Senate Bill sb0390
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Florida Senate - 2002 SB 390
By Senator Pruitt
27-213A-02
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education finance; creating
3 s. 236.08109, F.S.; authorizing school
4 districts to opt out of the restrictions
5 applied to allocations for formula-funded
6 categorical programs and to use such funds at
7 their discretion; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 236.08109, Florida Statutes, is
12 created to read:
13 236.08109 Local option for categorical funding.--
14 (1) Notwithstanding s. 236.081 or any other provision
15 of law to the contrary, any school district receiving funds
16 appropriated in the General Appropriations Act for
17 formula-funded categorical programs may, upon request
18 submitted to the Commissioner of Education before the
19 convening of the initial Florida Education Finance Program
20 Appropriation Allocation Conference as provided in s. 236.078,
21 receive those categorical funds in a lump sum and use the
22 funds for any or all of the purposes for which the funds were
23 appropriated or apply the funds to other purposes, as
24 determined by the district school board.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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28 SENATE SUMMARY
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Authorizes school districts to opt out of the
30 restrictions applied to allocations for formula-funded
categorical programs and to use such funds at their
31 discretion.
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