HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                       Bill No. CS/HB 751 & others

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Frankel offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (482795) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, line 16, through

15         page 8, line 3,

16  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines

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19         Section 2.  Effective July 1, 1999, section 236.0825,

20  F.S., is created to read:

21         236.0825 LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS INTERVENTION PROGRAM--

22         (1)  The department is authorized to allocate and

23  distribute to each district with schools that are reported as

24  performance grade "F" after one year an amount as prescribed

25  annually by the legislature for improvement funds for such low

26  performing schools.  The allocation shall be one-sixth of the

27  product determined by multiplying the base student allocation

28  times the weighted full-time equivalent student membership for

29  these designated schools times the district cost differential.

30         (2)  The funds shall be used only for those schools

31  reported as grade "F," and may be used for student school

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                       Bill No. CS/HB 751 & others

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  performance improvement purposes including, but not limited

 2  to, student remediation activities, teacher training, class

 3  size reduction, or extended school year.

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 7  And the title is amended as follows:

 8         On page 1, lines 6-20,of the amendment

 9  remove:  all of said lines

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11  and insert in lieu thereof:

12         creating s. 236.0825; authorizing the

13         department to direct funds to low performing

14         schools; providing a calculation; providing

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