SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1122

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11  Senator Scott moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14          Delete everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Section 228.507, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         228.507  Off-site learning grants.--

20         (1)(a)  The Commissioner of Education shall annually

21  make recommendations to the Legislature for funding off-site

22  learning grants to nonprofit and community-based

23  organizations, including mathematics, science, and

24  environmental facilities that provide educational programs and

25  learning opportunities for elementary and secondary public

26  school students in nontraditional settings. The Commissioner

27  of Education shall adopt required eligibility criteria for

28  types of organizations that may be considered to receive such

29  grants, including a requirement that the program demonstrates

30  the educational components required to receive a grant.

31  Funding from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1  Service Trust Fund as authorized in s. 235.42, the Classrooms

 2  First Program as authorized in s. 235.187, the effort index

 3  grants as authorized in s. 235.186, the School Infrastructure

 4  Thrift Program as authorized in ss. 235.2155 and 235.216, and

 5  the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust

 6  Fund as authorized in s. 9, Art. XII of the State Constitution

 7  may not be used for off-site learning grants.

 8         (b)  In making recommendations, the commissioner shall

 9  annually appoint a review panel to assist in the grant-review

10  process. Review panel members shall be appointed to serve for

11  1-year terms. The panel shall review grant applications and

12  make recommendations to the commissioner concerning the

13  relative merits of the applications. The department shall, by

14  rule, establish criteria for reviewing grant applications to

15  ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws

16  relating to discrimination and conflicts of interest.

17         (c)  The review panel shall provide a forum for public

18  comment before voting on any grant application.

19         (2)  The commissioner shall annually include in the

20  department's legislative budget request a recommendation for

21  funding off-site learning grants. The recommendation must

22  include the panel's ranking of applicants and recommended

23  funding levels for each grant.

24         (3)(a)  Funding for the off-site learning grants shall

25  be subject to legislative appropriation in the General

26  Appropriations Act. Upon appropriation by the Legislature of

27  funding for these grants, the department shall execute a

28  project grant award to each organization. The grant must

29  contain information relating to the program, the projected

30  operating income and expenses, and other provisions considered

31  necessary by the department for the administration of the

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 1  program.

 2         (b)  Each recipient organization must submit an annual

 3  report to the department detailing the expenditure of the

 4  funds, data on the impact of the project on student

 5  achievement, and other information as required by the

 6  department. The annual report is subject to the auditing

 7  provisions and rules of the department.

 8         (c)  Each grant recipient shall comply with all

 9  provisions of statute and rule as outlined in the grant.

10         (d)  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss.

11  120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to administer this section.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

13  law.

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18          Delete everything before the enacting clause

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20  and insert:

21                      A bill to be entitled

22         An act relating to education; creating s.

23         228.507, F.S.; directing the Commissioner of

24         Education to make recommendations to the

25         Legislature for funding off-site learning

26         grants; providing for a review panel; providing

27         requirements for grant recipients; authorizing

28         rulemaking; providing an effective date.

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