Senate Bill 1166

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1166

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-1088-98                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to district school board

  3         members and school superintendents; amending

  4         ss. 230.202, 230.303, and 230.321, F.S.;

  5         limiting salary increases for district school

  6         board members and school superintendents;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 230.202, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         230.202  District school board members; compensation.--

14         (2)  Notwithstanding provisions of chapter 145 or this

15  chapter to the contrary, the annual salaries of district

16  school board members for 1993 and each year thereafter shall

17  be established at the same amounts as those members were paid

18  for fiscal year 1991-1992, adjusted by each annual increase

19  provided for in chapter 145. However, the percentage rate of

20  increase in salary given to district school board members

21  shall not exceed the total annual percentage rate increase

22  given to instructional personnel in the school district.  Any

23  salary previously paid to district school board members which

24  was consistent with chapter 145 and this section is hereby

25  ratified and validated.

26         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 230.303, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         230.303  Superintendent of schools.--

29         (3)  Notwithstanding provisions of chapter 145 or this

30  chapter to the contrary, the annual salaries of elected

31  superintendents of schools for 1993 and each year thereafter

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1166
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  1  shall be established at the same amounts as those

  2  superintendents were paid for fiscal year 1991-1992, adjusted

  3  by each annual increase provided for in chapter 145. However,

  4  the percentage rate of increase in salary given to elected

  5  superintendents shall not exceed the total annual percentage

  6  rate increase given to instructional personnel in the school

  7  district. Any salary previously paid to elected

  8  superintendents which was consistent with chapter 145 and this

  9  section is hereby ratified and validated.

10         Section 3.  Subsection (3) of section 230.321, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         230.321  Superintendents employed under Art. IX, State

13  Constitution.--

14         (3)  The school board of each such district shall pay

15  to the superintendent of schools a reasonable annual salary.

16  In determining the amount of compensation to be paid, the

17  board shall take into account such factors as:

18         (a)  The population of the district;

19         (b)  The rate and character of population growth;

20         (c)  The size and composition of the student body to be

21  served;

22         (d)  The geographic extent of the district;

23         (e)  The number and character of the schools to be

24  supervised; and

25         (f)  The educational qualifications, professional

26  experience, and age of the candidate for the position of

27  superintendent.

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29  When any increase in salary is given to the superintendent,

30  the percentage rate of increase shall not exceed the total

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  1  annual percentage rate increase given to instructional

  2  personnel in the school district for that year.

  3         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that when any increase in salary is given to a
  9    district school board member or superintendent of
      schools, the percentage rate of increase shall not exceed
10    the total annual percentage rate increase given to
      instructional personnel in the school district for that
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