House Bill 0521

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 521

        By Representative Ritter






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school personnel; requiring

  3         the Department of Education to limit the number

  4         of noninstructional personnel that may be

  5         employed by school districts; defining the term

  6         "noninstructional personnel"; requiring that

  7         the department classify school districts based

  8         on the number of full-time-equivalent students

  9         enrolled in the district; requiring that the

10         department establish ratios within each

11         district classification for the maximum

12         percentage of noninstructional personnel to

13         full-time-equivalent students; limiting the

14         maximum ratios that the department may

15         establish; requiring the department to

16         determine average annual salary for

17         noninstructional personnel; requiring a

18         reduction in state funds for any school

19         district that exceeds the maximum percentage of

20         noninstructional personnel; providing an

21         effective date.

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

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25         Section 1.  Limitation on employment of

26  noninstructional personnel by school districts.--

27         (1)(a)  Notwithstanding any other law, the Department

28  of Education shall establish limitations on the number of

29  noninstructional personnel that may be employed by school

30  districts, based on the total number of full-time-equivalent

31  students enrolled in the district.

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  1         (b)  As used in this section, the term

  2  "noninstructional personnel" means school district personnel

  3  who:

  4         1.  Are classified as administrative personnel or

  5  managers under section 236.685, Florida Statutes; and

  6         2.  Do not perform any instructional duties.

  7         (2)(a)  Based on the prior year's enrollment, the

  8  department shall classify the school districts as follows:

  9  the 20 districts with the fewest number of

10  full-time-equivalent students shall be classified as

11  small-sized districts; the 10 districts with the largest

12  number of full-time-equivalent students shall be classified as

13  large-sized districts; and the remaining districts shall be

14  classified as medium-sized districts.

15         (b)  By July 1 of each year, the department shall

16  establish a ratio for the school districts in each of the

17  three size classifications. The ratio must specify the maximum

18  percentage of noninstructional personnel to

19  full-time-equivalent students which a school district may

20  employ.  However, the department shall provide for an

21  adjustment in the ratio for a district that contains a larger

22  percentage of small schools than districts of equivalent size.

23  The department may not establish a ratio that exceeds the

24  average ratio of noninstructional personnel to

25  full-time-equivalent students which existed within a

26  particular district size classification during the 1998-1999

27  school year.

28         (c)  In addition, the department shall determine the

29  average annual salary, including the cost of benefits, for

30  noninstructional personnel employed by school districts in

31  each of the three size classifications.

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  1         (3)  The department shall determine each school year if

  2  any school district exceeds the maximum number of positions

  3  allowed for noninstructional personnel. For each position that

  4  exceeds the maximum allowable number within a district, the

  5  department shall deduct an amount equal to 50 percent of the

  6  average cost of that position from the state funds allocated

  7  to the district.

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

  9  law.

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12                          SENATE SUMMARY

13    Requires that the Department of Education establish
      limits on the percentage of noninstructional personnel
14    compared to students that may be employed by school
      districts. Requires that the department divide the school
15    districts into three categories, based on the number of
      full-time-equivalent students enrolled in the district.
16    Provides for the ratios set by the department to be based
      on the size classification of the district. Requires that
17    the department deduct from state funds allocated to the
      district 50 percent of the average cost of each position
18    that exceeds the maximum number allowed for
      noninstructional personnel. (See bill for details.)
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