1. Increase funding by at least 3% to allow districts to provide salary raises to school-based administrators using their current formulas.

2. FASA supports high-quality professional development for all educators that makes a positive change to their practice to support student achievement. Research shows investing in the professional learning of administrators has the highest return on investment. A specific line item of funding should be allocated to districts for administrator professional development.

3. Support funding for experienced teacher salaries to address salary compression and fully fund the requirement to pay starting teachers at least $47,500.

4. Allow for 5 years to obtain full certification with a degree outside of the college of education to align with veteran allowances.

5. Make subject area exams required after temporary certification is received.

6. FASA supports flexibility in funding for the recruitment and retention of certified educators; specifically, in mentoring teachers in the first three years of their career and providing for a loan forgiveness or incentive program for new teachers in teacher shortage areas as determined by the Florida Department of Education.  FUNDING FOR STUDENT LEARNING

7. Increase the Base Student Allocation (BSA) and adjust for student population growth.

8. Continue to maintain the RLE to stabilize funding.

9. Restore local control to school districts to review millage discretionary funding (to 2 mills) to school boards to support Capital Outlay, where the proportion provided to public and charter schools is equitable in such a way that public schools, who provide the education for the majority of students in a district, receive at least the same amount of capital outlay money as charter schools on a consistent basis.

10. Provide maximum flexibility for all school district revenues to be used to meet the needs of students.

11. Support the FDOE request to increase funding for transportation needs including additional bus drivers and incentivize the use of aides on school buses.

12. Continue funding for the digital classroom allocation and emphasize for school leaders to determine appropriate professional development as needed for administrators and teachers to implement a digital learning environment.

13. Expand the funding for instructional materials categorical due to the change to the B.E.S.T. Standards, increase in dual enrollment, and digital instructional material costs.

14. Recognize the importance of early childhood education for children from birth to grade 2 and support an increase in funding for full day early childhood education to better prepare students for K-12 education standards.

15. Revise Florida Statutes and related State Board of Education Rules to allow school districts to promote school and district successes (to exclude paid advertising and signage for candidates). Currently, districts are required to promote programs of the district but are forbidden from  using public dollars. Revise Florida Statute and State Board of Education Rules to allow school districts to promote programs through use of public dollars.  SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL.

16. Increase the Safe Schools Categorical per student funding to provide: a. More School Resource Officers (SRO) to keep schools safe and reach the goal of a minimum of one SRO in each school with the ultimate goal of one SRO per 1,000 students. b. Ongoing stipends for guardians and to fully implement the intent of Alyssa’s Law.
17. Include administrators in the group receiving family benefits when killed in the line of duty. 18. FASA supports minimizing out-of-school suspensions except in the cases where student and staff safety and welfare are concerned.

19. Address the mental well-being for our students by adding school psychologists, healthcare/mental health nurses, and counselors to reduce the number of students Baker Acted. Increase mental health services to target the impact of social media. Encourage insurance companies to provide additional coverage for mental health services.

20. Provide funding for school nurses in EACH school to support the health needs of students. 21. Strengthen legislation that will allow for the prosecution of individuals threatening schools regardless of the specificity of the threat. 22. Increase funding for cameras on school campuses. 23. Allow for stop-arm cameras on school buses to capture images of violators.

24. Ensure schools are open for learning by working with the local government to find alternative facilities for hurricane shelters. Ensure every county has a plan to house and transport those in shelters to other locations after a storm has passed to maximize student learning and open schools to students.