Senate Bill 2400

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2400

    By Senator Lee





    23-1341A-99                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public education capital

  3         outlay funding; amending s. 235.435, F.S.;

  4         providing for PECO funding based on projected

  5         student membership growth to be determined by

  6         actual and anticipated development; providing

  7         an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of

12  section 235.435, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are

13  amended to read:

14         235.435  Funds for comprehensive educational plant

15  needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital

16  projects.--Allocations from the Public Education Capital

17  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for

18  capital outlay projects shall be determined as follows:

19         (3)(a)  Each district school board shall receive an

20  amount from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt

21  Service Trust Fund to be calculated by computing the capital

22  outlay full-time equivalent membership as determined by the

23  department.  Such membership must include, but is not limited

24  to:

25         1.  K-12 students, except hospital and homebound

26  part-time students; and

27         2.  Students who are workforce development education

28  students, and adult disabled students and who are enrolled in

29  school district technical centers.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2400
    23-1341A-99                                             See HB




  1  The capital outlay full-time equivalent membership shall be

  2  determined for kindergarten through the 12th grade and for

  3  vocational-technical centers by averaging the unweighted

  4  full-time equivalent student membership for the second and

  5  third surveys and comparing the results on a school-by-school

  6  basis with the Florida Inventory for School Houses.  The

  7  capital outlay full-time equivalent membership by grade level

  8  organization shall be used in making the following

  9  calculations:  The capital outlay full-time equivalent

10  membership by grade level organization for the 1981-1982

11  fiscal year shall be computed as the base year. The capital

12  outlay full-time equivalent membership by grade level

13  organization for the 1984-1985 fiscal year shall be computed

14  with the positive increase over the base year constituting

15  growth. However, for those school districts in which school

16  concurrency has been adopted, growth capital outlay full-time

17  membership shall be determined by student population growth as

18  projected based on existing and anticipated development

19  according to the school concurrency plan.  From the total

20  amount appropriated by the Legislature pursuant to this

21  subsection, 40 percent shall be allocated among the base

22  capital outlay full-time equivalent membership and 60 percent

23  among the growth capital outlay full-time equivalent

24  membership. The allocation within each of these groups shall

25  be prorated to the districts based upon each district's

26  percentage of base and growth capital outlay full-time

27  membership.  The most recent 4-year capital outlay full-time

28  equivalent membership data shall be used in each subsequent

29  year's calculation for the allocation of funds pursuant to

30  this subsection.  If the growth capital outlay full-time

31  equivalent membership for a district declines in any year used

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2400
    23-1341A-99                                             See HB




  1  in their calculation after the initial allocation pursuant to

  2  this subsection, no allocation for growth capital outlay

  3  full-time equivalent membership shall be made for any

  4  subsequent year until the number of capital outlay full-time

  5  equivalent membership has exceeded the number for which an

  6  allocation has already been made. If a change, correction, or

  7  recomputation of data during any year results in a reduction

  8  or increase of the calculated amount previously allocated to a

  9  district, the allocation to that district shall be adjusted

10  correspondingly.  If such recomputation results in an increase

11  or decrease of the calculated amount, such additional or

12  reduced amounts shall be added to or reduced from the

13  district's future appropriations.  However, no change,

14  correction, or recomputation of data shall be made subsequent

15  to 2 years following the initial annual allocation.

16         (b)  Funds accruing to a district school board from the

17  provisions of this section shall be expended on needed

18  projects as shown by survey or surveys under the rules of the

19  State Board of Education or by adopted school concurrency

20  plans.

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

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24                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Provides for PECO funding based on projected student
26    membership growth to be determined by actual and
      anticipated development.
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