SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 13-C, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 540686
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11 Senator Carlton moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. School District Flexibility Act of 2001.--
18 (1) This act may be cited as the "School District
19 Flexibility Act of 2001."
20 (2) During the 2001-2002 fiscal year, each district
21 school board is authorized flexibility to expend funds
22 allocated to the school district from the appropriations in
23 chapter 2001-253, Laws of Florida, as provided below:
24 (a) If a district school board finds and declares in a
25 resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the school board
26 that the funds received for the programs listed below are
27 urgently needed to maintain board-specified academic classroom
28 instruction, the school board may consider and approve an
29 amendment to the school district's 2001-2002 operating budget
30 transferring the identified amount of funds to the appropriate
31 account for expenditure. These accounts are:
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1 1. Section 236.081(3), Florida Statutes, Funds for
2 Inservice Educational Personnel Training, Specific
3 Appropriation 122.
4 2. Funds allocated for Safe Schools Activities,
5 Specific Appropriation 118.
6 3. Funds for Public School Technology, Specific
7 Appropriation 120A.
8 4. Funds for Teacher Recruitment Signing Bonuses,
9 Specific Appropriation 119, which are in excess of the amount
10 required to provide $850 Teacher Retention Bonuses.
11 5. Funds for the District Discretionary Lottery
12 Allocation, Specific Appropriation 4A(a).
13 6. Section 231.67, Florida Statutes, the Florida
14 Teachers Lead Program Stipend, Specific Appropriation 122A,
15 carryforward funds only.
16 (b) If the district school board finds that funds
17 allocated for the purpose set forth in s. 236.08104, Florida
18 Statutes, Supplemental Academic Instruction, Specific
19 Appropriation 118, are budgeted to be expended for
20 nonclassroom instruction, the school board may consider and
21 approve an amendment to the school district's 2001-2002
22 operating budget transferring such funds to an appropriate
23 academic classroom instruction account for expenditure.
24 (3) Each district school board shall report to the
25 Department of Education the amount of funds it transfers from
26 each of the programs identified in this section and the
27 specific academic classroom instruction for which these funds
28 are being expended. The department shall provide instructions
29 and format to be used in submitting this required information.
30 The department shall submit to the Governor, the President of
31 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a
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1 report showing the actions taken by each district school board
2 and providing a statewide summary for all school districts.
3 (4) The standard in paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of
4 section 230.23, Florida Statutes, requiring the adopted
5 district school board budget to include a reserve to fully
6 fund an additional 5-percent supplement for school
7 administrators and instructional personnel need not be met
8 until June 30, 2003.
9 (5) The standard in subsection (1) of section 235.061,
10 Florida Statutes, requiring State Board of Education rules to
11 prohibit the use as classrooms of relocatables that fail to
12 meet the standards need not be met until July 1, 2003.
13 (6) The standard in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of
14 section 235.062, Florida Statutes, for student stations in
15 relocatable facilities exceeding 20 years of age need not be
16 met until July 1, 2004.
17 (7) Subsections (1) through (3) expire June 30, 2002.
18 (8) To take advantage of the delayed dates authorized
19 in subsections (5) and (6), a school district must:
20 (a) First use the authority for the transfer of funds
21 provided by subsections (1)-(4) before using the flexibility
22 provided by subsections (5) and (6).
23 (b) Submit to the Department of Education a plan that
24 identifies how the school district will fully comply with
25 standards for relocatable classrooms by July 1, 2003, and will
26 fully comply with the requirements of section 235.062, Florida
27 Statutes, by July 1, 2004.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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Amendment No. ___ Barcode 540686
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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5 and insert:
6 A bill to be entitled
7 An act relating to public school funding;
8 providing for school district flexibility in
9 the 2001-2002 fiscal year expenditure of
10 specified funds appropriated in ch. 2001-253,
11 Laws of Florida; providing for reports;
12 delaying the requirement in s. 230.23, F.S.,
13 that the adopted school board budget include a
14 reserve for funding a supplement; delaying the
15 requirement in s. 235.061, F.S., relating to
16 relocatables for long-term use; delaying the
17 requirement in s. 235.062, F.S., relating to
18 relocatable facilities; establishing conditions
19 for certain spending authority; providing for
20 repeal; providing an effective date.
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