Senate Bill sb0020A

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 20-A

    By Senator Carlton





    23-2567-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to funding for K-12 programs;

  3         amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; providing the

  4         district cost differential to be used for the

  5         2003-2004 fiscal year; providing for

  6         construction of the act in pari materia with

  7         laws enacted during the Regular Session of the

  8         Legislature; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 1011.62, Florida

13  Statutes, as amended by chapter 2003-1, Laws of Florida, is

14  amended to read:

15         1011.62  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

16  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

17  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

18  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

19  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

20  follows:

21         (2)  DETERMINATION OF DISTRICT COST DIFFERENTIALS.--

22         (a)  The Commissioner of Education shall annually

23  compute for each district the current year's district cost

24  differential. The district cost differential shall be

25  calculated by adding each district's price level index as

26  published in the Florida Price Level Index for the most recent

27  3 years and dividing the resulting sum by 3. The result for

28  each district shall be multiplied by 0.008 and to the

29  resulting product shall be added 0.200; the sum thus obtained

30  shall be the cost differential for that district for that

31  year.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 20-A
    23-2567-03




 1         (b)  For the 2003-2004 fiscal year only, the district

 2  cost differential shall be the same as the district cost

 3  differential used for the 2002-2003 General Appropriations

 4  Act. This paragraph expires July 1, 2004.

 5         Section 2.  If any law that is amended by this act was

 6  also amended by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of

 7  the Legislature, such laws shall be construed as if they had

 8  been enacted during the same session of the Legislature, and

 9  full effect should be given to each if that is possible.

10         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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      funding the operation of schools during the 2003-2004
15    fiscal year to be the same as that used in the 2002-2003
      General Appropriations Act.
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