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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 701, 2nd Eng.
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11 Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 5. Section 236.08103, Florida Statutes, is
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19 236.08103 Equity in School-Level Funding Act.--
20 (1) This section may be cited as the "Equity in
21 School-Level Funding Act."
22 (2)(a) Beginning in the 2000-2001 fiscal year,
23 district school boards shall allocate to each school within
24 the district at least 50 percent of the funds generated by
25 that school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program
26 as provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,
27 including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery
28 funds, and funds from the school district's current operating
29 discretionary millage levy.
30 (b) Beginning in the 2001-2002 fiscal year, district
31 school boards shall allocate to each school within the
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1 district at least 65 percent of the funds generated by that
2 school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program as
3 provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,
4 including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery
5 funds, and funds from the school district's current operating
6 discretionary millage levy.
7 (c) Beginning in the 2002-2003 fiscal year, district
8 school boards shall allocate to each school within the
9 district at least 80 percent of the funds generated by that
10 school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program as
11 provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,
12 including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery
13 funds, and funds from the school district's current operating
14 discretionary millage levy.
15 (d) Beginning in the 2003-2004 fiscal year, district
16 school boards shall allocate to each school within the
17 district at least 90 percent of the funds generated by that
18 school based upon the Florida Education Finance Program as
19 provided in s. 236.081 and the General Appropriations Act,
20 including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery
21 funds, and funds from the school district's current operating
22 discretionary millage levy.
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24 Total funding for each school shall be recalculated during the
25 year to reflect the revised calculations under the Florida
26 Education Finance Program by the state and the actual weighted
27 full-time equivalent students reported by the school during
28 the full-time equivalent student survey periods designated by
29 the Commissioner of Education. If the district school board is
30 providing programs or services to students funded by federal
31 funds, any eligible students enrolled in the schools in the
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1 district shall be provided federal funds. Only those districts
2 that initially applied for charter school district status,
3 pursuant to s. 228.058, and have been approved by the State
4 Board of Education are exempt from the provisions of this
5 section.
6 (3) Funds allocated to a school pursuant to this
7 section that are unused at the end of the fiscal year shall
8 not revert to the district, but shall remain with the school.
9 These carryforward funds may be used for any purpose provided
10 by law at the discretion of the principal of the school.
11 (4) Recommendations made by the Governor's Equity in
12 Educational Opportunity Task Force shall be reviewed to
13 identify potential categorical funds to be included in the
14 district allocation methodology required in subsection (2).
15 (5) Funds appropriated in the General Appropriations
16 Act for supplemental academic instruction to be used for the
17 purposes described in s. 236.08104 are excluded from the
18 school-level allocation under this section.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 creating s. 236.08103, F.S., the "Equity in
29 School-Level Funding Act"; requiring school
30 districts to allocate to each school within the
31 district a specified minimum percentage of the
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1 funds generated by the school based on the
2 Florida Education Finance Program; providing
3 for graduated increases in such percentage;
4 providing exemptions; providing for
5 carryforward of unused funds allocated to the
6 schools; providing for review of certain task
7 force recommendations for potential inclusion
8 of certain funds in the allocation methodology;
9 providing that funds for supplemental academic
10 instruction are excluded from the school-level
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