Monday: No Child Left Behind listening sessions with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, 8:30 a.m. at Blake High School, 10 a.m. at Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association headquarters; Senate Education K-12 Committee, 3:15 p.m.; Senate Higher Education Committee, 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday: Pinellas School Board, 5 p.m.; Senate Education K-12 Appropriations Committee, 9:30 a.m.; Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee, 9 a.m.

Wednesday: FAMU Task Force, 9:45 a.m., Tallahassee (agenda); House Schools and Learning Council, 10 a.m.

Friday: Education Practices Commission, 8:30 a.m., Tallahassee

Sept. 4: Pasco School Board, 9:30 a.m., Hernando School Board, workshop and meeting

Sept. 6: Hillsborough School Board, final budget hearing, 5 p.m.

Sept. 7: Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, subcommittee on improving educational outcomes, 11 a.m. conference call

Sept. 10: Department of Education, workshop on secondary and postsecondary curriculum alignment, 10 a.m., Tallahassee; Senate Education and Higher Education committees, 3:15 p.m.

Sept. 11: Pinellas School Board, 10 a.m.; Pasco School Board, final budget hearing, 6 p.m.; Senate Education and Higher Education appropriation committees, 8:30 a.m.

Sept. 12: No Child Left Behind forum with U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite and K-12 Chancellor Cheri Yecke, 6:30 p.m., Pasco School Board chambers

Sept. 17-18: State Board of Education, chancellor candidate interviews, Tampa

Sept. 18: Florida Legislature, special session on budget, Tallahassee; State Board of Education, Tampa

Sept. 18-20: State Instructional Materials committees, 8:30 a.m., Jacksonville