FASBO is always looking for stories to help fill our bi-annual magazine, Florida School Business. You're the experts of your field – and we would like you to share new innovative solutions and ideas with your peers. We are seeking submissions for feature material in the following fields: Auditing; Business Management; Environmental/Energy; Facilities Planning and Operations; Finance, Fixed Assets/Property Control; Food and Nutrition Service; Human Resources; Information Technology; Maintenance; Purchasing; Risk Management; Safety and Transportation. 

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FASBO was forced to cancel the 2020 annual conference.

However, as of now, we are planning to convene once again in October to help school business leaders hone their skills and interact with colleagues.

Conference highlights include:

•  44 in-depth professional development sessions presented by state & national experts
•  50+ exhibitors showcasing their products and solutions at Florida's school business expo
•  100+ attendees, including the best and brightest in school leadership
•   Inspiring keynote speakers

The conference will be held at the The DoubleTree Seaworld in Orlando, FL. 

For more than 52 years, FASBO has been uniting school business leaders to help you hone your skills, advance your career and build your network. Meet face to face with your colleagues and friends, connect with their knowledge and expertise, and start sending your own positive shifts throughout school business today!

Conference registration is $200

FASBO has extended Professional Development Ceterifictation Credits into 2021. 

School business is a very complex and demanding profession requiring a special set of knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that those that follow us have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities. To that end, the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of School Business Officials (FASBO) has embarked on the creation of a Professional Certification Program.

Although Florida is the fourth largest state in the nation, it is one of nineteen states with no certification or credentialing requirements. The Florida School Finance Council has recognized this emerging issue. It is the feeling of the Council that certification or credentialing will benefit individual school districts and the statewide education system as it will address recruitment and retention issues, cultivate talent internally, encourage best practices, and build a cadre of professional school business leaders and staff members. As technology advances an increased need for training at the clerical and paraprofessional is also becoming more apparent.

Recognizing the importance of attaining professionalism for school business officials, not only with regard to acquired knowledge and experience, but also in terms of the recognition and respect of peers and other professionals, FASBO’s Board of Directors established its Professional Certification Program in 2009.

The Program offers both acknowledgment and recognition for professionals at all levels of school business management. Certification is a way of recognizing those individuals with the background, training, and on-the-job experience to meet recognized standards of professional competence.

In light of concerns identified in a mid-year survey from the National Association of Elementary School Principals, school and district leaders shared their perspectives. (K-12 DIVE)

Many districts still have a paper-based workflow that costs time, money, and effort. Here's how to overcome the obstacles to going digital. (District Administration)

More schools than ever before have access to high-speed internet, yet there are still many schools that are forced to use dial-up internet. This poses serious issues with students learning the digital skills necessary to succed in the 21st century, and for teachers who are in need of the most up-to-date tools available to teach their students when the internet available won’t support those tools. It’s time that K-12 leaders get creative to make the case for network upgrades! (The Tech Edvocate)

Even when schools return to "normal," changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit professional learning in several ways. (K-12 DIVE)