995109
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              158


Senator(s): Mitchell
moved the following amendment:





Section: 02EXPLANATION:



On Page: 033             Establishes a $75,000 minimum funding amount for each



school district from funds provided in the FEFP for



Spec App:  109           Safe Schools









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 033
109     Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational 
        Finance Program

        In the fourth line of the second full paragraph of 
        proviso following Specific Appropriation 109 on page 
        36, delete:

        two-thirds  shall  be  based  on the latest official

        and insert the following new proviso:

        the first $5,025,000 shall be used to provide each
        school district with a base allocation of $75,000,
        the remaining funding shall be distributed to the 67
        districts with two-thirds distributed based
        on the latest official

        In the third line of the first paragraph of proviso 
        following Specific Appropriation 109 on page 34, 
        strike:

        $3,146.91

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        Recalculate the base student allocation to reflect a 
        change in the method of allocating Safe Schools funds


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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