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The first official day of the 2022 legislative session is January 11. But over the coming months legislators will make their way to Tallahassee for a series of interim committee weeks. As always, education will be a hot button issue. FEA, our locals and our members are committed to ensuring Florida’s PreK-12 schools along with our colleges and universities become the strongest in the nation.
We hope this page will serve as your one stop shop for all the information you need to follow along with what is happening during the 2022 legislative session and a place you can learn to advocate for yourself, your students and public education.
The Week Ahead in the Legislature
Interim Committee Week 3: October 18-22
Meetings relating to education are shown below. Click on the name of the respective chamber to see the full calendar for the week’s meetings in the Senate and the House.
All meetings are streamed live and on The Florida Channel where they are also available for on-demand viewing within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting.
Agenda Watch: It will be a slow start to the week with no education related committee meetings on Monday or Tuesday, but things pick up on Wednesday with four education subcommittees meeting, including both the House and Senate education appropriations subcommittees.
Monday, October 18
- 4:00-5:30 pm
- Senate Education Committee is not meeting during their designated time.
Tuesday, October 19
- 9:00-10:30 am
- House Education and Employment Committee is not meeting during their designated time.
Wednesday, October 20
- 9:00-10:30 am
- House Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee will receive a presentation on Florida’s dropout prevention and academic intervention programs.
- 11:00 am-12:30 pm
- House Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee will receive a presentation by the Department of Education on the governance of early learning programs and host a panel discussion on policy barriers to access to high quality early learning.
- 3:00-4:30 pm
- House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee will receive two presentations, an overview on K-12 virtual instruction and an overview of juvenile justice education funding in the Florida Education Finance Program.
- 3:30-5:30 pm
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education will have a panel discussion on reading improvement.
Thursday, October 21
- 9:00-10:30 am
- House Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee will receive a presentation on updates to student codes of conduct to incorporate additional student due process protections.
- 11:00 am-12:30 pm
- House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee will receive a presentation on recommendations on Effective Access to Student Education (EASE) Grant Program Minimum Performance Standards and Institutional Eligibility pursuant to HB 5601 (2021).
Friday, October 22
- No meetings scheduled in either chamber.
Upcoming 2022 Legislative Schedule
- Interim Committee Week 3: October 18–22
- Interim Committee Week 4: November 1–5
- Interim Committee Week 5: November 15–19
- Interim Committee Week 6: November 29–December 3
- Regular Session: January 11-March 11
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