995107
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              156


Senator(s): Grant
moved the following amendment:





Section: 02EXPLANATION:



On Page: 051             Reduces funding for reading programs by $1.5 million to



provide funding for the K-12 Exploring Africa:



Spec App:  136-B         Curriculum Development Project









NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amounts   Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Public Schools, Division Of

        In Section 02  On Page 051
136-B   Special Categories
        Grants And Aids - K-12 Exploring Africa: 
        Curriculum Development Project   

          From General Revenue Fund                               1,500,000

        Insert the following new paragraph of proviso 
        following Specific Appropriation 136-B:

        Funds appropriated in Specific Appropriation 136-B
        are provided for the U.S. Africa Foundation's K-12
        Exploring Africa: Curriculum Development Project.

        In Section 02  On Page 049
121     Special Categories
        Grants And Aids - Grants To Public 
        Schools For Reading Programs

          From General Revenue Fund               17,500,000     16,000,000

        In Section 02  On Page 033
109     Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational 

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        Finance Program

        In the first full paragraph of proviso following 
        Specific Appropriation 109 on page 40, delete

        the sentence that begins in the fourth line of that
        paragraph with the words "From the funds" and that
        ends in the eighth line of that paragraph with the
        words "Development Project."


Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.











































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