Florida Senate - 2016 SB 982
By Senator Hutson
6-01136-16 2016982__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education; amending s. 1011.62,
3 F.S.; authorizing a maximum bonus of $3,000 for
4 Advanced International Certificate of Education
5 teachers under certain circumstances; providing an
6 effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section
11 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
13 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
14 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
15 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
16 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
17 follows:
18 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
19 OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
20 determining the annual allocation to each district for
21 operation:
22 (m) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
23 membership based on Advanced International Certificate of
24 Education examination scores of students.—A value of 0.16 full
25 time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
26 student enrolled in a full-credit Advanced International
27 Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
28 higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.08 full-time
29 equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
30 student enrolled in a half-credit Advanced International
31 Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
32 higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.3 full-time
33 equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
34 student who receives an Advanced International Certificate of
35 Education diploma. Such value shall be added to the total full
36 time equivalent student membership in basic programs for grades
37 9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. The school district
38 shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided Advanced
39 International Certificate of Education instruction:
40 1. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
41 the Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher in
42 each full-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
43 course who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
44 International Certificate of Education examination. A bonus in
45 the amount of $25 for each student taught by the Advanced
46 International Certificate of Education teacher in each half
47 credit Advanced International Certificate of Education course
48 who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
49 International Certificate of Education examination.
50 2. An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced
51 International Certificate of Education teacher in a school
52 designated with a grade of “D” or “F” who has at least one
53 student scoring E or higher on the full-credit Advanced
54 International Certificate of Education examination, regardless
55 of the number of classes taught or of the number of students
56 scoring an E or higher on the full-credit Advanced International
57 Certificate of Education examination.
58 3. Additional bonuses of $250 each to teachers of half
59 credit Advanced International Certificate of Education classes
60 in a school designated with a grade of “D” or “F” which has at
61 least one student scoring an E or higher on the half-credit
62 Advanced International Certificate of Education examination in
63 that class. The maximum additional bonus for a teacher awarded
64 in accordance with this subparagraph shall not exceed $500 in
65 any given school year. Teachers receiving an award under
66 subparagraph 2. are not eligible for a bonus under this
67 subparagraph.
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69 Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
70 not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in
71 addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher received
72 or is scheduled to receive. However, the maximum bonus shall be
73 $3,000 if at least 50 percent of the students enrolled in a
74 teacher’s Advanced International Certificate of Education course
75 at a school that received a school grade of “A,” “B,” or “C”
76 earn a score of “E” or higher on the Advanced Level or Advanced
77 Subsidiary Level examination; or if at least 25 percent of the
78 students enrolled in a teacher’s Advanced International
79 Certificate of Education course at a school that received a
80 school grade of “D” or “F” earn a score of “E” or higher on the
81 Advanced Level or Advanced Subsidiary Level examination. Bonuses
82 awarded under this paragraph shall be in addition to any regular
83 wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to
84 receive. For such courses, the teacher shall earn an additional
85 bonus of $50 for each student who has a qualifying score, up to
86 the maximum of $3,000 in any given school year.
87 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.