Daily Updates

March 30 Updates

Volusia County Schools

VCS school buses to assist with meal delivery for students the week of March 30 - April 3

Volusia County Schools (VCS) Student Transportation Services will be assisting District staff with food delivery to centralized locations within the community. Meals will be handed out directly to families; students must be present. Student Transportation will also have the resources available should a shuttle run for additional food be needed. View the list of schools sites and bus sites.

Department of Revenue extends property tax payment due date from March 31 to April 15

On March 26, Department of Revenue Executive Director Jim Zingale issued an emergency order to extend the final due date for property tax payments for the 2019 tax year. The Department also extended the due date to file railroad, railroad terminal, private car and freight line and equipment company property tax returns. Order of Emergency Waiver/Deviation #20-52-DOR-01 applies to all 67 Florida counties. Property tax is normally due by March 31 in the year following the year the taxes are assessed. The Department waives the due date so that payments remitted by April 15, 2020, for the 2019 tax year will be considered timely paid. Property tax returns for railroad, railroad terminal, private car and freight line and equipment company property are normally due by April 1. Returns will be timely filed if filed by April 15, 2020. Read the full news release.

March 27 Updates

Employment resources

• Florida Department of Economic Opportunity- Have you been impacted by efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the state of Florida? File your Reemployment Assistance Claim through CONNECT, Florida’s online Reemployment Assistance System. For assistance completing your application, watch the application guide video. Those seeking asisstance should all review Frequently Asked Questions regarding reemployment assistance related to COVID-19.
   
• CareerSource Flagler Volusia- Visit the website for job training resources, as well as job search resources.

Volusia County Schools
At-home, core class instruction (ELA, math, science and social studies) will begin Monday, March 30 for all students (VPK through 12 grade.) The Instructional Continuity Plan can be reviewed at https://www.vcsedu.org/icp. Additionally, students should complete an Instructional Continuity Log (ICL) for each non-core class. The ICL offers a few examples of continued learning in those content areas. Unless your teacher has communicated a different plan for learning, you will use this log through April 10. Please record at least one hour per week for each of your non-core classes (90 minutes per week for PE). The ICL and its instructions are accessible through the student's V-Portal. A printed copy will be available at your school site if needed. Please send the completed document to your teacher by Friday, April 3, and again on Friday, April 10, unless alternative plans were communicated to you by your teacher.

Volusia County Schools has also compiled a list of frequently asked questions, which can be found at https://www.vcsedu.org/urgent-information/ask-question.

March 26 Updates

• Volusia County Schools
  At-home, core class instruction (ELA, math, science and social studies) will begin Monday, March 30 for all students (VPK through 12 grade.) The Instructional Continuity Plan can be reviewed at https://www.vcsedu.org/icp. Additionally, students should complete an Instructional Continuity Log (ICL) for each non-core class. The ICL offers a few examples of continued learning in those content areas. Unless your teacher has communicated a different plan for learning, you will use this log through April 10. Please record at least one hour per week for each of your non-core classes (90 minutes per week for PE). The ICL and its instructions are accessible through the student's V-Portal. A printed copy will be available at your school site if needed. Please send the completed document to your teacher by Friday, April 3, and again on Friday, April 10, unless alternative plans were communicated to you by your teacher.
  
  Volusia County Schools has also compiled a list of frequently asked questions, which can be found at https://www.vcsedu.org/urgent-information/ask-question.
   

• Small business owners
  FloridaDisaster.biz (a partnership between the Florida Departmnet of Economic Opportunity and the Florida Division of Emergency Management) is asking small business owners to take a quick survey to help the state determine resources needed to assist employers and small business affected by #COVID19. Complete the survey at https://floridadisaster.biz/BusinessDamageAssessments. For more information, visit www.floridadisaster.biz.
   

• Density of the workforce
  Per a public health advisory issued by State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, all business owners, supervisors, managers and others in charge of conducting business in the state of Florida should allow telework of employees to the extent that can be accomplished without significantly disrupting the ability to conduct business. Employers should make every effort to reduce the onsite workforce to 50% capacity, where possible, to the extent that reduction can be accomplished without significantly disrupting the ability to conduct business.