SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1932

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Jones moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 20,

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (10) is added to section

18  236.081, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

19         236.081  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

20  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

21  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

22  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

23  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

24  follows:

25         (10)  DISASTER ADJUSTMENT.--

26         (a)  Any school district that is located in a region of

27  the state declared a disaster area by the Governor and that

28  experiences a decline in weighted full-time equivalent

29  students as a result of the disaster may request its

30  allocation under the Florida Education Finance Program to

31  remain at the level determined by the most recent membership

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1  calculation prior to the disaster declaration. The district's

 2  request must be supported by documentation demonstrating that

 3  the district's projected enrollment would have been achieved

 4  if the disaster had not occurred. If the request is supported

 5  by the Commissioner of Education, subsequent calculations of

 6  the district's funding entitlement shall use the same

 7  full-time equivalent student enrollment used in calculating

 8  the year prior to the disaster.

 9         (b)  This subsection applies retroactively to the

10  1998-1999 school year.

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12  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon,

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20         amending s. 236.081, F.S.; authorizing a school

21         district to request that its funding under the

22         Florida Education Finance Program be

23         recalculated if, following a disaster, the

24         district's enrollment falls as a result of the

25         disaster; providing for retroactive

26         application;

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