House Bill 1085
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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 1085
By Representative Sorensen
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to student attendance; amending
3 s. 236.081, F.S.; revising provisions relating
4 to the determination of full-time equivalent
5 membership; removing obsolete language;
6 removing the requirement that a district's
7 full-time equivalent membership be adjusted
8 using the average daily attendance factor;
9 requiring the average daily attendance factor
10 to be used in an incentive program to maximize
11 improvement in attendance; requiring the amount
12 of the incentive and eligibility criteria to be
13 annually determined by the Legislature in the
14 General Appropriations Act; providing an
15 effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
20 236.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
21 236.081 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
22 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
23 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
24 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
25 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
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27 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
28 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
29 determining the annual allocation to each district for
30 operation:
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1 (a) Determination of full-time equivalent
2 membership.--During each of several school weeks, including
3 scheduled intersessions of a year-round school program during
4 the fiscal year, a program membership survey of each school
5 shall be made by each district by aggregating the full-time
6 equivalent student membership of each program by school and by
7 district. The department shall establish the number and
8 interval of membership calculations, except that for basic and
9 special programs such calculations shall not exceed nine for
10 any fiscal year. The district's full-time equivalent
11 membership shall be computed and currently maintained in
12 accordance with regulations of the commissioner. Beginning
13 with the 1999-2000 school year, Each school district shall
14 also document the daily attendance of each student in
15 membership by school and by district. An average daily
16 attendance factor shall be computed by dividing the total
17 daily attendance of all students by the total number of
18 students in membership and then by the number of days in the
19 regular school year. Beginning with the 2001-2002 school year,
20 the average daily attendance factor shall be used in an
21 incentive program to maximize improvement in attendance. The
22 amount of the incentive and eligibility criteria are to be
23 annually determined by the Legislature in the General
24 Appropriations Act the district's full-time equivalent
25 membership shall be adjusted by multiplying by the average
26 daily attendance factor.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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Removes the requirement that a district's full-time
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attendance factor. Requires the average daily attendance
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improvement in attendance. Requires the amount of the
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determined by the Legislature in the General
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