HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 703 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Attkisson offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 5022 and 5023, insert:
16	Section 70. Subsection (1) of section 1013.62, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.--
19	(1) In each year in which funds are appropriated for
20	charter school capital outlay purposes, the Commissioner of
21	Education shall allocate the funds among eligible charter
22	schools. To be eligible for a funding allocation, a charter
23	school must meet the provisions of subsection (6), must have
24	received final approval from its sponsor pursuant to s. 1002.33
25	for operation during that fiscal year, and must serve students
26	in facilities that are not provided by the charter school's
27	sponsor. Prior to the release of capital outlay funds to a
28	school district on behalf of the charter school, the Department
29	of Education shall ensure that the district school board and the
30	charter school governing board enter into a written agreement
31	that includes provisions for the reversion of any unencumbered
32	funds and all equipment and property purchased with public
33	education funds to the ownership of the district school board,
34	as provided for in subsection (3), in the event that the school
35	terminates operations. Any funds recovered by the state shall be
36	deposited in the General Revenue Fund. A charter school is not
37	eligible for a funding allocation if it was created by the
38	conversion of a public school and operates in facilities
39	provided by the charter school's sponsor for a nominal fee or at
40	no charge or if it is directly or indirectly operated by the
41	school district. Unless otherwise provided in the General
42	Appropriations Act, the funding allocation for each eligible
43	charter school shall be determined by multiplying the school's
44	projected student enrollment by one-fifteenth of the cost-per-
45	student station specified in s. 1013.64(6)(b) for an elementary,
46	middle, or high school, as appropriate. If the funds
47	appropriated by the state are insufficient, a district school
48	board may allocate any state or federal dollars received by the
49	district school board to a charter school within the school
50	district for charter school capital outlay purposesnot
51	sufficient, the commissioner shall prorate the available funds
52	among eligible charter schools. Funds shall be distributed on
53	the basis of the capital outlay full-time equivalent membership
54	by grade level, which shall be calculated by averaging the
55	results of the second and third enrollment surveys. The
56	Department of Education shall distribute capital outlay funds
57	monthly, beginning in the first quarter of the fiscal year,
58	based on one-twelfth of the amount the department reasonably
59	expects the charter school to receive during that fiscal year.
60	The commissioner shall adjust subsequent distributions as
61	necessary to reflect each charter school's actual student
62	enrollment as reflected in the second and third enrollment
63	surveys. The commissioner shall establish the intervals and
64	procedures for determining the projected and actual student
65	enrollment of eligible charter schools.
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68	Between line(s) 226 and 227, insert:
69	amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; authorizing allocation of
70	certain funds to charter schools for capital outlay
71	purposes under certain circumstances;