Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 7029
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 810 and 811
    4  insert:
    5         Section 12. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
    6  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall review and provide
    7  recommendations to allow student access to massive open online
    8  courses for funding in both the K-12 and postsecondary programs.
    9  The review must consider, but is not limited to, the
   10  identification of courses, provider qualification review,
   11  accreditation, teacher or instructor credentials, course content
   12  and standards, financial accountability, and a funding process.
   13  OPPAGA shall provide the findings and recommendations to the
   14  Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the Senate,
   15  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 31,
   16  2013.
   17         Section 13. The Department of Education shall develop a
   18  methodology and plan for calculating the Florida Education
   19  Finance Program to limit the sum of each student’s full-time
   20  equivalent student membership value from all programs or courses
   21  to 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE). The department’s plan must
   22  include revised procedures for reporting and computing each
   23  district’s annual allocation from the Florida Education Finance
   24  Program and shall identify steps that the department and school
   25  districts will take to implement the new procedures during the
   26  2014-2015 fiscal year. The department shall conduct a student
   27  based simulation of the revised methodology concurrent with the
   28  2013-2014 FTE reporting and funding process. The department
   29  shall submit its plan and a summary of the results of the
   30  simulation to the Executive Office of the Governor, the
   31  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   32  Representatives by January 31, 2014.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 57
   37  and insert:
   38         identifier; requiring the Office of Program Policy
   39         Analysis and Government Accountability to review and
   40         provide recommendations to allow student access to
   41         massive open online courses for funding purposes;
   42         providing review requirements; requiring the office to
   43         provide findings and recommendations to the Governor
   44         and the Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
   45         Department of Education to develop a methodology and
   46         plan for calculating the Florida Education Finance
   47         Program which limits the sum of each student’s full
   48         time equivalent student membership value from all
   49         virtual programs or courses; providing requirements
   50         for the plan; requiring the department to conduct a
   51         student-based simulation of the revised methodology;
   52         requiring the department to submit a report to the
   53         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
   54         providing an effective date.