SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 802

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

14         In title, on page 1, line 21,

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17         WHEREAS, the taxpayers of Florida are faced with a $2

18  billion unfunded liability for the payment of accrued leave in

19  the public education sector, and

20         WHEREAS, this financial burden is shared among all the

21  taxpayers in the state, and

22         WHEREAS, a redirection of our state education focus

23  must include a discussion of the appropriation combination of

24  salary and benefits, and

25         WHEREAS, an investment in the classroom for future

26  generations of citizens must balance the interest and needs of

27  children with the interest and needs of educators and

28  taxpayers, and

29         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that in 1992-1993, the

30  total amount of terminal pay provided to administrative

31  employees was approximately $8.4 million (29.3 percent of all

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 802

    Amendment No.    





 1  terminal pay), and, on average, administrative employees

 2  received terminal pay in amounts equal to 67 percent of their

 3  annual salary, and

 4         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that in 1992-1993, the

 5  total amount of terminal pay provided to support staff was

 6  approximately $13 million (20.7 percent of all terminal pay),

 7  and on average, support staff received terminal pay in amounts

 8  equal to 24 percent of their annual salary, and

 9         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the total terminal

10  pay for sick leave for school board employees in 1995-1996 was

11  $23,979,970.45; in 1996-1997 the cost was $33,082,494.47; in

12  1997-1998 the cost was $27,364,388.59, and

13         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that a 1993 report by

14  three Senate committees noted that the school district and

15  community college terminal sick leave payment schedules were

16  more generous than the terminal leave payment schedule for

17  state employees, and the report recommended that the terminal

18  sick leave payments remain more generous for instructional

19  staff than for administrative and other noninstructional

20  employees, and

21         WHEREAS, the Legislature concludes that in order to

22  better serve the funding needs for educating the children of

23  Florida, terminal pay for sick leave must be addressed in an

24  expeditious manner, NOW, THEREFORE,

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