995110
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              159


Senator(s): Mitchell
moved the following amendment:





Section: 02EXPLANATION:



On Page: 033             Increases the amount provided for a Sparsity Supplement



in the FEFP from $20 million to $52,413,599 (the amount



Spec App:  109           necessary to fully fund statutory provisions)









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 second line of the fifth paragraph of proviso 
        following Specific Approrpiation 109 on page 34, 
        strike:

        $20,000,000

        and insert:

        $52,413,599

        At the end of the fifth paragraph of proviso 
        following Specific Appropriation 109 on page 34, 
        insert the following new proviso:

        School districts qualifying for funds under this
        statute, with an average score on the Florida
        District Performance Indicators of 2.0 or less,
        shall use the amount of Sparsity funding allocated
        in fiscal year 1999-2000 above the amount

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        appropriated to the district in fiscal year 1998-99
        to implement performance based programs that will
        target increasing student achievement including, but
        not limited to the following: intensive in-school
        remediation; tutoring programs; summer school
        programs; achievement recognition and incentives;
        teacher training, leadership development; increasing
        parental involvement; and reducing class size.

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

        $3,146.91

        Recalculate the base student allocation to reflect a 
        funding increase for the Sparsity Supplement


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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