House Bill 0825

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 825

        By Representative Wallace






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; amending s.

  3         236.081, F.S., relating to funds for operation

  4         of schools; providing funding for extension of

  5         the school year; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Paragraph (o) of subsection (1) of section

10  236.081, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to

11  read:

12         236.081  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

13  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

14  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

15  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

16  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

17  follows:

18         (1)  COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR

19  OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in

20  determining the annual allocation to each district for

21  operation:

22         (o)  Extended-school-year program.--It is the intent of

23  the Legislature that students be provided additional

24  instruction by extending the school year to 210 days or more.

25         1.  Districts may apply to the Commissioner of

26  Education for funds to be used in planning and implementing an

27  extended-school-year program of up to 210 days or more. The

28  Department of Education shall recommend to the Legislature the

29  policies necessary for full implementation of an extended

30  school year.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 825

    567-121C-99






  1         2.  Each school district that provides for an extended

  2  school year of up to 6 additional days per year shall receive

  3  an allocation for such extension for one-half of the cost of

  4  operation of schools for each additional day. For purposes of

  5  this paragraph, the extension must be beyond 180 days of

  6  regular classroom instruction in the typical school year.  The

  7  cost of operation shall be based on a pro rata share of each

  8  school district's operational budget for the previous year

  9  divided by the number of classroom teaching days.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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      Provides that each school district that extends its
15    school year beyond 180 days of regular classroom
      instruction in a typical school year shall receive an
16    allocation for such extension for one-half of the cost of
      operation of schools for up to 6 extra school days per
17    year.

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