990049 No. 61 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT HB1807 CHAMBER ACTION SENATE . HOUSE . . . . . ________________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL STAMP BELOW ________________________________________________________________________ Representative(s):Brutus and Gannon offered the following amendment:In Section: 01 On Page: 001 Specific Appropriation: 4A ________________________________________________________________________Explanation: Transfers $70,830,388 in the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund from the District Lottery and School Recognition Program to the Florida Resident Access Grant to replace $70,830,388 in General Revenue which is then transfered to the Agency for Health Care Administration, along with $29,169,612 that is transferred from Physician Services, to provide $100 million for Nursing Home Quality Improvement - Direct Care Staff. DELETE INSERT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION Public Schools, Division Of Program: State Grants/K-12 Programs - FEFP In Section 01 On Page 001 4A Aid To Local Governments Grants And Aids - District Lottery And School Recognition Program From Educational Enhancement Trust 280,609,000 209,778,612 Fund DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 4A: a) One half of the funds in Specific Appropriation 4A shall be990049 Log:0063 CPK/CPK 03/29/01 06:58:55 PM House Page: 1 allocated by prorating the amount of the appropriation on each district's K-12 base funding entitlement. Prior to the expenditure of these funds, each district shall establish policies and procedures that define enhancement and the types of expenditures that will be consistent with that definition. From the portion of funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph, school boards must allocate, not later than October 1, 2001, at least $10 per unweighted FTE student to be used at the discretion of the school advisory council or, in the absence of such, at the discretion of the staff and parents of the school. A portion of these funds shall be used for implementing the school improvement plan. The improvement plan shall include performance indicators which are measurable. Funding for use by the school advisory councils shall be allocated directly to the school advisory councils and shall be earmarked for the councils' use. Council funds are not subject to override by the principal or interim approvals by school district staff. Council funds must be accounted for and are subject to being audited on a yearly basis. b) The remaining one half of the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 4A shall be used to fund financial awards pursuant to provisions of s. 231.2905, F.S., relating to the Florida School Recognition Program, and to fund the provisions of s. 236.08106, F.S. relating to the Excellent Teaching Program. Funds for the School Recognition Program shall be awarded by the Commissioner in the amount of $100 per student in each qualifying school. From the funds appropriated in Specific Appropriations 4A and 127, payment shall be made to school districts in the amount of the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes (7.65%) for those teachers who qualify for national board certification and receive bonus amounts consistent with the provisions of s. 236.08106, F.S. c) Any funds remaining after the obligations in paragraph (b) have been fully met shall be allocated to all school districts as provided in paragraph (a), and shall be subject to the expenditure requirements of that paragraph. The Commissioner of Education shall develop a process such that estimated payments for the School Recognition program and Excellent Teaching program shall be determined by December 31, 2001, so that the balance of funds shall be allocated for the District Lottery program. and insert in lieu thereof: a) $140,304,500 of the funds in Specific Appropriation 4A shall be allocated by prorating the amount of the appropriation on each district's K-12 base funding entitlement. Prior to the expenditure of these funds, each district shall establish policies and procedures that define enhancement and the types of expenditures that will be consistent with that definition. From the portion of funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph, school boards must allocate, not later than October 1, 2001, at least $10 per unweighted FTE student to be used at the discretion of the school advisory council990049 Log:0063 CPK/CPK 03/29/01 06:58:55 PM House Page: 2 or, in the absence of such, at the discretion of the staff and parents of the school. A portion of these funds shall be used for implementing the school improvement plan. The improvement plan shall include performance indicators which are measurable. Funding for use by the school advisory councils shall be allocated directly to the school advisory councils and shall be earmarked for the councils' use. Council funds are not subject to override by the principal or interim approvals by school district staff. Council funds must be accounted for and are subject to being audited on a yearly basis. b) $69,474,112 of the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 4A shall be used to fund the provisions of s. 236.08106, F.S. relating to the Excellent Teaching Program. From the funds appropriated in Specific Appropriations 4A and 127, payment shall be made to school districts in the amount of the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes (7.65%) for those teachers who qualify for national board certification and receive bonus amounts consistent with the provisions of s. 236.08106, F.S. c) Any funds remaining after the obligations in paragraph (b) have been fully met shall be allocated to all school districts as provided in paragraph (a), and shall be subject to the expenditure requirements of that paragraph. The Commissioner of Education shall develop a process such that estimated payments for the Excellent Teaching program shall be determined by December 31, 2001, so that the balance of funds shall be allocated for the District Lottery program. Program: Private Colleges And Universities In Section 02 On Page 014 78 Special Categories Florida Resident Access Grant From General Revenue Fund 70,830,388 0 From Educational Enhancement Trust 70,830,388 Fund AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION Program: Health Care Services Medicaid Long Term Care In Section 03 On Page 054 278A Lump Sum Nursing Home Quality Improvement - Direct Care Staff From General Revenue Fund 100,000,000990049 Log:0063 CPK/CPK 03/29/01 06:58:55 PM House Page: 3 Immediately following Specific Appropriation 278A, INSERT: Funds from Specific Appropriation 278A are provided to the Agency for Health Care Administration. The agency shall require that a portion of each nursing facility's Medicaid rate be used exclusively for wage and benefit increase, staff increases, and training on a continual basis, for nursing home direct care staff. Such funds shall be used only for actual wage or benefit improvements. Eligible staff members include all direct care workers (including RNs, LPNs, and CNAs) and all dietary, housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance workers. Temporary, contract, agency, and pool employees are excluded. The agency shall develop cost-reporting systems to ensure that the funds the agency has required to be used for wage and benefit increases for direct care staff are used for this purpose. On January 1 of each year, the agency shall report to the Legislature the effect of such wage and benefit increases for employees in nursing facilities in this state.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items. 990049 Log:0063 CPK/CPK 03/29/01 06:58:55 PM House Page: 4