Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 7055
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Braynon) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (903516) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 1001.10,
    7  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         1001.10 Commissioner of Education; general powers and
    9  duties.—
   10         (4) The Department of Education shall provide technical
   11  assistance to school districts, charter schools, the Florida
   12  School for the Deaf and the Blind, and private schools that
   13  accept scholarship students under s. 1002.385, s. 1002.39, or s.
   14  1002.395, or another state scholarship program under chapter
   15  1002 in the development of policies, procedures, and training
   16  related to employment practices and standards of ethical conduct
   17  for instructional personnel and school administrators, as
   18  defined in s. 1012.01.
   19         (5) The Department of Education shall provide authorized
   20  staff of school districts, charter schools, the Florida School
   21  for the Deaf and the Blind, and private schools that accept
   22  scholarship students under s. 1002.385, s. 1002.39, or s.
   23  1002.395, or another state scholarship program under chapter
   24  1002, with access to electronic verification of information from
   25  the following employment screening tools:
   26         (a) The Professional Practices’ Database of Disciplinary
   27  Actions Against Educators; and
   28         (b) The Department of Education’s Teacher Certification
   29  Database.
   30  
   31  This subsection does not require the department to provide these
   32  staff with unlimited access to the databases. However, the
   33  department shall provide the staff with access to the data
   34  necessary for performing employment history checks of the
   35  instructional personnel and school administrators included in
   36  the databases.
   37         Section 2. Section 1001.4205, Florida Statutes, is amended
   38  to read:
   39         1001.4205 Visitation of schools by an individual school
   40  board or charter school governing board member.—An individual
   41  member of a district school board may, on any day and at any
   42  time at his or her pleasure, visit any district school in his or
   43  her school district. An individual member of the State
   44  Legislature may, on any day and at any time at his or her
   45  pleasure, visit any district school, including any charter
   46  school, in his or her legislative district. An individual member
   47  of a charter school governing board member may, on any day and
   48  at any time at his or her pleasure, visit any charter school
   49  governed by the charter school’s governing board.
   50         (1) The visiting individual board member must sign in and
   51  sign out at the school’s main office and wear his or her board
   52  or State Legislature identification badge, as applicable, at all
   53  times while present on school premises.
   54         (2) The board, the school, or any other person or entity,
   55  including, but not limited to, the principal of the school, the
   56  school superintendent, or any other board member, may not
   57  require the visiting individual board member to provide notice
   58  before visiting the school.
   59         (3) The school may offer, but may not require, an escort to
   60  accompany the a visiting individual board member during the
   61  visit.
   62         (4) A Another board member or a district employee,
   63  including, but not limited to, the superintendent, the school
   64  principal, or the superintendent’s or the principal’s his or her
   65  designee, may not limit the duration or scope of the visit or
   66  direct the a visiting individual board member to leave the
   67  premises.
   68         (5) A board, district, or school administrative policy or
   69  practice may not prohibit or limit the authority granted to the
   70  visiting individual a board member under this section.
   71  
   72         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
   73  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   74         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   75         (6) APPLICATION PROCESS AND REVIEW.—Charter school
   76  applications are subject to the following requirements:
   77         (b) A sponsor shall receive and review all applications for
   78  a charter school using the evaluation instrument developed by
   79  the Department of Education. A sponsor shall receive and
   80  consider charter school applications received on or before
   81  August 1 of each calendar year for charter schools to be opened
   82  at the beginning of the school district’s next school year, or
   83  to be opened at a time agreed to by the applicant and the
   84  sponsor. A sponsor may not refuse to receive a charter school
   85  application submitted before August 1 and may receive an
   86  application submitted later than August 1 if it chooses.
   87  Beginning in 2018 and thereafter, a sponsor shall receive and
   88  consider charter school applications received on or before
   89  February 1 of each calendar year for charter schools to be
   90  opened 18 months later at the beginning of the school district’s
   91  school year, or to be opened at a time agreed to by the
   92  applicant and the sponsor. A sponsor may not refuse to receive a
   93  charter school application submitted before February 1 and may
   94  receive an application submitted later than February 1 if it
   95  chooses. A sponsor may not charge an applicant for a charter any
   96  fee for the processing or consideration of an application, and a
   97  sponsor may not base its consideration or approval of a final
   98  application upon the promise of future payment of any kind.
   99  Before approving or denying any application, the sponsor shall
  100  allow the applicant, upon receipt of written notification, at
  101  least 7 calendar days to make technical or nonsubstantive
  102  corrections and clarifications, including, but not limited to,
  103  corrections of grammatical, typographical, and like errors or
  104  missing signatures, if such errors are identified by the sponsor
  105  as cause to deny the final application.
  106         1. In order to facilitate an accurate budget projection
  107  process, a sponsor shall be held harmless for FTE students who
  108  are not included in the FTE projection due to approval of
  109  charter school applications after the FTE projection deadline.
  110  In a further effort to facilitate an accurate budget projection,
  111  within 15 calendar days after receipt of a charter school
  112  application, a sponsor shall report to the Department of
  113  Education the name of the applicant entity, the proposed charter
  114  school location, and its projected FTE.
  115         2. In order to ensure fiscal responsibility, an application
  116  for a charter school shall include a full accounting of expected
  117  assets, a projection of expected sources and amounts of income,
  118  including income derived from projected student enrollments and
  119  from community support, and an expense projection that includes
  120  full accounting of the costs of operation, including start-up
  121  costs.
  122         3.a. A sponsor shall by a majority vote approve or deny an
  123  application no later than 90 calendar days after the application
  124  is received, unless the sponsor and the applicant mutually agree
  125  in writing to temporarily postpone the vote to a specific date,
  126  at which time the sponsor shall by a majority vote approve or
  127  deny the application. If the sponsor fails to act on the
  128  application, an applicant may appeal to the State Board of
  129  Education as provided in paragraph (c). If an application is
  130  denied, the sponsor shall, within 10 calendar days after such
  131  denial, articulate in writing the specific reasons, based upon
  132  good cause, supporting its denial of the application and shall
  133  provide the letter of denial and supporting documentation to the
  134  applicant and to the Department of Education.
  135         b. An application submitted by a high-performing charter
  136  school identified pursuant to s. 1002.331 or a high-performing
  137  charter school system identified pursuant to s. 1002.332 may be
  138  denied by the sponsor only if the sponsor demonstrates by clear
  139  and convincing evidence that:
  140         (I) The application does not materially comply with the
  141  requirements in paragraph (a);
  142         (II) The charter school proposed in the application does
  143  not materially comply with the requirements in paragraphs
  144  (9)(a)-(f);
  145         (III) The proposed charter school’s educational program
  146  does not substantially replicate that of the applicant or one of
  147  the applicant’s high-performing charter schools;
  148         (IV) The applicant has made a material misrepresentation or
  149  false statement or concealed an essential or material fact
  150  during the application process; or
  151         (V) The proposed charter school’s educational program and
  152  financial management practices do not materially comply with the
  153  requirements of this section.
  154  
  155  Material noncompliance is a failure to follow requirements or a
  156  violation of prohibitions applicable to charter school
  157  applications, which failure is quantitatively or qualitatively
  158  significant either individually or when aggregated with other
  159  noncompliance. An applicant is considered to be replicating a
  160  high-performing charter school if the proposed school is
  161  substantially similar to at least one of the applicant’s high
  162  performing charter schools and the organization or individuals
  163  involved in the establishment and operation of the proposed
  164  school are significantly involved in the operation of replicated
  165  schools.
  166         c. If the sponsor denies an application submitted by a
  167  high-performing charter school or a high-performing charter
  168  school system, the sponsor must, within 10 calendar days after
  169  such denial, state in writing the specific reasons, based upon
  170  the criteria in sub-subparagraph b., supporting its denial of
  171  the application and must provide the letter of denial and
  172  supporting documentation to the applicant and to the Department
  173  of Education. The applicant may appeal the sponsor’s denial of
  174  the application in accordance with paragraph (c).
  175         4. For budget projection purposes, the sponsor shall report
  176  to the Department of Education the approval or denial of an
  177  application within 10 calendar days after such approval or
  178  denial. In the event of approval, the report to the Department
  179  of Education shall include the final projected FTE for the
  180  approved charter school.
  181         5. Upon approval of an application, the initial startup
  182  shall commence with the beginning of the public school calendar
  183  for the district in which the charter is granted. A charter
  184  school may defer the opening of the school’s operations for up
  185  to 3 2 years to provide time for adequate facility planning. The
  186  charter school must provide written notice of such intent to the
  187  sponsor and the parents of enrolled students at least 30
  188  calendar days before the first day of school.
  189         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 1002.331, Florida
  190  Statutes, is amended to read:
  191         1002.331 High-performing charter schools.—
  192         (1) A charter school is a high-performing charter school if
  193  it:
  194         (a) Received at least two school grades of “A” and no
  195  school grade below “B,” pursuant to s. 1008.34, during each of
  196  the previous 3 school years or received at least two consecutive
  197  school grades of “A” in the most recent 2 school years.
  198         (b) Received an unqualified opinion on each annual
  199  financial audit required under s. 218.39 in the most recent 3
  200  fiscal years for which such audits are available.
  201         (c) Did not receive a financial audit that revealed one or
  202  more of the financial emergency conditions set forth in s.
  203  218.503(1) in the most recent 3 fiscal years for which such
  204  audits are available. However, this requirement is deemed met
  205  for a charter school-in-the-workplace if there is a finding in
  206  an audit that the school has the monetary resources available to
  207  cover any reported deficiency or that the deficiency does not
  208  result in a deteriorating financial condition pursuant to s.
  209  1002.345(1)(a)3.
  210  
  211  For purposes of determining initial eligibility, the
  212  requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) only apply to the most
  213  recent 2 fiscal years if the charter school earns two
  214  consecutive grades of “A.” A virtual charter school established
  215  under s. 1002.33 is not eligible for designation as a high
  216  performing charter school.
  217         Section 5. Present subsections (11) and (12) of section
  218  1002.333, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (12)
  219  and (13), respectively, a new subsection (11) is added to that
  220  section, and subsections (1) and (2), paragraph (a) of
  221  subsection (4), paragraphs (b), (g), and (i) of subsection (5),
  222  paragraph (a) of subsection (7), subsection (9), and paragraph
  223  (b) of subsection (10) of that section are amended, to read:
  224         1002.333 Persistently low-performing schools.—
  225         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  226         (a) “Hope operator” means an entity identified by the
  227  department pursuant to subsection (2).
  228         (b) “Persistently low-performing school” means a school
  229  that has completed 2 school years of a district-managed
  230  turnaround plan required under s. 1008.33(4)(a) and has not
  231  improved its school grade to a “C” or higher, earned three
  232  consecutive grades lower than a “C,” pursuant to s. 1008.34, and
  233  a school that was closed pursuant to s. 1008.33(4) within 2
  234  years after the submission of a notice of intent.
  235         (c) “School of hope” means:
  236         1. A charter school operated by a hope operator which
  237  serves students from one or more persistently low-performing
  238  schools; is located in the attendance zone of a persistently
  239  low-performing school or within a 5-mile radius of such school,
  240  whichever is greater; and is a Title I eligible school; or
  241         2. A school operated by a hope operator pursuant to s.
  242  1008.33(4)(b)3.b. s. 1008.33(4)(b)3.
  243         (2) HOPE OPERATOR.—A hope operator is a nonprofit
  244  organization with tax exempt status under s. 501(c)(3) of the
  245  Internal Revenue Code which that operates three or more charter
  246  schools that serve students in grades K-12 in Florida or other
  247  states with a record of serving students from low-income
  248  families and is designated by the State Board of Education as a
  249  hope operator based on a determination that:
  250         (a) The past performance of the hope operator meets or
  251  exceeds the following criteria:
  252         1. The achievement of enrolled students exceeds the
  253  district and state averages of the states in which the
  254  operator’s schools operate;
  255         2. The average college attendance rate at all schools
  256  currently operated by the operator exceeds 80 percent, if such
  257  data is available;
  258         3. The percentage of students eligible for a free or
  259  reduced price lunch under the National School Lunch Act enrolled
  260  at all schools currently operated by the operator exceeds 70
  261  percent;
  262         4. The operator is in good standing with the authorizer in
  263  each state in which it operates;
  264         5. The audited financial statements of the operator are
  265  free of material misstatements and going concern issues; and
  266         6. Other outcome measures as determined by the State Board
  267  of Education;
  268         (b) The operator was awarded a United States Department of
  269  Education Charter School Program Grant for Replication and
  270  Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools within the preceding 3
  271  years before applying to be a hope operator;
  272         (c) The operator receives funding through the National Fund
  273  of the Charter School Growth Fund to accelerate the growth of
  274  the nation’s best charter schools; or
  275         (d) The operator is selected by a district school board in
  276  accordance with s. 1008.33.
  277  
  278  An entity that meets the requirements of paragraph (b),
  279  paragraph (c), or paragraph (d) before the adoption by the state
  280  board of measurable criteria pursuant to paragraph (a) shall be
  281  designated as a hope operator. After the adoption of the
  282  measurable criteria, an entity, including a governing board that
  283  operates a school established pursuant to s. 1008.33(4)(b)3.b.
  284  s. 1008.33(4)(b)3., shall be designated as a hope operator if it
  285  meets the criteria of paragraph (a).
  286         (4) ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS OF HOPE.—A hope operator
  287  seeking to open a school of hope must submit a notice of intent
  288  to the school district in which a persistently low-performing
  289  school has been identified by the State Board of Education
  290  pursuant to subsection (10).
  291         (a) The notice of intent must include all of the following:
  292         1. An academic focus and plan.
  293         2. A financial plan.
  294         3. Goals and objectives for increasing student achievement
  295  for the students from low-income families.
  296         4. A completed or planned community outreach plan.
  297         5. The organizational history of success in working with
  298  students with similar demographics.
  299         6. The grade levels to be served and enrollment
  300  projections.
  301         7. The specific proposed location or geographic area
  302  proposed for the school and its proximity to the persistently
  303  low-performing school or the plan to use the district-owned
  304  facilities of the persistently low-performing school.
  305         8. A staffing plan.
  306         9. An operations plan specifying the operator’s intent to
  307  undertake the operations of the persistently low-performing
  308  school in its entirety or through limited components of the
  309  operations.
  310         (5) PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENT.—The following shall
  311  comprise the entirety of the performance-based agreement:
  312         (b) The location or geographic area proposed for the school
  313  of hope and its proximity to the persistently low-performing
  314  school.
  315         (f)(g) The grounds for termination, including failure to
  316  meet the requirements for student performance established
  317  pursuant to paragraph (d) (e), generally accepted standards of
  318  fiscal management, or material violation of terms of the
  319  agreement. The nonrenewal or termination of a performance-based
  320  agreement must comply with the requirements of s. 1002.33(8).
  321         (h)(i) A provision establishing the initial term as 5
  322  years. The agreement must shall be renewed, upon the request of
  323  the hope operator, unless the school fails to meet the
  324  requirements for student performance established pursuant to
  325  paragraph (d) (e) or generally accepted standards of fiscal
  326  management or the school of hope materially violates the law or
  327  the terms of the agreement.
  328         (7) FACILITIES.—
  329         (a)1. A school of hope that meets the definition under
  330  subparagraph (1)(c)1. shall use facilities that comply with the
  331  Florida Building Code, except for the State Requirements for
  332  Educational Facilities. A school of hope that uses school
  333  district facilities must comply with the State Requirements for
  334  Educational Facilities only if the school district and the hope
  335  operator have entered into a mutual management plan for the
  336  reasonable maintenance of such facilities. The mutual management
  337  plan shall contain a provision by which the district school
  338  board agrees to maintain the school facilities in the same
  339  manner as its other public schools within the district.
  340         2.A school of hope that meets the definition under
  341  subparagraph (1)(c)2. and that receives funds from the hope
  342  supplemental services allocation under s. 1011.62(16) shall use
  343  the district-owned facilities of the persistently low-performing
  344  school that the school of hope operates. A school of hope that
  345  uses district-owned facilities must enter into a mutual
  346  management plan with the school district for the reasonable
  347  maintenance of the facilities. The mutual management plan must
  348  contain a provision specifying that the district school board
  349  agrees to maintain the school facilities in the same manner as
  350  other public schools within the district.
  351  
  352  The local governing authority shall not adopt or impose any
  353  local building requirements or site-development restrictions,
  354  such as parking and site-size criteria, student enrollment, and
  355  occupant load, that are addressed by and more stringent than
  356  those found in the State Requirements for Educational Facilities
  357  of the Florida Building Code. A local governing authority must
  358  treat schools of hope equitably in comparison to similar
  359  requirements, restrictions, and site planning processes imposed
  360  upon public schools. The agency having jurisdiction for
  361  inspection of a facility and issuance of a certificate of
  362  occupancy or use shall be the local municipality or, if in an
  363  unincorporated area, the county governing authority. If an
  364  official or employee of the local governing authority refuses to
  365  comply with this paragraph, the aggrieved school or entity has
  366  an immediate right to bring an action in circuit court to
  367  enforce its rights by injunction. An aggrieved party that
  368  receives injunctive relief may be awarded reasonable attorney
  369  fees and court costs.
  370         (9) FUNDING.—
  371         (a) Schools of hope shall be funded in accordance with s.
  372  1002.33(17).
  373         (b) Schools of hope shall receive priority in the
  374  department’s Public Charter School Grant Program competitions.
  375         (c) Schools of hope shall be considered charter schools for
  376  purposes of s. 1013.62, except charter capital outlay may not be
  377  used to purchase real property or for the construction of school
  378  facilities.
  379         (d) Schools of hope that meet the definition under
  380  subparagraph (1)(c)1. are eligible to receive funds from the
  381  Schools of Hope Program.
  382         (e) Schools of hope that meet the definition under
  383  subparagraph (1)(c)2. are eligible to receive funds from the
  384  hope supplemental services allocation established under s.
  385  1011.62(16).
  386         (10) SCHOOLS OF HOPE PROGRAM.—The Schools of Hope Program
  387  is created within the Department of Education.
  388         (b) A traditional public school that is required to submit
  389  a plan for implementation pursuant to s. 1008.33(4) is eligible
  390  to receive funding for services authorized up to $2,000 per
  391  full-time equivalent student from the hope supplemental services
  392  allocation established under s. 1011.62(16) Schools of Hope
  393  Program based upon the strength of the school’s plan for
  394  implementation and its focus on evidence-based interventions
  395  that lead to student success by providing wrap-around services
  396  that leverage community assets, improve school and community
  397  collaboration, and develop family and community partnerships.
  398  Wrap-around services include, but are not limited to, tutorial
  399  and after-school programs, student counseling, nutrition
  400  education, parental counseling, and adult education. Plans for
  401  implementation may also include models that develop a culture of
  402  attending college, high academic expectations, character
  403  development, dress codes, and an extended school day and school
  404  year. At a minimum, a plan for implementation must:
  405         1. Establish wrap-around services that develop family and
  406  community partnerships.
  407         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
  408  and character standards.
  409         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
  410  child’s education.
  411         4. Describe how the school district will identify, recruit,
  412  retain, and reward instructional personnel. The state board may
  413  waive the requirements of s. 1012.22(1)(c)5., and suspend the
  414  requirements of s. 1012.34, to facilitate implementation of the
  415  plan.
  416         5. Identify a knowledge-rich curriculum that the school
  417  will use that focuses on developing a student’s background
  418  knowledge.
  419         6. Provide professional development that focuses on
  420  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
  421  and character standards.
  422         (11) SCHOOLS OF HOPE MANAGEMENT.—A hope operator or the
  423  owner of a school of hope may not serve as the principal of any
  424  school that he or she manages.
  425         Section 6. Section 1002.334, Florida Statutes, is created
  426  to read:
  427         1002.334 Franchise model schools.—
  428         (1) As used in this section, the term “franchise model
  429  school” means a persistently low-performing school, as defined
  430  in s. 1002.333(1)(b), which is led by a highly effective
  431  principal in addition to the principal’s currently assigned
  432  school. If a franchise model school achieves a grade of “C” or
  433  higher, the school may retain its status as a franchise model
  434  school at the discretion of the school district.
  435         (2) A school district that has one or more persistently
  436  low-performing schools may use a franchise model school as a
  437  school turnaround option pursuant to s. 1008.33(4)(b)4.
  438         (3) A franchise model school principal:
  439         (a) Must be rated as highly effective pursuant to s.
  440  1012.34;
  441         (b) May lead two or more schools, including a persistently
  442  low-performing school or a school that was considered a
  443  persistently low-performing school before becoming a franchise
  444  model school;
  445         (c) May allocate resources and personnel between the
  446  schools under his or her administration; however, he or she must
  447  expend hope supplemental services allocation funds, authorized
  448  under s. 1011.62(16), at the franchise model school; and
  449         (d) Is eligible to receive a Best and Brightest Principal
  450  award under s. 1012.732.
  451         Section 7. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and subsection
  452  (8), of section 1002.385, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  453         1002.385 The Gardiner Scholarship.—
  454         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  455         (d) “Disability” means, for a 3- or 4-year-old child or for
  456  a student in kindergarten to grade 12, autism spectrum disorder,
  457  as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
  458  Disorders, Fifth Edition, published by the American Psychiatric
  459  Association; cerebral palsy, as defined in s. 393.063(6); Down
  460  syndrome, as defined in s. 393.063(15); an intellectual
  461  disability, as defined in s. 393.063(24); Phelan-McDermid
  462  syndrome, as defined in s. 393.063(28); Prader-Willi syndrome,
  463  as defined in s. 393.063(29); spina bifida, as defined in s.
  464  393.063(40); being a high-risk child, as defined in s.
  465  393.063(23)(a); muscular dystrophy; Williams syndrome; a rare
  466  disease, a disorder that affects diseases which affect patient
  467  populations of fewer than 200,000 individuals or fewer in the
  468  United States, as defined by the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, Pub.
  469  L. No. 97-414 National Organization for Rare Disorders;
  470  anaphylaxis; deaf; visually impaired; traumatic brain injured;
  471  hospital or homebound; or identification as dual sensory
  472  impaired, as defined by rules of the State Board of Education
  473  and evidenced by reports from local school districts. The term
  474  “hospital or homebound” includes a student who has a medically
  475  diagnosed physical or psychiatric condition or illness, as
  476  defined by the state board in rule, and who is confined to the
  477  home or hospital for more than 6 months.
  478         (8) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—An eligible
  479  private school may be sectarian or nonsectarian and shall:
  480         (a) Comply with all requirements for private schools
  481  participating in state school choice scholarship programs
  482  pursuant to s. 1002.421.
  483         (b) Provide to the organization, upon request, all
  484  documentation required for the student’s participation,
  485  including the private school’s and student’s fee schedules.
  486         (c) Be academically accountable to the parent for meeting
  487  the educational needs of the student by:
  488         1. At a minimum, annually providing to the parent a written
  489  explanation of the student’s progress.
  490         2. Annually administering or making provision for students
  491  participating in the program in grades 3 through 10 to take one
  492  of the nationally norm-referenced tests identified by the
  493  Department of Education or the statewide assessments pursuant to
  494  s. 1008.22. Students with disabilities for whom standardized
  495  testing is not appropriate are exempt from this requirement. A
  496  participating private school shall report a student’s scores to
  497  the parent.
  498         3. Cooperating with the scholarship student whose parent
  499  chooses to have the student participate in the statewide
  500  assessments pursuant to s. 1008.22 or, if a private school
  501  chooses to offer the statewide assessments, administering the
  502  assessments at the school.
  503         a. A participating private school may choose to offer and
  504  administer the statewide assessments to all students who attend
  505  the private school in grades 3 through 10.
  506         b. A participating private school shall submit a request in
  507  writing to the Department of Education by March 1 of each year
  508  in order to administer the statewide assessments in the
  509  subsequent school year.
  510         (d) Employ or contract with teachers who have regular and
  511  direct contact with each student receiving a scholarship under
  512  this section at the school’s physical location.
  513         (e) Provide a report from an independent certified public
  514  accountant who performs the agreed-upon procedures developed
  515  under s. 1002.395(6)(o) if the private school receives more than
  516  $250,000 in funds from scholarships awarded under this chapter
  517  section in a state fiscal year. A private school subject to this
  518  paragraph must annually submit the report by September 15 to the
  519  organization that awarded the majority of the school’s
  520  scholarship funds. The agreed-upon procedures must be conducted
  521  in accordance with attestation standards established by the
  522  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  523  
  524  If a private school fails or refuses is unable to meet the
  525  requirements of this subsection or has consecutive years of
  526  material exceptions listed in the report required under
  527  paragraph (e), the commissioner may determine that the private
  528  school is ineligible to participate in the program.
  529         Section 8. Paragraph (f) of subsection (6) and subsection
  530  (8) of section 1002.39, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  531         1002.39 The John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with
  532  Disabilities Program.—There is established a program that is
  533  separate and distinct from the Opportunity Scholarship Program
  534  and is named the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with
  535  Disabilities Program.
  536         (6) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OBLIGATIONS.—The department
  537  shall:
  538         (f)1. Conduct random site visits to private schools
  539  participating in the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students
  540  with Disabilities Program as authorized under s. 1002.421(7).
  541  The purposes purpose of the site visits are is solely to verify
  542  compliance with the provisions of subsection (7) aimed at
  543  protecting the health, safety, and welfare of students and to
  544  verify the information reported by the schools concerning the
  545  enrollment and attendance of students, the credentials of
  546  teachers, background screening of teachers, and teachers’
  547  fingerprinting results, which information is required by rules
  548  of the State Board of Education, subsection (8), and s.
  549  1002.421. The Department of Education may not make followup more
  550  than three random site visits at any time to any school that has
  551  received a notice of noncompliance or a notice of proposed
  552  action within the previous 2 years pursuant to subsection (7)
  553  each year and may not make more than one random site visit each
  554  year to the same private school.
  555         2. Annually, by December 15, report to the Governor, the
  556  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  557  Representatives the Department of Education’s actions with
  558  respect to implementing accountability in the scholarship
  559  program under this section and s. 1002.421, any substantiated
  560  allegations or violations of law or rule by an eligible private
  561  school under this program concerning the enrollment and
  562  attendance of students, the credentials of teachers, background
  563  screening of teachers, and teachers’ fingerprinting results and
  564  the corrective action taken by the Department of Education.
  565         (8) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—To be
  566  eligible to participate in the John M. McKay Scholarships for
  567  Students with Disabilities Program, a private school may be
  568  sectarian or nonsectarian and must:
  569         (a) Comply with all requirements for private schools
  570  participating in state school choice scholarship programs
  571  pursuant to s. 1002.421.
  572         (b) Provide to the department all documentation required
  573  for a student’s participation, including the private school’s
  574  and student’s fee schedules, at least 30 days before any
  575  quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student pursuant
  576  to paragraph (11)(e). A student is not eligible to receive a
  577  quarterly scholarship payment if the private school fails to
  578  meet this deadline.
  579         (c) Be academically accountable to the parent for meeting
  580  the educational needs of the student by:
  581         1. At a minimum, annually providing to the parent a written
  582  explanation of the student’s progress.
  583         2. Cooperating with the scholarship student whose parent
  584  chooses to participate in the statewide assessments pursuant to
  585  s. 1008.22.
  586         (d) Maintain in this state a physical location where a
  587  scholarship student regularly attends classes.
  588         (e) If the private school that participates in a state
  589  scholarship program under this chapter receives more than
  590  $250,000 in funds from scholarships awarded under chapter 1002
  591  in a state fiscal year, provide an annual report from an
  592  independent certified public accountant who performs the agreed
  593  upon procedures developed under s. 1002.395(6)(o). Such a
  594  private school must annually submit the required report by
  595  September 15 to the organization that awarded the majority of
  596  the school’s scholarship funds. The agreed-upon procedures must
  597  be conducted in accordance with attestation standards
  598  established by the American Institute of Certified Public
  599  Accountants.
  600  
  601  The failure or refusal inability of a private school to meet the
  602  requirements of this subsection shall constitute a basis for the
  603  ineligibility of the private school to participate in the
  604  scholarship program as determined by the department.
  605         Section 9. Paragraph (o) of subsection (6), subsection (8),
  606  and paragraph (n) of subsection (9) of section 1002.395, Florida
  607  Statutes, are amended to read:
  608         1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.—
  609         (6) OBLIGATIONS OF ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT SCHOLARSHIP-FUNDING
  610  ORGANIZATIONS.—An eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  611  organization:
  612         (o)1.a. Must participate in the joint development of
  613  agreed-upon procedures to be performed by an independent
  614  certified public accountant as required under paragraph (8)(e)
  615  if the scholarship-funding organization provided more than
  616  $250,000 in scholarship funds to an eligible private school
  617  under this chapter section during the 2009-2010 state fiscal
  618  year. The agreed-upon procedures must uniformly apply to all
  619  private schools and must determine, at a minimum, whether the
  620  private school has been verified as eligible by the Department
  621  of Education under paragraph (9)(c); has an adequate accounting
  622  system, system of financial controls, and process for deposit
  623  and classification of scholarship funds; and has properly
  624  expended scholarship funds for education-related expenses.
  625  During the development of the procedures, the participating
  626  scholarship-funding organizations shall specify guidelines
  627  governing the materiality of exceptions that may be found during
  628  the accountant’s performance of the procedures. The procedures
  629  and guidelines shall be provided to private schools and the
  630  Commissioner of Education by March 15, 2011.
  631         b. Must participate in a joint review of the agreed-upon
  632  procedures and guidelines developed under sub-subparagraph a.,
  633  by February 2013 and biennially thereafter, if the scholarship
  634  funding organization provided more than $250,000 in scholarship
  635  funds to an eligible private school under this chapter section
  636  during the state fiscal year preceding the biennial review. If
  637  the procedures and guidelines are revised, the revisions must be
  638  provided to private schools and the Commissioner of Education by
  639  March 15, 2013, and biennially thereafter.
  640         c. Must monitor the compliance of a private school with
  641  paragraph (8)(e) if the scholarship-funding organization
  642  provided the majority of the scholarship funding to the school.
  643  For each private school subject to paragraph (8)(e), the
  644  appropriate scholarship-funding organization shall notify the
  645  Commissioner of Education by October 30, 2011, and annually
  646  thereafter of:
  647         (I) A private school’s failure to submit a report required
  648  under paragraph (8)(e); or
  649         (II) Any material exceptions set forth in the report
  650  required under paragraph (8)(e).
  651         2. Must seek input from the accrediting associations that
  652  are members of the Florida Association of Academic Nonpublic
  653  Schools when jointly developing the agreed-upon procedures and
  654  guidelines under sub-subparagraph 1.a. and conducting a review
  655  of those procedures and guidelines under sub-subparagraph 1.b.
  656  
  657  Information and documentation provided to the Department of
  658  Education and the Auditor General relating to the identity of a
  659  taxpayer that provides an eligible contribution under this
  660  section shall remain confidential at all times in accordance
  661  with s. 213.053.
  662         (8) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—An eligible
  663  private school may be sectarian or nonsectarian and must:
  664         (a) Comply with all requirements for private schools
  665  participating in state school choice scholarship programs
  666  pursuant to s. 1002.421.
  667         (b) Provide to the eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  668  organization, upon request, all documentation required for the
  669  student’s participation, including the private school’s and
  670  student’s fee schedules.
  671         (c) Be academically accountable to the parent for meeting
  672  the educational needs of the student by:
  673         1. At a minimum, annually providing to the parent a written
  674  explanation of the student’s progress.
  675         2. Annually administering or making provision for students
  676  participating in the scholarship program in grades 3 through 10
  677  to take one of the nationally norm-referenced tests identified
  678  by the Department of Education or the statewide assessments
  679  pursuant to s. 1008.22. Students with disabilities for whom
  680  standardized testing is not appropriate are exempt from this
  681  requirement. A participating private school must report a
  682  student’s scores to the parent. A participating private school
  683  must annually report by August 15 the scores of all
  684  participating students to the Learning System Institute
  685  described in paragraph (9)(j).
  686         3. Cooperating with the scholarship student whose parent
  687  chooses to have the student participate in the statewide
  688  assessments pursuant to s. 1008.22 or, if a private school
  689  chooses to offer the statewide assessments, administering the
  690  assessments at the school.
  691         a. A participating private school may choose to offer and
  692  administer the statewide assessments to all students who attend
  693  the private school in grades 3 through 10.
  694         b. A participating private school must submit a request in
  695  writing to the Department of Education by March 1 of each year
  696  in order to administer the statewide assessments in the
  697  subsequent school year.
  698         (d) Employ or contract with teachers who have regular and
  699  direct contact with each student receiving a scholarship under
  700  this section at the school’s physical location.
  701         (e) Provide a report from an independent certified public
  702  accountant who performs the agreed-upon procedures developed
  703  under paragraph (6)(o) if the private school receives more than
  704  $250,000 in funds from scholarships awarded under this chapter
  705  section in a state fiscal year. A private school subject to this
  706  paragraph must annually submit the report by September 15 to the
  707  scholarship-funding organization that awarded the majority of
  708  the school’s scholarship funds. The agreed-upon procedures must
  709  be conducted in accordance with attestation standards
  710  established by the American Institute of Certified Public
  711  Accountants.
  712  
  713  If a private school fails or refuses is unable to meet the
  714  requirements of this subsection or has consecutive years of
  715  material exceptions listed in the report required under
  716  paragraph (e), the commissioner may determine that the private
  717  school is ineligible to participate in the scholarship program
  718  as determined by the Department of Education.
  719         (9) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OBLIGATIONS.—The Department of
  720  Education shall:
  721         (n)1. Conduct site visits to private schools participating
  722  in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program as authorized
  723  under s. 1002.421(7). The purposes purpose of the site visits
  724  are is solely to verify compliance with the provisions of
  725  subsection (11) aimed at protecting the health, safety, and
  726  welfare of students and to verify the information reported by
  727  the schools concerning the enrollment and attendance of
  728  students, the credentials of teachers, background screening of
  729  teachers, and teachers’ fingerprinting results. The Department
  730  of Education may not make more than seven site visits each year;
  731  however, The department may make followup additional site visits
  732  at any time to any school that, pursuant to subsection (11), has
  733  received a notice of noncompliance or a notice of proposed
  734  action within the previous 2 years.
  735         2. Annually, by December 15, report to the Governor, the
  736  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  737  Representatives the Department of Education’s actions with
  738  respect to implementing accountability in the scholarship
  739  program under this section and s. 1002.421, any substantiated
  740  allegations or violations of law or rule by an eligible private
  741  school under this program concerning the enrollment and
  742  attendance of students, the credentials of teachers, background
  743  screening of teachers, and teachers’ fingerprinting results and
  744  the corrective action taken by the Department of Education.
  745         Section 10. Present subsection (7) of section 1002.421,
  746  Florida Statutes, is amended and redesignated as subsection
  747  (11), a new subsection (7) and subsections (8), (9), and (10)
  748  are added to that section, and subsection (1), paragraphs (h)
  749  and (i) of subsection (2), and subsections (4) and (5) of that
  750  section are amended, to read:
  751         1002.421 Accountability of private schools participating in
  752  state school choice scholarship programs.—
  753         (1)(a) A Florida private school participating in the
  754  Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program established pursuant to
  755  s. 1002.395 or an educational scholarship program established
  756  pursuant to this chapter must comply with all requirements of
  757  this section in addition to private school requirements outlined
  758  in s. 1002.42, specific requirements identified within
  759  respective scholarship program laws, and other provisions of
  760  Florida law that apply to private schools.
  761         (b) For purposes of this section, the term “owner or
  762  operator” includes an owner, operator, superintendent, or
  763  principal of an eligible private school or a person with
  764  equivalent decisionmaking authority over an eligible private
  765  school.
  766         (2) A private school participating in a scholarship program
  767  must be a Florida private school as defined in s. 1002.01(2),
  768  must be registered in accordance with s. 1002.42, and must:
  769         (h) Employ or contract with teachers who:
  770         1. Unless otherwise specified under this paragraph, hold
  771  baccalaureate or higher degrees, have at least 3 years of
  772  teaching experience in public or private schools, or have
  773  objectively identified special skills, knowledge, or expertise
  774  that qualifies them to provide instruction in subjects taught.
  775         2. Hold baccalaureate or higher degrees from a regionally
  776  or nationally accredited college or university in the United
  777  States or from a recognized college or university in another
  778  country. This subparagraph applies to full-time teachers hired
  779  after July 1, 2018, who are teaching students in grade 2 or
  780  above.
  781  
  782  The private school must report to the department, in a format
  783  developed by the department, the qualifications of each teacher
  784  hired by the school, including, but not limited to, an
  785  explanation of the objectively identified special skills or
  786  expertise of such teachers, as applicable. Additionally, the
  787  private school must provide to the parent of each scholarship
  788  student, on the school’s website or on a written form provided
  789  by the school, the qualifications of each classroom teacher.
  790         (i) Require each employee and contracted personnel with
  791  direct student contact, upon employment or engagement to provide
  792  services, to undergo a state and national background screening,
  793  pursuant to s. 943.0542, by electronically filing with the
  794  Department of Law Enforcement a complete set of fingerprints
  795  taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an employee of
  796  the private school, a school district, or a private company who
  797  is trained to take fingerprints and deny employment to or
  798  terminate an employee if he or she fails to meet the screening
  799  standards under s. 435.04. Results of the screening shall be
  800  provided to the participating private school. For purposes of
  801  this paragraph:
  802         1. An “employee or contracted personnel with direct student
  803  contact” means any employee or contracted personnel who has
  804  unsupervised access to a scholarship student for whom the
  805  private school is responsible.
  806         2. The costs of fingerprinting and the background check
  807  shall not be borne by the state.
  808         3. Continued employment of an employee or contracted
  809  personnel after notification that he or she has failed the
  810  background screening under this paragraph shall cause a private
  811  school to be ineligible for participation in a scholarship
  812  program.
  813         4. An employee or contracted personnel holding a valid
  814  Florida teaching certificate who has been fingerprinted pursuant
  815  to s. 1012.32 and who is not ineligible for employment pursuant
  816  to s. 1012.315 is not required to comply with the provisions of
  817  this paragraph.
  818         (4) A private school that accepts scholarship students
  819  under this chapter s. 1002.39 or s. 1002.395 must:
  820         (a) Disqualify instructional personnel and school
  821  administrators, as defined in s. 1012.01, from employment in any
  822  position that requires direct contact with students if the
  823  personnel or administrators are ineligible for such employment
  824  under s. 1012.315.
  825         (b) Adopt and faithfully implement policies establishing
  826  standards of ethical conduct for instructional personnel and
  827  school administrators. The policies must require all
  828  instructional personnel and school administrators, as defined in
  829  s. 1012.01, to complete training on the standards; establish the
  830  duty of instructional personnel and school administrators to
  831  report, and procedures for reporting, alleged misconduct by
  832  other instructional personnel and school administrators which
  833  affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student; and include
  834  an explanation of the liability protections provided under ss.
  835  39.203 and 768.095. A private school, or any of its employees,
  836  may not enter into a confidentiality agreement regarding
  837  terminated or dismissed instructional personnel or school
  838  administrators, or personnel or administrators who resign in
  839  lieu of termination, based in whole or in part on misconduct
  840  that affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student, and
  841  may not provide the instructional personnel or school
  842  administrators with employment references or discuss the
  843  personnel’s or administrators’ performance with prospective
  844  employers in another educational setting, without disclosing the
  845  personnel’s or administrators’ misconduct. Any part of an
  846  agreement or contract that has the purpose or effect of
  847  concealing misconduct by instructional personnel or school
  848  administrators which affects the health, safety, or welfare of a
  849  student is void, is contrary to public policy, and may not be
  850  enforced.
  851         (c) Before employing instructional personnel or school
  852  administrators in any position that requires direct contact with
  853  students, conduct employment history checks of each of the
  854  personnel’s or administrators’ previous employers, screen the
  855  personnel or administrators through use of the educator
  856  screening tools described in s. 1001.10(5), and document the
  857  findings. If unable to contact a previous employer, the private
  858  school must document efforts to contact the employer.
  859  
  860  The department shall suspend the payment of funds under this
  861  chapter ss. 1002.39 and 1002.395 to a private school that
  862  knowingly fails or refuses to comply with this subsection, and
  863  shall prohibit the school from enrolling new scholarship
  864  students, for 1 fiscal year and until the school complies.
  865         (5) The failure or refusal inability of a private school to
  866  meet the requirements of this section shall constitute a basis
  867  for the ineligibility of the private school to participate in a
  868  scholarship program as determined by the department.
  869  Additionally, a private school is ineligible to participate in a
  870  state scholarship program under this chapter if the owner or
  871  operator of the private school was a debtor in a voluntary or
  872  involuntary bankruptcy petition within the most recent 5 years.
  873         (7)(a)The department must annually visit at least 5
  874  percent, and may annually visit up to 7 percent, of the private
  875  schools that participate in the state scholarship programs under
  876  this chapter. Site visits required under subsection (8) are not
  877  included in the annual site visits authorized under this
  878  paragraph.
  879         (b) The purposes of the site visits are to verify
  880  compliance with the provisions of this section aimed at
  881  protecting the health, safety, and welfare of students and to
  882  verify the information reported by the schools concerning the
  883  enrollment and attendance of students, the credentials of
  884  teachers, background screening of teachers, and teachers’
  885  fingerprinting results, as required by rules of the State Board
  886  of Education and this section.
  887         (c) The department may make followup site visits at any
  888  time to any school that has received a notice of noncompliance
  889  or a notice of proposed action within the previous 2 years, or
  890  for a cause that affects the health, safety, and welfare of a
  891  student.
  892         (8)(a)The department shall visit each private school that
  893  notifies the department of the school’s intent to participate in
  894  a state scholarship program under this chapter.
  895         (b) The purpose of the site visit is to determine that the
  896  school meets the applicable state and local health, safety, and
  897  welfare codes and rules pursuant to this section.
  898         (9) The Division of State Fire Marshal shall annually
  899  provide to the department a fire safety inspection report,
  900  prepared by the local fire departments or by entities with whom
  901  they contract to perform fire safety inspections of private
  902  schools, for each private school that participates in a state
  903  scholarship program under this chapter.
  904         (10) If a private school that participates in a state
  905  scholarship program under this chapter receives more than
  906  $250,000 in funds from the scholarships awarded under this
  907  chapter in a state fiscal year, the school must provide to the
  908  department a report of the balance sheet and statement of income
  909  expenditures in accordance with generally accepted accounting
  910  procedures from an independent certified public accountant who
  911  performs the agreed-upon procedures.
  912         (11)(7) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
  913  pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer and enforce
  914  this section.
  915         Section 11. Subsection (5) of section 1002.55, Florida
  916  Statutes, is amended to read:
  917         1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
  918  private prekindergarten providers.—
  919         (5)(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(b), a private
  920  prekindergarten provider may not participate in the Voluntary
  921  Prekindergarten Education Program if the provider has child
  922  disciplinary policies that do not prohibit children from being
  923  subjected to discipline that is severe, humiliating,
  924  frightening, or associated with food, rest, toileting, spanking,
  925  or any other form of physical punishment as provided in s.
  926  402.305(12).
  927         (b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a
  928  private prekindergarten provider has been cited for a class I
  929  violation, as defined by rule, the coalition may refuse to
  930  contract with the provider.
  931         Section 12. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
  932  1003.41, Florida Statutes, is amended and paragraph (f) is added
  933  to that subsection, to read:
  934         1003.41 Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.—
  935         (2) Next Generation Sunshine State Standards must meet the
  936  following requirements:
  937         (d) Social Studies standards must establish specific
  938  curricular content for, at a minimum, geography, United States
  939  and world history, government, civics, humanities, and
  940  economics, including financial literacy. Financial literacy
  941  includes the knowledge, understanding, skills, behaviors,
  942  attitudes, and values that will enable a student to make
  943  responsible and effective financial decisions on a daily basis.
  944  Financial literacy instruction shall be an integral part of
  945  instruction throughout the entire economics course and include
  946  information regarding earning income; buying goods and services;
  947  saving and financial investing; taxes; the use of credit and
  948  credit cards; budgeting and debt management, including student
  949  loans and secured loans; banking and financial services;
  950  planning for one’s financial future, including higher education
  951  and career planning; credit reports and scores; and fraud and
  952  identity theft prevention. The requirements for financial
  953  literacy specified under this paragraph do not apply to students
  954  entering grade 9 in the 2018-2019 school year and thereafter.
  955         (f) Effective for students entering grade 9 in the 2018
  956  2019 school year and thereafter, financial literacy standards
  957  must establish specific curricular content for, at a minimum,
  958  personal financial literacy and money management. Financial
  959  literacy includes instruction in the areas specified in s.
  960  1003.4282(3)(h).
  961         Section 13. Paragraphs (d) and (g) of subsection (3) of
  962  section 1003.4282, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph
  963  (h) is added to that subsection, to read:
  964         1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
  965         (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
  966  REQUIREMENTS.—
  967         (d) Three credits in social studies.—A student must earn
  968  one credit in United States History; one credit in World
  969  History; one-half credit in economics, which must include
  970  financial literacy; and one-half credit in United States
  971  Government. The United States History EOC assessment constitutes
  972  30 percent of the student’s final course grade. However, for a
  973  student entering grade 9 in the 2018-2019 school year or
  974  thereafter, financial literacy is not a required component of
  975  the one-half credit in economics.
  976         (g) Eight Credits in Electives.—School districts must
  977  develop and offer coordinated electives so that a student may
  978  develop knowledge and skills in his or her area of interest,
  979  such as electives with a STEM or liberal arts focus. Such
  980  electives must include opportunities for students to earn
  981  college credit, including industry-certified career education
  982  programs or series of career-themed courses that result in
  983  industry certification or articulate into the award of college
  984  credit, or career education courses for which there is a
  985  statewide or local articulation agreement and which lead to
  986  college credit. A student entering grade 9 before the 2018-2019
  987  school year must earn eight credits in electives. A student
  988  entering grade 9 in the 2018-2019 school year or thereafter must
  989  earn seven and one-half credits in electives.
  990         (h) One-half credit in personal financial literacy.
  991  Beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2018-2019 school
  992  year, each student shall earn one-half credit in personal
  993  financial literacy and money management. This instruction must
  994  include discussion of or instruction in the following:
  995         1. Types of bank accounts offered, opening and managing a
  996  bank account, and assessing the quality of a depository
  997  institution’s services.
  998         2. Balancing a checkbook.
  999         3. Basic principles of money management, such as spending,
 1000  credit, credit scores, and managing debt, including retail and
 1001  credit card debt.
 1002         4. Completing a loan application.
 1003         5. Receiving an inheritance and related implications.
 1004         6. Basic principles of personal insurance policies.
 1005         7. Computing federal income taxes.
 1006         8. Local tax assessments.
 1007         9. Computing interest rates by various mechanisms.
 1008         10. Simple contracts.
 1009         11. Contesting an incorrect billing statement.
 1010         12. Types of savings and investments.
 1011         13. State and federal laws concerning finance.
 1012         Section 14. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
 1013  to read:
 1014         1003.457Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.—
 1015         (1)Each school district shall provide instruction in
 1016  cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated
 1017  external defibrillator. Students shall study and practice the
 1018  psychomotor skills associated with performing CPR at least once
 1019  before graduating from high school. The instruction shall be a
 1020  part of the physical education curriculum or another required
 1021  curriculum selected by the school district.
 1022         (2)The instruction shall be based on an instructional
 1023  program established by:
 1024         (a)The American Heart Association;
 1025         (b)The American Red Cross; or
 1026         (c)Another nationally recognized program that uses the
 1027  most current evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care
 1028  guidelines.
 1029         (3)A student with a disability, as defined in s. 1007.02,
 1030  is exempt from the requirements of this section.
 1031         Section 15. Subsection (3) of section 1003.453, Florida
 1032  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1033         1003.453 School wellness and physical education policies;
 1034  nutrition guidelines.—
 1035         (3) School districts are encouraged to provide basic
 1036  training in first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
 1037  for all students, beginning in grade 6 and every 2 years
 1038  thereafter. Private and public partnerships for providing
 1039  training or necessary funding are encouraged.
 1040         Section 16. Section 1006.061, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1041  to read:
 1042         1006.061 Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy.—Each
 1043  district school board, charter school, and private school that
 1044  accepts scholarship students under s. 1002.385, s. 1002.39, or
 1045  s. 1002.395, or another state scholarship program under chapter
 1046  1002 shall:
 1047         (1) Post in a prominent place in each school a notice that,
 1048  pursuant to chapter 39, all employees and agents of the district
 1049  school board, charter school, or private school have an
 1050  affirmative duty to report all actual or suspected cases of
 1051  child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; have immunity from
 1052  liability if they report such cases in good faith; and have a
 1053  duty to comply with child protective investigations and all
 1054  other provisions of law relating to child abuse, abandonment,
 1055  and neglect. The notice shall also include the statewide toll
 1056  free telephone number of the central abuse hotline.
 1057         (2) Post in a prominent place at each school site and on
 1058  each school’s Internet website, if available, the policies and
 1059  procedures for reporting alleged misconduct by instructional
 1060  personnel or school administrators which affects the health,
 1061  safety, or welfare of a student; the contact person to whom the
 1062  report is made; and the penalties imposed on instructional
 1063  personnel or school administrators who fail to report suspected
 1064  or actual child abuse or alleged misconduct by other
 1065  instructional personnel or school administrators.
 1066         (3) Require the principal of the charter school or private
 1067  school, or the district school superintendent, or the
 1068  superintendent’s designee, at the request of the Department of
 1069  Children and Families, to act as a liaison to the Department of
 1070  Children and Families and the child protection team, as defined
 1071  in s. 39.01, when in a case of suspected child abuse,
 1072  abandonment, or neglect or an unlawful sexual offense involving
 1073  a child the case is referred to such a team; except that this
 1074  does not relieve or restrict the Department of Children and
 1075  Families from discharging its duty and responsibility under the
 1076  law to investigate and report every suspected or actual case of
 1077  child abuse, abandonment, or neglect or unlawful sexual offense
 1078  involving a child.
 1079         (4)(a) Post in a prominent place in a clearly visible
 1080  location and public area of the school which is readily
 1081  accessible to and widely used by students a sign in English and
 1082  Spanish that contains:
 1083         1. The statewide toll-free telephone number of the central
 1084  abuse hotline as provided in chapter 39;
 1085         2. Instructions to call 911 for emergencies; and
 1086         3. Directions for accessing the Department of Children and
 1087  Families Internet website for more information on reporting
 1088  abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
 1089         (b) The information in paragraph (a) must be put on at
 1090  least one poster in each school, on a sheet that measures at
 1091  least 11 inches by 17 inches, produced in large print, and
 1092  placed at student eye level for easy viewing.
 1093  
 1094  The Department of Education shall develop, and publish on the
 1095  department’s Internet website, sample notices suitable for
 1096  posting in accordance with subsections (1), (2), and (4).
 1097         Section 17. Subsections (4) and (6) of section 1006.07,
 1098  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (7) is added to
 1099  that section, to read:
 1100         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
 1101  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
 1102  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
 1103  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
 1104  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
 1105  welfare of students, including:
 1106         (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
 1107         (a) Formulate and prescribe policies and procedures for
 1108  emergency drills and for actual emergencies, including, but not
 1109  limited to, fires, natural disasters, hostage and active shooter
 1110  situations, and bomb threats, for all the public schools of the
 1111  district which comprise grades K-12. District school board
 1112  policies shall include commonly used alarm system responses for
 1113  specific types of emergencies and verification by each school
 1114  that drills have been provided as required by law and fire
 1115  protection codes. The emergency response agency that is
 1116  responsible for notifying the school district for each type of
 1117  emergency must be listed in the district’s emergency response
 1118  policy.
 1119         (b) Establish model emergency management and emergency
 1120  preparedness procedures, including emergency notification
 1121  procedures pursuant to paragraph (a), for the following life
 1122  threatening emergencies:
 1123         1. Weapon-use, and hostage, and active shooter situations.
 1124  The active shooter situation training for each school must be
 1125  conducted by the law enforcement agency or agencies that are
 1126  designated as first responders to the school’s campus.
 1127         2. Hazardous materials or toxic chemical spills.
 1128         3. Weather emergencies, including hurricanes, tornadoes,
 1129  and severe storms.
 1130         4. Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency.
 1131         (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each school
 1132  district shall: Use the Safety and Security Best Practices
 1133  developed by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
 1134  Government Accountability to
 1135         (a) Conduct security risk assessments at each public school
 1136  and conduct a self-assessment of the school districts’ current
 1137  safety and security practices using a format prescribed by the
 1138  department. Based on these self-assessment findings, the
 1139  district school superintendent shall provide recommendations to
 1140  the district school board which identify strategies and
 1141  activities that the district school board should implement in
 1142  order to improve school safety and security. Annually each
 1143  district school board must receive such findings and the
 1144  superintendent’s recommendations the self-assessment results at
 1145  a publicly noticed district school board meeting to provide the
 1146  public an opportunity to hear the district school board members
 1147  discuss and take action on the report findings and
 1148  recommendations. Each district school superintendent shall
 1149  report such findings the self-assessment results and school
 1150  board action to the commissioner within 30 days after the
 1151  district school board meeting.
 1152         (b) Using a format prescribed by the department, develop a
 1153  plan that includes having a secure, single point of entry onto
 1154  school grounds.
 1155         (7) SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION PLANNING.—A district school
 1156  board or private school principal or governing board must allow
 1157  the law enforcement agency or agencies that are designated as
 1158  first responders to the school’s or district’s campus to tour
 1159  such campus once every 3 years. Any changes related to school
 1160  safety and emergency issues recommended by a law enforcement
 1161  agency based on a campus tour must be documented by the district
 1162  school board or private school principal or governing board.
 1163         Section 18. Subsection (1) and paragraph (b) of subsection
 1164  (2) section 1006.12, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1165         1006.12 School resource officers and school safety
 1166  officers.—
 1167         (1) District school boards shall may establish school
 1168  resource officer programs, through a cooperative agreement with
 1169  law enforcement agencies or in accordance with subsection (2).
 1170         (a) School resource officers shall be certified law
 1171  enforcement officers, as defined in s. 943.10(1), who are
 1172  employed by a law enforcement agency as defined in s. 943.10(4).
 1173  The powers and duties of a law enforcement officer shall
 1174  continue throughout the employee’s tenure as a school resource
 1175  officer.
 1176         (b) School resource officers shall abide by district school
 1177  board policies and shall consult with and coordinate activities
 1178  through the school principal, but shall be responsible to the
 1179  law enforcement agency in all matters relating to employment,
 1180  subject to agreements between a district school board and a law
 1181  enforcement agency. Activities conducted by the school resource
 1182  officer which are part of the regular instructional program of
 1183  the school shall be under the direction of the school principal.
 1184         (2)
 1185         (b) A district school board shall may commission one or
 1186  more school safety officers for the protection and safety of
 1187  school personnel, property, and students at each district school
 1188  facility within the school district. The district school
 1189  superintendent may recommend and the district school board may
 1190  appoint one or more school safety officers.
 1191         Section 19. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1192  to read:
 1193         1007.273 Structured high school acceleration programs
 1194  Collegiate high school program.—
 1195         (1) Each Florida College System institution shall work with
 1196  each district school board in its designated service area to
 1197  establish one or more structured programs, including, but not
 1198  limited to, collegiate high school programs. As used in this
 1199  section, the term “structured program” means a structured high
 1200  school acceleration program.
 1201         (1)(2)PURPOSE.—At a minimum, structured collegiate high
 1202  school programs must include an option for public school
 1203  students in grade 11 or grade 12 participating in the structured
 1204  program, for at least 1 full school year, to earn CAPE industry
 1205  certifications pursuant to s. 1008.44, and to successfully
 1206  complete at least 30 credit hours through the dual enrollment
 1207  program under s. 1007.271. The structured program must
 1208  prioritize dual enrollment courses that are applicable toward
 1209  general education core courses or common prerequisite course
 1210  requirements under s. 1007.25 over dual enrollment courses
 1211  applicable as electives toward at least the first year of
 1212  college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
 1213  enrolled in the structured program. A district school board may
 1214  not limit the number of eligible public school students who may
 1215  enroll in such structured programs.
 1216         (2)(3)REQUIRED STRUCTURED PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—
 1217         (a) Each district school board and its local Florida
 1218  College System institution shall execute a contract to establish
 1219  one or more structured collegiate high school programs at a
 1220  mutually agreed upon location or locations. Beginning with the
 1221  2015-2016 school year, If the local Florida College System
 1222  institution does not establish a structured program with a
 1223  district school board in its designated service area, another
 1224  Florida College System institution may execute a contract with
 1225  that district school board to establish the structured program.
 1226  The contract must be executed by January 1 of each school year
 1227  for implementation of the structured program during the next
 1228  school year. By August 1, 2018, a contract entered into before
 1229  January 1, 2018, for the 2018-2019 school year must be modified
 1230  to include the provisions of paragraph (b).
 1231         (b) The contract must:
 1232         1.(a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the
 1233  structured collegiate high school program; which must, at a
 1234  minimum, include grade 12.
 1235         2.(b) Describe the structured collegiate high school
 1236  program, including a list of the meta-major academic pathways
 1237  approved pursuant to s. 1008.30(4), which are available to
 1238  participating students through the partner Florida College
 1239  System institution or other eligible partner postsecondary
 1240  institutions; the delineation of courses that must, at a
 1241  minimum, include general education core courses and common
 1242  prerequisite course requirements pursuant to s. 1007.25; and
 1243  industry certifications offered, including online course
 1244  availability; the high school and college credits earned for
 1245  each postsecondary course completed and industry certification
 1246  earned; student eligibility criteria; and the enrollment process
 1247  and relevant deadlines;.
 1248         3.(c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
 1249  students and their parents are annually informed about the
 1250  availability of the structured collegiate high school program,
 1251  the return on investment associated with participation in the
 1252  structured program, and the information described in
 1253  subparagraphs 1. and 2.; paragraphs (a) and (b).
 1254         4.(d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
 1255  instructors for all courses;.
 1256         5.(e) Identify student advising services and progress
 1257  monitoring mechanisms;.
 1258         6.(f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
 1259  regarding student performance outcomes; and.
 1260         7.(g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to
 1261  implement the structured collegiate high school program pursuant
 1262  to paragraph (5)(a).
 1263         (3) STUDENT PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND NOTIFICATION.—
 1264         (a)(4) Each student participating in a structured
 1265  collegiate high school program must enter into a student
 1266  performance contract which must be signed by the student, the
 1267  parent, and a representative of the school district and the
 1268  applicable Florida College System institution, state university,
 1269  or other institution participating pursuant to subsection (4)
 1270  (5). The performance contract must, at a minimum, specify
 1271  include the schedule of courses, by semester, and industry
 1272  certifications to be taken by the student, if any; student
 1273  attendance requirements;, and course grade requirements; and the
 1274  applicability of such courses to an associate degree or a
 1275  baccalaureate degree.
 1276         (b) By September 1 of each school year, each district
 1277  school board must notify each student enrolled in grades 9, 10,
 1278  11, and 12 in a public school within the school district about
 1279  the structured program, including, but not limited to:
 1280         1. The method for earning college credit through
 1281  participation in the structured program. The notification must
 1282  include website links to the dual enrollment course equivalency
 1283  list approved by the State Board of Education; the common degree
 1284  program prerequisite requirements published by the Articulation
 1285  Coordinating Committee pursuant to s. 1007.01(3)(f); the
 1286  industry certification articulation agreements adopted by the
 1287  State Board of Education in rule; and the approved meta-major
 1288  academic pathways of the partner Florida College System
 1289  institution and other eligible partner postsecondary
 1290  institutions participating pursuant to subsection (4); and
 1291         2. The estimated cost savings to students and their
 1292  families resulting from students successfully completing 30
 1293  credit hours applicable toward general education core courses or
 1294  common prerequisite course requirements before graduating from
 1295  high school versus the cost of earning such credit hours after
 1296  graduating from high school.
 1297         (4)(5)AUTHORIZED STRUCTURED PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—In addition
 1298  to executing a contract with the local Florida College System
 1299  institution under this section, a district school board may
 1300  execute a contract to establish a structured collegiate high
 1301  school program with a state university or an institution that is
 1302  eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida
 1303  Resident Access Grant Program, that is a nonprofit independent
 1304  college or university located and chartered in this state, and
 1305  that is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
 1306  Association of Colleges and Schools to grant baccalaureate
 1307  degrees. Such university or institution must meet the
 1308  requirements specified under subsections (2) (3) and (3). A
 1309  charter school may execute a contract directly with the local
 1310  Florida College System institution or another institution as
 1311  authorized under this section to establish a structured program
 1312  at a mutually agreed upon location (4).
 1313         (5) FUNDING.—
 1314         (a)(6) The structured collegiate high school program shall
 1315  be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62. The State Board
 1316  of Education shall enforce compliance with this section by
 1317  withholding the transfer of funds for the school districts and
 1318  the Florida College System institutions in accordance with s.
 1319  1008.32. Annually, by December 31, the State Board of Education
 1320  shall enforce compliance with this section by withholding the
 1321  transfer of funds for the Florida College System institutions in
 1322  accordance with s. 1008.32.
 1323         (b) A student who enrolls in the structured program and
 1324  successfully completes at least 30 college credit hours during a
 1325  school year through the dual enrollment program under s.
 1326  1007.271 generates a 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) bonus. A
 1327  student who enrolls in the structured program and successfully
 1328  completes an additional 30 college credit hours during a school
 1329  year, resulting in at least 60 college credit hours through the
 1330  dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271 applicable toward
 1331  fulfilling the requirements for an associate in arts degree or
 1332  an associate in science degree or a baccalaureate degree
 1333  pursuant to the student performance contract under subsection
 1334  (3), before graduating from high school, generates an additional
 1335  0.5 FTE bonus. Each district school board that is a contractual
 1336  partner with a Florida College System institution or other
 1337  eligible postsecondary institution shall report to the
 1338  commissioner the total FTE bonus for each structured program for
 1339  the students from that school district. The total FTE bonus
 1340  shall be added to each school district’s total weighted FTE for
 1341  funding in the subsequent fiscal year.
 1342         (c) For any industry certification a student attains under
 1343  this section, the FTE bonus shall be calculated and awarded in
 1344  accordance with s. 1011.62(1)(o).
 1345         (6) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
 1346         (a) By September 1 of each school year, each district
 1347  school superintendent shall report to the commissioner, at a
 1348  minimum, the following information on each structured program
 1349  administered during the prior school year:
 1350         1. The number of students in public schools within the
 1351  school district who enrolled in the structured program, and the
 1352  partnering postsecondary institutions pursuant to subsections
 1353  (2) and (4);
 1354         2. The total and average number of dual enrollment courses
 1355  completed, high school and college credits earned, standard high
 1356  school diplomas and associate and baccalaureate degrees awarded,
 1357  and the number of industry certifications attained, if any, by
 1358  the students who enrolled in the structured program;
 1359         3. The projected student enrollment in the structured
 1360  program during the next school year; and
 1361         4. Any barriers to executing contracts to establish one or
 1362  more structured programs.
 1363         (b) By November 30 of each school year, the commissioner
 1364  must report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
 1365  the Speaker of the House of Representatives the status of
 1366  structured programs, including, at a minimum, a summary of
 1367  student enrollment and completion information pursuant to this
 1368  subsection; barriers, if any, to establishing such programs; and
 1369  recommendations for expanding access to such programs statewide.
 1370         Section 20. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and subsection
 1371  (4) of section 1008.33, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1372         1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement.—
 1373         (3)
 1374         (c) The state board shall adopt by rule a differentiated
 1375  matrix of intervention and support strategies for assisting
 1376  traditional public schools identified under this section and
 1377  rules for implementing s. 1002.33(9)(n), relating to charter
 1378  schools.
 1379         1. The intervention and support strategies must address
 1380  efforts to improve student performance through one or more of
 1381  the following strategies: and may include
 1382         a. Improvement planning;
 1383         b. Leadership quality improvement;
 1384         c. Educator quality improvement;
 1385         d. Professional development;
 1386         e. Curriculum review, pacing, and alignment across grade
 1387  levels to improve background knowledge in social studies,
 1388  science, and the arts; and
 1389         f. The use of continuous improvement and monitoring plans
 1390  and processes.
 1391         2.In addition, The state board may prescribe reporting
 1392  requirements to review and monitor the progress of the schools.
 1393  The rule must define the intervention and support strategies for
 1394  school improvement for schools earning a grade of “D” or “F” and
 1395  the roles for the district and department.
 1396         (4)(a) The state board shall apply intensive intervention
 1397  and support strategies tailored to the needs of schools earning
 1398  two consecutive grades of “D” or a grade of “F.” In the first
 1399  full school year after a school initially earns two consecutive
 1400  grades of “D” or a grade of “F,” the school district must
 1401  immediately implement intervention and support strategies
 1402  prescribed in rule under paragraph (3)(c) and, by September 1,
 1403  provide the department with the memorandum of understanding
 1404  negotiated pursuant to s. 1001.42(21) and, by October 1, a
 1405  district-managed turnaround plan for approval by the state
 1406  board. The district-managed turnaround plan may include a
 1407  proposal for the district to implement an extended school day, a
 1408  summer program, or a combination of an extended school day and
 1409  summer program. Upon approval by the state board, the school
 1410  district must implement the plan for the remainder of the school
 1411  year and continue the plan for 1 full school year. The state
 1412  board may allow a school an additional year of implementation
 1413  before the school must implement a turnaround option required
 1414  under paragraph (b) if it determines that the school is likely
 1415  to improve to a grade of “C” or higher after the first full
 1416  school year of implementation.
 1417         (b) Unless an additional year of implementation is provided
 1418  pursuant to paragraph (a), a school that has completed 2 school
 1419  years of a district-managed turnaround plan required under
 1420  paragraph (a) and has not improved its school grade to a “C” or
 1421  higher, pursuant to s. 1008.34, earns three consecutive grades
 1422  below a “C” must implement one of the following options:
 1423         1. Reassign students to another school and monitor the
 1424  progress of each reassigned student.;
 1425         2. Close the school and reopen the school as one or more
 1426  charter schools, each with a governing board that has a
 1427  demonstrated record of effectiveness. Such charter schools are
 1428  eligible for funding from the hope supplemental services
 1429  allocation established by s. 1011.62(16).; or
 1430         3. Contract with an outside entity that has a demonstrated
 1431  record of effectiveness to operate the school. An outside entity
 1432  may include:
 1433         a. A district-managed charter school in which all
 1434  instructional personnel are not employees of the school
 1435  district, but are employees of an independent governing board
 1436  composed of members who did not participate in the review or
 1437  approval of the charter. A district-managed charter school is
 1438  eligible for funding from the hope supplemental services
 1439  allocation established by s. 1011.62(16); or
 1440         b. A hope operator that submits to a school district a
 1441  notice of intent of a performance-based agreement pursuant to s.
 1442  1002.333. A school of hope established pursuant to this sub
 1443  subparagraph is eligible for funding from the hope supplemental
 1444  services allocation for up to 5 years, beginning in the school
 1445  year in which the school of hope is established, if the school
 1446  of hope:
 1447         (I) Is established at the district-owned facilities of the
 1448  persistently low-performing school;
 1449         (II) Gives priority enrollment to students who are enrolled
 1450  in, or are eligible to attend and are living in the attendance
 1451  area of, the persistently low-performing school that the school
 1452  of hope operates, consistent with the enrollment lottery
 1453  exemption provided under s. 1002.333(5)(c); and
 1454         (III) Meets the requirements of its performance-based
 1455  agreement pursuant to s. 1002.333.
 1456         4. Implement a franchise model school in which a highly
 1457  effective principal, pursuant to s. 1012.34, leads the
 1458  persistently low-performing school in addition to the
 1459  principal’s currently assigned school. The franchise model
 1460  school principal may allocate resources and personnel between
 1461  the schools he or she leads. The persistently low-performing
 1462  school is eligible for funding from the hope supplemental
 1463  services allocation established under s. 1011.62(16).
 1464         (c) Implementation of the turnaround option is no longer
 1465  required if the school improves to a grade of “C” or higher.
 1466         (d) If a school earning two consecutive grades of “D” or a
 1467  grade of “F” does not improve to a grade of “C” or higher after
 1468  2 full school years of implementing the turnaround option
 1469  selected by the school district under paragraph (b), the school
 1470  district must implement another turnaround option.
 1471  Implementation of the turnaround option must begin the school
 1472  year following the implementation period of the existing
 1473  turnaround option, unless the state board determines that the
 1474  school is likely to improve to a grade of “C” or higher if
 1475  additional time is provided to implement the existing turnaround
 1476  option.
 1477         Section 21. Present subsections (16) and (17) of section
 1478  1011.62, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (19)
 1479  and (20), respectively, new subsections (16) and (17) and
 1480  subsection (18) are added to that section, and paragraph (a) of
 1481  subsection (4) and subsection (14) of that section are amended,
 1482  to read:
 1483         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
 1484  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
 1485  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
 1486  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
 1487  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
 1488  follows:
 1489         (4) COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.—The
 1490  Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
 1491  for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
 1492  Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
 1493  district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
 1494  Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
 1495  programs shall be calculated as follows:
 1496         (a) Estimated taxable value calculations.—
 1497         1.a. Not later than 2 working days before July 19, the
 1498  Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
 1499  Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
 1500  school purposes in each school district and the total for all
 1501  school districts in the state for the current calendar year
 1502  based on the latest available data obtained from the local
 1503  property appraisers. The value certified shall be the taxable
 1504  value for school purposes for that year, and no further
 1505  adjustments shall be made, except those made pursuant to
 1506  paragraphs (c) and (d), or an assessment roll change required by
 1507  final judicial decisions as specified in paragraph (19)(b)
 1508  (16)(b). Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of Education
 1509  shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next highest one
 1510  one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 96 percent of
 1511  the estimated state total taxable value for school purposes,
 1512  would generate the prescribed aggregate required local effort
 1513  for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of Education
 1514  shall certify to each district school board the millage rate,
 1515  computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as the minimum
 1516  millage rate necessary to provide the district required local
 1517  effort for that year.
 1518         b. The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
 1519  computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
 1520  required local effort for all school districts collectively from
 1521  ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district’s revenue
 1522  from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
 1523  percent of the district’s total Florida Education Finance
 1524  Program calculation as calculated and adopted by the
 1525  Legislature, and the adjustment of the required local effort
 1526  millage rate of each district that produces more than 90 percent
 1527  of its total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement to a
 1528  level that will produce only 90 percent of its total Florida
 1529  Education Finance Program entitlement in the July calculation.
 1530         2. On the same date as the certification in sub
 1531  subparagraph 1.a., the Department of Revenue shall certify to
 1532  the Commissioner of Education for each district:
 1533         a. Each year for which the property appraiser has certified
 1534  the taxable value pursuant to s. 193.122(2) or (3), if
 1535  applicable, since the prior certification under sub-subparagraph
 1536  1.a.
 1537         b. For each year identified in sub-subparagraph a., the
 1538  taxable value certified by the appraiser pursuant to s.
 1539  193.122(2) or (3), if applicable, since the prior certification
 1540  under sub-subparagraph 1.a. This is the certification that
 1541  reflects all final administrative actions of the value
 1542  adjustment board.
 1543         (14) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
 1544  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
 1545  percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a
 1546  minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall
 1547  be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE
 1548  student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided
 1549  in subsection (19) (16), quality guarantee funds, and actual
 1550  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base
 1551  funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for
 1552  the current year. The current year funds from which the
 1553  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE
 1554  dollars as provided in subsection (19) (16) and potential
 1555  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of
 1556  current year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per
 1557  unweighted FTE shall be computed. For those school districts
 1558  which have less than the legislatively assigned percentage
 1559  increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the assigned
 1560  percentage increase in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should
 1561  appropriated funds be less than the sum of this calculated
 1562  amount for all districts, the commissioner shall prorate each
 1563  district’s allocation. This provision shall be implemented to
 1564  the extent specifically funded.
 1565         (16) HOPE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ALLOCATION.-The hope
 1566  supplemental services allocation is created to provide district
 1567  managed turnaround schools, as required under s. 1008.33(4)(a),
 1568  charter schools authorized under s. 1008.33(4)(b)2., district
 1569  managed charter schools authorized under s. 1008.33(4)(b)3.a.,
 1570  schools of hope authorized under s. 1008.33(4)(b)3.b., and
 1571  franchise model schools as authorized under s. 1008.33(4)(b)4.,
 1572  with funds to offer services designed to improve the overall
 1573  academic and community welfare of the schools’ students and
 1574  their families.
 1575         (a) Services funded by the allocation may include, but are
 1576  not limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, student
 1577  counseling, nutrition education, and parental counseling. In
 1578  addition, services may also include models that develop a
 1579  culture that encourages students to complete high school and to
 1580  attend college or career training, set high academic
 1581  expectations, inspire character development, and include an
 1582  extended school day and school year.
 1583         (b) Prior to distribution of the allocation, a school
 1584  district, for a district turnaround school and persistently low
 1585  performing schools that use a franchise model; a hope operator,
 1586  for a school of hope; or the charter school governing board for
 1587  a charter school, as applicable, shall develop and submit a plan
 1588  for implementation to its respective governing body for approval
 1589  no later than August 1 of the fiscal year.
 1590         (c) At a minimum, the plans required under paragraph (b)
 1591  must:
 1592         1. Establish comprehensive support services that develop
 1593  family and community partnerships;
 1594         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
 1595  and character standards;
 1596         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
 1597  child’s education;
 1598         4. Describe how instructional personnel will be identified,
 1599  recruited, retained, and rewarded;
 1600         5. Provide professional development that focuses on
 1601  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
 1602  and character standards; and
 1603         6. Provide focused instruction to improve student academic
 1604  proficiency, which may include additional instruction time
 1605  beyond the normal school day or school year.
 1606         (d) Each school district and hope operator shall submit
 1607  approved plans to the commissioner by September 1 of each fiscal
 1608  year.
 1609         (e) For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, a school that is
 1610  selected to receive funding in the 2017-2018 fiscal year
 1611  pursuant to s. 1002.333(10)(c) shall receive $2,000 per FTE. A
 1612  district-managed turnaround school required under s.
 1613  1008.33(4)(a), charter school authorized under s.
 1614  1008.33(4)(b)2., district-managed charter school authorized
 1615  under s. 1008.33(4)(b)3.a., school of hope authorized under s.
 1616  1008.33(4)(b)3.b., and franchise model school authorized under
 1617  s. 1008.33(4)(b)4. are eligible for the remaining funds based on
 1618  the school’s unweighted FTE, up to $2,000 per FTE or as provided
 1619  in the General Appropriations Act.
 1620         (f) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year and thereafter, each
 1621  school district’s allocation shall be based on the unweighted
 1622  FTE student enrollment at the eligible schools and a per-FTE
 1623  funding amount of up to $2,000 per FTE or as provided in the
 1624  General Appropriations Act. If the calculated funds for
 1625  unweighted FTE student enrollment at the eligible schools exceed
 1626  the per-FTE funds appropriated, the allocation of funds to each
 1627  school district must be prorated based on each school district’s
 1628  share of the total unweighted FTE student enrollment for the
 1629  eligible schools.
 1630         (17)MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION.The mental health
 1631  assistance allocation is created to provide supplemental funding
 1632  to assist school districts in establishing or expanding
 1633  comprehensive school-based mental health programs that increase
 1634  awareness of mental health issues among children and school-age
 1635  youth; train educators and other school staff in detecting and
 1636  responding to mental health issues; and connect children, youth,
 1637  and families who may experience behavioral health issues with
 1638  appropriate services. These funds may be allocated annually in
 1639  the General Appropriations Act to each eligible school district
 1640  and developmental research school based on each entity’s
 1641  proportionate share of Florida Education Finance Program base
 1642  funding. The district funding allocation must include a minimum
 1643  amount as specified in the General Appropriations Act. Upon
 1644  submission and approval of a plan that includes the elements
 1645  specified in paragraph (b), charter schools are also entitled to
 1646  a proportionate share of district funding for this program. The
 1647  allocated funds may not supplant funds that are provided for
 1648  this purpose from other operating funds and may not be used to
 1649  increase salaries or provide bonuses.
 1650         (a)Prior to the distribution of the allocation:
 1651         1. The district must annually develop and submit a detailed
 1652  plan outlining the local program and planned expenditures to the
 1653  district school board for approval.
 1654         2. A charter school must annually develop and submit a
 1655  detailed plan outlining the local program and planned
 1656  expenditures of the funds in the plan to its governing body for
 1657  approval. After the plan is approved by the governing body, it
 1658  must be provided to its school district for submission to the
 1659  commissioner.
 1660         (b) The plans required under paragraph (a) must include, at
 1661  a minimum, all of the following elements:
 1662         1. A collaborative effort or partnership between the school
 1663  district and at least one local community program or agency
 1664  involved in mental health to provide or to improve prevention,
 1665  diagnosis, and treatment services for students;
 1666         2. Programs to assist students in dealing with bullying,
 1667  trauma, and violence;
 1668         3. Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at
 1669  risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health
 1670  problems or substance use disorders;
 1671         4. Strategies to improve the early identification of
 1672  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
 1673  disorders and to improve the provision of early intervention
 1674  services;
 1675         5. Strategies to enhance the availability of school-based
 1676  crisis intervention services and appropriate referrals for
 1677  students in need of mental health services; and
 1678         6. Training opportunities for school personnel in the
 1679  techniques and supports needed to identify students who have
 1680  trauma histories and who have or are at risk of having a mental
 1681  illness, and in the use of referral mechanisms that effectively
 1682  link such students to appropriate treatment and intervention
 1683  services in the school and in the community.
 1684         (c)The districts shall submit approved plans to the
 1685  commissioner by August 1 of each fiscal year.
 1686         (d) Beginning September 30, 2019, and by each September 30
 1687  thereafter, each entity that receives an allocation under this
 1688  subsection shall submit to the commissioner, in a format
 1689  prescribed by the department, a final report on its program
 1690  outcomes and its expenditures for each element of the program.
 1691         (18) FUNDING COMPRESSION ALLOCATION.—The Legislature may
 1692  provide an annual funding compression allocation in the General
 1693  Appropriations Act. The allocation is created to provide
 1694  additional funding to school districts and developmental
 1695  research schools whose total funds per FTE in the prior year
 1696  were less than the statewide average. Using the most recent
 1697  prior year FEFP calculation for each eligible school district,
 1698  the total funds per FTE shall be subtracted from the state
 1699  average funds per FTE, not including any adjustments made
 1700  pursuant to paragraph (19)(b). The resulting funds per FTE
 1701  difference, or a portion thereof, as designated in the General
 1702  Appropriations Act, shall then be multiplied by the school
 1703  district’s total unweighted FTE to provide the allocation. If
 1704  the calculated funds are greater than the amount included in the
 1705  General Appropriations Act, they must be prorated to the
 1706  appropriation amount based on each participating school
 1707  district’s share.
 1708         Section 22. Subsection (5) of section 1011.69, Florida
 1709  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1710         1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act.—
 1711         (5) After providing Title I, Part A, Basic funds to schools
 1712  above the 75 percent poverty threshold, which may include high
 1713  schools above the 50 percent threshold as allowed by federal
 1714  law, school districts shall provide any remaining Title I, Part
 1715  A, Basic funds directly to all eligible schools as provided in
 1716  this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, an eligible
 1717  school is a school that is eligible to receive Title I funds,
 1718  including a charter school. The threshold for identifying
 1719  eligible schools may not exceed the threshold established by a
 1720  school district for the 2016-2017 school year or the statewide
 1721  percentage of economically disadvantaged students, as determined
 1722  annually.
 1723         (a) Prior to the allocation of Title I funds to eligible
 1724  schools, a school district may withhold funds only as follows:
 1725         1. One percent for parent involvement, in addition to the
 1726  one percent the district must reserve under federal law for
 1727  allocations to eligible schools for parent involvement;
 1728         2. A necessary and reasonable amount for administration;,
 1729         3.which includes The district’s approved indirect cost
 1730  rate, not to exceed a total of 8 percent; and
 1731         4.3. A reasonable and necessary amount to provide:
 1732         a. Homeless programs;
 1733         b. Delinquent and neglected programs;
 1734         c. Prekindergarten programs and activities;
 1735         d. Private school equitable services; and
 1736         e. Transportation for foster care children to their school
 1737  of origin or choice programs; and.
 1738         5. A necessary and reasonable amount for eligible schools
 1739  to provide:
 1740         a. Extended learning opportunities, such as summer school,
 1741  before-school and after-school programs, and additional class
 1742  periods of instruction during the school day; and
 1743         b. Supplemental academic and enrichment services, staff
 1744  development, and planning and curriculum, as well as wrap-around
 1745  services.
 1746         (b) All remaining Title I funds shall be distributed to all
 1747  eligible schools in accordance with federal law and regulation.
 1748  To maximize the efficient use of resources, school districts may
 1749  allow eligible schools, not including charter schools, to An
 1750  eligible school may use funds under this subsection for
 1751  district-level to participate in discretionary educational
 1752  services provided by the school district.
 1753         Section 23. Subsection (5) of section 1011.71, Florida
 1754  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1755         1011.71 District school tax.—
 1756         (5) Effective July 1, 2008, A school district may expend,
 1757  subject to the provisions of s. 200.065, up to $150 $100 per
 1758  unweighted full-time equivalent student from the revenue
 1759  generated by the millage levy authorized by subsection (2) to
 1760  fund, in addition to expenditures authorized in paragraphs
 1761  (2)(a)-(j), expenses for the following:
 1762         (a) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of driver’s
 1763  education vehicles; motor vehicles used for the maintenance or
 1764  operation of plants and equipment; security vehicles; or
 1765  vehicles used in storing or distributing materials and
 1766  equipment.
 1767         (b) Payment of the cost of premiums, as defined in s.
 1768  627.403, for property and casualty insurance necessary to insure
 1769  school district educational and ancillary plants. As used in
 1770  this paragraph, casualty insurance has the same meaning as in s.
 1771  624.605(1)(d), (f), (g), (h), and (m). Operating revenues that
 1772  are made available through the payment of property and casualty
 1773  insurance premiums from revenues generated under this subsection
 1774  may be expended only for nonrecurring operational expenditures
 1775  of the school district.
 1776         Section 24. Section 1012.315, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1777  to read:
 1778         1012.315 Disqualification from employment.—A person is
 1779  ineligible for educator certification, and instructional
 1780  personnel and school administrators, as defined in s. 1012.01,
 1781  are ineligible for employment in any position that requires
 1782  direct contact with students in a district school system,
 1783  charter school, or private school that accepts scholarship
 1784  students under s. 1002.385, s. 1002.39, or s. 1002.395, or
 1785  another state scholarship program under chapter 1002, if the
 1786  person, instructional personnel, or school administrator has
 1787  been convicted of:
 1788         (1) Any felony offense prohibited under any of the
 1789  following statutes:
 1790         (a) Section 393.135, relating to sexual misconduct with
 1791  certain developmentally disabled clients and reporting of such
 1792  sexual misconduct.
 1793         (b) Section 394.4593, relating to sexual misconduct with
 1794  certain mental health patients and reporting of such sexual
 1795  misconduct.
 1796         (c) Section 415.111, relating to adult abuse, neglect, or
 1797  exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults.
 1798         (d) Section 782.04, relating to murder.
 1799         (e) Section 782.07, relating to manslaughter, aggravated
 1800  manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult, aggravated
 1801  manslaughter of a child, or aggravated manslaughter of an
 1802  officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, or a
 1803  paramedic.
 1804         (f) Section 784.021, relating to aggravated assault.
 1805         (g) Section 784.045, relating to aggravated battery.
 1806         (h) Section 784.075, relating to battery on a detention or
 1807  commitment facility staff member or a juvenile probation
 1808  officer.
 1809         (i) Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping.
 1810         (j) Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment.
 1811         (k) Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a
 1812  child.
 1813         (l) Section 787.04(2), relating to leading, taking,
 1814  enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or
 1815  concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending
 1816  custody proceedings.
 1817         (m) Section 787.04(3), relating to leading, taking,
 1818  enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or
 1819  concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending
 1820  dependency proceedings or proceedings concerning alleged abuse
 1821  or neglect of a minor.
 1822         (n) Section 790.115(1), relating to exhibiting firearms or
 1823  weapons at a school-sponsored event, on school property, or
 1824  within 1,000 feet of a school.
 1825         (o) Section 790.115(2)(b), relating to possessing an
 1826  electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon
 1827  at a school-sponsored event or on school property.
 1828         (p) Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery.
 1829         (q) Former s. 794.041, relating to sexual activity with or
 1830  solicitation of a child by a person in familial or custodial
 1831  authority.
 1832         (r) Section 794.05, relating to unlawful sexual activity
 1833  with certain minors.
 1834         (s) Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation.
 1835         (t) Chapter 796, relating to prostitution.
 1836         (u) Chapter 800, relating to lewdness and indecent
 1837  exposure.
 1838         (v) Section 806.01, relating to arson.
 1839         (w) Section 810.14, relating to voyeurism.
 1840         (x) Section 810.145, relating to video voyeurism.
 1841         (y) Section 812.014(6), relating to coordinating the
 1842  commission of theft in excess of $3,000.
 1843         (z) Section 812.0145, relating to theft from persons 65
 1844  years of age or older.
 1845         (aa) Section 812.019, relating to dealing in stolen
 1846  property.
 1847         (bb) Section 812.13, relating to robbery.
 1848         (cc) Section 812.131, relating to robbery by sudden
 1849  snatching.
 1850         (dd) Section 812.133, relating to carjacking.
 1851         (ee) Section 812.135, relating to home-invasion robbery.
 1852         (ff) Section 817.563, relating to fraudulent sale of
 1853  controlled substances.
 1854         (gg) Section 825.102, relating to abuse, aggravated abuse,
 1855  or neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult.
 1856         (hh) Section 825.103, relating to exploitation of an
 1857  elderly person or disabled adult.
 1858         (ii) Section 825.1025, relating to lewd or lascivious
 1859  offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person
 1860  or disabled person.
 1861         (jj) Section 826.04, relating to incest.
 1862         (kk) Section 827.03, relating to child abuse, aggravated
 1863  child abuse, or neglect of a child.
 1864         (ll) Section 827.04, relating to contributing to the
 1865  delinquency or dependency of a child.
 1866         (mm) Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a
 1867  child.
 1868         (nn) Section 843.01, relating to resisting arrest with
 1869  violence.
 1870         (oo) Chapter 847, relating to obscenity.
 1871         (pp) Section 874.05, relating to causing, encouraging,
 1872  soliciting, or recruiting another to join a criminal street
 1873  gang.
 1874         (qq) Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and
 1875  control, if the offense was a felony of the second degree or
 1876  greater severity.
 1877         (rr) Section 916.1075, relating to sexual misconduct with
 1878  certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual
 1879  misconduct.
 1880         (ss) Section 944.47, relating to introduction, removal, or
 1881  possession of contraband at a correctional facility.
 1882         (tt) Section 985.701, relating to sexual misconduct in
 1883  juvenile justice programs.
 1884         (uu) Section 985.711, relating to introduction, removal, or
 1885  possession of contraband at a juvenile detention facility or
 1886  commitment program.
 1887         (2) Any misdemeanor offense prohibited under any of the
 1888  following statutes:
 1889         (a) Section 784.03, relating to battery, if the victim of
 1890  the offense was a minor.
 1891         (b) Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a
 1892  child.
 1893         (3) Any criminal act committed in another state or under
 1894  federal law which, if committed in this state, constitutes an
 1895  offense prohibited under any statute listed in subsection (1) or
 1896  subsection (2).
 1897         (4) Any delinquent act committed in this state or any
 1898  delinquent or criminal act committed in another state or under
 1899  federal law which, if committed in this state, qualifies an
 1900  individual for inclusion on the Registered Juvenile Sex Offender
 1901  List under s. 943.0435(1)(h)1.d.
 1902         Section 25. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of
 1903  section 1012.731, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1904         1012.731 The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship
 1905  Program.—
 1906         (3)
 1907         (b)1. In order to demonstrate eligibility for an award, an
 1908  eligible classroom teacher must submit to the school district,
 1909  no later than November 1, an official record of his or her
 1910  qualifying assessment score and, beginning with the 2020-2021
 1911  school year, an official transcript demonstrating that he or she
 1912  graduated cum laude or higher with a baccalaureate degree, if
 1913  applicable. Once a classroom teacher is deemed eligible by the
 1914  school district, the teacher shall remain eligible as long as he
 1915  or she remains employed by the school district as a classroom
 1916  teacher at the time of the award and receives an annual
 1917  performance evaluation rating of highly effective pursuant to s.
 1918  1012.34 or is evaluated as highly effective based on a
 1919  commissioner-approved student learning growth formula pursuant
 1920  to s. 1012.34(8) for the 2019-2020 school year or thereafter.
 1921         2. A school district employee who, in the prior school
 1922  year, was rated highly effective and met the eligibility
 1923  requirements under this section as a classroom teacher, is
 1924  eligible to receive a scholarship award during the current
 1925  school year if he or she maintains employment with the school
 1926  district.
 1927         (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection,
 1928  for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 school years, any
 1929  classroom teacher who:
 1930         1. Was evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s. 1012.34
 1931  in the school year immediately preceding the year in which the
 1932  scholarship will be awarded shall receive a scholarship of
 1933  $1200, including a classroom teacher who received an award
 1934  pursuant to paragraph (a).
 1935         2. Was evaluated as effective pursuant to s. 1012.34 in the
 1936  school year immediately preceding the year in which the
 1937  scholarship will be awarded a scholarship of up to $800. If the
 1938  number of eligible classroom teachers under this subparagraph
 1939  exceeds the total allocation, the department shall prorate the
 1940  per-teacher scholarship amount.
 1941  
 1942  This paragraph expires July 1, 2020.
 1943         Section 26. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
 1944  1012.732, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1945         1012.732 The Florida Best and Brightest Principal
 1946  Scholarship Program.—
 1947         (2) There is created the Florida Best and Brightest
 1948  Principal Scholarship Program to be administered by the
 1949  Department of Education. The program shall provide categorical
 1950  funding for scholarships to be awarded to school principals, as
 1951  defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c)1., who are serving as a franchise
 1952  model school principal or who have recruited and retained a high
 1953  percentage of best and brightest teachers.
 1954         (3)(a) A school principal identified pursuant to s.
 1955  1012.731(4)(c) is eligible to receive a scholarship under this
 1956  section if he or she has served as school principal at his or
 1957  her school for at least 2 consecutive school years including the
 1958  current school year and his or her school has a ratio of best
 1959  and brightest teachers to other classroom teachers that is at
 1960  the 80th percentile or higher for schools within the same grade
 1961  group, statewide, including elementary schools, middle schools,
 1962  high schools, and schools with a combination of grade levels.
 1963         (b) A principal of a franchise model school, as defined in
 1964  s. 1002.334, is eligible to receive a scholarship under this
 1965  section.
 1966         (4) Annually, by February 1, the department shall identify
 1967  eligible school principals and disburse funds to each school
 1968  district for each eligible school principal to receive a
 1969  scholarship.
 1970         (a) A scholarship of $10,000 $5,000 must be awarded to each
 1971  franchise model school principal who is every eligible under
 1972  paragraph (3)(b).
 1973         (b)A scholarship of $5,000 must be awarded to each school
 1974  principal assigned to a Title I school and a scholarship of
 1975  $4,000 to each every eligible school principal who is not
 1976  assigned to a Title I school and who is eligible under paragraph
 1977  (3)(a).
 1978         Section 27. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
 1979  1012.796, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1980         1012.796 Complaints against teachers and administrators;
 1981  procedure; penalties.—
 1982         (1)
 1983         (e) If allegations arise against an employee who is
 1984  certified under s. 1012.56 and employed in an educator
 1985  certificated position in any public school, charter school or
 1986  governing board thereof, or private school that accepts
 1987  scholarship students under s. 1002.385, s. 1002.39, or s.
 1988  1002.395, or another state scholarship program under chapter
 1989  1002, the school shall file in writing with the department a
 1990  legally sufficient complaint within 30 days after the date on
 1991  which the subject matter of the complaint came to the attention
 1992  of the school. A complaint is legally sufficient if it contains
 1993  ultimate facts that show a violation has occurred as provided in
 1994  s. 1012.795 and defined by rule of the State Board of Education.
 1995  The school shall include all known information relating to the
 1996  complaint with the filing of the complaint. This paragraph does
 1997  not limit or restrict the power and duty of the department to
 1998  investigate complaints, regardless of the school’s untimely
 1999  filing, or failure to file, complaints and followup reports.
 2000         Section 28. Present paragraphs (a) through (d) of
 2001  subsection (1) of section 1013.31, Florida Statutes, are
 2002  redesignated as paragraphs (b) through (e), respectively, and a
 2003  new paragraph (a) is added to that subsection, to read:
 2004         1013.31 Educational plant survey; localized need
 2005  assessment; PECO project funding.—
 2006         (1) At least every 5 years, each board shall arrange for an
 2007  educational plant survey, to aid in formulating plans for
 2008  housing the educational program and student population, faculty,
 2009  administrators, staff, and auxiliary and ancillary services of
 2010  the district or campus, including consideration of the local
 2011  comprehensive plan. The Department of Education shall document
 2012  the need for additional career and adult education programs and
 2013  the continuation of existing programs before facility
 2014  construction or renovation related to career or adult education
 2015  may be included in the educational plant survey of a school
 2016  district or Florida College System institution that delivers
 2017  career or adult education programs. Information used by the
 2018  Department of Education to establish facility needs must
 2019  include, but need not be limited to, labor market data, needs
 2020  analysis, and information submitted by the school district or
 2021  Florida College System institution.
 2022         (a) Educational plant survey and localized need assessment
 2023  for capital outlay purposes.A district may only use funds from
 2024  the following sources for educational, auxiliary, and ancillary
 2025  plant capital outlay purposes without needing a survey
 2026  recommendation:
 2027         1. The local capital outlay improvement fund, consisting of
 2028  funds that come from and are a part of the district’s basic
 2029  operating budget;
 2030         2. If a board decides to build an educational, auxiliary,
 2031  or ancillary facility without a survey recommendation and the
 2032  taxpayers approve a bond referendum, the voted bond referendum;
 2033         3. One-half cent sales surtax revenue;
 2034         4. One cent local governmental surtax revenue;
 2035         5. Impact fees; and
 2036         6. Private gifts or donations.
 2037         Section 29. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of
 2038  section 1013.385, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2039         1013.385 School district construction flexibility.—
 2040         (2) A resolution adopted under this section may propose
 2041  implementation of exceptions to requirements of the uniform
 2042  statewide building code for the planning and construction of
 2043  public educational and ancillary plants adopted pursuant to ss.
 2044  553.73 and 1013.37 relating to:
 2045         (e) Any other provisions that limit the ability of a school
 2046  to operate in a facility on the same basis as a charter school
 2047  pursuant to s. 1002.33(18) if the regional planning council
 2048  determines that there is sufficient shelter capacity within the
 2049  school district as documented in the Statewide Emergency Shelter
 2050  Plan.
 2051         Section 30. Subsection (3) of section 1013.62, Florida
 2052  Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is added to subsection
 2053  (1) of that section, to read:
 2054         1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.—
 2055         (1) Charter school capital outlay funding shall consist of
 2056  revenue resulting from the discretionary millage authorized in
 2057  s. 1011.71(2) and state funds when such funds are appropriated
 2058  in the General Appropriations Act.
 2059         (c)It is the intent of the Legislature that the public
 2060  interest be protected by prohibiting personal financial
 2061  enrichment by owners, operators, managers, real estate
 2062  developers, and other affiliated parties of charter schools.
 2063  Therefore, a charter school is not eligible for a funding
 2064  allocation unless the chair of the governing board and the chief
 2065  administrative officer of the charter school annually certify
 2066  under oath that the funds will be used solely and exclusively
 2067  for constructing, renovating, or improving charter school
 2068  facilities that are:
 2069         1. Owned by a school district, a political subdivision of
 2070  the state, a municipality, a Florida College System institution,
 2071  or a state university;
 2072         2. Owned by an organization that is qualified as an exempt
 2073  organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
 2074  whose articles of incorporation specify that, upon the
 2075  organization’s dissolution, the subject property will be
 2076  transferred to a school district, a political subdivision of the
 2077  state, a municipality, a Florida College System institution, or
 2078  a state university; or
 2079         3. Owned by and leased, at a fair market value in the
 2080  school district in which the charter school is located, from a
 2081  person or entity that is not an affiliated party of the charter
 2082  school. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term
 2083  “affiliated party of the charter school” means the applicant for
 2084  the charter school pursuant to s. 1002.33; the governing board
 2085  of the charter school or a member of the governing board; the
 2086  charter school owner; the charter school principal; an employee
 2087  of the charter school; an independent contractor of the charter
 2088  school or the governing board of the charter school; a relative,
 2089  as defined in s. 1002.33(24)(a)2., of a charter school governing
 2090  board member, a charter school owner, a charter school
 2091  principal, a charter school employee, or an independent
 2092  contractor of a charter school or charter school governing
 2093  board; a subsidiary corporation, a service corporation, an
 2094  affiliated corporation, a parent corporation, a limited
 2095  liability company, a limited partnership, a trust, a
 2096  partnership, or a related party that, individually or through
 2097  one or more entities, shares common ownership or control and
 2098  directly or indirectly manages, administers, controls, or
 2099  oversees the operation of the charter school; or any person or
 2100  entity, individually or through one or more entities that share
 2101  common ownership, which directly or indirectly manages,
 2102  administers, controls, or oversees the operation of any of the
 2103  foregoing.
 2104         (3) If the school board levies the discretionary millage
 2105  authorized in s. 1011.71(2), the department shall use the
 2106  following calculation methodology to determine the amount of
 2107  revenue that a school district must distribute to each eligible
 2108  charter school:
 2109         (a) Reduce the total discretionary millage revenue by the
 2110  school district’s annual debt service obligation incurred as of
 2111  March 1, 2017, and any amount of participation requirement
 2112  pursuant to s. 1013.64(2)(a)8. that is being satisfied by
 2113  revenues raised by the discretionary millage.
 2114         (b) Divide the school district’s adjusted discretionary
 2115  millage revenue by the district’s total capital outlay full-time
 2116  equivalent membership and the total number of unweighted full
 2117  time equivalent students of each eligible charter school to
 2118  determine a capital outlay allocation per full-time equivalent
 2119  student.
 2120         (c) Multiply the capital outlay allocation per full-time
 2121  equivalent student by the total number of full-time equivalent
 2122  students for all of each eligible charter schools within the
 2123  district school to determine the total charter school capital
 2124  outlay allocation for each district charter school.
 2125         (d) If applicable, reduce the capital outlay allocation
 2126  identified in paragraph (c) by the total amount of state funds
 2127  allocated pursuant to subsection (2) to all each eligible
 2128  charter schools within a district school in subsection (2) to
 2129  determine the net total maximum calculated capital outlay
 2130  allocation from local funds. If state funds are not allocated
 2131  pursuant to subsection (2), the amount determined in paragraph
 2132  (c) is equal to the net total calculated capital outlay
 2133  allocation from local funds for each district.
 2134         (e) For each charter school within each district, the net
 2135  capital outlay amount from local funds shall be calculated in
 2136  the same manner as the state funds in paragraphs (2)(a)-(d),
 2137  except that the base charter school per weighted FTE allocation
 2138  amount shall be determined by dividing the net total capital
 2139  outlay amount from local funds by the total weighted FTE for all
 2140  eligible charter schools within the district. The per weighted
 2141  FTE allocation amount from local funds shall be multiplied by
 2142  the weighted FTE for each charter school to determine each
 2143  charter school’s capital outlay allocation from local funds.
 2144         (f)(e) School districts shall distribute capital outlay
 2145  funds to charter schools no later than February 1 of each year,
 2146  beginning on February 1, 2018, for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
 2147         Section 31. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of
 2148  $596,560 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund and
 2149  the sum of $392,134 in nonrecurring funds from the General
 2150  Revenue Funds are appropriated to the Department of Education to
 2151  implement this act as follows: the sum of $596,560 in recurring
 2152  funds and $142,134 in nonrecurring funds shall be used to
 2153  implement the additional oversight requirements pursuant to s.
 2154  1002.421, Florida Statutes and the sum of $250,000 in
 2155  nonrecurring funds shall be used to issue a competitive grant
 2156  award pursuant to s. 1002.395(9), Florida Statutes.
 2157         Section 32. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
 2158  
 2159  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 2160  And the title is amended as follows:
 2161         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 2162  and insert:
 2163                        A bill to be entitled                      
 2164         An act relating to education; amending s. 1001.10,
 2165         F.S.; revising the private schools to which the
 2166         Department of Education is required to provide
 2167         technical assistance and authorized staff; amending s.
 2168         1001.4205, F.S.; authorizing a member of the State
 2169         Legislature to visit any district school, including
 2170         any charter school, in his or her legislative
 2171         district; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; extending the
 2172         period of time for which a charter school may defer
 2173         its opening for specified reasons; amending s.
 2174         1002.331, F.S.; revising the requirements for a
 2175         charter school to be considered a high-performing
 2176         charter school; amending s. 1002.333, F.S.; redefining
 2177         the terms “persistently low-performing school” and
 2178         “school of hope”; revising the required contents of a
 2179         school of hope notice of intent and performance-based
 2180         agreement; revising school of hope facility
 2181         requirements; specifying that certain schools of hope
 2182         are eligible to receive hope supplemental service
 2183         allocation funds; requiring the State Board of
 2184         Education to provide awards to all eligible schools
 2185         that meet certain requirements; prohibiting a school
 2186         of hope operator or owner from serving as the
 2187         principal of a school of hope that he or she manages;
 2188         conforming cross-references; creating s. 1002.334,
 2189         F.S.; defining the term “franchise model school”;
 2190         authorizing specified schools to use a franchise model
 2191         school as a turnaround option; specifying requirements
 2192         for a franchise model school principal; amending s.
 2193         1002.385, F.S.; revising the meaning of a rare disease
 2194         within the definition of a “disability” for purposes
 2195         of the Gardiner Scholarship Program; specifying that
 2196         the failure or refusal, rather than the inability of,
 2197         a private school to meet certain requirements
 2198         constitutes a basis for program ineligibility;
 2199         conforming cross-references; amending s. 1002.39,
 2200         F.S.; authorizing the department to make followup site
 2201         visits at any time to certain private schools;
 2202         requiring participating private schools to provide a
 2203         specified report from an independent certified public
 2204         accountant under certain circumstances; specifying
 2205         that the failure or refusal, rather than the inability
 2206         of, a private school to meet certain requirements
 2207         constitutes a basis for program ineligibility;
 2208         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 2209         amending s. 1002.395, F.S.; revising obligations of
 2210         eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations
 2211         participating in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship
 2212         Program; specifying that the failure or refusal,
 2213         rather than the inability of, a private school to meet
 2214         certain requirements constitutes a basis for program
 2215         ineligibility; revising the purposes of department
 2216         site visits at private schools participating in the
 2217         Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; authorizing
 2218         the department to make followup site visits at any
 2219         time to certain private schools; conforming provisions
 2220         to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.421,
 2221         F.S.; defining the term “owner or operator”; requiring
 2222         a private school to employ or contract with teachers
 2223         who meet certain qualifications and provide
 2224         information about such qualifications to the
 2225         department and parents; revising the conditions under
 2226         which a private school employee may be exempted from
 2227         background screening requirements; specifying that a
 2228         private school is ineligible to participate in certain
 2229         scholarship programs under certain circumstances;
 2230         requiring the department to annually visit a certain
 2231         percentage of certain private schools; authorizing the
 2232         department to make certain followup site visits at any
 2233         time; requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal to
 2234         annually provide the department with fire safety
 2235         inspection reports for certain private schools;
 2236         requiring that certain private schools provide the
 2237         department with a report from an independent certified
 2238         public accountant under certain circumstances;
 2239         amending s. 1002.55, F.S.; authorizing an early
 2240         learning coalition to refuse to contract with certain
 2241         private prekindergarten providers; amending s.
 2242         1003.41, F.S.; revising the requirements for the Next
 2243         Generation Sunshine State Standards to include
 2244         financial literacy; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.;
 2245         revising the required credits for a standard high
 2246         school diploma to include one-half credit of
 2247         instruction in personal financial literacy and money
 2248         management and seven-and-one-half, rather than eight,
 2249         credits in electives; creating s. 1003.457, F.S.;
 2250         requiring school districts to provide instruction in
 2251         cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an
 2252         automated external defibrillator; requiring students
 2253         to study and practice psychomotor skills associated
 2254         with CPR at least once before graduating from high
 2255         school; requiring the instruction to be a part of a
 2256         required curriculum; providing instruction to be based
 2257         on certain programs; providing an exemption; amending
 2258         s. 1003.453, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes
 2259         made by the act; amending s. 1006.061, F.S.; revising
 2260         the applicability of certain child abuse, abandonment,
 2261         and neglect provisions; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.;
 2262         requiring district school boards to formulate and
 2263         prescribe policies and procedures for active shooter
 2264         situations; requiring that active shooter situation
 2265         training for each school be conducted by the law
 2266         enforcement agency or agencies that are designated as
 2267         first responders to the school’s campus; requiring
 2268         each school district to conduct certain assessments in
 2269         a specified format; requiring a district school
 2270         superintendent to provide specified agencies with
 2271         certain findings and certain strategy and activity
 2272         recommendations to improve school safety and security;
 2273         requiring that district school boards and private
 2274         school principals or governing boards allow campus
 2275         tours by such law enforcement agency or agencies at
 2276         specified times and for specified purposes; requiring
 2277         that certain recommendations be documented by such
 2278         board or principal; amending s. 1006.12, F.S.;
 2279         requiring, rather than authorizing, district school
 2280         boards to establish certain school resource officer
 2281         programs; requiring a district school board to
 2282         commission one or more school safety officers at each
 2283         district school facility within the district; amending
 2284         s. 1007.273, F.S.; defining the term “structured
 2285         program”; providing additional options for students
 2286         participating in a structured program; prohibiting a
 2287         district school board from limiting the number of
 2288         public school students who may participate in a
 2289         structured program; revising contract requirements;
 2290         requiring each district school board to annually
 2291         notify students in certain grades of certain
 2292         information about the structured program, by a
 2293         specified date; revising provisions relating to
 2294         funding; requiring the state board to enforce
 2295         compliance with certain provisions by a specified date
 2296         each year; providing reporting requirements; amending
 2297         s. 1008.33, F.S.; revising the turnaround options
 2298         available for certain schools; amending s. 1011.62,
 2299         F.S.; creating the hope supplemental services
 2300         allocation; providing the purpose of the allocation;
 2301         specifying the services that may be funded by the
 2302         allocation; providing that implementation plans may
 2303         include certain models; providing requirements for
 2304         implementation plans; providing for the allocation of
 2305         funds in specified fiscal years; creating the mental
 2306         health assistance allocation; providing the purpose of
 2307         the allocation; providing for the annual allocation of
 2308         such funds on a specified basis; prohibiting the use
 2309         of allocated funds to supplant funds provided from
 2310         other operating funds, to increase salaries, or to
 2311         provide bonuses; providing requirements for school
 2312         districts and charter schools; providing that required
 2313         plans must include certain elements; requiring school
 2314         districts to annually submit approved plans to the
 2315         Commissioner of Education by a specified date;
 2316         requiring that entities that receive such allocations
 2317         annually submit a final report on program outcomes and
 2318         specific expenditures to the commissioner by a
 2319         specified date; creating the funding compression
 2320         allocation; providing the purpose of the allocation;
 2321         authorizing funding for the annual allocation;
 2322         providing the calculation for the allocation; amending
 2323         s. 1011.69, F.S.; authorizing certain high schools to
 2324         receive Title I funds; providing that a school
 2325         district may withhold Title I funds for specified
 2326         purposes; authorizing certain schools to use Title I
 2327         funds for specified purposes; amending s. 1011.71,
 2328         F.S.; increasing the amount that a school district may
 2329         expend from a specified millage levy for certain
 2330         expenses; amending s. 1012.315, F.S.; revising the
 2331         applicability of certain provisions related to
 2332         disqualification from employment for the conviction of
 2333         specified offenses; amending s. 1012.731, F.S.;
 2334         extending eligibility for the Florida Best and
 2335         Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program to school
 2336         district employees who, in the immediately preceding
 2337         school year, were classroom teachers and met
 2338         eligibility requirements; deleting scholarship awards
 2339         authorized for specific school years; amending s.
 2340         1012.732, F.S.; specifying that a franchise model
 2341         school principal is eligible to receive a Florida Best
 2342         and Brightest Principal scholarship; requiring
 2343         specified awards for eligible principals; amending s.
 2344         1012.796, F.S.; revising the applicability of a
 2345         requirement that certain private schools file
 2346         specified reports with the department for certain
 2347         allegations against its employees; amending s.
 2348         1013.31, F.S.; authorizing a district to use certain
 2349         sources of funds for educational, auxiliary, and
 2350         ancillary plant capital outlay purposes without
 2351         needing a survey recommendation; amending s. 1013.385,
 2352         F.S.; providing additional exceptions to certain
 2353         building code regulations for school districts;
 2354         amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; providing legislative
 2355         intent; prohibiting a charter school from being
 2356         eligible for capital outlay funds unless the chair of
 2357         the governing board and the chief administrative
 2358         officer of the charter school annually certify certain
 2359         information; defining the term “affiliated party of
 2360         the charter school”; revising the Department of
 2361         Education’s calculation methodology for a school
 2362         district’s distribution of discretionary millage to
 2363         its eligible charter schools; providing
 2364         appropriations; providing an effective date.