FLISA News

As we head in to the new year, there FLISA has its largest membership in nearly two decades.  Many of these members attended our Winter meeting in Clearwater/St. Pete January 30-31st.

As FLISA is a member-driven organization all of our members are vital to prepare our message and shaping our organization.  Our organization’s three major committees, Membership, Advocacy and Messaging has been coordinating our efforts for the new congress.

Now it is more important than ever that congress understands that every student in a 7002 impacted school is federally connected through the loss of property tax dollars due to the federal presence in their community.

During our meeting an aggressive strategy was laid out among our subgroups to protect and expand federal dollars for 7002 eligible districts. You can read more on our subgroup efforts under the Meeting Minutes section on our webpage.

The members of FLISA are dedicated to advancing the cause of not just federal property schools but for all students relying upon Impact Aid to fund their academic programming.  We fully appreciate and support the efforts of all of our NAFIS family and look forward to our continued united efforts during the 119^thCongress.

The link below will take you to the Excel Spreadsheet for Estimating Future Payments based on Impact Aid History discussed at the Fall NAFIS Conference, 2024.

For those attending the agenda for FLISA meetings at the NAFIS 2024 Fall Conference have been posted under the events tab. Safe Travels

  NAFIS is featuring sub-groups in their upcoming IMPACT Newsletter. Read a preview of our FLISA statement at the link below. FLISA IMPACT July 2024

FLISA Board is in San Diego preparing for our 2024 Summer meeting on Friday, June 21st.  Planning is underway for our FY 25 appropriations strategy.  Thanks to all of our committee members who got an early start on our efforts.  Stay Classy FLISA team.

FLISA members, on behalf of all of our federal lands impacted schools, made over twenty unique contacts with members of Congress during FRO (Federal Relations Outreach).  Here are just a few photos from our advocacy with Senator Chris Murphy (Conn.), Senator Tina Smith (Minn.) and Representatives Quigley (IL), Tenney (NY), and Joyce (OH).  

A big FLISA thank you to Mark, Steph, Christine, Wes, for their work in Washington at this Spring's Federal Relations Outreach (FRO) program. The accompanying photo shows the four of us (plus Tom the FLISA Executive Director) at the Department of Education, where an initial briefing meeting took place before we teamed up to advocate on The Hill. Each advocacy team dispatched to The Hill includes a representative from each of the NAFIS Sub-groups. Typically, our FRO meetings allow us access to congressional offices that we might not otherwise reach. Additionally, working with representatives from other sub-groups provides NAFIS family members an opportunity to learn from each other while making our "pitch" to congress members. Thanks for representing our FLISA impacted schools at this important event. Also shown: A photo of Christine and Steph with representatives from MISA and South Dakota Impact Aid Associations.

  The Impact Aid FLISA Organization recognizes outgoing President Cathie Peznoski as a true champion for Impact Aid Schools! Thank you Cathie!