995137                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              24


Senator(s): Sullivan
moved the following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 040             Corrects the allocation of funding between the USF main
                         campus and the branch campuses at St. Petersburg and
Spec App:  166A          Sarasota/Manatee to reflect the cuts approved by the
                         Legislature in Session C and requires the university
                         boards of trustees for other university branch campuses
                         to make the same type of adjustment.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Universities, Division Of
        Program: Educational And General 
        Activities  48900100

        In Section 02  On Page 040
166A    Aid To Local Governments  052310
        Grants And Aids - Education And General                
        Activities  IOEB

In proviso following Specific Appropriation 166A, DELETE:

University of South Florida................................. 185,026,934
University of South Florida - St. Petersburg................  20,923,221
University of South Florida - Sarasota/Manatee..............   8,231,274

and INSERT:

University of South Florida................................. 183,874,329
University of South Florida - St. Petersburg................  21,762,192
University of South Florida - Sarasota/Manatee..............   8,544,908

Following the list of allocations for each university on page 40, INSERT 

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new paragraph:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 166A for Florida State
University, Florida Atlantic University, University of West Florida and
Florida International University, in making allocation decisions, each
Board of Trustees shall take into account the revised operating budgets
prepared for branch campuses and centers in accordance with the intent
of the Legislature regarding Specific Appropriation 119 in Chapter
2001-367, Laws of Florida.  Each university shall submit a report to the
Chancellor of the Division of Colleges and Universities that reflects
these allocation decisions.

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.






































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