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Indian River board hears budget uncertainty and weighs legislative priorities tied to strategic plan
Summary
District leaders told the board that state budget talks and differing House/Senate proposals leave key amounts uncertain; board members urged specific asks—BSA increases, flexibility for high‑performing districts and clearer legislative asks tied to the strategic plan.
At a workshop the School District of Indian River County heard an update on the state budget outlook and opened a board discussion to refine legislative priorities that staff will present as a one‑page list for the board to finalize.
District staff said negotiations in Tallahassee remain unsettled; the House and Senate had different proposals on items that affect district budgets, including the treatment of the Family Empowerment Scholarship, the Educational Stabilization Fund, the base student allocation (BSA) and teacher‑salary proposals. A district presenter said some proposals would remove the family empowerment scholarship from FEFP calculations, others would keep it, and that those differences materially change…
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