Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1746
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/13/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Stargel) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 164 - 232
    4  and insert:
    5  internal funds as provided in s. 1011.07. Such funds may shall
    6  be used to support the school’s marketing and research and
    7  development activities in order to improve courseware and
    8  services to its students.
    9         5.(d) The board of trustees shall be responsible for the
   10  administration and control of all internal and local school
   11  funds derived from all activities or sources and shall prescribe
   12  the principles and procedures to be followed in administering
   13  these funds.
   14         6.(e)The Florida Virtual School may accrue supplemental
   15  revenue from a direct-support organization in accordance with s.
   16  1001.453. The Florida Virtual School may also accrue
   17  supplemental revenue from supplemental support organizations,
   18  which include, but are not limited to, alumni associations,
   19  foundations, parent-teacher associations, and booster
   20  associations. However, a member of the governing body of such an
   21  organization may not have a business relationship with or
   22  pecuniary interest in the Florida Virtual School. The governing
   23  body of each supplemental support organization shall recommend
   24  the expenditure of moneys collected or generated by it the
   25  organization for the benefit of the school. Such expenditures
   26  shall be contingent upon the review and approval of the
   27  executive director of the Florida Virtual School. The executive
   28  director may override any proposed expenditure of the
   29  organization that would violate Florida law or breach sound
   30  educational management.
   31         7.(f) In accordance with law and rules of the State Board
   32  of Education, the board of trustees shall administer and
   33  maintain personnel programs for all employees of the board of
   34  trustees and the Florida Virtual School. The board of trustees
   35  may adopt rules, policies, and procedures related to the
   36  appointment, employment, and removal of personnel.
   37         a.1. The board of trustees shall determine the
   38  compensation, including salaries and fringe benefits, and other
   39  conditions of employment for such personnel.
   40         b.2. The board of trustees may establish and maintain a
   41  personnel loan or exchange program by which persons employed by
   42  the board of trustees for the Florida Virtual School as academic
   43  administrative and instructional staff may be loaned to, or
   44  exchanged with persons employed in like capacities by, public
   45  agencies either within or without this state, or by private
   46  industry. With respect to public agency employees, the program
   47  authorized by this subparagraph shall be consistent with the
   48  requirements of part II of chapter 112. The salary and benefits
   49  of board of trustees personnel participating in the loan or
   50  exchange program shall be continued during the period of time
   51  they participate in a loan or exchange program, and such
   52  personnel shall be deemed to have no break in creditable or
   53  continuous service or employment during such time. The salary
   54  and benefits of persons participating in the personnel loan or
   55  exchange program who are employed by public agencies or private
   56  industry shall be paid by the originating employers of those
   57  participants, and such personnel shall be deemed to have no
   58  break in creditable or continuous service or employment during
   59  such time.
   60         c.3. The employment of all Florida Virtual School academic
   61  administrative and instructional personnel shall be subject to
   62  rejection for cause by the board of trustees, and shall be
   63  subject to policies of the board of trustees relative to
   64  certification, tenure, leaves of absence, sabbaticals,
   65  remuneration; subject to, and such other conditions of
   66  employment as the board of trustees deems necessary and proper;
   67  and consistent, not inconsistent with law, including s.
   68  1001.42(5), (6), and (7).
   69         d.4.All academic administrative and instructional
   70  personnel employed by Each person employed by the board of
   71  trustees in an academic administrative or instructional capacity
   72  with the Florida Virtual School are shall be entitled to an
   73  annual, written a contract as provided by rules of the board of
   74  trustees. Employment contracts for nonacademic personnel may be
   75  determined by board of trustees policy.
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   78  And the title is amended as follows:
   79         Delete lines 34 - 35
   80  and insert:
   81         employees are subject to specified policies; revising
   82         requirements for the use of certain employment
   83         contracts;