TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s legislative leaders will open the annual legislative session on Tuesday and lay out a bare bones agenda focused primarily on the budget and redistricting.

With the exception of a proposed casino expansion and an attempt to cut down on fraud in the state’s auto insurance industry, legislators plan to steer clear of as much controversy this year as possible as every incumbent prepares to run in newly drawn legislative districts.

The agenda, however, belies the worst economic crisis facing Floridians in decades. Democrats say legislators want to avoid tackling the toughest issues in an election year. But Republican leaders say they accomplished so many reforms last year — from reforming Medicaid to limiting teacher tenure, cutting state employee benefits, privatizing prisons and balancing the budget that legislators are weary.

“Most of the goals I had when I came here I met,’’ said Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, noting that his focus was to help his successor. “My goal now is to have Don Gaetz have an early start in the Senate presidency.”

House Speaker Dean Cannon said that after yearly budget cuts, “there’s almost a fatigue factor,’’ for lawmakers. “We’re continuing to do what we believe in — which is making smart budget cuts, but they’re difficult.”

Haridopolos last week said the agenda could be completed by mid-February and recommended that lawmakers, adjourn early, and come back to complete the budget later in the spring when projections for tax revenue are more clear.

But on Monday the liberal-leaning Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy released what it calls “the reality in Florida” and questioned whether the agendas outlined by Hardiopolos, Cannon and Scott on Tuesday will address them.

Among the issues:

Unemployment: There are 926,000 Floridians out of work and the state’s unemployment rate of 10 percent remains above the national average of 8.6 percent, the sixth-highest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Homelessness: Nearly 60,000 adults and more than 50,000 children live on the streets in Florida, the third-highest rate in the nation, according to the state Council on Homelessness.

Foreclosure: Home foreclosure rates in Florida continue to exceed the national average with 12 percent statewide, the second-highest in the nation, compared to the national average of 3.5 percent in October. Statistics show that of 25 metropolitan areas with the highest foreclosure rates, 17 are in Florida. Miami-Dade has the highest average.

Health insurance: 21 percent of Floridians and 13 percent of all children have no health care coverage, the fourth highest in the nation according to state officials.

Karen Woodall, acting director of the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy, said there will be bills to address many of these issues but they are proposed by Democrats, who comprise a minority so small in each chamber that they can barely stop even a procedural vote and are unlikely to get heard.

“It may not be in the leadership’s agenda but there will be bills filed,’’ Woodall said.

Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, for example, has proposed a bill that would repeal state tax exemptions and force the Legislature to justify them again.