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997012                                                     
Florida Senate - 2005                                Committee       Amendment
SB7078                                                   EA               


The Committee on Ways and Means (Margolis and Campbell) recommended the 
following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 020             Requires an independent study of the DCD by national
                         educational funding experts to analyze equity issues in
Spec App:   73           the funding formula.

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
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - FEFP  48250300

        In Section 02  On Page 020
73      Aid To Local Governments  050560
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational                
        Finance Program  IOEB

In Section 02, on Page 20, after the fifth paragraph of proviso language 
following Specific Appropriation 73,  INSERT the following:

An independent study shall be commissioned to study the DCD with
national educational funding experts to analyze equity issues in the
funding formula.  Two (2) representatives of the Florida School Board
Association and two (2) representatives from the Florida Association of
District School Superintendents shall be involved in the selection of
the national educational funding experts.  One (1) representative from
each of the two (2) groups shall be from a district which benefits from
the current wage based index and the other representative shall be from
a district that is negatively affected by the current wage based index. 

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.

997012 Log:0041 JHN/JHN 03/29/05 06:11:49 PM Senate Page: 1