Interim committee weeks have begun for the 2024 legislative session. These committee meetings often look quite a bit different from those during the regular session. While there will be some legislation that moves through committee during these interim weeks, much of the committee meetings will be filled with presentations and reports shared at the request of the committee chair.
Seeing what kind of presentations and reports the committee chair requests can give a good indication as to the policies the committee will focus on during the regular session. So, these committee meetings are every bit as important as those that take place during the regular session.
Finally, it’s vital your legislators hear from you now. Now is the best time to let them know what priorities you want them to focus on when session formally begins in January.
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Interim Committee Week Schedule
Agenda Watch: Wednesday’s meeting of the Senate Eduction Appropriations Committee will be an important one as the committee will receive a presentation on Gov. DeSantis’ budget proposals for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
No substantive education bills are being heard in committee this week; the only bill that will be heard is HB 501 which renames Tallahassee Community College to Tallahassee State College.
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Tuesday, September 19
9:00-10:30 a.m.Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee is not meeting during their designated time.1:30-3:00 p.m.House Education Quality Subcommittee is not meeting during their designated time.
Tuesday, October 10
- 11:00-a.m.-12:30 p.m. Postsecondary Education Committee will not meet during their designated time.
- 4:00-5:30 p.m. PreK-12 Education Committee will receive a presentation on recommended cut scores for FAST. (Video of meeting here.)
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Education Appropriations Committee will not meet during their designated time.
Monday, October 16: No education related committees meeting in either chamber.
Tuesday, October 17:
8:30-10:30 a.m.House PreK-12 Appropriations Committee will not meet during their scheduled time.10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.Senate Postsecondary Education Committee will not meet during their scheduled time.- 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. House Education Quality Subcommittee will receive a presentation on school safety measures. (Video of meeting here.)
Wednesday, October 18:
9:00-11:00 a.m.House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee will not meet during their scheduled time.11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Senate Education Appropriations Committee will not meet during their scheduled time.1:30-3:00 p.m.House Education Choice & Innovation Subcommittee will not meet during their scheduled time.3:30-5:00 p.m.House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee will not meet during their scheduled time.4:00-5:30 p.m.Senate PreK-12 Education Committee will not meet during their scheduled time.
Thursday October 19:
1:00-2:00 p.m.House Education & Employment Committee will not meet during their scheduled time.
Friday October 20: No education related committees currently scheduled to meet.
Notes:
- The above list is only for education related committee meetings. A listing of all committee meetings for the week can be found here.
- Committees may, or may not, meet during their scheduled time. However, they cannot meet outside of their scheduled time.
- During interim committee weeks, agendas must be finalized one week before the committee meeting. As agendas are released, we’ll add them to this page or indicate the committee isn’t meeting during its scheduled time.
Monday, November 6:
- 10:00-10:30 a.m. House in session
- 10:00-10:45 a.m. Senate in session
- 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Senate Fiscal Policy Committee will take up SB 4C related to expanding vouchers. (Video of meeting here.)
- 3:30-6:00 p.m. House Appropriations Committee will take up HB 3C related to expanding vouchers. (Video of meeting here.)
- 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. House in session
- 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Senate Education Postsecondary Committee will not meet during their designated time.
- 3:30-5:00 p.m. House Higher Education Appropriations Committee will receive updates on implementation of new legislation from the Department of Education. (Video of meeting here.)
- 3:45-6:00 p.m. Senate Education Pre-K–12 Committee will hold a workshop on reducing regulations on public schools. (Video of meeting here.)
- 9:00-11:30 a.m. House PreK-12 Appropriations Committee is not meeting during their designated time.
- 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Senate Appropriations Committee on Education is not meeting during their designated time.
- 1:00-2:00 p.m.House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee is not meeting during their designated time.
- 3:00-4:30 p.m. House Education Quality Committee will receive a presentation from the Department of Education on Commissioner Manny Diaz’s suggested revisions to the PreK-12 education code. (Video of meeting here.)
- 5:30-6:00 p.m. Senate in session
- 9:00-10:30 a.m. House Education Choice and Innovation Committee will receive presentations on charter schools. (Video of meeting here.)
- 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Senate in session (if needed)
- Only education related committee meetings are shown above. To see the full schedule of meetings for the week, click here.
- For interim committee week meetings, agendas must be published a full week in advance. However, special session meeting agendas only require two hours notice. We’ll post agendas as soon as they become available.
Monday, November 13:
- No education related meetings scheduled in either chamber.
- 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senate Education Postsecondary Committee is not meeting during their designated time.
- 1:00-2:00 p.m. House Education & Employment Committee is not meeting during their designated time.
- 10:00-11:30 a.m. House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee will receive a presentation on workforce development. (Video of meeting here.)
- 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senate Appropriations Committee on Education is not meeting during their designated time.
- 1:00-2:30 p.m. House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee will receive a presentation from the DOE related to EASE grants. (Video of meeting here.)
- 2:00-4:00 p.m. Senate Education Pre-K–12 Committee will meet to hear SB 7000, SB 7002, and SB 7004 related to removing regulations on public schools. (Video of meeting here.)
- 3:00-4:30 p.m. House Education Quality Subcommittee will receive a presentation from the Department of Education on pathways to teacher certification. (Video of meeting here.)
- 9:00-11:30 a.m.House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee is not meeting during their designated time.
- 12:00-1:30 p.m. House Education Choice & Innovation Subcommittee will have a presentation and then a panel discussion on career and technical education. (Video of meeting here.)
- No meetings scheduled in either chamber.
- Only education related meetings are shown above. To see the full schedule of meetings for the week, click here.
- Videos of the meetings are available within a few hours of the conclusion of the meeting. We’ll post videos as soon as they are available.
Monday, December 4
- No education committee meetings scheduled.
- 9:00-10:30 a.m. House Education and Employment Committee is not meeting during their scheduled time.
- 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senate Postsecondary Education Committee will receive a presentation and then host a panel discussion on articulation agreements and career and technical education programs.
- 4:00-6:00 p.m. House Higher Education Appropriations Committee will receive a presentation from the Board of Governors on fiscal issues.
- 9:00-11:00 a.m. House Education Choice and Innovation Committee is not meeting during their scheduled time.
- 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senate PreK-12 Education Committee is not meeting during its scheduled time.
- 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee will receive a presentation from Career Source Florida on the REACH act and will take up HB 501 to rename Tallahassee Community College to Tallahassee State College.
- 2:00-5:00 p.m. House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee will discuss charter school funding.
- 4:15-6:00 p.m. Senate Education Appropriations Committee will receive a presentation on Gov. DeSantis education budget proposal.
- 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. House Education Quality Subcommittee will receive a presentation from the Helios Foundation on chronic absenteeism.
- No meetings currently scheduled.
- Only education committee meetings are listed above. For a full listing of committee meetings, click here.
- Agendas will be released during the week of November 27, and we will post agendas as soon as they are available.
Monday, December 11
- No education committee meetings in either chamber.
- 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. House Education and Employment Committee
- 1:00-3:00 p.m. House Postsecondary and Workforce Committee
- 1:30-3:30 p.m. Senate Postsecondary Education Committee
- 3:30-6:00 p.m. House Higher Education Appropriations Committee
- 8:00-10:00 a.m. House Education Quality Committee
- 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. House Education Choice and Innovation Committee
- 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senate PreK-12 Education Committee
- 1:30-4:00 p.m. House PreK-12 Appropriations Committee
- 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Senate Education Appropriations Committee
- No meetings scheduled in either chamber.
- Only education committee meetings are listed above. For a full listing of committee meetings, click here.
- Agendas will be released during the week of December 4, and we will post agendas as soon as they are available.
All meetings are livestreamed on The Florida Channel where they are also available for on-demand viewing within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting.
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