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District staff told the board the state budget includes funding for a phone-restriction pilot and that the district would submit a vendor package and an agenda item for formal board action once the governor signs the budget. A district presenter said, \"They did allocate, I believe, it was $356,000 in the state budget for the program.\" That figure was presented as the statewide or program allocation discussed at the workshop; staff said details about state disbursement to districts and whether the money would flow through the state or be passed to vendors were still to be determined.

Board members expressed general support but emphasized two conditions: the pilot should be funded so districts do not bear the cost, and funding should allow consistent implementation across all the district's high schools. One board member asked to make the pilot \"contingent on it being fully funded by the state,\" and other members said a uniform approach across high schools would be important.

Staff outlined that the pilot would include data and deliverables the state expects — for example, metrics on discipline and student achievement — so that the state can evaluate the program's effect. Several board members cited principal and teacher feedback suggesting phone restrictions help classroom management and academic focus.

District staff said they would prepare a formal agenda item, submit required vendor documentation and, if the budget is signed by the governor and funding confirmed, move ahead with the pilot and required reporting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025 June 17th School Board Workshop","oneSentenceSummary","Clay County board members supported pursuing a state-funded pilot to restrict student cell-phone use at high schools; staff said the state budget includes an allocation and the pilot would be implemented only if fully funded for all high schools.","taxTitle","Clay, School Districts, Florida","taxId",14349,"location","Florida","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":76,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":77,"_40":78,"_42":79,"_44":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6194439,"Clay County presents family and community engagement inventory as vouchers and school choice shift enrollment patterns",0,3967000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3864194-abbb04ba2118d8d3340f78f4063ad8a7&start=3967&end=3967","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3864194-abbb04ba2118d8d3340f78f4063ad8a7/thumbnail_3967000.jpg","/articles/6194439/Florida/Clay-County-presents-family-and-community-engagement-inventory-as-vouchers-and-school-choice-shift-enrollment-patterns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6194439-855a25d88cb5a1795811559887515248/orig.mp4?Expires=1769766375&Signature=lIr76IbQiDDxaP~KkZEJrweVe8e3H-lmyxHe3diMptsXwWC75wQtLQM6cx-K-Ofs2SW5rbcgNAqi53k8-nWlz8Wy~p5I5zIER-MZozIm8T-rpjuLo7sSvXjaRb4sHKBSiJ8Jd-ZG8UdUFMFuQDSTMtguE4U8Xx0fBLdRbkwBuPcUmrzUooCGjI8z3ETPcCX4PGXTdTBKVFrJqI6nNv7Gr4cXbtDHvAqGVRkRddbNmMlpHta3n27TmrsgOhOwPuxK0HqsU~OciG3FqqSkHapaRhF0CR5R2udkjbB-ChZ2ETsM8a3X4hyAbVGpkA4VBWkLRITJjmKPJGQIckgyiDBnRQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District leaders presented a year-long inventory of family and community engagement efforts and data showing how state voucher policy changes are affecting local enrollment patterns.

Karen McMillan, director of Family and Community Engagement, told the board the department standardized the volunteer system, added language-assistance devices at every school, launched exit and parent surveys and compiled the first district-wide field-trip and volunteer datasets. \"We delivered and supported language assistance devices at every single school,\" McMillan said, and she reported 91% of parent-survey respondents indicated they were \"happy with their overall child's educational experience.\"

McMillan placed those efforts in the context of statewide policy changes. She briefed the board on the evolution of Florida school-choice and voucher programs — including Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES), Florida Tax Credit scholarships (FTC) and personalized education plan options — and said legislative changes in 2023–24 removed prior \"guardrails\" that previously limited eligibility and numbers of scholarships.

\"Florida is home to 7 out of every 10 students nationwide using a voucher,\" McMillan said, and she showed county-level numbers that, she said, reflect exponential growth in voucher use within Clay County over a short period. Despite that growth in voucher usage, McMillan said district brick-and-mortar enrollment has held roughly steady and the district has not seen a broad mass exodus from its schools. \"Notice there is not a mass exodus from Clay County District Schools,\" she said, pointing to year-to-year blue-line enrollment data in the handout.

McMillan gave specific program metrics: 1,345 field trips recorded in the year, more than 10,000 volunteers registered in the district's volunteer system in 10 months and nearly 2,000 volunteers completing fingerprinting for school access. She said the district has 414 business partners supporting schools and more than 200 fine-arts events recorded in the year.

Tory Bernice, who will take on expanded duties alongside McMillan, described planned next steps: better coordination of parent-teacher organizations (PTOs/PFAs), expanded course access for nonresident students to take specific lab or AP courses, continued website and communications improvements, expedited event check-in pilots and strengthened community partnerships.

Board members asked for clearer public-facing links between agenda items and the district strategic plan. One board member requested that when items are added to agendas, staff identify which strategic-plan goal each item supports; staff said the agenda system already links items to strategic-plan goals and that annual updates to the plan are posted on the district website.

The presentation closed with board appreciation for McMillan's and the department's work; McMillan noted she will retire soon and said she and staff will continue to build on the initiatives in the coming year.","District staff summarized a year of work to standardize volunteer systems, expand language assistance, inventory field trips and analyze enrollment trends amid rapid growth in state school-voucher use; staff said district enrollment remained stable while voucher use among county families rose sharply.",{"_32":87,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":88,"_40":89,"_42":90,"_44":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6194443,"Clay County schools see modest property-casualty renewal increases as property values rise",619,3119000,3738000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3864194-abbb04ba2118d8d3340f78f4063ad8a7&start=3119&end=3738","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3864194-abbb04ba2118d8d3340f78f4063ad8a7/thumbnail_3119000.jpg","/articles/6194443/Florida/Clay-County-schools-see-modest-property-casualty-renewal-increases-as-property-values-rise","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6194443-e832e62d7810e406b6ea11e7cef38ca3/orig.mp4?Expires=1769766375&Signature=a~V9AEJ7Ia61ogJcJaz7ZxtU8ATzs3Zj-jvjwFuhPJ2bduwc83IKDuoquPBh0wbNQ8RCWn7zl7pS8jQa7jh76yzm3UiqhidAAO155oTeppzY~bJ1NNjKGe0Ch859btrHRV7f7slumBnjU8oHqfTZnrg1AMJ~UomVIIkBIWu6jCroW8Ek5Sl9uvDOEP3ryGHxeCAAPYG9nn8eHFirWydT7tglFq6RDCIG5ljcnNsIs-Wh~CfLKptG-FYCAIhFSrl~2lf0f9zide5RbEBJEj6Lc4sey5yhEX~tlL-7CDxQAXblRRvj4RnehOxq8YUW4DrVbnd961dxc4vH8YStGk6Xrg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At a Clay County District Schools workshop, an insurance broker for the district said the 2025 property-casualty insurance renewal would produce only modest overall increases, with most upward pressure traced to a change in the district's reported property values.

Juri Vanderhoort, an insurance consultant with Allender, told the board the program saw more market capacity and competition this renewal cycle and that district work to update property values offset some marketplace increases. \"The property values themselves increased 24%,\" Vanderhoort said, noting that the change in valuations was the main driver of the retention and premium differences.

The nut of the renewal, Vanderhoort said, is the district's participation in a protected self-insured program with a specific excess structure rather than a conventional policy. That structure places larger self-insured retentions with the district and buys excess coverage above those retentions, allowing the district to manage claims directly and use its own attorneys and third-party administrators.

Vanderhoort summarized market response: \"Of those 42 companies that were approached, 15 provided some quotes and indications,\" and several additional carriers continued to review the submission. She said the district's carrier relationships and annual marketing effort produced competitive pricing and that the numbers presented represented the maximum expected pricing as the district continued to finalize quotes before renewal.

Board members asked about the data underpinning the renewal. Vanderhoort said the district team had updated payrolls, student counts and other exposures; she noted payrolls declined by about 7% and that student counts were up, while operating expenditures rose modestly. She also outlined the program's retention layers: from the presentation, the district's property retention was shown at $100,000 and workers' compensation retention tiers discussed included figures shown in the handout.

Vanderhoort recommended continuing the district's marketing approach and reported that the excess property layer had a year-over-year decrease (presented as an 18% reduction) even as property valuations rose.

The board did not take any formal vote during the presentation; the consultant said the program renews June 30 and district staff would continue to finalize carrier terms in the days before that date.

The presentation closed with Vanderhoort offering to answer further questions and to work with the district risk-management staff as the renewal finalized.

Looking ahead, Vanderhoort said staff would return with final contract and pricing details once the remaining carriers completed their reviews.","An insurance broker told the Clay County School Board workshop that the district’s 2025 property-casualty renewal shows small overall rate increases driven mainly by a 24% rise in the district's reported property values; the program retained a competitive marketplace response with 15 quotes from 42 carriers approached.","actionData","errors"]

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Board backs high-school cell-phone pilot contingent on full state funding

Clay County presents family and community engagement inventory as vouchers and school choice shift enrollment patterns

Clay County schools see modest property-casualty renewal increases as property values rise