Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1166
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/04/2016 01:09 PM       .                                
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 303 and 304
    4  insert:
    5         (25) FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.—A parent has the right to know
    6  the average amount of money estimated to be expended from all
    7  local, state, and federal sources for the education of his or
    8  her child, including operating and capital outlay expenses. By
    9  December 31 of each year, the department shall publish on its
   10  website from each school district’s annual financial report,
   11  expenditures on a per FTE basis for general, special revenue,
   12  debt service, and capital project funds and a total of such
   13  expenditures. Fiduciary, enterprise, and internal service funds
   14  may not be included. By December 31 of each year, each school
   15  district shall publish the school district’s funding information
   16  in the same format on its website. With the exception of
   17  expenditures from debt service and capital project funds, the
   18  same information regarding the specific school shall be made
   19  available to students on each school’s website, provided to
   20  parents in the school financial report, and published in the
   21  student handbook or a similar publication.
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   23  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   24  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 233
   26  and insert:
   27  amended, and subsection (25) is added to that section, to read:
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 24
   32  and insert:
   33         enrollment; providing the right of a parent to know an
   34         estimated amount of money expended for the education
   35         of his or her child; requiring the Department of
   36         Education to annually publish certain financial
   37         information on its website by a specified date;
   38         requiring each school district to publish certain
   39         financial information on its website by a specified
   40         date; requiring certain financial information to be
   41         published on each school’s website, provided in the
   42         school financial report, and authorizing the
   43         information to be published in the student handbook or
   44         a similar publication; amending s. 1002.31, F.S.;
   45         requiring each