The Florida Senate

995126                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              17


Senator(s): Wise
moved the following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 028             Adds proviso language describing the intended uses of
                         funds appropriated for Project Child.
Spec App:  116

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants K/12 Program - Non 
        FEFP  48250400

        In Section 02  On Page 028
116     Special Categories  100227
        Grants And Aids - Grants To Public                
        Schools For Reading Programs  IOEB

In the fifth and sixth lines of the second paragraph of proviso 
following Specific Appropriation 116 on page 28, delete:

, and $1,200,000 from General Revenue is provided for Project Child.

and insert a period.

Insert the following new paragraph of proviso following Specific 
Appropriation 116 on page 28:

From the funds appropriated in Specific Appropriation 116, $1,200,000 is
provided for a grant to the Institute for School Innovation for
systematic expansion of Project Child. Preference shall be given for
school-wide adoptions. Schools must provide all necessary release time
for teacher training. At least fifty percent (50%) of the funds shall be
allocated for two district-wide pilot projects for school-wide

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implementation in at least three K-5 schools each. The Department of
Education shall make these funds available to the Institute for School
Innovation no later than August 1, 2002.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.














































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