House Bill 2135

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2135

        By Representative Roberts






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education funding; amending

  3         s. 236.081, F.S., relating to calculation of

  4         additional full-time equivalent membership

  5         based on college board advanced placement

  6         scores of students; providing bonuses for

  7         teachers who provide advanced placement

  8         instruction; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section

13  236.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         236.081  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

15  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

16  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

17  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

18  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

19  follows:

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

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

22  determining the annual allocation to each district for

23  operation:

24         (m)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent

25  membership based on college board advanced placement scores of

26  students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent student

27  membership shall be calculated for each student in each

28  advanced placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher

29  on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the

30  prior year and added to the total full-time equivalent student

31  membership in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 2135

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  1  subsequent fiscal year. Each district must allocate at least

  2  80 percent of the funds provided to the district appropriated

  3  for advanced placement instruction, in accordance with this

  4  paragraph, to the high school that generates the funds. The

  5  school district shall distribute to each classroom teacher who

  6  provided advanced placement instruction:

  7         1.  A bonus in an amount equal to 20 percent of the

  8  funds generated by his or her students according to this

  9  paragraph, for those teachers who provided advanced placement

10  instruction in a school that was designated as school

11  performance category "A," "B," or "C" during the previous

12  school year, pursuant to s. 229.57.

13         2.  A bonus in an amount equal to 30 percent of the

14  funds generated by his or her students according to this

15  paragraph, for those teachers who provided advanced placement

16  instruction in a school that was designated as school

17  performance category "D" or "F" during the previous school

18  year, pursuant to s. 229.57.

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20  A bonus awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall

21  be in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher

22  has received or is scheduled to receive.

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

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides bonuses for teachers who provide advanced
28    placement instruction.

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