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