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11  Representative(s) Mack offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 20 & 21,

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16  insert:

17         Section 2.  Section 236.6851, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         236.6851  Analysis of facilities operations and

20  maintenance services.--

21         (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature to promote

22  effective and cost-efficient noninstructional services.

23  Accordingly, the Legislature believes that this intent is best

24  served when school districts analyze the provision of

25  facilities operations and maintenance to determine the optimal

26  balance between the costs associated with providing such

27  services and the quality of the services provided.  When this

28  intent is best served by private-sector providers, school

29  districts may contract with such providers for these services.

30  Any costs savings that result shall be redirected to

31  educational services for students.  For purposes of this

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  1  section, educational services may include any or all of the

  2  costs savings to be paid as a bonus to classroom teachers.  It

  3  is the further intent of the Legislature that this be an

  4  ongoing, periodic activity of all school districts.

  5         (2)  Each district school board shall conduct a written

  6  analysis of the cost and of the level and quality of services

  7  associated with facilities operations and maintenance and

  8  shall issue request for proposals or solicitation of bids for

  9  the provision of these services.  The required analysis and

10  the request for proposals or solicitation of bids shall be in

11  a form consistent with that provided to the Department of

12  Education by the Florida School Boards Association and Florida

13  Taxwatch.

14         (3)  School districts may form consortia for the

15  purpose of conducting an analysis and request for proposals or

16  solicitation of bids unless otherwise prohibited by law.

17         (4)  Within 30 days after the conclusion of the bid

18  process, the district school board, at a regularly scheduled

19  board meeting, shall disclose and discuss the responses to the

20  request for proposals or solicitation of bids, including a

21  written comparison to the analysis required in subsection (2)

22  and a written report of the results of the bid process.

23         (5)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any

24  cost savings realized by a school district through the

25  provision of contracted facilities operations and maintenance

26  services pursuant to this section shall be retained by the

27  school district and shall be used for the improvement of

28  educational services for students.  For purposes of this

29  section, educational services may include any or all of the

30  cost savings to be paid as a bonus to classroom teachers.

31         (6)  The Department of Education shall provide

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  1  technical assistance to school districts for the purpose of

  2  implementing this section.

  3         (7)  Annually, as of January 1, each district school

  4  board shall report the results of the implementation of this

  5  section to the Commissioner of Education.  The report shall

  6  include:

  7         (a)  New private contracts for facilities operations

  8  and maintenance.

  9         (b)  The anticipated cost savings associated with the

10  new contract.

11         (c)  The district school board authorized use of the

12  anticipated savings.

13         (d)  Actual cost savings and use of savings of

14  prior-year private contracts.

15         (e)  A description of each instance in which a request

16  for proposals or solicitation of bids process did not result

17  in a contract, including a comparison of the school district

18  cost obtained from the cost analysis to the cost proposed by

19  each bidder, the school district's reasoning for not entering

20  into a contract and where the school district's action or

21  inaction is documented in public records.

22         (8)  Annually, by February 1, the Commissioner of

23  Education shall issue to the Governor, the President of the

24  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a

25  report that consolidates information submitted by the school

26  districts to the commissioner pursuant to subsection (7).

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

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  1  remove:  all of said lines

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  4         An act relating to education; amending s.

  5         228.056, F.S.; revising provisions relating to

  6         the purpose of charter schools; revising

  7         provisions relating to compliance with the

  8         Florida Building Code; providing for compliance

  9         with the Life Safety Code; requiring charter

10         schools to be classified as public schools for

11         the purpose of zoning approval and the

12         assessment of certain fees; providing for

13         exemption from certain fees; providing

14         requirements for hearings and administrative

15         reviews; creating s. 236.6851, F.S.; requiring

16         an analysis of expenditure of funds and quality

17         of service for facilities operations and

18         maintenance services; providing for a request

19         for proposals or solicitation of bids to

20         contract for said services; providing for

21         disclosure; providing for the use of cost

22         savings; requiring reports; providing an

23         effective date.

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