS HAVE TO REACH THRESHOLD AND HAVE CHECK-UPS TO DETERMINE THE EVALUATION OF HOW WELL A STUDENT IS PROGRESSING IN

095THAT PARTICULAR SPACE TO BE FUNDED FOR PICO DOLLARS. NO QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD WISHES TO TRANSITION INTO A DISTRICT MANAGED CHARTER, THAT YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY START-UP FUND, PICO DOLLARS, CAPITAL DOLLARS TO BRING BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO SET THAT UP. AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO RECOUP THE MONEY THAT TRANSITIONS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WE CAN RUN IT IN -- THIS IS PARTICULARLY WELL IN CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTERS. I DO BELIEVE THIS A PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAGNET ACADEMIES. IF THE DISTRICT WANTED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND GENERATE MONEY TO SET THAT UP FOR THE DISTRICT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I JUST HAD A QUESTION I GUESS SINCE YOU KNOW THAT WITH THE HOME SCHOOLING. WHAT DOES THAT TEST LOOK LIKE? IS IT

096SIMILAR TO FAS? IS THE PARENT CONDUCTING THE TEST? I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- YOU KNOW, I AM LOOKING AT THE OVERSIGHT. Addison Davis: MADAM CHAIR, WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AND THE FREQUENCY AND WHAT ASSESSMENTS THEY USE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, GETTING BACK TO MEMBER HAHN. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A HISTORY OF -- OF THREE MONTHS BETWEEN THE POLICY CYCLE, BUT I DEFINITELY APPLAUD THE SUGGESTION OF HAVING FINITE DEADLINES, I AM AGREEING WITH YOU AS WITH MY OWN POINT OF VIEW AS AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I SEE A SLEW OF NEW BILLS WHICH MIGHT. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE VERY LAST PAGES. IT DEFINITELY CALLS US TO MAKE THOSE POLICY CHANGES. HAND THIS IS ON PAGE 1 ON THE ADDENDUM.

097SAYS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF LEGISLATION ENACTED IN 2023. AND THEN REQUIRES OUR BOARD ACTION. WELL, MANY OF THEM SAY NO, NO BOARD ACTION. BUT YET WE DON'T HAVE THE RULE MAKING DONE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ACCURATE; HOWEVER, MANY OF THEM ARE SAYING, YES. SO THERE ARE BILLS THAT SAY, YES, WE NEED BOARD ACTION. AND TO THAT POINT OF YOUR COMMENT, MEMBER HAHN, I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD HARDENED TYPE SYSTEM TO FOLLOW. AT ANY RATE, THAT IS MY MENTION. MY QUESTION IS, WHO DECIDED THAT WE HAVE BOARD ACTION OR NOT. MISS DAVIS? Kristin Davis: THAT IS BASED ON -- THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. BASED ON LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THE BILL. AND WHETHER IT REQUIRES ANY SPECIFIC BOARD ACTION IN THE LAW ITSELF. TO YOUR

098POINT, AND THIS DOCUMENT IS MORE OF A GUIDE. THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT AND UPDATE IT. IT SHOULD NOT LOOK APT A STATIC DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS THE SAME AS TODAY IN SIX MONTHS. REVOWED BY STAFF BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, RULEMAKING FROM DOE MAY COME OUT AND CAUSE US TO UPDATE OUR POLICIES OR PROCEDURES DEPENDENTING ON DISTRICT BY DISTRICT CIRCUMSTANCE'. Lynn Gray: MISS DAVIS, I THINK WE HAVE TO APPLAUD -- I THINK WE HAVE TO. THE STAFF MEMBERS WORKING TIRELESSLY IN UPDATING CURRICULUMS, UPDATING ACRONYMS. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING TO COMPLY WITH THESE BILLS AND THIS IS AN ONGOING BASIS AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY QUESTION IS AND I AM GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE BILLS. THE ONE WHERE MEMBER VALDEZ.

099HOUSE BILL 443. THE QUESTION IS ABOUT LESS OVERSIGHT. AND MEMBER COMBS MAY -- MAY ALSO RUN YOUR QUESTION AS WELL. ON THE -- ON BOTTOM HERE -- AND I AM ON THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SITE, BUT YOU WILL KNOW ABOUT IT. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF GETTING MORE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS? THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION AND A PRO COMMUNITY SCHOOL MOVEMENT. IT SAYS WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, THE CURRENT LAW INSTRUCTS THE CENTER OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TO PRIORITIZE GRANT AWARDS TO DISTRICTS WHICH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT. Kristin Davis: MEMBER GRAY, IF I MAY JUMP IN. WITH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL UCF MODEL OUR TEAMS AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND GRANTS TEAM HAVE REVIEWED THIS LANGUAGE AND SO IT WOULD BE A GRANT PROGRAM. IF THERE IS AN

100OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO APPLY FOR IT, WE CERTAINLY WILL. BUT I KNOW AT THIS POINT, WE ARE MONITORING IT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND RULE MAKING. FOR THE CHAIR, SO IS YOU KNOW MORTGAGE AND SULPHUR SPRINGS ARE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS FROM THE STATE MODELS. OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNER SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER FEDERAL GRANT MONIES TO SUPPORT THAT. AND WE ALSO CONSIDER PURSUING SOME OF THE STATE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS DOLLARS. Lynn Gray: THIS IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE -- I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS -- OR SOME OF THEM ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THE EFFECTS -- THE ACADEMIC EFFECTS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL EFFECTS AND THE PRAGMATIC HEALTH BENEFITS. ONE LAST QUESTION. DR. DeLANGE, WHEN WE START OF CHARTER SCHOOL OVERSIGHT. AND

101RELATES TO HOUSE BILL 443. ARE WE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF YOUR OFFICE? CAN YOU SHARE HOW IT IS NOW GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF VISITS, OVERSIGHT VISITS? WELL, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WILL BE THAT THE DOE WILL COME UP WITH A STANDARD ANNUAL SITE VISIT TEMPLATE. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD JUST REGULARLY AS WE HAVE BEEN WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL PROTOCOL UNTIL THE D.O.E. COMES WITH THE STANDARD ONE. Lynn Gray: RIGHT NOW WE ARE THE SAME. YES, MA'AM. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER PEREZ, YOU ARE ON LINE. Karen Perez: YES, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL OF MY BOARD MEMBERS TALK -- SPEAKING ABOUT THE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND KEEPING IN THAT

102-- IN THAT SAME VEIN, I APPRECIATE IT ROLLING WITH THAT SPIRIT. AND THE PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE BEING HONORED. AND YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT WITH THIS LEGISLATION BEING PASSED, THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF ALL PAR PARENTS -- THERE ARE MANY PARENTS WHOSE RIGHTS ARE NOT BEING HONORED. AND HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. HOW IS THIS BEING ADDRESSED WHEN IT COMES TO THIS LEGISLATION IN OUR SCHOOLS? AND, YOU KNOW, HOME SCHOOLING AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IS NOT THE AGENDA. I AM SPEAKING OF BEING ADDRESSED IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CAN SOMEONE ANSWER FOR ME, PLEASE. Kristin Davis: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE. Addison Davis: YES. I WAS WAITING ON. WE HAVE TO PUSH A LITTLE BIT AND WHERE PARENT RIGHTS ARE NOT BEING VALUED OR BEING VIOLATED. FOR US TO HAVE

103A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN HELP, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND ANY EXAMPLES YOU SEE WITHIN THIS NEW LEGISLATION THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. Karen Perez: SO CAN -- IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN HAVE PARENTAL FEEDBACK AS FAR AS THESE NEW LEGISLATIONS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT FEEDBACK -- I MEAN, PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE SPACES? Addison Davis: YEAH, I MEAN THE BIGGEST THING PARENTS ALWAYS HAVE AN OPTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT -- HOW WE CAN HELP THEM BE AN EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATE AS IT RERATES TO EDUCATION. LEGISLATION, OUR JOB IS TO ENACT IT AS A BOARD TO DEVELOP POLICY. MY JOB AS A SUPERINTENDENT IS TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES. COMMUNITY, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE ANY CHANGES RELATING TO LEGISLATION HOW THE LEGISLATION INTERACTS

104WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY CAN INFORM US AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL DELEGATIONS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL SPACES THAT THEY SEE FIT WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WANT TO DO CHANGE. FOR US TO LEVERAGE OUR SCHOOLS AS A WELCOME PLACE FOR OUR PARENTS TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO HELP THEM WITH THEIR LEARNERS. IF I HAVE ANY ISSUES, PARENTS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THEIR SCHOOLS TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE EVERY SINGLE DAY. ALSO IF THERE ARE BETTER TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN A CERTAIN ZIP CODE OR COMMUNITY, WE WORK WITH OUR FAMILY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION TO -- AT LEAST THEM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR ZIP CODE OR POCKET OF THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME

105STRONGER EVERY DAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED TO TRANSITION TO POTENTIAL NEWCOMERS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS ARE INTERACTED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SETTING OUR STUDENT UP FOR SUCCESS. Karen Perez: OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING PUSHED OUT DUE TO LEGISLATION OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. Karen Perez: AND THAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE NOT BEING HONORED, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK A THIS LEGISLATION AND HOW IT EITHER TARGETS OR DOESN'T TARGET CERTAIN STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS. Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY. OUR DOORS WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN TO EVERY ONE OF OUR STUD WHO WANT TO TRANSITION AND EDUCATE THEM AND PARENTS AS WELL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE

106THAT SAFETY IS OUR GREATEST PRIORITY EVERY DAY. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALL I HAVE. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE -- FOR FIGHTING OUR WAYS THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH THE ENTIRE LEGISLATION. YOU KNOW, PART THAT GOES OUT AND ALWAYS FIGHTS FOR US. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? OKAY. WE WILL GO -- WE WILL MOVE ON TO MEMBER RENDON. CLOSE TO MEMBER RENDON, UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING. Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ABOUT WHALEN. WE TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND WHERE WE ARE COMING EACH MONTH. ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS A HARD CLARIFICATION RIGHT NOW. IF SOMEONE HAD THREE YEARS TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION, HE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO ON AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS. I REMEMBER HEARING

107IN THE REPORT, ANY OF THOSE THAT IS COMING UP EITHER THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR WHERE WE ARE HITTING THOSE FIVE YEARS? IN MY CONVERSATION CAN D.O.E. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IN THE BILL CURRENTLY THAT GIVES THEM THAT FACTOR OF GOING ON BEYOND THAT EXCEPTION. EVEN IF WE HAVE SOMEONE UP AT THREE YEARS IN -- FOR EXAMPLE, 2020 -- OR 2021, I AM SORRY WOULD HAVE MADE THEM FIVE YEARS NOW. WHERE ARE WE AT WITH NUMBERS THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR SO WE CAPTURE GETTING THEM THROUGH THE THRESHOLD. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH IT. AND WE NEED THE EXACT NUMBERS WHO FELL IN THAT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING THE SAME COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU AS SOON AS WE GOT THAT CLARIFICATION ON MARCH 22. Patti Rendon:

108I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT AND WANT OUR TEACHERS AS A DISTRICT SUPPORTING THAT. THANK YOU, DR. HAHN, FOR BRINGING UP THE -- THE WORKSHOPS REGARDING OUR POLICIES. I THINK THAT IS ADAMANT. I HAVE ASKED FOR WORKSHOPS. THAT IS WHY WE SCHEDULED FOR -- I DON'T HAVE CLARIFICATION WHY WE CANCELLED THEM. EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEGISLATIVE YEAR, MULTIPLE POLICIES NOT AFFECT BY ANY OF THIS LEGISLATION. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD MEMBERS NOT TO CANCEL ANY OF OUR POLICY UPDATES. WE HAVE GOT TO MINE TAINE THOSE POLICY WORKSHOPS MOVING FORWARD. LIKE I SAID, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN THE PROCESS OF LEGISLATION. WE HAVE 30 MORE WE CAN ADDRESS AND GET THEM OFF THE BOOKS. WE NEED TO BE BETTER ORGANIZED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP AGAIN. IT

109IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. I KNOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FEEL THAT WAY AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO SNEAK SURE THAT WE MAKE IT CONSISTENT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT IS VERY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. AND WE SUPPORT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I THINK WE REALLY NEED AN EX-PER TIEGS VIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WITH ALL OF THESE NEW CHANGES WHEN INTEREST COMES TO CATEGORICALS, WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING AND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF HOW WE DO BUSINESS. I THINK THAT WE, AS A BOARD AND AS AN ADMINISTRATION WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT WE ARE PROVIDING TO ALL OF OUR STAFF. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. I WILL CIRCLE BACK AS I SAID FOR MANY MONTHS NOW. AS A

110BOARD -- I AM PERSONALLY AS A BOARD MEMBER RECOMMEND LOOK AT A RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TO AID US OF HOW WE ARE FINANCIALLY MOVING OUR MONEY AROUND. HOW WE ARE MOVING OUR CATEGORICALS. HOW WE ARE FUNDING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND GETTING THE BUSINESS RETURN FOR OUR STUDENTS. HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOLS AND LOOKING AND MAKE SURE THAT MEMBER VAUGHN BROUGHT UP VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT OUR ESC AND OUR SUPPORT TO THOSE. HOW WE CAPTURE THOSE WHO NEED IEPs SO WE ARE MAXIMIZING OUR FUNDING. WE NEED TO HAVE A FERN LEADING OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT WILL LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FROM A FISCAL POINT OF VIEW, A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW. OPERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR OVERALL STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOME MEASURES. I THINK IT IS VERY CRITICAL

111THAT WHILE WE ARE HERE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOK CAN AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A CRITICAL TIME OF CHANGE. AND THAT WILL BE A CRITICAL NEED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER DECISIONS WE MAKE WE HAVE GOT ADVICE THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US THE BEST KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THOSE RISKS LOOK LIKE FROM A HEALTH AND SAFETY, FROM FINANCIAL AND STUDENT OUTCOME. IT IS CRITICAL IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT IS CLEARLY -- I STAND BEHIND OUR SCHOOLS. I STAND BEHIND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I HAVE A FAITH THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO CHOOSE OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF OUR TEACHERS. BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM DO. AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.

112AND THAT'S WHY OUR STUDENTS CHOOSE TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY BECAUSE EXCELLENT EDUCATION THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GIVES. MY FAMILY IS A PRODUCT OF THAT AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT MY CHILDREN ARE A PART DUE TO THE WORK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU DO. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? Addison Davis: NO, MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF. OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS VERY RAPID THIS YEAR. AND A LOT OF STUFF AND LANGUAGE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PAPERS. WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE ELEMENTS AND TO ARTICULATE NOT ONLY TO OUR BOARD, COMMUNITY AND STAFF AND SCHOOL-BASED AND

113DISTRICT LEADERS. THANKS FOR BOARD MEMBERS FOR HAVING 101s AND WILL ACTIVELY ENGAGE. SO PROUD OF KD AND OUR STAFF FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND OUR LEGAL, MR. PORTER AND MR. GIBSON, THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL AS WELL. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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