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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school-level funding;

  3         creating s. 236.08103, F.S., the "Equity in

  4         School-Level Funding Act"; requiring school

  5         districts to allocate to each school within the

  6         district a specified minimum percentage of the

  7         funds generated by the school based on the

  8         Florida Education Finance Program; providing

  9         for graduated increases in such percentage;

10         providing exemptions; providing for

11         carryforward of unused funds allocated to the

12         schools; providing for review of certain task

13         force recommendations for potential inclusion

14         of certain funds in the allocation methodology;

15         providing that funds for supplemental academic

16         instruction are excluded from the school-level

17         allocation; providing an effective date.

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

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21         Section 1.  Section 236.08103, Florida Statutes, is

22  created to read:

23         236.08103  Equity in School-Level Funding Act.--

24         (1)  This section may be cited as the "Equity in

25  School-Level Funding Act."

26         (2)(a)  Beginning in the 2000-2001 fiscal year,

27  district school boards shall allocate to each school within

28  the district at least 50 percent of the funds generated by

29  that school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program

30  as provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,

31  including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery


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  1  funds, and funds from the school district's current operating

  2  discretionary millage levy.

  3         (b)  Beginning in the 2001-2002 fiscal year, district

  4  school boards shall allocate to each school within the

  5  district at least 65 percent of the funds generated by that

  6  school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program as

  7  provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,

  8  including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery

  9  funds, and funds from the school district's current operating

10  discretionary millage levy.

11         (c)  Beginning in the 2002-2003 fiscal year, district

12  school boards shall allocate to each school within the

13  district at least 80 percent of the funds generated by that

14  school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program as

15  provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,

16  including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery

17  funds, and funds from the school district's current operating

18  discretionary millage levy.

19         (d)  Beginning in the 2003-2004 fiscal year, district

20  school boards shall allocate to each school within the

21  district at least 90 percent of the funds generated by that

22  school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program as

23  provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,

24  including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery

25  funds, and funds from the school district's current operating

26  discretionary millage levy.

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28  Total funding for each school shall be recalculated during the

29  year to reflect the revised calculations under the Florida

30  Education Finance Program by the state and the actual weighted

31  full-time equivalent students reported by the school during


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  1  the full-time equivalent student survey periods designated by

  2  the Commissioner of Education. If the district school board is

  3  providing programs or services to students funded by federal

  4  funds, any eligible students enrolled in the schools in the

  5  district shall be provided federal funds. Only those districts

  6  that initially applied for charter school district status,

  7  pursuant to s. 228.058, and have been approved by the State

  8  Board of Education are exempt from the provisions of this

  9  section.

10         (3)  Funds allocated to a school pursuant to this

11  section that are unused at the end of the fiscal year shall

12  not revert to the district, but shall remain with the school.

13  These carryforward funds may be used for any purpose provided

14  by law at the discretion of the principal of the school.

15         (4)  Recommendations made by the Governor's Equity in

16  Educational Opportunity Task Force shall be reviewed to

17  identify potential categorical funds to be included in the

18  district allocation methodology required in subsection (2).

19         (5)  Funds appropriated in the General Appropriations

20  Act for supplemental academic instruction to be used for the

21  purposes described in s. 236.08104 are excluded from the

22  school-level allocation under this section.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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