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1011.685  Class size reduction; operating categorical fund.--

(1)  There is created an operating categorical fund for implementing the class size reduction provisions of s. 1, Art. IX of the State Constitution. These funds shall be allocated to each school district in the amount prescribed by the Legislature in the General Appropriations Act.

(2)  Class size reduction operating categorical funds shall be used by school districts for the following:

(a)  To reduce class size in any lawful manner, if the district has not met the constitutional maximums identified in s. 1003.03(1) or the reduction of two students per year required by s. 1003.03(2).

(b)  For any lawful operating expenditure, if the district has met the constitutional maximums identified in s. 1003.03(1) or the reduction of two students per year required by s. 1003.03(2); however, priority shall be given to increase salaries of classroom teachers as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a) and to implement the salary career ladder defined in s. 1012.231

History.--s. 3, ch. 2003-391.