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HB 5101: Prekindergarten through Grade 12 Education Funding

GENERAL BILL by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee ; Coley

Prekindergarten through Grade 12 Education Funding; Deletes provisions that authorize DOE to provide equipment, funds, & other services to extend & update existing & proposed educational radio systems; deletes provisions that authorize DOE support & funding for public broadcasting program system educational radio stations; requires that any contract or employment agreement, or renewal or renegotiation of existing contract or employment agreement, entered into by school district with officer, agent, employee, or contractor which contains provision for severance pay include provisions in s. 215.425, F.S., relating to limitations on extra compensation, bonuses, & severance pay; revises provisions relating to calculation of total administrative fee for providing administrative & educational services to charter schools; requires that each school district having low-performing elementary schools use funds from supplemental academic instruction categorical fund, along with school district's research-based reading instruction allocation, to provide additional hour of instruction per day for intensive reading instruction.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 4/22/2012 - Chapter No. 2012-133, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2012-118)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/25/2012 House • Filed
• Introduced -HJ 274
1/26/2012 House • Referred to Appropriations Committee -HJ 297
1/30/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/01/12, 11:00 am, Webster Hall
2/1/2012 House • Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 -HJ 457
2/2/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 457
2/6/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/12
2/8/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 531
• Amendment(s) adopted (593947) -HJ 531
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/9/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 554
• Passed as amended; YEAS 80 NAYS 36 -HJ 554
• Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to conference -HJ 566
2/14/2012 Senate • In Messages
2/21/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 550
• Referred to Budget -SJ 550
2/23/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 588
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 588
• Substituted for SB 1972 -SJ 588
• Read 2nd time -SJ 588
• Amendment(s) adopted (907770) -SJ 589
• Read 3rd time -SJ 594
• Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 594
• The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference -SJ 602
• Immediately certified -SJ 594
2/23/2012 House • In returning messages
2/28/2012 House • Conference Committee appointed: Representatives Coley (Chair), Adkins, Clarke-Reed, Fresen, Gaetz, Hager, Kiar, Logan, Smith, Thompson, G. -HJ 899
2/28/2012 Senate • Conference Committee appointed: Budget Conference Committee on Budget/Appropriations: Alexander (Chair), Negron (Vice Chair), Bennett (At Large), Gaetz (At Large), Gardiner (At Large), Joyner (At Large), Rich (At Large), Thrasher (At Large); Budget Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Bogdanoff (Chair), Evers, Smith, Storms; Budget Conference Committee on Education Pre-K - 12/PreK-12: Simmons (Chair), Detert, Gardiner, Montford, Ring; Budget Conference Committee on Finance and Tax: Norman (Chair), Alexander, Gaetz, Siplin; Budget Conference Committee on General Government/Government Operations: Hays (Chair), Braynon, Bullard, Diaz de la Portilla, Dockery, Jones, Thrasher; Budget Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Negron (Chair), Fasano, Flores, Garcia, Oelrich, Rich, Richter, Sobel; Budget Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Lynn (Chair), Altman, Sachs, Siplin, Wise; Budget Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development: Benacquisto (Chair), Bennett, Dean, Gibson, Latvala, Margolis -SJ 704
3/9/2012 House • Conference Committee Report considered -HJ 1343
• Conference Committee Report adopted (555457) -HJ 1351
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 80 NAYS 38 -HJ 1351
3/9/2012 Senate • In returning messages
• Conference Committee Report received -SJ 1289
• Conference Committee Report adopted (555457) -SJ 1290
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 35 NAYS 4 -SJ 1297
3/9/2012 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1716
4/6/2012 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/20/2012 • Approved by Governor
4/22/2012 • Chapter No. 2012-133, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2012-118)