HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/CS/HBs 683 & 2131

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Brennan offered the following:

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13         Substitute Amendment to Amendment (510903) 

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16  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         Section 1.    (1)  For fiscal year 1998-99, there is

20  hereby appropriated $80 million from the General Revenue Fund

21  to the Department of Education to provide an appropriate

22  pre-school program as authorized in  s. 230.2305, Florida

23  Statutes.  The Commissioner shall allocate the funds to each

24  eligible school district on the basis of full-time equivalent

25  (FTE) students served consistent with the provisions of s.

26  230.2305, Florida Statutes.  For the purpose of this

27  appropriation, an FTE is defined as six hours per day of

28  quality contact time in a developmentally appropriate program

29  for 180 days.  The calculation of a district's entitlement

30  shall be based on $3,200 per FTE.

31         (2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/CS/HBs 683 & 2131

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  230.2305(6)(a), no less than 90 percent of the funds allocated

 2  pursuant to this section may be used for implementing and

 3  conducting a prekindergarten early intervention program or

 4  contracting with other public or nonpublic entities for

 5  programs to serve eligible children.

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