House Bill 1705

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1705

        By Representative Wilson






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to class size; amending s.

  3         236.687, F.S.; providing for funds to be made

  4         available to certain schools for the

  5         construction of additional student stations to

  6         reduce class size; 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 (1) of section 236.687, Florida

11  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended and subsection (5) is

12  added to said section to read:

13         236.687  Florida Maximum Class Size Study Act.--

14         (1)  This section may be cited as the "Florida Maximum

15  Class Size Study Act."

16         (5)  In addition to any other state funds for class

17  size reduction, funds shall also be made available, to the

18  extent funds are appropriated in the General Appropriations

19  Act, to the 100 schools with the lowest achieving students in

20  kindergarten through grade 3 in the state for the construction

21  of additional student stations to attain a class size of one

22  full-time equivalent teacher to 15 pupils.

23         (a)  The Department of Education shall develop and

24  adopt rules to implement this program, including achievement

25  standards to identify eligible schools, construction

26  specifications, appropriate bidding requirements, amount of

27  awards, and district data reporting requirements regarding

28  class size.

29         (b)  Districts receiving funds under this program shall

30  maintain class size in kindergarten through grade 3 in

31  participating schools at a ratio of one full-time equivalent

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1705

    713-107-99






  1  teacher to 15 pupils for at least 3 years after such space is

  2  occupied or refund any construction funds received under this

  3  program to the Department of Education.

  4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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      Provides for funds to be made available to certain
  9    schools for the construction of additional student
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