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Legislative Updates - Michael Brawer, MS.Ed., Executive Director and CEO, Association of Florida Colleges (AFC)

August 22, 2012 - Legislative Update on SBR 6A-14.011 Continuing Contracts

As you know, the AFC has been deeply involved in the revision of SBR 6A-14.011 Continuing Contracts. A rulemaking workshop was originally scheduled for August 31 at Seminole State College. This is a process step required by statute before a revised rule is submitted to the SBOE for consideration. This workshop has been postponed and not yet rescheduled. The SBOE was scheduled to hear the rule at its October 8-9 meeting at Valencia College. The impact of the workshop postponement has not yet been determined, so there is a possibility the SBOE’s consideration of the rule may also be delayed. There is a public comment section available now on the SBOE web site at https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link to enter comments.

 

August 29, 2012 - Legislative Update of FRS Retirement Lawsuit

 

On September 7, the Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the FRS co-pay law suit lead by the FEA and several other employee bargaining groups. The AFC is not a party to this suit however due to our strong working partnership on this matter with the FEA, School Supt’s and School Boards our concerns have been carried forward along with theirs. Certainly, whatever the decision, it will affect full-time employees at all our colleges. There is no timetable on when the court renders its final edict on the matter. It could be 3 days, three months, or even longer. Either way, if the suit holds, and one of the attorneys I met with yesterday is confident their argument is right, as evidenced by the Judge Fulford 2nd Circuit court ruling, the payback of 3% will probably become a significant budget issue and a negotiated process that could take much longer. Total dollars collected by December are estimated to be about $1.2B, none of which went into the FRS. It all went into general revenue to offset employer contribution costs across the system. So a general appropriation will need to be made in order to authorize the re-payment.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Effective 8/2012 Updates will be available for 60 days. For archived copies, contact dlivesay@hccfl.edu