SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1756

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 52, line 31,

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17         (8)  LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS INTERVENTION FUNDS.--

18         (a)  The department is authorized to allocate and

19  distribute to each district with schools under probationary

20  status pursuant to s. 229.0535, Florida Statutes, an amount as

21  prescribed annually by the legislature for improvement funds

22  for those schools. The allocation shall be one-sixth of the

23  product determined by multiplying the base student allocation

24  times the weighted full-time equivalent student membership for

25  these schools times the district cost differential.

26         (b)  The funds shall be used only for those schools

27  under probationary status and may be used for student

28  performance improvement purposes including, but not limited

29  to, student remediation activities, teacher training, class

30  size reduction or extended school year.

31         (c)  Before intervention funds are released to any

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1756

    Amendment No.    





 1  district, that district must submit a school improvement plan

 2  specific to the school or schools for which the funds will be

 3  used and detailing how said funds will be utilized to

 4  implement the plan.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 3, line 2, after the semicolon

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14         authorizing the department to allocate funds

15         for low performing schools intervention;

16         providing calculation; providing criteria for

17         release of funds;

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