04/26/2022 - Board Workshop

001Nadia Combs: THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2022 IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. TODAY WE'LL BE GOING OVER KEY LEGISLATION AND WE'LL FIRST GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH QUESTIONS. WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS ONLINE. MEMBER PEREZ AND MEMBER SNIVELY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING THE ITEM? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE OF EXPERTS IN EVERY AREA. AS YOU KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS VERY HEAVY WITH NEW LANGUAGE SO MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE BRING THE BOARD UP TO DATE ABOUT WHAT PROACTIVE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE TO BRING OUR PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES INTO LINE WITH NEW LANGUAGE. AT THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO

002IDENTIFY POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF ALL THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS DEFINED DURING SESSION. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ANNUAL, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY. WE JUST THANK THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHERE WE ARE, ARE WE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE, AND IF NOT, WHAT PROACTIVE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN COMPLIANCE AND WHAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MOVE AND EDUCATE EVERYONE POTENTIALLY BEING IMPACTED. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND TRANSITION BACK TO YOU AND KATIE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I FIRST WANT TO THANK KRISTIN DAVIS AND HER TIME FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS YOU HAVE SPENT DOING THIS AS WELL AS ALWAYS KEEPING US

003TO DATE REGULARLY, BY TEXT AND BY E-MAIL WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LEGISLATION. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, MS. DAVIS. Kristin Davis: THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT RAN FROM JANUARY THROUGH -- THANK YOU. JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. MORE THAN 3700 BILLS WERE INTRODUCED. ABOUT 280 ACTUALLY PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. OF THAT WAS A BUDGET, $112 BILLION BUDGET, THE LARGEST IN STATE HISTORY AS WELL AS ABOUT 25 EDUCATION RELATED BILLS. SOME OF THOSE WE WILL REVIEW THIS MORNING. I DO WANT TO REAL QUICK KIND OF SET THE LANDSCAPE FOR YOU. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS WORKSHOP THAT THE KEY PLAYERS, AS PART OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE GOVERNOR DEFINITELY HAD

004A HEAVY HAND IN LEGISLATIVE POLICY THIS SESSION ALONG WITH OUR SENATE PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. THE THREE OF THEM DID IDENTIFY BACK IN THE FALL THEIR MAJOR EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, AND I THINK FROM SOME OF THOSE, YOU DEFINITELY SEE THE BILLS THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING TODAY. THE GOVERNOR DID EMPHASIZE -- PROBABLY REMEMBER BACK IN A PRESS CONFERENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDENT ASSESSMENT OVERHAUL. THE INCREASE OF TEACHER PAY. SO STUDENT ASSESSMENT OVERHAUL WE'LL BE REVIEWING AND TEACHER PAY AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN INSTRUCTION AND PARTICULARLY LGBTQ PLUS AND THAT OF COURSE WE SEE IN 1557. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE EMPHASIZED HIS PRIORITY BACK IN THE FALL ON ADDITIONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTIONS FOR CRITICAL STATE EMPLOYEES. INCLUDES TEACHERS WHICH WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 EXEMPTION AND THAT'S PART OF A BILL THAT WILL GO TO THE

005VOTERS AND THE GENERAL ELECTION. ALSO AROUND PROHIBITING CERTAIN INSTRUCTION, CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND EXPANSION OF SCHOOL CHOICE JUST LIKE OUR SENATE PRESIDENT, HIS PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED AROUND MINIMUM WAGE, PART OF THE BUDGET. VOUCHERS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH WE HAVE EMPHASIZED IN THE EXPANSION OF THOSE. -- WILL BE REVIEWING TWO BILLS ON THAT. I WANT TO SET THE STAGE BECAUSE BACK IN THE FALL, MANY OF THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED, YOU SAW, READ ABOUT AND NOW WILL BE REVIEWING. SO THE GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP ARE TO GO THROUGH ABOUT 11 BILLS WE'LL RUN THROUGH TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES, THE IMPACT TO HCPS. PERHAPS ANY FISCAL IMPACT. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY MR. PORTER AND JEFF GIBSON ON IMPLICATIONS IN TARNALS OF WHAT WE SEE IN POLICY. I WANT TO SAY THAT MANY TIMES WE DON'T KNOW

006YET UNTIL WHAT POLICY WILL LOOK LIKE UNTIL WE GET RULE MAKING FROM DOE WHICH WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED BUT WE'RE KEEPING THE PULSE ON IT. WE'LL JUMP IN AND GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT SLIDE AND KEEP QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND THAT WAS JUST THE SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THE BILLS AND THEN OF COURSE THE BUDGET BUT I TALKED TO IT. I APOLOGIZE. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD INTO SENATE BILL 1048, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS WITH MR. CONNOR WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW MARCH 15. GOOD MORNING, BOARD. HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT SB1048 STUDENT ASSESSMENT. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE INITIATING A NEW PROGRESS MONITORING THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE BEGINNING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THIS WILL REPLACE OUR CURRENT FSA STATEWIDE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE FIRST

00730 YEARS IS A BASELINE ASSESSMENT TO ALL PRE-K THROUGH 10th GRADE IN READING AND IN MATH. THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE -- THE STATE WILL ALSO OPEN UP A WINDOW AT MID-YEAR FOR ANOTHER PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENT WINDOW WHERE WE'LL DO THE SAME THING AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A THIRD IN THE SPRING, AND THAT WILL BE THE PROVIDED BY THE STATE. SO IN THE BILL, IT DOES DELINEATE THAT IT WILL BE A COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENT, AND THAT THE RESULTS WILL BE TURNED AROUND TO TEACHERS AND TO PARENTS WITHIN A ONE TO TWO-WEEK TIME PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY THE BILL DOES OUTLINE THAT ALL REPORTING HAS TO BE EASY TO COMPREHEND AND HAS TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE RESOURCES TO HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, DISTRICTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE RESULTS IN A WEB-BASED PORTAL AND ALSO

008A PRINTED REPORT MUST BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE IMPACT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR IS -- WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE TO ASSESS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WITHIN THOSE GRADE BANDS WITHIN THOSE WINDOWS. I KNOW OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING FEVERISHLY ON THAT TO ENSURE WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION DURING THE FALL OF 2022-23. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE STATEWIDE GRADING SYSTEM WILL BE AN INFORMATIONAL BASELINE NEXT YEAR. SO THEY WILL NOT NECESSARILY COUNT AS THEY HAVE WHERE THE STATE WOULD THEN IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON SCHOOLS NOT PERFORMING ADEQUATELY BECAUSE WE WILL NOT HAVE A GAINS CALCULATION, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ADMINISTRATION. WE STILL WILL BE ISSUED GRADES BUT THEY'LL BE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY FOR NEXT YEAR. AND WE

009WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR STUDENTS WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THE TESTING WINDOWS THROUGH OUR OWN PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEMS THAT WE'LL SET FORTH. ALSO ADDITIONALLY SOME OF THE IMPACTS IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE PRE-K, K AND ONE FIRST ENTERING INTO SCHOOL WE NEED TO ENSURE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE USING TECHNOLOGY. MAKING SURE THEY CAN NAVIGATE COMPUTERS AND THROUGH THE MOUSE AND ALL THAT SO THEY'LL NEED TO BE SOME PRE-INSTRUCTION INCLUDED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, SO WE'RE LOOKING IN WAYS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE AS THEY TAKE THE COMPUTER-BASED PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENTS. AGAIN, EVERYTHING WILL BE HOLD HARMLESS IN TERMS OF GRADES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. Kristin Davis: OKAY. THANK YOU. KEEPING WITH MR. CONNOR WE'LL TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL 1054, FINANCIAL LITERACY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD A COUPLE

010SESSIONS IN A ROW AND ALSO SIGNED INTO LAW AS THE DOROTHY HUKLE ACT WHO PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO FROM CANCER, SO THIS -- I'LL TOSS IT TO MR. CONNOR. YES. THIS IS EXCITING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO AT LEAST OFFER FINANCIAL LITERACY ELECTIVES THROUGH STATUTE LAST YEAR AT EVERY SCHOOL. NOW THIS TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND REQUIRES THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY COMPONENT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENTERING NINTH GRADE NOT THIS YEAR BUT NEXT YEAR IN 23-24. SO THIS ACTUALLY DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE TWO YEARS FROM NOW. IT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED ELECTIVES FROM EIGHT TO SEVEN AND A HALF BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A HALF CREDIT ELECTIVE COURSE OFFERING. AND FORTUNATELY FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME GOOD STARTING POINT WITH SOME COURSES LIKE PERSONAL FINANCE THAT

011WE INCLUDE IN MANY OF OUR COURSE OFFERINGS AND WE'LL BE LOOK WITH -- WORKING WITH OUR CTE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY ROBUST CURRICULUM, WORKING WITH TEACHERS POTENTIALLY TEACHING THE COURSE AND IDENTIFYING WHAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT IT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT MOVING FORTH FOR NINTH GRADERS ENTERING IN 23-24. Kristin Davis: ALL RIGHT. AND HOUSE BILL 1647 TITLED K-12 EDUCATION. THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS. I'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE ON SCHOOL BOARD TERM LIMITS AND MR. CONNOR WILL TALK ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. SO AS YOU KNOW, FIRST CAME OUT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE HAD A FEW LEGISLATORS WHO WANTED TO COMPLETELY REMOVE BOARD MEMBER SALARIES. THAT DID CHANGE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS TO EIGHT-YEAR TERM LIMITS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE HOUSE. TWELVE-YEAR TERM LIMITS BY THE

012HOUSE AND AGREED UPON 12 YEAR TERM LIMITS SOETHAT'S PART OF 1467 SIGNED INTO LAW MARCH 25 AND WILL TAKE EFFECT THIS NOVEMBER AND ESSENTIALLY GRANDFATHERED IN SO 12 YEARS FROM NOW. AND I'LL TOSS IT TO TERRY TO TALK ABOUT -- YEAH. IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL PROCESSES, FORTUNATELY THE DISTRICT HAS MANY OF THESE PROCESSES ALREADY EMBEDDED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE WE CURRENTLY UNDERGO FOR ADOPTION. BUT THE BILL SPECIFICALLY DOES SAY THAT EVERY DISTRICT WILL REQUIRE TO HOLD PUBLIC NOTICED MEETINGS WHEN THE ADOPTION COMMITTEES CONVENE TO SELECT MATERIALS. AND THAT MUST INCLUDE PARENTS AND STUDENTS. IT DOES MODIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT EACH DISTRICT PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED FOR SPECIFIC REQUIRED INSTRUCTION. DISTRICTS MUST PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL MATERIALS, EXCLUDING THE TEACHER EDITION, AT LEAST 20 CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE

013THE DISTRICT TAKES ANY ACTIONS WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO. SELECT, APPROVE ADOPT OR PURCHASE MATERIALS AS A SEPARATE LINE ON THE AGENDA RATHER THAN THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HAVE A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALREADY DO. SOMETHING NEW IS THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO THE DOUGH AN ANNUAL REPORT -- DOE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF EACH MATERIALS OBJECTED TO IN A SPECIFIC SCHOOL YEAR AND SPECIFIC REASONS FOR THE OBJECTIONS, AND EACH MATERIAL THAT WAS REMOVED OR DISCONTINUED AS A RESULT OF THE OBJECTION BY A GRADE LEVEL MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DOE. THEN THE DOE WILL BE PUBLISHING A LIST FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF ALL THOSE MATERIALS THAT WERE OBJECTED TO OR REJECTED. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL NEED TO ADVERTISE THE DATE AND LOCATIONS OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC TO

014PARTICIPATE IN. ANOTHER IMPACT IS WE CURRENTLY ADVERTISE ON THE WEBSITE ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND WE WILL BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH ONES ARE SPECIFIED FOR REQUIRED INSTRUCTION GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING ACCESS TO ALL RECOMMENDED MATERIALS FOR ADOPTIONS 20 DAYS OUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BEFORE THE BOARD WILL TAKE ANY OFFICIAL ACTION ON IT. ANOTHER IMPACT IS THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN A LIST OF MATERIALS FOR WHICH THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AN OBJECTION TO AND THE SPECIFICS TO THAT OBJECTION, AND WHY THAT WAS REMOVED OR OBJECTED BY GRADE LEVEL, COURSE, AND INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN THE REPORT TO THE DOE. IN TERMS OF LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES, THE NEW BILL DOES REQUIRE THAT EACH BOOK MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERED OR INCLUDED ON ANY GRADE LEVEL READING

015LIST MUST BE SELECTED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE WHO HOLDS A VALID MEDIA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE. THAT'S NEW FOR US. REQUIRES THAT THE DOE DEVELOP AN ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LIBRARIANS AND MEDIA SPECIALISTS WHICH INCLUDES TRAINING ON MATERIALS AND SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS AND READING LISTS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1. PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MEDIA MATERIALS AND READING LISTS MUST COMPLETE A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE DOE. EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE A LIST OF ALL MATERIALS MAINTAINED IN THE LIBRARY OR REQUIRED AS PART OF A BOOK LIST USED IN THE CLASSROOM. AND ALSO, EACH DISTRICT WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADOPT AND POST ON THE WEBSITE THE PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER COLLECTIONS. IN THE BILL IT DOES

016STATE THAT PRINCIPALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE COMPLIANCE WITH SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER SELECTION PROCESS TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED. SO WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE FOR US? TRAINING TO INCLUDE THE NEW DOE DEVELOPED ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMS BEGINNING IN JANUARY. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES WILL NEED TO POST THE PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING THE MEDIA CENTER COLLECTIONS ON EACH SCHOOL'S WEBSITE. PRINCIPALS WILL NEED TO SUPPORT FROM THE LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST DEPARTMENT IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER COLLECTIONS TO FULFILL THEIR DUTY IN OVERSEEING COMPLIANCE. AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS WILL REQUIRE SUPPORT FROM THE CONTENT SUPERVISORS IN UNDERSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS BILL AND CREATING THE RECOMMENDED OR ASSIGNED READING LIST. FORTUNATELY MANY OF THE PRACTICES WE ARE ALREADY COMPLIANT WITH MOST ASPECTS OF THIS BILL. Kristin Davis: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,

017MR. CONNOR. WE'LL MOVE ON TO HOUSE BILL 7, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM BILL SIGNED INTO LAW LAST FRIDAY ON APRIL 22. WE HAVE ONE SLIDE HIGHLIGHTING THIS. YEAH. SO THIS BILL SPECIFICALLY DEFINES INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS BASED ON THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW AND HAVE INALIENABLE RIGHTS. REQUIRED INSTRUCTION, ANY MATERIALS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THESE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM. IT AUTHORIZES DISCUSSIONS AND CURRICULA IN AN AGE-APPROPRIATE MANNER REGARDING TOPICS SUCH AS SEXISM, SLAVERY, RACIAL OPPRESSION, RACIAL SEGREGATION AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULA MAY NOT BE USED TO INDOCKRINATE OR PERSUADE STUDENTS TO A PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM OR STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS. EXPANDS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY INSTRUCTION TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF A PREJUDICE, RACISM AND STEREOTYPING ON INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, AND EXAMINE WHAT

018IT MEANS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTFUL PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING TOLERANCE OF DIVERSITY FOR PROTECTING DEMOCRATIC VALUES. THERE IS A SHIFT IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 AND A MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH COMPONENT INTO A NEWLY REQUIRED LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION, WHICH SPECIFIES CONTENT INTENDED TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, SUPPORT MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND ENABLE STUDENTS TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES. SO IN A LOT OF THIS, THE IMPACT FOR US WILL NEED TO DEVELOP THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE ASPECTS OF THE BILL AND ANY SPECIFICS THAT MAY COME OUT OF A STATE RULE. Kristin Davis: THANK YOU. HOUSE BILL 5057, PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION. WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THAT UP. MR. CONNOR WILL DO THE FIRST SLIDE AROUND INSTRUCTION AND THEN HOLLY SAIA WILL TAKE ON ITEMS FROM STUDENT

019SERVICES. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MR. CONNOR? YEAH. SO THIS IS A BIG BILL BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE OF THINGS, SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT IN GRADES K THROUGH 3, INSTRUCTION ON SEXUAL IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION BY A THIRD PARTY OR CLASSROOM TEACHER MAY NOT OCCUR AND BEYOND THIRD GRADE, ANY TOPICS SHALL BE AGE APPROPRIATE OR DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STANDARDS. SO AN IMPACT FOR US IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR OPT OUT FORMS INCLUDE THE NEW LEGISLATION, OUR POLICY AND MORE SPECIFICS ON THE LESSONS THAT WE'LL BE OFFERING IN OUR SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION COMP COMPONENT. Kristin Davis: AND HOLLY, IF I CAN TOSS IT TO YOU? THANK YOU. SO PART OF THIS BILL AS WELL, DISTRICTS MUST ADOPT PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFYING A STUDENT'S PARENTS IF THERE IS GOING TO

020BE A CHANGE IN THE STUDENT SERVICES OR MONITORING RELATED TO SAID STUDENT'S MELTHAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH OR WELL-BEING. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE WITH PARENTS THAT THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS REGARDING THE UPBRINGING AND CONTROL OF THEIR CHILDREN AND IT REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS PERSONNEL TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO HIS OR HER WELL-BEING WITH HIS OR HER PARENT OR WE CAN FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS. THE IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE IS THAT WE'LL NEED TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES AND CREATE A TRAINING FOR ALL SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF INCLUDING WRITTEN GUIDANCE, SPECIFYING WHAT STEPS TO TAKE TO ENSURE THAT A PARENT IS NOTIFIED OF ANY CHANGES IN SERVICE AND IS INVOLVED IN ANY CRITICAL DECISIONS AFFECTING A STUDENT'S MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL OR WELL-BEING. IN ADDITION, PROCEDURES

021MUST INCLUDE DIRECTION ON HOW STAFF SHOULD ENCOURAGE A STUDENT TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH PARENTS, PROCEDURES MAY NOT DISCOURAGE OR PROHIBIT MENTAL NOTIFICATION OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CRITICAL DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR CHILDREN. SO WITH THIS, WE'LL HAVE TO DEFINITELY DO SOME TRAININGS AND CREATE TRAININGS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR STAFF. ALSO, PRIOR TO ADMINISTERING ANY STUDENT WELL-BEING QUESTIONNAIRE OR HEALTH SCREENING FORM, A STUDENT -- FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-3, THE DISTRICT MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THAT QUESTIONNAIRE OR HEALTH SCREENING TO THE PARENT AND OBTAIN PERMISSION TO ADMINISTER THAT SCREENING. PARENT PERMISSION FORMS WILL NEED TO BE CREATED FOR ANY SUCH QUESTIONNAIRES IN GRADES K-3 WITH VERY CLEAR DIRECTIONS PROVIDED FOR ALL ADMINISTRATORS. SO THAT COST WOULD BE THE PRINTING OF THOSE FORMS FOR US. AND THEN ALSO, WITH THIS BILL, EACH DISTRICT SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES

022FOR A PARENT TO NOTIFY THE PRINCIPAL REGARDING CONCERNS INVOLVING THE SHARING OF STUDENT INFORMATION, QUESTIONNAIRES, AND STUDENT FORMS AT THE SCHOOL SITE AND THE PROCESS FOR RESOLVING ANY CONCERNS WITHIN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION BY THE PARENT. AT A MINIMUM, THE PROCEDURES MUST REQUIRE THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS, AFTER NOTIFICATION BY THE PARENT, THAT THEY HAVE A CONCERN, THAT IT WILL BE RESOLVED OR THE SCHOOLS MUST PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF REASON AS TO WHY THE CONCERN HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO REQUEST A REVIEW BY THE STATE OR FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DISTRICT WITH ALL COSTS TO BE INCURRED BY DISTRICTS. EACH DISTRICTS SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES TO NOTIFY PARENTS OF THESE RIGHTS. WE MUST ESTABLISH AND COMMUNICATE PROCEDURES FOR A PARENT TO NOTIFY THE PRINCIPAL OF CONCERNS REGARDING THIS BILL AND TRAINS

023ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF OF WHAT THOSE REQUIRED STEPS WILL BE TO ADDRESS THIS BILL. Kristin Davis: OKAY. THANK YOU, HOLLY. SO OUR NEXT BILL, SENATE BILL 2524, TITLED EDUCATION, THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL AN EDUCATION OF CONFORMING BILL THAT ESSENTIALLY GOES ALONG WITH THE BUDGET AND USUALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'RE CLEANING UP STATUTE SO IT MIRRORS WHAT IS BEING PUT IN THE BUDGET. BUT ALSO, OTHER THINGS TRICKLE IN WITH IT TOO SO WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND TERRY WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE FIRST ONE ON ASSESSMENTS. THIS IS JUST -- EXCUSE ME. SO THE DOE WILL BE COLLECTING THE RANGE AND MEDIAN NUMBER OF MINUTES PER SCHOOL PER YEAR OF THE TIME SPENT TESTING ON DISTRICT REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS AND STATE REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 5. WE ALREADY

024DO SUBMIT A CALENDAR TO THEM WHICH THE BOARD APPROVES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND WE POST ON THE WEBSITE BY OCTOBER EACH YEAR. THIS JUST CODIFIES THAT IN LAW AND THAT IS IT FOR THAT ONE. Kristin Davis: ANOTHER PORTION RELATED TO CONTROLLED OPEN ENROLLMENT IN 2524 IS RELATED TO CHOICE INFORMATION AND NOTIFICATION SO IT WOULD REQUIRE -- PUT STATUTE THAT EVERY 12 WEEKS ON THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INFORMATION RELATED TO SCHOOL CAPACITY AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AGAIN RELATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONTROLLED OPEN ENROLLMENT. WE ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. NOW THE IMPACT IS WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S UPDATED QUARTERLY AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE -- ANY RULE MAKING IS IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL. WE MAY HAVE -- ONCE WE GET GUIDANCE FROM DOE UPDATE ANY POLICY AROUND

025THAT. Addison Davis: TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS HISTORICALLY WE DO CONTROLLED OPEN ENROLLMENT ANNUALLY AND THROUGH THE SCHOOL CHOICE BUT WHAT THIS IS REQUIRING IS THAT EVERY 12 WEEKS OUR ENROLLMENT IS UPDATED SO WE CAN ACCEPT STUDENTS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT BASED ON THE CAPACITY WE HAVE OPEN IN THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL SO IT'S MAKING SURE CONTROLLED OPEN ENROLLMENT IS YEAR-ROUND OPTIONS FOR PARENTS. SORRY. THANK YOU. ANOTHER PORTION THAT'S QUITE IMPORTANT IS TOSSING IT TO DR. WHELAN TO TALK ABOUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THANK YOU. THIS ALSO SPECIFIES THAT TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESSES ARE NO LONGER A MANDATORY SUBJECT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDE COMPENSATION FOR LONGEVITY OF SERVICE AND CALCULATING SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES STILL ON THE GRANDFATHERED SALARY SCHEDULE. SO THE IMPACT FOR THE DISTRICT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR

026UNION PARTNERS AND UPDATING ANYTHING THAT DID NOT ALIGN WITH THAT IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING RELATED TO SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. THOSE ARE STILL SUBJECT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND AUTHORIZATION BY THE BOARD. AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THAT IS YET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. HOUSE BILL, TITLED STUDENTS WITH EPILEPSY OR SEIZURES. YOU READY, HOLLY? YES. THIS REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO CREATE AN ACTION PLAN FOR A STUDENT WITH EPILEPSY OR SEIZURE DISORDERS AND INFORMS STAFF OF THE UNIQUE HEALTHCARE SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE STUDENT AND HOW TO RESPOND IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE IMPACT ON US IS THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THANKFULLY ALREADY CURRENTLY CREATES AND IMPLEMENTS AN INDIVIDUALED HEALTHCARE PLAN FOR STUDENTS WITH EPILEPSY AND SEIZURE DISORDERS. SCHOOL NURSES WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND COORDINATE THE PROVISION OF EPILEPSY

027AND SEIZURE DISORDER CARE INCLUDING ADMINISTERING MEDICATION AS OUTLINED IN THE PLAN. SCHOOL NURSES WILL VERIFY THAT SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH A STUDENT THAT HAS A PLAN HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING IN THE RECOGNITION OF THE SYMPTOMS AND CARE OF THE STUDENT WITH EPILEPSY OR SEIZURE DISORDERS. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD TO 899. THANKS, HOLLY. OKAY. FOR THIS BILL, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL IDENTIFY A MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR TO COORDINATE, COMMUNICATE AND IMPLEMENT STUDENT POLICIES AND REPORTING. STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT THEIR STUDENT RECEIVED. THE DOE MUST SHARE SCHOOL RELATED INVOLUNTARY EXAMINATION DATA WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ANNUALLY BY JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE IMPACT FOR US WILL BE THAT WE WILL IDENTIFY AND WE ALREADY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR. OUR

028SUPERVISOR MICHAEL KELHER OF CLINICAL CARE PLAYS IN THAT ROLE IN THIS MOMENT TO ENSURE WE COMMUNICATE ALL MENTAL HEALTHCARE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND REPORTING. ALL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AVAILABLE WILL BE SHARED WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL RESOURCES AND COMMUNICATION. SCHOOL RELATED INVOLUNTARY EXAMINATION DATA THAT WE COLLECT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE DOE SO THEY CAN SHARE WITH THE DCF PRIOR TO JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR. AND LIKE I SAID, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT COULD BE COORDINATOR BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT ONE. OUR NEXT BILL, SENATE BILL 236, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. THE CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS. THIS IS ON THE LEGISLATIVE BOARD ADOPTED PLATFORM AND WAS SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE ALLISON TANT AND SENATOR JONES. SO IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW APRIL 6 AND KIM, YOU READY? TOSS IT TO YOU TO PROVIDE HIGHLIGHTS.

029ALL RIGHT. SO VERY PLEASED TO SHARE ABOUT SENATE BILL 236 FOR THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS. IT EXTENDS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA UNTIL THE AGE OF NINE OR UNTIL THE END OF THE SECOND GRADE YEAR. NOW THIS BILL CURRENTLY, FLORIDA'S CRITERIA WILL MIRROR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT AS WELL AS MANY OTHER STATES ACROSS THE NATION. CURRENTLY, AT AGE 5, STUDENTS MUST EITHER BE EXITED FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THEIR IEPs ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT OR THEY HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR ANOTHER ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY BY THEIR SIXTH BIRTHDAY. OFTEN TIMES STUDENTS DON'T MEET CRITERIA FOR MANY ELIGIBILITY CATEGORIES AND -- AS THEY'RE VERY YOUNG AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS OFTEN IMPACT BEING ABLE TO ASSESS THE AREAS OF NEEDS SO THEY DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA IF THE CATEGORIES. THIS ALLOWS US TO BE

030ABLE TO DETERMINE A MORE APPROPRIATE TIME TO EVALUATE STUDENTS AND SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF SECOND GRADE OR UNTIL THEY'RE NINE, AND THIM PACT -- THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT, HOWEVER, FOR RESOURCES, THIS WILL ALLOW US NOT TO HAVE TO DO RE-EVALUATIONS EARLIER THAN NECESSARY OR EARLIER THAN THE TEAM DETERMINES IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT STUDENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. --. OUR NEXT BILL IS SCHOOL SAFETY BY JOHN NEWMAN. WHILE THIS IS NOT YET PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR WE DO ANTICIPATE SEEING IT SIGNED INTO LAW. JOHN? GOOD MORNING. MOST OF 1421 IS BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PREVIOUS BILLS LIKE 1726 AND 1727 AND NOW MADE THEM MANDATES. IT EXTENDS THE COMMISSIONS LIFE WHICH SHOULD HAVE SUNSULTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR UNTIL 2026 AND PROVIDED THE MARJORY

031STONEMAN DOUGLAS COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE OVERSIGHT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE GETTING A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT PARTICULARLY ON THE GRANTS THAT ANY SCHOOL RECEIVED AS PART OF THE GUARDIAN PROGRAM OR TARGET HARDENING. FAMILY REUNIFICATION PLANS MUST BE CODIFIED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER OF 2023. THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT ALWAYS HAD A REUNIFICATION PLAN. FOR THOSE AROUND WITH THE GREEN AND YELLOW AND THE RED GUIDES, THEY'RE GONE. OUR SCHOOL SITES PICKED TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO GO TO. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF REVAMPING THAT. WE HAVE BEEN PROBABLY FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE USER FRIENDLY BECAUSE WE DON'T DO REUNIFICATION VERY FREQUENTLY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION. THERE IS A HUGE EMPHASIS ON INCIDENT NOTIFICATION THROUGH SESIR.

032EACH AND EVERY ONE HAS TAKEN THE EXAM FOR SESI OR THE NOTIFICATION TO TAKE THE EXAM THAT THEY DO ONLINE AND GET A CERTIFICATE. THERE IS NO SUNSET DATE ON THAT SO MOST OF THE PRINCIPALS AND APs ALREADY HAD IT. THERE IS AN EMPHASIS TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE CORRECTLY AND THE ONLY WAY IS TO DO THE ONLINE EXAM. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ALLOCATIONS. MOST OF WHAT HOLLY TALKED ABOUT WITH HER TEAM IS BLENDED WITH OURS. WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE END OF 2024 TO HAVE 80% OF THE AGENCY THIS ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO EITHER HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OR SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. RIGHT NOW WE TRAINED A LITTLE OVER 11,000 EMPLOYEES SO WE'RE RIGHT AROUND THE 48%. THE MODALITIES ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH CLASS OR COGNIT PLACKO CLASS TO TRAIN OUR EMPLOYEES

033SO AGAIN, HERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IS MANDATING WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN DOING. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON OUR DRILLS. IT'S PART OF THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF THE PREVIOUS POLITICALS. NOW IT'S A MANDATE. OUR DRILLS WORKING WITH KIM'S TEAM, WE HAVE ALWAYS USED AGE OR DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR YOUNGSTERS OR OUR FOLKS THAT HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES. LAST YEAR WE'RE THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT GAVE OUT GOBAGS. THEY HAD AUDITORIUM AND DIFFERENT TOOLS AND ITEMS IN THE BAG THAT ESE TEACHERS WERE USING WHEN A DRILL OCCURRED TO SEE HOW THE STUDENTS WOULD RESPOND TO THE GO BAGS SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING THIS SUMMER WHICH WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE ESE TEACHERS HOW THAT WENT, BUT THAT ALL COMES BACK TO THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES THEY'RE GIVING US WITH REGARD TO DRILLS

034BY AUGUST 2023. AND WE HAVE TO BY STATUTE NOW COMMUNICATE ANY THREAT OR ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT WE FIND OUT ABOUT ON OUR CAMPUS. MS. -- AND HER TEAM HAS ALWAYS DONE THAT. MOST OF 1421 ARE NOW MANDATES INSTEAD OF BEST PRACTICES AND THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO CODIFY SOME OF THOSE AND MEMORIALIZE THEM IN DIRECTIVES BUT AS A PROCESS OR POLICY OR PROCEDURE WE HAVE BEEN DOING THEM ANYWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JOHN. SO OUR NEXT TWO BILLS WE'LL GO THROUGH ARE HOUSE BILL 225, CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTERS AND SENATE BILL 758, EDUCATION. BOTH ARE CHARTER SCHOOL RELATED AND CHINSY IS GOING TO REVIEW THOSE. NEITHER HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR YET BUT AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE THAT. GOOD MORNING. HOUSE BILL 225 WAS DUBBED BY SENATOR DIAZ IN A SENATE COMMITTEE THE

035HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BILL SO YOU'LL RECOGNIZE MUCH OF THE LANGUAGE. SORRY. THE NEW LANGUAGE IN THE SLIDE CLARIFIES WHAT THE LAW HAS ALWAYS INTENDED, THAT A MODIFICATION TO AN EXISTING CHARTER CAN BE MADE AT ANY TIME DURING THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT TERM. AND THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE THE REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT OR CHANGE IN THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A REQUEST TO CONSOLIDATE CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE, THE DISTRICT, WILL HAVE 60 DAYS FROM WHEN THE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED TO US TO PRESENT -- TO PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD WITH A R RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OR DENIAL. IF THE REQUEST IS DENIED WE'LL HAVE TEN DAYS TO PROVIDE IN WRITING THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL. THIS NEW LANGUAGE ALSO CLARIFIES THE NEED TO NOTIFY GOVERNING BOARDS OF RENEWALS, TERMINATION OR NON-RENEWALS PRIOR TO 90 DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE

036SCHOOL YEAR. THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT REVIEWED AND BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TEN CHARTER RENEWALS BEFORE MARCH 1. WELL WITHIN THE 90-DAY PERIOD ALLOWING OUR BOARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHETHER IT FOLLOWED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION OR NOT. THE NEXT BILL IS SENATE BILL 758. THIS BILL -- THIS BILL CREATES A BRAND NEW STATUTE. CHARTER STATUTE. 1002.3301. IT'S AN ADDED TO THE ALREADY EXISTING CHARTER LAW. IT CREATES A COMMISSION THAT WILL HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO APPROVE OR DENY A CHARTER APPLICATION. THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS WITH CHARTER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SELECTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE CHARTER SCHOOL WILL BE LOCATED REMAINS THE SPONSOR AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO MONITOR THE SCHOOL. THE DOE WILL CONTRACT WITH A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL

037ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMISSION BY REVIEWING AND PROVIDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION. AS SOON AS THE DOE INFORMS US OF THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION, THE CHARTER OFFICE WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT AND BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE SO I PREDICT A SIGNED WAIVER ASKING THE APPLICANT FOR MORE TIME TO NEGOTIATE AND PREPARE THE ITEM FOR THE BOARD WILL BE A COMMON PRACTICE IF LEGALLY THIS IS POSSIBLE. SORRY. AFTER THE APPLICATION, ONCE THE DOE'S COMMISSION RECEIVES THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT HAS THREE CALENDAR DAYS TO SUBMIT THE SAME APPLICATION TO US. WE WILL THEN HAVE 30 CALENDAR DAYS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER INPUT TO THE COMMISSION ON A FORM THAT THE DOE WILL CREATE. IT'S YET NOT AVAILABLE. THE SAME APPEAL PROCESS REMAINS IN

038EFFECT FOR APPLICANTS TO APPEAL THE DOE'S DECISION. CURRENTLY IT'S NOT -- IT CURRENTLY IS NOT IN LAW FOR US TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE DOE'S COMMISSION. THIS LANGUAGE SIMPLY STATES THE DOE'S CAN SOLICIT FOR NEW CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS AND UPON APPROVAL THE DISTRICT WILL BE THE SPONSOR WITH ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT. THIS LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON A CHARTER SCHOOL ILLEGAL. WE RECEIVED PUSHBACK LAST YEAR FROM THE ADDITIONAL HIGH LEVEL POST-CONTRACT RENEWALS. THE DISTRICT COMPLETED EVERY THREE WEEKS SO THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. UNLESS THE SCHOOL IS DEEMED IN A FINANCIAL EMERGENCY ACCORDING TO DOE STANDARDS WE CANNOT IMPOSE ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THIS LANGUAGE REPLACES THE PHRASE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED TO HAS BEEN EXPRESSLY FOUND. I'M NOT QUITE CLEAR TO THE INTENT OF

039THIS CHANGE BUT IT'S DEFINITELY LEGALESE VERBIAGE THAT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME OF AN APPEAL. SORRY. I LOST MY MARK HERE. LEER IT IS. THIS NEW LANGUAGE DOES AWAY WITH THE ATTEMPTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO NEGOTIATE A CHARTER TERM LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. SO THE MINIMUM FOR NEW SCHOOLS OR OTHERS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A LONGER ONE MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS. THIS NEW LANGUAGE ALLOWS FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL WITH AN A OR B IN THE MOST RECENT GRADED SCHOOL YEAR TO HAVE AN AUTOMATIC 15-YEAR CONTRACT. PREVIOUS LANGUAGE STATED A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT RECEIVED A SCHOOL GRADE OF A OR B THREE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS WAS ELIGIBLE FOR A 15-YEAR CONTRACT. THIS MAKES IT AUTOMATIC. THIS PART OF THE BILL REMOVED ONE OF THE FOUR REASONS FOR NOT RENEWING OR

040TERMINATING A CHARTER SCHOOL. SO OTHER GOOD CAUSE HAS BEEN REMOVED WHICH WAS USED BY DISTRICTS AS A CATCH ALL AND OFTEN ENDED UP AS A SUBJECT OF THE APPEAL PROCESS. PLACKO SEW THE ONLY ONES -- SO THE ONLY ONES REMAINING ARE NUMBER ONE, FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE'S EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. NUMBER TWO, FAILURE TO MEET GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF FISCAL MANAGEMENT DUE TO DETERIORATING FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES DETERMINED PURSUANT TO STATUTE 1002.345 THAT IS VERY POINTED. AND NUMBER THREE, MATERIAL VIOLATION OF LAW. ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM -- I CONSULTED. I HAD TO CONSULT WITH CHRIS FARKAS'S STAFF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE ABOVE MY HEAD BUT THIS ITEM IS TO BE NOTED IS THAT THE BILL WILL ALLOW CHARTER SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE IMPACT FEE DOLLARS IF THEY'RE BUILDING IN

041A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SO IF A CHARTER SCHOOL A WAS CITING A SCHOOL IN SOUTH COUNTY FOR 980 SEATS THEY COULD GET A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE IMPACT FEES BASED ON THE COST OF STUDENT STATION. THIS IS A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO RETAIN AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR ALLOCATIONS PERTAINING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION. UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, WE DID RETAIN A 5% OR 2% ADMIN FEE ON TEACHER SALARY ALLOCATION BECAUSE IT WAS REFLECTED ON THE STANDARD REVENUE WORKSHEET PUT OUT BY THE DOE. AND WE RETAINED A -- OVER 96,446 DOLLARS IN ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. IT APPEARS THAT THIS BILL WOULD REMOVE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ON THE REVENUE WORKSHEET. THIS PART OF THE BILL CREATES THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF CHARTER SCHOOL INNOVATION OR FICSI TO IMPROVE CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZING PRACTICES IN FLORIDA. CURRENTLY THE

042SPONSOR SUPPORT SYSTEM IS FACSA, THE FLORIDA SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS WHICH IS A COLLABORATION EFFORT OF SEVERAL DISTRICT CHARTER OFFICES SO WE GET TOGETHER ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO DISCUSS NEW BILLS OR PROCESSES. FICSI WOULD MOST LIKELY BECOME THE EXPECTATION FOR AUTHORIZERS TO REACH OUT FOR ADVICE OR CONSULTATION AND WILL BE TASKED TO DEVELOP A SPONSOR EVALUATION FRAMEWORK INDICATING THAT EACH SCHOOL'S DISTRICTS -- EACH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SPONSORS CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD BE FORMALLY EVALUATED BASED ON THE AUTHORIZING PRACTICES. AND TO BE NOTED THAT THE STATE EXPECTS FICSI, THIS ORGANIZATION TO WORK WITH THE DOE TO CREATE A SPONSOR EVALUATION FRAMEWORK. ALL RIGHT. I CONSULTED WITH MS. JOHNSON IN FINANCE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THIS LANGUAGE. IT SAYS THAT THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM POLICY ANALYSIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE TASKED TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL OUTLAY

043FUNDS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. TO NOTE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNMENT HAS A DEADLINE OF JANUARY 2023 TO COLLECT THIS INFOR INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHINSIA. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL INTO OUR BUDGET BILLS OR GENERATE APPROPRIATIONS BILL HOUSE BILL 5001 AS WELL AS HOUSE BILL 5007. I THINK ARE YOU JOHNSON AND GARCIA WILL -- I CAN DO THE CLICKER SO YOU GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS. HOUSE BILL 5001, GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT. THIS IS STATEWIDE IMPACT ON OUR ALLOCATION. THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION HAS INCREASED FROM 4,372 TO 4,587 WHICH IS A NET CHANGE OF $214 BONDING FOR STUDENTS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT INCREASED IS 70,577. SO THAT -- THEY PROJECT IN A TOTAL BASE FUNDING ALLOCATION OF $1 BILLION. THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FUNDING, THAT'S FOR THE BASE, THE

044TOTAL ALLOCATION FUNDING IS PROJECTED TO BE AT $632 MILLION. THE TOTAL CATEGORICAL FUNDING STATEWIDE IS AT $58 MILLION. THE TOTAL POTENTIAL FUNDING AS A STATE WOULD ALLOCATE OUT IS 1,64 1,644,838, 857. THE TOTAL UFTE IS 7758 STATEWIDE TO 8,142 WHICH IS A TOTAL CHANGE OF 384 PER UNFUNDED UNWEIGHTED FTE FUNDING. HOW DOES IT IMPACT HILLSBOROUGH? THIS IS OUR NUMBER. THESE ARE OUR CATEGORICAL FUNDING DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE COMPRESSION WOULD INCREASE BY $2.7 MILLION. DIGITAL CLASSROOM IS -- IT'S A NET DECREASE OF 154,000. DJJ SUPPLEMENTAL WOULD BE DECREASED BY 141,000. ESE GUARANTEE WOULD INCREASE BY 2$2.9 MILLION. FEDERAL CONNECTED STUDENT SUPPLEMENT WOULD INCREASE BY 55,000. FUNDING COMPRESSION AND HOLD HARMLESS WOULD DECREASE BY 358,000. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL WOULD INCREASE BY 730,000. OUR MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE WOULD INCREASE BY 1,551,000 AND READING ALLOCATION WOULD BE INCREASED BE 3,141,000. OUR SAFETY

045SCHOOLS WOULD INCREASE BY $1.19 MILLION. STUDENT TRANSPORTATION 4,147,000. TEACHER SALARY INCREASE WOULD INCREASE BY 19,619,000. TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLIES DECREASE BY 61,000. TURN AROUND SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE WOULD INCREASE BY 2.6 MILLION. THAT'S A TOTAL CATEGORICAL INCREASE OF 38, MILLION ALLOCATED TO HILLSBOROUGH. THE BASE ALLOCATION FEFP WOULD INCREASE BY $82.3 MILLION SO THAT GAVE US A TOTAL FUNDING AT 120 MILLION. THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHARTER SCHOOL ALLOCATION THAT WOULD BE REDUCED OUT OF THE FUNDING SOURCE. AND ALSO, THE NEXT -- I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE -- HOUSE BILL 5007. STATE ADMINISTRATOR RETURN SYSTEM. -- RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. THIS REQUIRED BY OCTOBER 1 OF THIS FISCAL YEAR ALL EMPLOYEE MUST BE REQUIRED THE MINIMUM WAGE OF $15 AN HOUR. SO WE HAVE TO BRING ALL EMPLOYEES UP TO THAT $15 MINIMUM. THE COST TO HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL

046IS ESTIMATED AT $22.4 MILLION IMPACT. AFTER THE BASE INCREASE OF 214.49 OUR BASE WOULD DECREASE TO REALLY THE FUNDING WE GET FROM THE STATE WILL EQUAL TO 143.77. THANK YOU. IN AN EFFORT AND TIME FOR QUESTIONS I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME. I PUT TOGETHER KEY EVENTS FOR NEXT SESSION. SINCE I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT FROM THE SESSION WE JUST HAD, I'LL MOVE FORWARD. BUT JUST THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR THAT ANNUAL THINGS THAT HAPPENED. THE BUDGET THAT COMES FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE GOVERNORER'S NEW BUDGET, THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION PROBABLY APPOINTED FRIDAY MORNING BY THE STATE BOARD AND THEN MANY OTHER ITEMS. SO WE'LL BE WORKING YOU TO PROVIDE YOU A TIMELINE AND WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

047AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT PREPARING FOR THE 2023 SESSION. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TOSS IT BACK TO THE CHAIR AND SUPERINTENDENT FOR QUESTIONS AND NEXT STEPS. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU KRISTIN DAVIS AND DR. DELANG, HOLLY SAIA, TERRY CONNOR, CABINET MEMBERS AND STAFF HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR UNPACKING THIS. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND WE COULD PROBABLY ALMOST DO THIS IN TWO OR THREE WORKSHOPS AND I KNOW A LOT OF MEMBERS WANTED TO COME IN AND TALK DURING EACH OF THE LEGISLATION BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER ALL OF THEM HOLISTICALLY AND THEN BREAK IT DOWN AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE LEGISLATION AND IF NEEDED, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP DAY IF

048THAT'S NEEDED. I WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I KNOW MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF WANTED TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT THINGS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EACH MEMBER HAS FIVE MINUTES TODAY AND WE'LL LOOK AT IF WE NEED TO EXTEND PAST 12:00. RIGHT NOW FIVE MINUTES -- SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE STARTED? OKAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MEMBER GRAY. Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU KRISTIN DAVIS AND STAFF WITH YOUR PRESENTATIONS. SO THE FOLLOWING BILLS AND THE APPLICATIONS, THE PROCEDURES, THE PROVISIONS, THE PROCESSES, I AM HOPEFUL IN -- WILL WANT THEM HOPEFULLY PRESENTED IN SPANISH AS WELL, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE NEXT YEAR, WE MIGHT HAVE 40% OF THE HISPANIC POPULATION. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT ON EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT I WANTED THAT TO BE A CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST

049PAGE, PAGE FIVE -- NOT THE FIRST PAGE BUT FIRST QUESTION, I'LL GO BY PAGE NUMBERS WHERE WE HAVE ASSESSMENT DATA SECURELY ASSESS STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA AND WHERE IT SAYS OUR IMPACT. DISTRICT WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT ASSESSMENTS AND SO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, ARE WE GOING TO BE FOR SURE ON A ONE TO ONE WITH THE COMPUTERS IN OUR HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR WE MADE AN AGGRESSIVE PUSH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR CORE CLASSROOMS TO HAVE THAT ACCESSIBILITY. WE WENT FRONTAL 6-1 RATIO TO A 2-1 RATIO AND THAT'S GETTER BETTER AS WE HAVE MORE UNITS COMING IN CURRENTLY. I KNOW WE'RE PREPARED TO HAVE ASSESSMENTS CURRENTLY FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF

050STRESS ASSESSMENTS AND WORKING COLLECTIVELY WITH DR. BINDER AND DR. WEEKS' OFFICE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE SHAY AND SUE AND REGIONAL SOUPS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. AS NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO IT SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THIS IS A REALITY AND WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM STANDING ALONE STATIONS AND GETTING OUT OF THE LABS AND BEING MORE MOBILE FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO THIS PROCESS ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE BULK OF EVERY ASSESSMENT WE'LL EXTEND WILL HAVE TO BE COMPUTER-BASED. Lynn Gray: WE ALL WORRY ABOUT THE HIGH NEEDS CHILDREN AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. PAGE SEVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ON THE LATTER PART, FISCAL IMPACT TO BE DETERMINED, MS. JOHNSON, PERHAPS YOU WOULD BE

051BEST. DISTRICT -- EXCUSE ME. MUST CONSIDER PURCHASING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE FINANCIAL LITERACY. WILL WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST OR HAVE WE EVEN GOTTEN TO THAT? MR. CONNOR -- I'M SORRY? CURRENTLY THE TEAM IS REVIEWING MULTIPLE RESOURCES OUT THERE AND ADDITIONALLY MAYBE CURATING OUR OWN SO THERE ARE SOME -- BE A REQUIREMENT. IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE A PART OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOCATION THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE AS YOU SAW. WE GOT A SLIGHT INCREASE THIS YEAR OF ABOUT $700,000 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO -- LOOK AT THOSE RESOURCES AS WE IDENTIFY THOSE CURRICULUM MATERIALS. Lynn Gray: I THINK THAT'S A POWERFUL STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT ON OUR OWN AS A DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH LOTS OF BRAMANTES AND WE HAVE THE TALENT AS I'M

052LOOKING AT THIS ST STAFF -- RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR. PAGE 10, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, LET'S SEE -- OH, WAIT A MINUTE. OH, THE LIBRARY BOOKS. YES. THAT COMES DOWN TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, NUMBER ONE. EACH MATERIAL FOR -- EACH MATERIAL FOR WHICH THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AN OBJECTION IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS, NOW -- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OBJECTIONS AND I KNOW KIM DEFUSCO, EXCUSE ME, WE'LL GO HOPEFULLY AND READ OUR POLICY, THE LIBRARY POLICY. BUT DOES THIS INCLUDE -- SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, OUR LIBRARY BOOKS? IS THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING WHAT SEEMS TO BE A HUGE OUTCRY FROM THE PUBLIC? NOT EVERYBODY, BUT -- CERTAINLY PART OF THE POPULATION. YEAH. SO SPECIFICALLY THE LAW, THIS HOUSE BILL 1467 IS TALKING ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WE ADOPT FOR REQUIRED INSTRUCTION SO THAT'S OUR

053CONTENT COURSES AND ELECTIVE COURSES WHERE WE ADOPT THAT MAJOR TOOL OF INSTRUCTION SO THE TEXTBOOK MANY TIMES IS WHAT IT IS OUTLINING IN TERMS OF AN OBJECTION TO THOSE MATERIALS AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 30-DAY -- AFTER THE BOARD ADOPTS OUR MATERIALS, WE -- WE -- BEFORE THE BOARD ADOPTS, WE DO A 20-DAY PUBLIC REVIEW THAT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO CONSTITUENTS CAN COME IN AND SEE THOSE HARD COPY BOOKS AND REVIEW THEM DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. THEN AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES, THERE IS STILL A 30-DAY WINDOW BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH PURCHASING FOR ANY OBJECTIONS THAT COULD OCCUR AND THEN OF COURSE IF THERE IS AN OBJECTION, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT IS OUTLINED THROUGH STATUTE THAT WOULD INCUR A HEARING OFFICER TO HEAR THE OBJECTIONS AND THEN TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS

054ARE AND WHETHER WE WOULD UPHOLD THE OBJECTION OR MOVE FORWARD WITH KEEPING THOSE MATERIALS IN CIRCULATION. IN TERMS OF LIBRARY MEDIA, THAT IS SEPARATE IN THIS BILL AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIAL IN OUR MEDIA CENTERS AND THE PROCESS IS OUTLINED ON THE WEBSITE. Lynn Gray: AND THAT PROCESS ON THE LATTER PART OF WHAT YOU SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED, I BELIEVE, IN A WAY THAT THE PUBLIC IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IN OUR WEBSITE DIRECTIONS. BUT WE'LL LEAVE THAT FOR LATER. THE REASON I ASK THOUGH IS BECAUSE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS NOW -- WOULD IT BE INCLUSIVE OF MATH BOOKS SO I'M READING. SO I'D SUPPOSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PREPARED, MR. GIBSON, YOU'LL BE BUSY AS A BEE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAVE A PROCESS OF

055WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IF WE GET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A TEXTBOOK OR AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL THAT IS NOT ACCORDING TO THE STATE STATUTE. INTERESTING TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN, BUT ANYWAY, YOU'LL BE BUSY TOO, MR. CONNOR. I BETTER GET GOING. SO HERE WE GO, PAGE 12, SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS. AND THAT -- THE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE, SO ARE WE -- SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CHALLENGE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT -- THIS IS THE FIRST BULLET POINT THAT ANY BOOKS THAT ARE SELECTED, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE A VALID EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE SO I -- I THINK THAT'S A MASTER'S DEGREE, ISN'T THAT A MEDIA SPECIALIST IS A MASTER -- NO? NO? OKAY. Addison Davis: I'LL HAVE TO ASK. I DON'T THINK SO. Lynn Gray: NO? YOU DON'T

056HAVE TO HAVE A MASTER'S? WILL WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL FOR THAT? WELL, CURRENTLY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY I THINK HAS A GREAT STANDARD IN TERMS OF OUR MEDIA SPECIALIST SELECTION. ALL OF OURS HAVE TAKEN MASTER'S COURSEWORK IN TERMS OF MEDIA SPECIALISTS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS AND HAVE THAT MASTER'S COURSEWORK UNDER THEIR BELT, SO KIM DEFUSCO AND JOHN MILLBURN DO A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THE TEAM OF MEDIA SPECIALISTS HAVE THE CURRENT MOST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DO THE APPROPRIATE SELECTION OF MATERIALS BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY STATE THAT A MEDIA SPECIALIST HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE -- Lynn Gray: OH, OKAY. BUT MANY OF OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS DO HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Addison Davis: IT'S MORE JUST MAKING CERTAIN THEY HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE WHICH THE MAJORITY OF OURS DO AND MAKE CERTAIN WE

057CONTINUE TO HIRE QUALIFIED PERSONNEL WITH PROPER TRAINING. Lynn Gray: EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR AND MS. DEFUSCO. YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING VERY PROFESSIONAL HIGHLY TRAINED EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. I BELIEVE MY BELL WENT OFF SO I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK ON TO THE QUEUE. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: YES. THANK YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE -- EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE TWO OR THREE ROTATIONS WITH THE FIVE MINUTES. NEXT SPEAKER, MEMBER VAUGHN? DID YOU STEP OUT? YOU WERE NEXT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. OKAY, MEMBER VAUGHN, I KNOW YOU WERE NEXT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING THE FORMAT OF THIS WORKSHOP AND UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO GET THROUGH MATERIAL BUT HONESTLY IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 20 DIFFERENT BILLS

058PRESENTED TO ME AND GO BACK AND FORTH AND ASK QUESTIONS. SO GOING FORWARD IN A MEETING WITH THIS MUCH INFORMATION PRESENTED I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY ASK FOR US TO HAVE STOPPING POINTS TO ASK QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. BUT TO JUMP INTO IT, SO FOR THE FIRST ONE, SB1048, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTING READING LIST AND PURCHASING BOOKS RELIGIOUS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD ACCESS TO READING MATERIALS. NOW IS THAT THE -- IS THIS SUPPLEMENTAL LIST ALSO GOING TO BE PERTINENT NOW THAT THE TESTING IS CHANGING? MR. CONNOR? YEAH. I'M TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL LIST -- Jessica Vaughn: THAT'S BECAUSE KIDS WOULD SEE IT POTENTIALLY ON THE FSA. ABSOLUTELY. Jessica Vaughn: NOW THAT THE PROGRESS MONITORING IS CHANGING AND THE

059FSA IS GOING AWAY, WHAT'S UP WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST? IS THAT STILL APPLICABLE FOR NEXT YEAR? THAT ACTUAL LIST IS CONNECTED TO THE NEW ASSESSMENTS. NOT THE FSA -- Jessica Vaughn: SO THE PROGRESS MONITORING WILL BE A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE MATERIAL THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO WITH QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO THE FSA JUST NOT THE FSA FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. CORRECT. THE FSA WILL BE REPLACED WITH THESE THREE PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENTS. Jessica Vaughn: SO BREAKING IT DOWN MORE OFTEN AS OPPOSED TO ONCE A YEAR. OKAY. THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS THIRD GRADE STILL GOING TO BE THE BENCHMARK OF WHEN KIDS WILL BE RETAINED OR NOT BASED ON HOW THEY DO ON THE PROGRESS MONITORING? YES. THIRD GRADE WILL STILL BE A RETENTION YEAR FOR STUDENTS. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS

060I HAVE. ON PAGE SEVEN, 1054, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT ONE MEMBER GRAY. I HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT WAS DEFINITELY COMING OFF AS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. AS MUCH AS I LOVE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND I THINK STUDENTS WILL BE EXCITED BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE GO TO A FORUM THEY SAY THEY'LL LOVE THIS SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THIS SO I'M CONCERNED IF WE'RE EXPECTATE TO DO SOMETHING IN HOUSE OR MAYBE GETTING ALLOCATION BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT WAS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. FOR SB1467 WHICH I THINK IS ON PAGE 10, I TRY TO GO BACK AND ADD PAGE NUMBERS AFTER I SAW MEMBER GRAY DO THAT. YOU SAID THAT WITH THE NEW TERM LIMITS ON -- I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD GO TO MS. DAVIS. WITH THE NEW TERM LIMITS ON BOARD MEMBERS

061IT WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN. SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE A MEMBER WHO SERVED EIGHT YEARS AT THIS POINT. DOES THAT MEAN THEY CAN SERVE FOUR MORE ADDITIONAL YEARS OR STARTS THIS YEAR OUR HOW DOES THAT WORK FOR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS? Kristin Davis: SO IF A BOARD MEMBER IS REELECTED THIS NOVEMBER FOR EXAMPLE THEY'D BE ABLE TO SERVE 12 ADDITIONAL CONSECUTIVE YEARS. Jessica Vaughn: SO STARTS FROM ELECTION IN 2022. Kristin Davis: YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND THAT. THEN IF WE GO TO HB1557 WHICH I THINK STARTS ON PAGE 17 -- NOW YOU HAD MENTIONED OR -- I'M NOT SURE WHO PRESENTED THIS ONE THAT PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE A SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF THEY FEEL THAT THIS HAS BEEN VIOLATED. AND THAT THEIR FEARS WILL BE PAID FOR -- FEES

062WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WIN THE LAWSUIT? Kristin Davis: I DON'T THINK THAT'S -- SPECIFIED TO THAT DETAIL. TYPICALLY IF WE WOULD PREVAIL WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY LEGAL FEES. Jessica Vaughn: BUT WE'RE NOT 100% SURE. AFRAID NOT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THEN ON THE NEXT ONE WHEN WE GET TO HB225 AND 258, WHICH I THINK STARTS ON PAGE 34 -- OKAY. SO WE HAVE TALKED EXPLICITLY IN CHARTER SCHOOLS ABOUT HOW EVEN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION FEES WE WERE ABLE TO RECOUP FROM THE SERVICES THAT WE SUPPLY THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, IT WAS A BIT OF AN UNFUNDED MANDATE BUT THAT LEAST WE CAN JUSTIFY THE ADMINISTRATION FEES. ARE YOU SAYING THEY'RE GONE AND WILL CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES? NO, MA'AM. IT'S ONLY FROM

063ANY FUND FROM THE STATE THAT HAS TO DO WITH TEACHER SALARY. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I'M GLAD THAT'S CLARIFIED. WE'LL STILL GET THE ADMINISTRATION FEES? FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, YES. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. SO DID I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS -- WE CAN ASK FOR LESS REPORTING NOW? WE CAN'T ASK FOR REPORTS ON THE CHARTER SCHOOLS? CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE REPORTING PIECE OF IT? SURE. ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DO CONTRACT RENEWALS. WE ARE MANDATED TO DO ANNUAL SITE VISITS. WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF DUE DATES. VERY LONG THAT -- REGARDING COMPLIANCE. BUT ANYTHING ON TOP OF THAT IS CONSIDERED EXTRA REPORTING SO UNLESS THE SCHOOL KIND OF AGREES WITH IT, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ADDITIONAL REPORTING. Jessica Vaughn: SO WOULD THAT GIVE US LESS ABILITY TO DO ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURING TO MAKE SURE -- I MEAN, HAVE

064WE USED THAT BASICALLY IN THE PAST FOR ACCOUNTABILITY TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OR THE FINANCIAL SECURITY OF A CHARLETER SCHOOL? I THINK THIS STEMS FROM LAST YEAR WHEN AFTER THE CONTRACT RENEWALS, WERE DENIED, WE WENT IN AND EVERY THREE WEEKS WE DID SITE VISITS WITH AN ADDED TEMPLATE THAT WE -- WE DEVELOPED AND WE GOT SOME PUSHBACK THEN FROM THEIR ATTORNEYS AND I THINK IT ENDED UP IN THE BILL. Jessica Vaughn: BUT THAT WAS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S WHY YOU REQUEST THAT, CORRECT? SO IT OFFERS LESS ACCOUNTABILITY AT THIS POINT. THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS THE IMPACT FEES. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD ASKED MR. FARKAS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY CONFUSING. SO IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC -- A TRADITIONAL -- I'LL CLARIFY. A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH

065A CHARTER SCHOOL HOW ARE THOSE IMPACT FEES DECIDED THEN? Addison Davis: I THINK MR. FARKAS IS COMING UP. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR BILL. Christopher Farkas: IT IS. THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. IT ISN'T BASED ON NEIGHBORHOOD. THE IMPACT FEES ALL WITHIN THE COUNTY GO TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM SO THE POT AND WE DECIDE UNLESS IT'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE, THERE IS OTHER FACTORS TO GO INTO THAT. HOW THEY'D CHOOSE, WHO GETS FIRST DIBS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A BIG LINE OF HOW MANY SCHOOLS WE NEED IS A GREAT QUESTION. MS. VAUGHN, THAT'S A LITTLE FEARFUL FOR ME. WE HAVE IMPACT FEES AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS AT A MINIMUM SO THERE IS NOT ANY EXTRA THAT GOES INTO THAT. ANY CUTOUT WOULD IMPACT WHAT WE BUILD

066TRAUMATICALLY. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WE ASKED ABOUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEEM HOW TO APPROPRIATELY GO AFTER OR REQUIRE OR ASK FOR THE FUNDS AND IS IT FAIR GAME FOR STUDENTS TO SAY THEY HAVE CERTAIN STUDENT STATIONS OVER CAPACITY AND SCHOOLS WITHIN TWO OR THREE MILES OF THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT HAS A SAME OR SIMILAR SITUATION. Jessica Vaughn: SO THIS COULD HAVE A DRASTIC IMPACT ON OUR GROWTH. Christopher Farkas: YES, MA'AM. Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE BUDGET PIECE SO I'LL GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. MS. DAVIS FOR A LOT OF THE BILLS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SINCE WE CONTINUALLY HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE SHOULDN'T DIFFERENTIATE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEM, ARE THESE RULES APPLICABLE MOST OF

067THESE RULES TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS? Kristin Davis: NO. NOT -- NOT ALL OF THEM, NO. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. Kristin Davis: WHEN YOU SAY RULES, I THINK YOU MEAN -- FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSE BILL 7 MAYBE OR HOUSE BILL 1557, RIGHT? Jessica Vaughn: 1557 SPECIFICALLY. SO THEY WERE DRAFTED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE PARENTS HAVE CONTROL OR RIGHTS UNLESS THEY SENDS KIDS TO CHARTER SCHOOL OR THAT CONTAIN VOUCHERS. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR THIS WAS THERE IS AN OUTSIDE COMMISSION YOU SAID THAT'S GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS CHARTER SCHOOLS. I HAVE SIX SECONDS. ESSENTIALLY THAT TAKES THE ABILITY FOR US TO APPROVE CHARTER SCHOOLS OUT OF OUR HAND TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE A GOOD FIT OR WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE BUT YOU SAID WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICING THOSE SO -- THAT'S CORRECT.

068SO AN APPLICANT WOULD HAVE THE CHOICE, THE OPTION TO BRING AN APPLICATION TO US TO REVIEW AND APPLY AND APPROVE OUR DENY OR GO DIRECTLY TO THE DOE TO DO THAT. Jessica Vaughn: SO THEY COULD APPROVE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IS NOT A GOOD FIT BUT WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ALL THOSE SERVICES AS WE TALKED ABOUT WHICH COULD EQUATE TO AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AT SOME POINT. Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I'LL GET BACK INTO THE QUEUE. Addison Davis: THE APPLICATION CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WE WOULD NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT SO THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO GIVE US A HEAD'S UP RIGHTED TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE PRIMING OR PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO PUT A CHARTER SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR AREA WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SO

069WE JUST HAVE TO STAY IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO DETERMINE WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PRESENTED TO THEM. YES. WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT IS APPROVED OF COURSE. Nadia Combs: OKAY. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER PEREZ? Karen Perez: YES. THANK YOU, MADAM -- THANK YOU, CHAIR COMBS. SO MY QUESTION, ON PAGE 4, SENATE BILL 1048. THIRD GRADE RETENTION. WHAT IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DISTRICT WHERE OUR STUDENTS ABOVE THE THIRD GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR PROGRESS AND NOT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WHEN HEADING TOWARDS GRADUATION? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR IT WOULD SAY THAT THIRD GRADE IS THE GATE KEEPER FOR RETENTION. THAT WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS MR. CONNOR SPOKE ABOUT. OTHER THAN THAT EVERY OTHER GRADE LEVEL UP TO TENTH GRADE AND

070EOC COURSES WILL REMAIN IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AS IDENTIFIED WITH OUR GRADING SYSTEM SO WE HAVE GREAT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SHOW AND IMPROVING MATRIXES THAT WE'RE IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND THAT'S COUPLED WITH MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ONGOING ACCESS TO TEACHERS AND LEADERS WHO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE BEST STANDARDS AND AT THE SAME TOKEN HOW THE NEW PROGRESS MONITORING AND NEW ASSESSMENT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THE ACCOUNTABILITY REMAINS THE SAME AS MR. CONNOR SAID, NEXT YEAR WILL BE A HOLD HARMLESS YEAR RELATED TO GRADES, WHY GRADES MAY BE EXTENDED, THEY'RE MORE OF A BASELINE AND WORK THROUGH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AS GAINS WILL BE INCLUSIVE AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH SCHOOLS WITHIN THE STATE. Karen Perez: OKAY. I

071ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, IT WAS ON -- WE WERE -- RETENTION AND A STUDENT WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE. I SAID TO HIM IN ENGLISH, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS. HE RESPONDED TO ME IN SPANISH, "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME". SO THAT'S WHY I SAID WHAT I SAID. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR US AS A DISTRICT CONTINUE S, YOU KNOW, A THESE STUDENTS PROGRESS THROUGH GRADUATION AND ON TO THEIR FUTURE. THAT WE ARE THERE MAKING SURE THEY'RE DOING WELL AND PROGRESSION THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE, IT'S ON PAGE 18, HOUSE BILL 1557. MONITORING RELATED TO STUDENTS MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. SO IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE HAD 28,268 CHILD ABUSE CASES IN 2020 ALONE, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN

072WHO DIED DUE TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT DAILY ARE FIVE. THE RATIO IS HIGHER OF GIRLS IN ABUSE THAN THAT OF BOYS. IN 2020, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, ILLINOIS, AND FLORIDA ROUNDED OUT THE TOP FIVE LEADING STATES WITH THE MOST VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE. THE NUMBER OF CASES OF CHILD ABUSE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 6 AND 13 WERE 240,003 ALONE. SO WITHIN THIS BILL, I NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS ISSUE IS ADDRESSED WITH THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT BEING PROTECTED, AND WE -- I KNOW AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND OUR TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ARE MANDATED REPORTERS AND IN SOME STATES, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITHIN THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED A MANDATED REPORTER. SO IN A NUTSHELL, IT MEANS THAT TEACHERS ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO REPORT ANY SIGNS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT TO THE CHILD

073AND REPORTED AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY. SO WITH THIS BILL, HOW ARE WE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN MENTAL, MENTALLY, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING. YES, MA'AM. I CAN ANSWER THAT. WITHIN THIS BILL IT SAYS CLEARLY IF THERE IS A RISK TO A CHILD BEING ABUSED OR NEGLECTED IN ANY WAY THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT CHILD, SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO. Addison Davis: I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THROUGH THROUGH THE CHAIR IS THAT IF ANY -- ANY SERVICINGS ARE ALTERED OR ADJUSTED IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THE PARENTS. SO IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH STUDENTS SEEING A PARTICULAR COUNSELOR THAT WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ENGAGE THE PARENT AND LET THE PARENT KNOW THAT'S OUR OBLIGATION WHETHER IT'S PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH TO ENGAGE THE PARENTS SO THEY FEEL APPRISED OF WHAT'S

074GOING ON UNLESS THERE IS PARTICULAR DANGER TO THE LEARNER WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEM. YES. WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE IT A POINT TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AND ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN TO ALSO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES SO THEY'RE AWARE OF ANY SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING. Karen Perez: I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. I WAS IN A YOUTH PLO PLOPPED -- MENTAL HEALTH FORUM LAST WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY, AND I GOT TO SAY THIS. IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO ME THAT THE CHILDREN AT THAT FORUM -- THEY WERE ALL FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, STATED THEY ARE NO LONGER TURNING TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IN OUR SCHOOLS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS OR PSYCHOLOGISTS. NOW THEY'RE TURNING TO EACH OTHER. WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM DUE TO THIS BILL THAT THEY'RE

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

076DESIGNED MANY FLIERS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT SOON TO REMIND STUDENTS EVEN WHEN STUDENTS SAY SOMETHING TO THEM, WE SEE SOMETHING AND WE SAY SOMETHING AND WE HAVE DONE THAT THROUGH OUR WORK WITH SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOR SEVERAL YEARS SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. Karen Perez: THEY DID COMMUNICATE THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE THE STRONGEST ALLIANCE FOR OUR -- THE STUDENT BASE AND THEY DID MENTION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SO I APPLAUD YOU, HOLLY SAIA FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN? Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SB1048. SPECIFICALLY I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS -- I KNOW THIS IS EARLY BUT DO YOU HAVE

077ANY ANTICIPATION OF WHEN YOU'LL RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE DOE ON WHAT THIS PROGRESS MONITORING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I'M WORRIED ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE ALREADY ALMOST AT SUMMER BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST IT'S GONE. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR TEACHERS. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOPICS WE HAD AT THE -- LAST WEEK AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO DRIVES EDUCATION AND OPENLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS. FOR ME IT'S CONCERNING. THEY DID IDENTIFY THE TWO PLATFORMS OR PROVIDERS THAT THEY HAVE ENGAGED IN WITH THEIR CONTRACT BUT WE

078HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO WILL WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE ITEM SPECIFICATIONS. HOW WILL THE REPORTING LOOK. WHEN WILL WE GET TECHNICAL AS ASSISTANCE TO TRAIN TEACHERS AND LEADERS AND EDUCATE PARENTS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WE TALK ABOUT THE DURATION OF THE ASSESSMENT AND BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THREE WINDOWS. BASELINE, A MID-YEAR AND ALSO SUMMATIVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEY TALKED ABOUT COMBING DOWN FROM THESE ASSESSMENTS FROM 160 MINUTES TO BEING BETWEEN 60 AND AC80 MINUTES FOR THE FIRST T AND LONG ONE AT THE END. IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR US BECAUSE WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PLATFORMS TO HELP SCAFFOLD AND IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION OR DOES THE CONTRACT ALLOW US TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE INFORMATION FOR OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE

079IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ADDISON IS 30% PROFICIENT ANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IT DOESN'T GIVE US A DRILL DOWN GRANULAR LOOK ABOUT WHERE ADDISON IS AND BUILD IT THROUGH A TRUE PATHWAY AND WE USE OTHER PLATFORMS SUCH AS IREADY TO BUILD LEARNING PATHS SO WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO WHEN THIS INFORMATION AND IT WAS OVER A TWO-HOUR CONVERSATION AS SUPERINTENDENTS AND WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FOR IT. WE TALKED ABOUT -- I'LL REGRESS RELATED TO SOME OF IT --. Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT ALL THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED TO HAPPEN JUST TO SET THE FOUNDATION BEFORE WE START THE PROGRESS MONITORING AND THEN ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND HOW WE ANALYZE AND USE THE DATA REALLY SPEAKS

080DOWN THE ROAD TO THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THESE ASSESSMENTS AND DATA WE'RE GETTING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T -- THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD THE PLANE WHILE WE'RE FLYING IT SO TO SPEAK AND NOR CAN THE DOE. THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE HERE, RIGHT? SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE -- IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE, THE DIGITAL LITERACY YOU ALL TOUCHED ON AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE -- IN OUR VPKs WE'RE ONLY EDUCATING ABOUT 12% OF THE YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUILD THE BRIDGE TO OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE -- THEY'RE EDUCATING THE MAJORITY OF OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS COMING INTO KINDERGARTEN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUILD THOSE COMMUNITIES OF

081PRACTICE AROUND DIGITAL LITERACY WITH THEM? OR -- HAVE YOU STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THIS IS A PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A STRONG STANCE ON SINCE EVERYTHING IS GOING BACK TO COMPUTER-BASED. WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO GET THE STATE TO GO BACK TO SOME PENCIL AND PAPER. THE BIGGEST THING IS IT TAKES LONGER FOR THAT ASSESSMENT SIDE AND THE RESULTS ARE NOT IMMEDIATE SO WE HAVE GOT TO DO OUR JOB OF NOT ONLY DOING IT LOCALLY WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE BUT ALSO THE EARLY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDERS AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY FEAR IS WE HAVE TO ASSESS IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING TIME TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO INTERACT

082WITH THE PLATFORM AND EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO BE ABLE TO LOG ON WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOFTWARE AND HAVE -- CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION AND ALSO THE CHILDREN'S BOARD TO COME TOGETHER AND ALSO LOCAL AND PRIVATE PROVIDERS SO THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT SO IT'S A CONCERN. Stacy Hahn: YEAH BECAUSE OTHERWISE EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF TAKE THOSE NEW STUDENTS AND RUSH TO GET THEM PREPARED WHERE IF WE SET THE FOUNDATION EARLY AND BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE ELC AND CHILDREN'S BOARD TO MAKE SURE OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE DOING SOME SIDE BY SIDE TRAINING FOR -- DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING WITH THOSE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME IN TO OUR SCHOOLS THEY'LL BE PREPARED WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY -- THAT'S OUR

083BIG GOAL. THE PARENT PIECE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GENERALIZE THE DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL BUT THEY -- SUCH A YOUNG AGE WE'LL NEED THE SUPPORT OF THEIR PARENTS SO MAYBE PARTNERING WITH PTSAs AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AROUND DOING SOME DIGITAL LITERACY IN AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE WE KNOW AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN UNCOVERED QUITE A BIT DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE GAPS IN ADULT DIGITAL LITERACY WHICH NOT ONLY HELPS IN THIS INSTANCE BUT BUILDS THEIR OBVIOUSLY ABILITY THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO THEN GENERALIZES INTO OUR PARENT'S ADULT WORLD WHERE IF THEY'RE MORE DIGITALLY LITERATE THEY'LL HAVE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, MORE SELF-CONVERSATION IN LEARNING ABOUT NEW SKILLS FOR JOBS AND SO FORTH. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A BIG PIECE THAT I THINK IF

084WE CAPTURE EARLY, AND REALLY PUT ACTION STEPS TO, WE'LL NOT ONLY SEE POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS IN THE AREA OF OUR STUDENT ASSESSMENTS BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY THROUGHOUT STRENGTHENING FAMILIES IN GENERAL. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND MS. DAVIS FOR EVERYTHING YOU PREPARED TODAY. IT WAS ORGANIZED SO WELL AND I KNOW I CAN SEE A LOT OF WORK WAS POURED INTO THIS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON? Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO, THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND TERRY, YOUR STAFF AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS IS A SUCCESS. SUCCESS IN THE WAY OF EXPLAINING IT. RIGHT. WE TALK ABOUT EXPLANATIONS NOW. BUT I JUST WANTED TO DO THE MOST

085SELFLESS THING ABOUT WHEN WE -- BECAUSE THE BILLS ARE HERE. THE HOUSE BILLS ARE WRITTEN OUT. HOW -- MY CONCERN AND I WANT TO BE ABLE -- I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE COMMUNITY, TO PARENTS, TO THE STUDENTS SO THEY'LL UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE, SUPERINTENDENT, MANY TIMES, PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, WHEN A NEW BILL COMES IN, THEY NEVER KNOW ABOUT IT. SO TELL ME WHAT PREPARATION WE'RE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RELATED AND COMMUNICATED TO THE LOWER LEVELS. BECAUSE -- THAT'S IMPORTANT. Addison Davis: YES. THROUGH THE CHAIR ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS GET THIS IN FRONT OF PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTAT PRINCIPALS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND WE'LL DO THAT IN THE NEXT COMING PRINCIPAL MEETINGS. AT THE SAME TOKEN WE'LL

086REITERATE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND ALLOW THEM TO TURN KEY THAT WITH THEIR STAFFS AT THE BEGINNING TO RETURN FOR PRE-PLANNING. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE IN FRONT OF THAT. WE DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE TEAM AND ANYTHING RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, THEY'LL PULL OVER THE TYPES OF ELEMENTS AND ANYTHING RELATED TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THE ACADEMIC SERVICES WILL PULL OUT THE TEAMS AND EVERYBODY IS IMPACTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE ALIGN AND ADOPT BOOKS AND SELECTING BOOKS WITHIN THE MEDIA CENTERS OR IMPLEMENTING CURRICULUMS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS. WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN THAT'S A PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD. WITH THE NEW LANGUAGE OUT THERE PUTTING US OR SENSATIONALIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SUITS, WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL OUR LEADERS ARE VERY CLEAR

087ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO MONITORING PERSPECTIVE WITH NEW LANGUAGES. Henry "Shake" Washington: YEAH. AGAIN, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE BILLS COULD BE A LITTLE MORE SIMPLER SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE MORE WORK ON SIMPLICITY OF IT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE BILLS I'D LIKE TO GO OVER AND I APPRECIATE MEMBER HAHN FOR ALL THE COMMENTS REGARDING SB1048. SO I GUESS ONE OF MY BIG QUESTIONS IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN COMING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME WHO MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN TO SCHOOL OR HAVE BEEN IN HOME DAYCARE, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEM AND

088I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PROGRAMS LIKE IREADY OR MONTHLIES WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE ONE OF THE GOALS WOULD NOT BE FOR CHILDREN AT KINDERGARTEN LEVEL TO BE TESTED 6 TO 12 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF CLASSROOM TIME THAT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM A CHILD AND FROM A TEACHER BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE SELF-WORTH THAT CHILD WILL FEEL OVER AND OVER BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE WORKING AT A BELOW LEVEL SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT WILL POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS HOW WILL WE ENSURE WE'RE NOT OVER TESTING OUR STUDENTS AS WE HAVE AS WE CONTINUE TO DO AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE DISTRICT SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST QUESTION OR COMMENT. Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR I KNOW WE

089HAVE DONE THIS YEAR TO HAVE LESS TIME ON TASK FOR ASSESSMENTS COMPARED TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. ONCE WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PAPER, MORE CONTENT OR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENT WILL LOOK LIKE, WHAT ACCESS WILL HAVE TO INFORMATION MATERIALS TO TEACHERS AND LEADERS WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT, HOW WE CAN TELL OUR -- OR BUILD OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENT CALENDAR. ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS SELECTIVELY ABANDON SOMETHING IF WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT. BUT I'M OPEN TO BEING ABLE TO ELIMINATE TESTING SO WE DON'T HAVE DUPLICATION OF TIME TO REALLY GIVE TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH, COVER CONTENT TO HELP CHILDREN EXCEL BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF KNOWING WHAT THE REPORTS WILL LOOK LIKE FROM THE STATE TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL SO WE CAN -- SO

090WE KNOW WHAT TEACHERS ARE ABLE -- HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT STANDARD MASTERY AND HELP STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL AND PRESCRIBE THE WORK. THE BIGGEST REASONS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IREADY AND HAVE NEW ZEL AND THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS IS BECAUSE IT BUILDS A PATHWAY AND GIVES INFORMATION AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE DIFFERENT TOOLKITS AND PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN AND ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AM I IN LOVE WITH SOME OF THE ELEMENTS? YOU KNOW, I'M NEUTRAL UNTIL IT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PREDICTABILITY OF A STUDENT'S OUTCOME BUT ALSO THERE IS MANY STRENGTHS RELATED TO THE RESOURCES BUT WE'LL SELECTIVELY ABANDON ANY RESOURCES WHERE WE SEE IT'S A DUPLICATION OF SERVICES WHEN WE KNOW MORE ABOUT PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENT. MR. CONNOR? I WANT TO RESURE THE BOARD WE

091WILL NOT BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF TEST LEVELS ESPECIALLY THE 5% BY THE STATE. THE STATE PUTS A CAP ON 5% OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME DEDICATED TO ASSESSMENTS AND BRAGRESS MONITORING IS NOT NEW TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THE DIAGNOSTICS IN IREADY. WE WON'T BE DUPLICATING THE EFFORT SO THE STATE ASSESSMENT WILL BE REPLACING A LOT OF THE DIAGNOSTICS WE WERE DOING PREVIOUSLY SO THE BASELINE ASSESSMENTS NOW WHERE AT K-5 ARE, YOU KNOW, NOW PRE-K5 WHERE WE WERE DOING IREADY WOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE STATE MONITORING ASSESSMENT SO IN THE EVENT THAT IREADY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY BESIDES ASSESSMENT SO WE HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS BUT THERE IS INSTRUCTIONAL PATHS AND RESOURCES TEACHERS HAVE COME TO DEPEND ON TO DO

092SMALL GROUP DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION. WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND AND BROUGHT IN IREADY TO TALK TO THEM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS STATE PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BE DOING THAT AND ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTICS INTERNALLY. SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENTS. Nadia Combs: I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL NEED TO DO IS SIT DOWN WITH IREADY BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONTRACT IS COMING UP AND FOR IREADY TO BE EFFECTIVE A SECOND GRADER THEY MIGHT BE WORKING AT A FORTY GRADE LEVEL OR FIRST GRADE LEVEL SO OFTEN YOU HAVE TO DO THE DIALING NOSTIC TO BE AT THE CORRECT LEVEL I WANT TO MAKE SURE A KEPTER GARDNER IS NOT

093WALKING IN AND HOW MANY TESTS ARE THEY TAKING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. I WANT TO UNPACK THAT AND BEFORE WE RENEW CONTRACTS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TALK TO AND ESPECIAL PY INGAUGES ENGAGE -- ENGAGE PRINCIPALS. SO THAT'S ONE -- I HAVE MANY. THE OTHER ONE IS HB1467 ON PAGE 10. I KNOW WE DO A GREAT JOB WITH TRAINING TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. I HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN OUR MEDIA SPECIALIST. THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB VETTING BOOKS. SO WHICH ASPECT ARE WE LOOKING AT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TRAINING, IS THERE AN ASPECT WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH AT THIS TIME OR DO WE NOT KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DIRECTION FROM THE DOE? SO CURRENTLY WE

094DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION FROM THE DOE REGARDING THOSE ASSESSMENTS. OR SORRY. TRAININGS. SO THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEM AS WE SPEAK SO I WOULD IMAGINE MOST OF WHAT'S COVERED, I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME, BUT MOST OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE COVERED IN THE TRAININGS ARE THINGS THAT ARE MEDIA SPECIALISTS ALREADY TRAINED ON AND AWARE OF. BUT KIM, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? THAT'S EXACTLY IT. THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: OKAY. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT HB7 ON PAGE 15, THE LIFE SKILLS TRAINING FROM GRADES -- TRAINING FROM GRADES 9 THROUGH 12, THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH COMPONENT OF EDUCATION, DO WE HAVE DIRECTION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OR LIFE SKILLS TRAINING WILL INCLUDE FOR GRADES 9 THROUGH 12? SO THE TEAM IS EVALUATING THAT RIGHT NOW. MANY OF THE LIFE SKILLS WE CURRENTLY

095TEACH ARE EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT. SO WE HAVE OUR HOPE CLASSES. WE HAVE THINGS EMBEDDED IN THE ELA CLASSES IN TERMS OF REQUIRED INSTRUCTION WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH REQUIREMENT THE GOVERNOR PUT INTO PLACE. SO WE'LL MAP THAT AND CROSSWALK THAT THROUGH 9 THROUGH 12 TO MAKE SURE ALL ASPECTS OF THE LAW ARE INCORPORATED THROUGH THE CURRICULUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MR. CONNOR. MOVING TO HB1557 WHICH IS THE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION. I'D HOPE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF VIDEO OR SOMETHING TO GUIDE THE DISTRICTS SO WILL THAT OCCUR BECAUSE THIS IS SO OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SINCE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PARENT RIGHTS BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS HOW DOES THAT IMPACT

096SCHOOLS AND ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THEM AND WHAT DIRECTION ARE WE GOING IN AND WILL WE GET ANY DIRECTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION? Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR THIS IS ONCE AGAIN AN ASK FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PAPER. THE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE BILL DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S UNDER LITIGATION SO ONCE THE LITIGATION IS PUSHED THROUGH, THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR STANCE BECAUSE WE OPENLY PUSH THEM AND SAY WE JUST NEED CLARITY RELATED AROUND TO -- RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR BILL. WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO IN A CLASSROOM, WHAT CONVERSATIONS CAN HAPPEN, AND WHAT PROCEDURES WE CAN BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE IF A PARENT DOESN'T FEEL HE OR SHE

097HAS THE RIGHTS THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT SUIT TO BE FINALIZED SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. KATIE? AND TO MR. DAVIS'S POINT, THERE IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT STATES THAT DOE HAS UNTIL JUNE 30, 2023, TO REVIEW AND GET INFORMATION OUT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Nadia Combs: OKAY. SO I MEAN, I'D URGE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SCAR BOARD FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CREATE A VIDEO TO ALLOW US FOR ALL THE TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS, EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT INCLUDING PARENTS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES CREATE IS A LOT OF DIVISIVENESS AND ALSO CREATES A LACK OF CLARITY WITH THE BILL AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE

098BILL BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CLARITY FOR PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL SO THAT IS A BIG CONCERN TO ME. AND THEN MOVING ON TO HB173 WHICH IS ON PAGE 26. MY QUESTION WITH THIS IS THE CARE OF STUDENTS WITH EPILEPSY OR SEIZURE DISORDERS AND TALKS ABOUT NURSES HERE. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY CHARTERS THAT DO NOT HAVE NURSES IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND DOES THAT IMPACT THEM OR DO THEY JUST NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN WITH EPILEPTIC SEIZURES? SO A CHARTER SCHOOL MUST HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PERSON EITHER ON HIRE OR CONSULTATION. BUT THEY -- THEY CREATE THEIR OWN HEALTH PLAN. SO WE ARE NOT -- WE ARE NOT PART OF THAT HEALTH PLAN. Nadia Combs: OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A CHARTER SCHOOL I VISITED A FEW MONTHS AGO AND

099THEY SHARE THAT MENTAL HEALTH PERSON. ONE IS IN SOUTH TAMPA AND THE OTHER IN THE CITRUS PARK AREA SO YOU'RE TELLING ME IF THAT CHILD HAS AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL HAPPENS TO BE IN SOUTH TAMPA, THEN IT'S JUST TOO UNFORTUNATE FOR THAT CHARTER SCHOOL. THEY CALL 911, YES Nadia Combs: WELL, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CHARTERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL. I THINK THAT'S VERY INTERESTING TO KNOW OF THAT. WE KNOW THAT BUT IT'S NICE TO CONFIRM AS WELL. HB225 AND SB758. I WILL GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY. MEMBER GRAY? Lynn Gray: WELL, I HAVE A MISSING SUPERINTENDENT, BUT WE'LL -- WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN. PAGE 15, HB7, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM. MS. SAIA, MR. CONNOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY MUCH MUCH -- AND

100-- KRISTEN RE, YOU KNOW THE CLASSES ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR AND VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR P.E. TEACHERS. ASHLEY CAPUCCI KNOWS THAT. I'LL SAY -- AND THIS IS MY COMMENT AND I'LL REPEAT THIS AT ANOTHER TIME BUT I THINK THE EDUCATION AND LIFE SKILLS, THE LAST BULLET, WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPAND THE WHOLE CLASSES AND I KNOW THAT REPRESENTATIVE JACKIE TOLED PLACKO IS BEHIND THAT BUT I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN REALLY TAKE MORE OWNERSHIP OF THE EXISTING CLASSES THAT WE HAVE. MR. CONNOR, DO YOU WANT TO REMARK ON THAT? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE HEALTH OPPORTUNITY AND P.E. TEACHERS? ABSOLUTELY. IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION BUT THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS THAT CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENT IN OTHER WAYS SO IT'S ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT

101RILE STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT -- WHILE STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT OPT FOR THE HOPE CLASS THAT WE HAVE EMBEDDED THE LIFE SKILLS CONTENT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THAT. Lynn Gray: WE'LL TRY TO PUT MOMENTMENT BEHIND THAT. IT'S AN EXCELLENT VENUE AND WE CAN OWN IT THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND SAVE MONEY. SO TWO BIRDS WITH ONE FINANCIAL STONE. NEW SAYING. SO PAGE -- SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, PAGE 54. REAL QUICK QUESTION OF CONCERN. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE A GAIN OF 12.52%. NOW WILL THIS ALLEVIATE OUR LATE BUSES YOU THINK IF WE HAVE MORE MONEY? Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR I THINK THE BIGGEST THING RELATED TO ALLEVIATING THE LATE BUSES IS JUST STAFF. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE

102STAFF. WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIRING INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT AND STARTING NOW AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. THIS MONEY WILL CONTINUE TO HELP US FINANCIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE MILLIONS OF MILLIONS DOLLARS IN A DEFICIT RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION WE EXTEND IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THIS IS MONEY WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR BUT WILL NOT ADDRESS THE CURRENT HIRING I GUESS INSTABILITIES THAT EVERYONE HAS RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE NATION. Lynn Gray: SO THIS IS LIKE A DROP IN THE BUCKET AND WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WELL, GOOD TO KNOW. PAGE HB225. PAGE 35. YOU KNOW, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, SUPERINTENDENT, AND AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE NOW ARE SEEING THAT THE REVENUE SOURCES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ALMOST GETTING IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO IT'S A CONCERN, THE QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL ARE

103VERY CONCERNING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSOLIDATION AND THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE CHOICES. YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE SPONSOR OF -- DR. DELANG. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT T THE -- SAYING YES TO CONSOLIDATING CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH REALLY IS AN INDUSTRY IN ITSELF. THAT'S AN AFFECTIVE QUESTION. BUT I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT IN PUBLIC, BUT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GAINING OF CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE OPENING THE DOOR TO. Addison Davis: I CAN SAY THIS. THE LANGUAGE APPROVED THIS YEAR HAS BECOME THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE DECISIONS RELATED TO THE EXPANSION. I BELIEVE IN PARENT CHOICE AND THEY CAN SELECT WHERE THEY SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL, BUT MY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROTECT DISTRICT-MANAGED SCHOOLS AND

104SUPPORT EVERY LEARNER IN EDUCATION BUT IT'S BECOME HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER TO HAVE CONTROLS WHEN THE EXPANSION AND LANGUAGE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKES IT OUT OF OUR HANDS TO DO THAT. Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW, I HAVE A THOUGHT TOO, AND I WANTED -- WE ALL WANT TO MEET THE NEW DOE MANNY DIAZ. PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE A WORKSHOP AND A COLLABORATIVE ONE WHERE WE GET TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND HIM AND JUST SHARE THE CONCERNS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA. WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AT WAR. WE CAN JUST BE AT LEAST PARTNERS AND UNDER STANDARDS BOTH WAYS, SO I THINK THAT'S A -- A SECURE OR MORE PROFESSIONAL MOVE AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE. DR. DELANG, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I THINK THIS NEW

105LANGUAGE AND THESE TWO BILLS DO LIMIT OUR SPONSOR'S ABILITY TO -- IT'S OVERSEE AND MAKE DECISIONS. Lynn Gray: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PUT YOU IN A HARD PLACE BUT I'VE CERTAINLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT. SO ANYWAY. LET'S GO AHEAD. SB758, EDUCATION. THE 47, THE IMPACT FEE, SO MS. JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OR MR. FARKAS WHO IS NOT HERE, WE WILL LOSE SOME MONEY -- I'M SORRY. OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. OKAY. I WANT TO SEE A JOG TO THE FRONT. MR. FARKAS, WE KNOW HOW HARD WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR THE IMPACT FEES. SO I KNOW THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION POSSIBLY. HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL WE WILL LOSE FINANCIALLY WITH THE COMPETING CHARTER SCHOOLS? DO WE HAVE AN IDEA? Christopher Farkas: WE DO. THE STUDENT STATION ALLOWABLE COSTS ARE LARGE. IT'S ALMOST

106$55,000 FOR -- $35,000 FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SEAT. SO 1,000 KIDS, THAT'S $35 MILLION AND HIGH SCHOOLS ARE USUALLY BIGGER THAN THAT. 2,000 TO 3,000 SO 70 OR $100 MILLION IF THAT'S WHAT IS ALLOWED. WE NEED THE DIRECTION FROM TALLAHASSEE AS TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT IF IT HAS -- IF THEY HAVE THE SAME REIGN WE DO, THE DOLLARS CAN'T BE SPENT TWICE. IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US AND GROWTH AND WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED. IF THEY GIVE ACCESS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS TO ACCESS THAT, HOW WE'LL GET THE PRIORITY ON THAT OR HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN, WE HAVE NO IDEA. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'D DO THAT TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST. I THINK IT WILL BE A HUGE CHALLENGE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK ABOUT IT'S

107POTENTIALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE U.N. DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DETERMINE AND -- THIS IS NOT ME. WE'RE WAITING ON MORE DIRECTION FROM THEM. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN LOOK AT IT FROM A FAIR PERSPECTIVE. I SAY SPLIT BETWEEN TWO. IT COULD BE THREE SCHOOLS IMPACTED. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. Christopher Farkas: IF THAT WAS A PERCENTAGE -- I KNOW WE'RE JUST THEORIZING AND THEY HAVE 15% OF THE KIDS YOU FIGURE IF WE TOOK $15 MILLION OUT OF EVERY $100 MILLION WE HAD THAT MEANS THE HIGH SCHOOL WE PLANOPE OPENING IN -- IT WOULD PUSH THINGS BAB BACK A YEAR OR TWO DEPENDING ON HOW IT TRANSPIRED. Lynn Gray: SO ALL THE MORE REASON FOR A COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE DOE. THIS IS HUGE. OUR VISION FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS

108WILL BE SUBTRACTED AND OTHER SERVICES SO THE LAST QUESTION AND I WILL STOP AFTER THIS, PAGE 43, SB758. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IMPACT. THE LANGUAGE CHANGE FROM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED TO HAS BEEN EXPRESSLY FOUND. WHEN THE -- CHARTER SCHOOL REVIEWS THE CRITERIA, HOW IS THIS REPORTED? OR HAVE WE FIGURED IT OUT? DR. DELANG? WE USUALLY DOCUMENT BUT NOW IT SAYS -- EXPRESSLY FOUND. SURE. RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE INTENTION OF THE CHANGE IN LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S ATTORNEY LANGUAGE. IF I COULD JUMP IN, WITH THE PROVISION WE'RE STILL WAITING ON GUIDANCE BUT THE STATUTE I ADVISED YOU PREVIOUSLY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC REASONS WHY YOU MAY NOT REVIEW A CHARTER. THERE WERE FORMALLY FOUR REASONS. NOW THERE IS ONLY THREE. I THINK IF THE BOARD FOUND ONE OF THOSE THREE CRITERIA WERE NOT MET YOU'D

109HAVE TO AFFIRMATIVELY AND EXPRESSLY FIND ON THE RECORD THEY DIDN'T MEET CRITERIA NUMBER 2, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE AND REDUCED TO A FORMAL DOCUMENT AND WRITING SENT TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEY COULD REACT TO THAT SO I THINK IT TIGHTENS UP THE LANGUAGE AND IT'S MORE CHALLENGING FOR YOU TO DENY A CHARTER APPLICATION BUT YOU'D HAVE TO TIE IT TO ONE OF THE CRITERIA AND USE THE LANGUAGE EXPRESSLY FIND THAT IT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA AND AGAIN THAT'S PART OF THE WRITTEN DENIAL THE CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD RECEIVE AND IF THEY WANT TO APPEAL IT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DEFEND. IT'S LEGAL LANGUAGE AND IF IT COMES TO THAT WE'D GUIDE YOU THROUGH WHAT THE STEPS WILL BE IF IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE -- THERE IS GOING TO BE DENY. THAT'S ALL IT WITH

110THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THE STATE ON WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT. Lynn Gray: OKIE DOKE. GO AHEAD, CHINSIA. IF I MAY. WHEN WE REVIEW AN APPLICATION, WE DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE STANDARD RUBRIC FROM THE DOE AND WE DETERMINE WHETHER IT MEETS OR DOES NOT MEET. SO IF WE SELECT DOES NOT MEET, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO BE VERY DETAILED IN EXPLAINING WHY IT DOES NOT MEET THE RUBRIC, AND THIS -- THIS -- THESE DETAILS WILL THEN BECOME THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL LETTER AND THE DENIAL LATER THEN BECOMES AN APPEAL, IS BROUGHT TO AN APPEAL TO THE APPEAL PROCESS. SO I THINK IT'S -- IN THE DETAIL WHEN -- THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION. I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB ALREADY BUT I GUESS THE DOE IS ASKING

111FOR EVEN MORE DETAIL. Lynn Gray: SO WE'LL GET THAT CLARIFIED AND IF THERE HAS TO BE A POLICY -- ALSO IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY. I WENT OVER TIME. Nadia Combs: YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN? Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIT THIS IN IN FIVE MINUTES. PAGE 23. WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS. EDUCATION BUDGET CONFORMING BILL. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOW REQUIRED BASICALLY TO ADOPT IMPOSE ON THE WEBSITE THE PROCESS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN ENROLLMENT INCLUDING TRANSFORMATION OPTIONS SUCH AS RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL. DOES THAT MEAN BECAUSE OF THE MCKAY SCHOLARSHIP -- AM I UNDERSTANDING MAYBE

112PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOLS? Christopher Farkas: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S THE WAY WE INITIALLY READ IT. WE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION AND DIDN'T FIND A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT. WE WERE TOLD THAT WASN'T THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE FIRST INTERPRETED IT AS WELL. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY SO. THAT'S LEFT OPEN. AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND I'M GLAD MEMBER GRAY ASKED, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT IS AND AS I VISIT SCHOOLS AND THE CHALLENGE OF THE BUSING TWO TO ONE MILE RADIUS TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I KNOW THIS FUNDING WE GOT A LITTLE EXTRA ALLOCATION IS NOT EVEN GOING TO COME CLOSE TO THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH IT WOULD

113COST TO THE DISTRICT IN GENERAL TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, A BUSING WITHIN A MILE RADIUS? Christopher Farkas: ACTUALLY YES. WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT WILL COST. WE DID IT FOR A 1.5 AND 1 MILE RADIUS. THAT WAS 12 TO 18 MONTHS AGO BUT I'LL SEND IT TO THE BOARD. IT'S 4 OR $500 MILLION AS AN UPFRONT CAPITAL COST AND OPERATING COST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. I'LL MAKE SURE THE BOARD GETS THAT. Jessica Vaughn: MS. DAVIS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? Kristin Davis: NO BUT THE ITEM BEFORE TO MR. FARKAS IS'S POINT WE'RE TRYING TO INTERPRET THIS AND HAVING DIFFICULTY. IT MAY NOT BE SO MUCH ABOUT US TRANSPORTING BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY GET SO THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS MAY GET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT MAY BE INCREASING. SO ACTUALLY

114JIM BEAKMAN AND I WORKED ON THAT THIS MORNING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. IT MAY BE RIGHT NOW I THINK THE LANGUAGE SAYS $750 BUT THEY MAY BE BUMPING IT UP OR WHAT WE SPEND PER STUDENT AND WHAT POT OF MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF SO THAT MIGHT BE THE ROUTED. AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO INTERPRET THE BEST WE CAN. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN WE GET TO PAGE 53 AND START TO TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND FUNDING, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LAYOUT HERE ABOUT STATEWIDE THAT IT'S $214. THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION HAS GONE UP AND WHAT THAT EQUATES TO. HOW MANY NOT IN CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS ARE WE ANTICIPATING NEXT YEAR? I DON'T KNOW THE COUNT BUT I ESTIMATED THAT WE CAN REDUCE REVENUE OVER $73

115MILLION IN OUR BUDGET -- Jessica Vaughn: CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE? HOW MANY STUDENTS IN TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL? 180,000? Addison Davis: DISTRICT SCHOOLS. Jessica Vaughn: NO. JUST REGULAR TRADITIONAL -- Addison Davis: WE HAVE THAT. 229,000. Jessica Vaughn: THAT'S WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS. WITHOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS? WE TOOK OUT 40,000 FROM THAT. SO AROUND 190. Jessica Vaughn: 190. OKAY. SO 190,000 STUDENTS TIMES LET'S SAY THE 214. WOULD COME TO WHAT? AROUND 45 MILLION SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? I HAD A DIFFERENT NUMBER. I'M TRYING TO CHANGE IT REALLY QUICKLY. BUT THEN SO YOU SAY HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO PAGE 55 THAT BECAUSE WE'RE RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE THAT WOULD TAKE OUT $22.4 MILLION AND DECREASE THE STUDENT FUNDING FROM $214 TO ABOUT $59 PER STUDENT. IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO FACTORING IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

116AS WELL? NO. THAT $59 PER STUDENT IS AN ERROR. IT SHOULD BE 123 PER STUDENT I BELIEVE. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. YEAH. THE MATH WANTED ADDING UP. THAT'S WHY I ASKED. IT GOT REVISED IN A SLIDE. Jessica Vaughn: SO IT TAKES ABOUT $100 PER STUDENT FROM THE BASE ALLOCATION THAT'S BEING RAISED. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU THINK THE 15 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE WOULD AFFECT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? DR. WHALEEN, DO YOU KNOW? WE WOULD BE LOOKING PROBABLY AT 4,000 TO 5,000. WE CAN GET THE SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR YOU. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THANK YOU. BACK ON PAGE 53, WITH THE DJJ SUPPLEMENTAL DECREASE, HOW DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR STUDENTS? WELL, IT'S JUST -- DEFINITELY A REDUCTION IN FUNDING FOR OUR STUDENTS. I GUESS WE HAVE TO -- IF THEY

117HAVE TO ENCROACH OR GET ALLOCATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GET THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. Jessica Vaughn: THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE BECAUSE THAT'S FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR -- YES. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WITH THE TEACHER SALARY INCREASE. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ON PAGE 54. WE'RE ANTICIPATING 19 MILLION BUT ONLY A PORTION OF THAT, RIGHT, CAN BE USED -- THERE IS A SMALLER PORTION OF THAT USED FOR OUR VETERAN TEACHERS AND THAT'S ONLY AFTER WE HAVE BROUGHT OUR NEW TEACHERS UP TO THE STARTING PAY? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: CAN WE OUT OF THE 19 MILLION HAVE ANY IDEA THE PERCENTAGE OF HOW MUCH

118MONEY WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE TOWARD VETERAN TEACHER SALARY INCREASES? NOT YET BUT WE CAN RUN THE NUMBERS. IT'S OUR HOPE THAT SINCE WE GOT TO THE 47.5 THIS YEAR BASED ON THE PREVIOUS GUIDANCE THAT THE RULES WILL STAY THE SAME SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED UNTIL WE HAVE SPECIFIC DETAILS, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO SPEND ALL OF IT IN THAT MANNER. Jessica Vaughn: WE DON'T HAVE A 50% CAP ON THAT? WE'RE HOPING WE WILL NOT. Jessica Vaughn: SO IT'S UNCLEAR BUT WE'RE HOPING NOT. CORRECT. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION IS NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BYPASSING OUR ABILITY TO APPROVE CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAYBE GOING THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE POSSIBLY IF THEY'RE APPROVED HOW IS THAT GOING

119TO AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO FORECAST OUR BUDGET? WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE IF A CHARTER SCHOOL IS OPENING OR HOW MANY CHILDREN. HOW CAN WE BUILD A BUDGET IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE DISTRICT AT ANY POINT? . WE CAN ONLY PROJECT BASED ON THE STUDENTS WE KNOW AT THE TIME WHEN WE SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THE STATE. Addison Davis: THROUGH THE PROCESS, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WINDOWS. THE 40-DAY COUNT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FTE WINDOWS AS WELT TO MAKE ANY PARTICULAR STAFF MOVEMENTS AND IT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY UNCOMFORTABLE. WE DID THAT TWO YEARS AGO WHICH WAS UNATTRACTIVE. MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS WILL -- THEY'LL GET APPROVED AND THEY'LL GIVE US PLENTY OF LEAD TIME TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT STUDENTS

120SO IT SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING PUT UP OR EXPANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. Jessica Vaughn: SO IF WE'RE WRONG AND THERE ARE MANY CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT OPEN MIDYEAR SINCE WE'LL HAVE LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE COULD HAVE TO REDUCE STAFF MIDYEAR SUDDENLY AT ANY TIME? IT DEPENDS ON COUNT DAY. SO THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AT COUNT. Addison Davis: IT WOULD BE THE FOURTH CALCULATION THAT WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE. COULD BE SECOND AND THIRD. Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. JUST LIKE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORKSHOP. LEGISLATION IS SO COMPLICATED IN GENERAL AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WILL EQUIP TO THE DISTRICT AND ESPECIALLY US MAKING POLICY DECISIONS IS SO IMPORTANT SO I UNDERSTAND AROUND'S TIME AND ENERGY AND FIGURE

121OUT WHAT IT MOONS FOR THE DISTRICT AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SETS US UP TO DO A BETTER JOB FOR OURSELVES AND DISTRICT AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15 MORE SECONDS. LET'S SEE HERE. I SHOULD GET A LAUGH FROM THAT. MR. CONNOR, WILL YOU GO BACK OVER HOUSE BILL 1048 PLEASE? PAGE 5? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION AGAIN? ON THAT ONE? IT HAS TO DO WITH THE STUDENT ASSES ASSESSMENT. YEAH. SO BEGINNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE'LL BE ADMINISTERING STATEWIDE PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WE WILL BE ADMINISTERING A BASELINE IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF SCHOOL WHICH WILL BE LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED, VENDORS WHO THE STATE HAVE APPROVED TO ADMINISTER

122THAT ASSESSMENT. THAT WILL REPLACE OUR INTERNAL DISTRICT PROGRESS MONITORING THAT WE DID ESSENTIALLY WITH IREADY IN THE WINTER AND WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED FROM THE STATE EXACTLY WHAT IT WINDOW WILL BE WHETHER IT'S DECEMBER OR JANUARY. WE'LL ADMINISTER ANOTHER ROUND. AND THIS IS FOR READING AND FOR MATH. GRADES PRE-K THROUGH TENTH GRADE. AND THEN WE WILL DO A SPRING WINDOW AND IN THE SPRING WINDOW, EVENTUALLY THAT WILL BE THE STATE ASSESSMENT OF HOW THEY'LL CALCULATE SCHOOL GRADES AND DO THAT ALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. THERE WILL NOT BE A PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE EOCs SO FOR ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, U.S. HISTORY AND CIVICS. WE'LL STILL DO OUR INTERNAL PROGRESS MONITORING FOR THOSE SUBJECTS AND HAVE A DISTRICT-CREATED BASELINE AND MID-YEAR ASSESSMENT FOR THOSE SUBJECTS AND THEN CURRENTLY AS THEY DO NOW, THE EOC AT THE END OF

123THE YEAR. Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE SEE WITH THE LEGISLATION, WE DO WANT PARENTS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHATEVER SCHOOL THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO GO TO. I GUESS MY CONCERN IS WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE THOSE PARENTS THAT INFORMATION SO FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS NOT REALLY WITH LEGISLATION, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MASK MANDATE AND US POSSIBLY LOSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THE QUESTION IS MOST OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS FOLLOWED OUR LEAD AND ALSO MASKED STUDENTS. ARE THEY GETTING PENALIZED AS WELL, DR. DELANG? VERY GOOD QUESTION. I POSED THE QUESTION TO THE DOE.

124THE CHOICE OFFICE UP THERE. AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN ANSWER YET. Nadia Combs: BECAUSE I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE CHARTERS IN MY AREA. THEY ALSO FOLLOWED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THEY TOOK THAT LEAD BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT BEING PENALIZED. SO I GUESS, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK, YOU KNOW -- MR. DIAZ OR WHOEVER WHY ARE THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS ALSO NOT BEING PENALIZED. SO THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT A LOT OF OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE ARE SEEING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REALLY LOOKING AT THE FOR-PROFIT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND MAKING SURE THE MONEY IS GOING BACK TO THE STUDENTS AND NOT FOR PROFIT, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLY GOING TO CHANGE OR LOOK DIFFERENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GOING ONE WAY AND STATE LEGISLATION GOING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION? Addison Davis:

125RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CHAIR YOU SEE THERE IS BACK AND FORTH LANGUAGE BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CURRENTLY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO IN THAT LETTER TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S IT SAID THEY'LL UNDERSTAND TO THE -- THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT CHOICE. AND THEY WOULD TAKE ANY LEGAL MEANS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT. SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON HOW THAT INTERACTION IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND THAT LETTER WAS VERY STERN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATED TO THE WAY THAT THE OFFERINGS THAT FLORIDA WILL TAKE AND THE STANCE THEY'LL TAKE AND WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD TO CREATE CHOICE AND MAKE THAT -- CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF DEPARTMENT. Nadia Combs: AND WE KNOW THE REAL MONEY TO BE MADE FROM THE CHARTERS IS

126THE REAL ESTATE. THE REAL ESTATE GAME WE PLAY WITH THE CHARTERS SO MY QUESTION IS, THEN, ARE THEY GOING TO GET THE PICO DOLLARS AS WELL AS HOW THEY PAY THEMSELVES BACK FOR THAT PROPERTY AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO NOW GET ADDITIONAL MONEY TO START OUT? ARE THEY GOING TO GET ALL THE FUNDS SO THEY'LL BE RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE TRIPLE WHAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE RECEIVING? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? IS THAT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN THE STATE? Addison Davis: I COULD NOT TELL YOU. I'M TRYING TO FIGHT FOR PECO DOLLARS HERE FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DOLLARS. WE MAY HAVE TO BE CREATIVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR DIRECTION. I'LL SAY THIS. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ALSO REACTING TO

127LEGISLATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS NOT DEVELOPED ANY OF THE LAWS SO THEY'RE HAVING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED DURING THE SESSION AND THAT'S WHY THAT -- DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE AS WELL TRYING TO GET THE CONTENT INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PAPERS TO US AND LEAD TRANSITION TO MANY LEADERSHIP ROLES AS WELL. WE'RE PUSHING AND KNOW THEY'RE WORKING BUT SOME OF THIS IS US HAVING BETTER COORDINATED EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO ENGAGE OUR LEGISLATORS TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S TRULY IMPACTING DISTRICT MANAGED PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Nadia Combs: SO I GUESS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS MAKE SOME GUIDELINES BUT THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICE BUT THEY'RE BRINGING THAT DOWN TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. Addison Davis: THAT'S CORRECT. Nadia Combs: SO THAT'S GOOD

128-- I KNOW THAT'S THE TRUTH BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER AND EVERYONE TO REALIZE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE HERE FOR KIDS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT FOR EACH SCHOOL REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE CHARTER OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING MONEY BUT THAT KIDS GET A PROPER EDUCATION AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AND BE PREPARED FOR LIFE SO THAT'S MY FINAL COMMENT. I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT. I THINK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS WORKSHOP IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. (SOUNDING GAVEL)