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House Bill 1539




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1539

        By Representative Betancourt






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education funding; amending

  3         s. 24.121, F.S.; stating legislative intent

  4         with respect to the use of lottery moneys from

  5         the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 24.121, Florida

11  Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:

12         24.121  Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds

13  for public education.--

14         (5)(a)  Public educational programs and purposes funded

15  by the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund may include, but are

16  not limited to, endowment, scholarship, matching funds, direct

17  grants, research and economic development related to

18  education, salary enhancement, contracts with independent

19  institutions to conduct programs consistent with the state

20  master plan for postsecondary education, or any other

21  educational program or purpose deemed desirable by the

22  Legislature. The Legislature may not substitute funds from the

23  Educational Enhancement Trust Fund for funds provided in the

24  annual General Appropriations Act.  Funds from the trust fund

25  may be used only to enhance public education programs and

26  purposes and not to underwrite the basic programs and purposes

27  of public education in this state.

28         (b)  Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), the

29  Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the trust fund

30  among public schools, community colleges, and universities.

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  1         (c)  A portion of such net revenues, as determined

  2  annually by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each

  3  school district and shall be made available to each public

  4  school in the district for enhancing school performance

  5  through development and implementation of a school improvement

  6  plan pursuant to s. 230.23(18).

  7         (d)  Beginning July 1, 1993, no funds shall be released

  8  for any purpose from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to

  9  any school district in which one or more schools do not have

10  an approved school improvement plan pursuant to s. 230.23(18).

11         (e)  Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis,

12  make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to

13  understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated

14  to the school district.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Declares legislative intent with respect to the use of
      lottery moneys in the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund;
21    such moneys are an enhancement to, and not a substitute
      for, basic educational funding, which is to be provided
22    through the General Appropriations Act.

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