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House Bill 0921c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997              CS/HB 921

        By the Committee on Education/K-12 and Representatives
    Boyd, Culp, Fischer and Trovillion





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to expenditure requirements for

  3         education programs; amending s. 236.081, F.S.,

  4         relating to funds for operation of schools;

  5         requiring school districts to allocate at least

  6         80 percent of specified funds to the schools

  7         generating the funds; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (q) of subsection (1) of section

13  236.081, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to

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15         236.081  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

16  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

17  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

18  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

19  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

20  follows:

21         (1)  COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR

22  OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in

23  determining the annual allocation to each district for

24  operation:

25         (q)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent

26  membership based on college board advanced placement scores of

27  students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent student

28  membership shall be calculated for each student in each

29  advanced placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher

30  on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the

31  prior year and added to the total full-time equivalent student

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  1  membership in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the

  2  subsequent fiscal year. Each district must allocate at least

  3  80 percent of the funds appropriated for advanced placement

  4  instruction to the high school that generates the funds.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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