Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2500-A
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Simmons moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (713918) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 5 - 18
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6 Section 1. (1) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the recurring
7 sum of $440,015,734 from the General Revenue Fund and the
8 nonrecurring sum of $49,081,005 from the General Revenue Fund
9 are appropriated to the Department of Education in the Aid to
10 Local Governments Grants and Aids – Florida Educational Finance
11 Program category as a supplement to funds provided for the
12 Florida Education Finance Program in Specific Appropriation 91
13 of chapter 2017-70, Laws of Florida.
14 (2) From the funds provided in subsection (1), the base
15 student allocation shall increase by $127.60 and the Federally
16 Connected Student Supplement shall increase by $154,341.
17 (3) The Total Required Local Effort designated in Specific
18 Appropriation 91 of chapter 2017-70, Laws of Florida, shall
19 decrease by $1,316,805.
20 (4) From the funds provided in subsection (1), $100,000,000
21 is provided for intensive interventions and supports to schools
22 that have earned three consecutive grades lower than a “C,”
23 pursuant to s. 1008.34, Florida Statutes.
24 (a) These funds shall be used to:
25 1. Implement an extended school day or school year program
26 that may consist of any combination of extended regular school
27 day, evening, weekend, or summer school instruction that
28 provides an additional 240 hours of additional learning time;
29 2. Provide wrap-around services that include, but are not
30 limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, student
31 counseling, nutrition education, health services, parental
32 counseling, drug-prevention programs, college and career
33 readiness, food and clothing banks, and adult education; or
34 3. Implement other evidence-based interventions or models
35 that develop a school culture of attending college, high
36 academic expectations, increased parent engagement, and
37 character development.
38 (b) Each school district receiving these funds must develop
39 and submit to the Department of Education a school-based
40 implementation plan that specifically delineates:
41 1. How the funds will be used to transform the whole school
42 to improve student success;
43 2. The current baseline standards of student academic
44 achievement, the outcomes to be achieved, and the method of
45 measurement that will be used;
46 3. Activities to increase parental involvement and
47 engagement in the child’s education;
48 4. How the school district will identify, recruit, retain,
49 and reward instructional and school administrative personnel;
50 and
51 5. The provision of professional development that focuses
52 on academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high
53 academic and character standards.
54 (5) The funds provided in this section shall be allocated
55 proportionately based on the FTE for eligible schools.
56 (6) This section expires July 1, 2018.
57 Section 2. Section 71 of Committee Substitute for House
58 Bill 7069, First Engrossed, enacted in the 2017 Regular Session,
59 is amended to read:
60 Section 71. For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, $40 million
61 $413,950,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund
62 and $5 million in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue
63 Fund are appropriated to the Department of Education to
64 implement this act. Of these funds, $233,950,000 shall be used
65 to implement the Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program
66 pursuant to s. 1012.731, Florida Statutes, and the Best and
67 Brightest Principal Scholarship Program pursuant to s. 1012.732,
68 Florida Statutes, $30 million shall be used to implement the
69 Gardiner Scholarship Program pursuant to s. 1002.385, Florida
70 Statutes, and $10 million in recurring funds and $5 million in
71 nonrecurring funds shall be used to implement the provisions of
72 this act relating to statewide student assessments. The
73 remaining funds shall be used to implement the remaining
74 provisions of this act, except for the implementation of the
75 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program, as
76 created by s. 1003.481, Florida Statutes, the Committee on Early
77 Grade Success, as created by section 65 of this act, and the
78 Shared Use Task Force, as created by section 67 of this act.
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81 And the title is amended as follows:
82 Delete line 32
83 and insert:
84 Education Finance Program; amending s. 71, CS for SB
85 7069, 1st Eng., enacted in the 2017 Regular Session;
86 revising appropriations to the Department of Education
87 for implementation of CS for HB 7069; providing
88 effective dates.