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House Bill 0353

Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 353 By Representative Bullard 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to education finance; amending 3 s. 236.081, F.S.; revising the calculation for 4 determining the annual allocation to each 5 school district for operation of schools; 6 providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 11 236.081, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to 12 read: 13 236.081 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual 14 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 15 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 16 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 17 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 18 follows: 19 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR 20 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in 21 determining the annual allocation to each district for 22 operation: 23 (d) Annual allocation calculation.-- 24 1. The Department of Education is authorized and 25 directed to review all district programs and enrollment 26 projections and calculate a maximum total weighted full-time 27 equivalent student enrollment for each district. 28 2. Maximum enrollments calculated by the department 29 shall be derived from enrollment estimates used by the 30 Legislature to calculate the FEFP. If two or more districts 31 enter into an agreement under the provisions of s. 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 353 546-149-97 1 230.23(4)(d), after the final enrollment estimate is agreed 2 upon, the amount of FTE specified in the agreement, not to 3 exceed the estimate for the specific program as identified in 4 paragraph (c), may be transferred from the participating 5 districts to the district providing the program. 6 3. As part of its calculation of each district's 7 maximum total weighted full-time equivalent student 8 enrollment, the department shall establish separate enrollment 9 ceilings for each of three program groups. Group 1 shall be 10 composed of grades K-3, grades 4-8, and grades 9-12. Group 2 11 shall be composed of students-at-risk programs, all basic 12 programs other than the programs in group 1, all exceptional 13 child programs, and all vocational programs in grades 7-12. 14 Group 3 shall be composed of all adult education programs. 15 a. For any calculation of the FEFP, the weighted 16 enrollment ceiling for group 1 shall be calculated by 17 multiplying the actual enrollment for each program in the 18 program group by its appropriate program weight. 19 b.a. The initial weighted enrollment ceiling for group 20 2 and group 3 programs shall be calculated by multiplying the 21 final enrollment conference estimate for each program by the 22 appropriate program weight. The initial weighted enrollment 23 ceiling for program groups 2 and 3 shall be the sum of the 24 weighted enrollment ceilings for each program in the program 25 group, plus the increase in weighted full-time equivalent 26 student membership from the prior year for clients of the 27 Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. However, 28 the initial weighted enrollment ceilings for group 2 and group 29 3 programs shall be adjusted as follows: 30 (I) If for any district, the initial group 2 or group 31 3 weighted enrollment ceiling exceeds actual weighted 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 353 546-149-97 1 enrollment, that surplus shall be redistributed among eligible 2 districts for which actual weighted enrollment exceeds the 3 initial weighted enrollment ceiling for the group. The 4 redistribution shall be based upon the excess actual weighted 5 enrollment for each eligible district as a percentage of all 6 eligible districts, increasing each eligible district's 7 adjusted weighted enrollment ceiling by the amount of the 8 redistribution. 9 (II) If, after any increase to a district's group 2 10 initial weighted enrollment ceiling which results from the 11 redistribution in sub-sub-subparagraph (I), that district's 12 actual weighted enrollment still exceeds the adjusted weighted 13 enrollment ceiling for group 2, then the district's group 2 14 adjusted weighted enrollment ceiling shall be increased by the 15 net of: 16 (A) For all group 2 programs for which actual 17 enrollment exceeds estimated enrollment, the total excess 18 times a cost factor of 1.0, less 19 (B) For all group 2 programs for which estimated 20 enrollment exceeds actual enrollment, the total excess times a 21 cost factor of 1.0. 22 c.b. If, for any calculation of the FEFP, the weighted 23 enrollment for either program group 2 or group 3, derived by 24 multiplying actual enrollments by appropriate program weights, 25 exceeds the adjusted enrollment ceiling for that group, the 26 following procedure shall be followed to reduce the weighted 27 enrollment for that group to equal the adjusted enrollment 28 ceiling: 29 (I) The adjusted weighted enrollment ceiling for each 30 program in the program group shall be subtracted from the 31 3 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 353 546-149-97 1 weighted enrollment for that program derived from actual 2 enrollments. 3 (II) If the difference calculated under 4 sub-sub-subparagraph (I) is greater than zero for any program, 5 a reduction proportion shall be computed for the program by 6 dividing the absolute value of the difference by the total 7 amount by which the weighted enrollment for the program group 8 exceeds the adjusted weighted enrollment ceiling for the 9 program group. 10 (III) The reduction proportion calculated under 11 sub-sub-subparagraph (II) shall be multiplied by the total 12 amount of the program group's enrollment over the adjusted 13 ceiling as calculated under sub-sub-subparagraph (I). 14 (IV) The prorated reduction amount calculated under 15 sub-sub-subparagraph (III) shall be subtracted from the 16 program's weighted enrollment. For any calculation of the 17 FEFP, the enrollment ceiling for group 1 shall be calculated 18 by multiplying the actual enrollment for each program in the 19 program group by its appropriate program weight. 20 d.c. For program groups 2 and 3, the adjusted weighted 21 enrollment ceiling shall be a number not less than the sum 22 obtained by: 23 (I) Multiplying the sum of reported FTE for all 24 programs in the program group that have a cost factor of 1.0 25 or more by 1.0, and 26 (II) By adding this number to the sum obtained by 27 multiplying the projected FTE for all programs with a cost 28 factor less than 1.0 by the actual cost factor. 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997. 30 31 4 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 353 546-149-97 1 ***************************************** 2 HOUSE SUMMARY 3 With respect to public school finance, revises the 4 calculation for determining the annual allocation to each school district for operation of schools. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5