Amendment
Bill No. 1753
Amendment No. 557131
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Kilmer offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
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5program's revenue and expenditure experience for the current and
6prior 4 fiscal years. The calculation of the profit and loss for
7the program shall include all revenue and costs, including
8indirect costs as defined in s. 1010.21(2), and shall be
9reported to the Department of Education and the district school
10board within 60 days after the end of the district's fiscal
11year.
12     (b)  School food service programs in the state should
13strive to operate in an efficient manner and require no
14supplement of operating funds from the school district, which
15funds are best used for other education-related activities. Each
16school district is encouraged to ensure that the authority,
17accountability, and responsibility for all revenue and costs,
18including, but not limited to pricing, offerings, purchasing,
19equipment, hiring, pay scales, promotion, retention, discipline
20and termination of employees, and other costs associated with
21the profitability of food services programs be vested in the
22district food service directors, in collaboration with school
23administrators. School districts shall ensure that such
24authority does not interfere with the ability of school
25administrators to provide for the safety and welfare of
26students, as provided by law.
27     Section 2.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of
28section 1010.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
29     1010.20  Cost accounting and reporting for school
30districts.--
31     (2)  COST REPORTING.--
32     (d)  The Department of Education shall annually prepare a
33report for submission to the President of the Senate, the
34Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the State Board of
35Education by October 1 of each year that identifies the school
36food service expenditures of each school district that are
37reported pursuant to s. 1006.06(6), including a narrative
38description of the extent to which school food services are
39self-supporting.
40     Section 3.  Section 1010.21, Florida Statutes, is amended
41to read:
42     1010.21  Indirect costs.--
43     (1)  District school boards shall assess district indirect
44costs only for services received by the program or institution
45against which such cost is assessed. When assigning each
46specific indirect cost to multiple programs or institutions,
47district school boards shall identify one basis for the
48assessment of such cost and shall maintain the same basis for
49assigning such cost to each program or institution.
50     (2)  School districts shall identify all indirect costs
51relating to school food service programs when preparing analyses
52of program efficiency. Costs relating to school food service
53programs shall include, but are not limited to, building
54maintenance and depreciation, utilities, waste removal, pest
55control, insurance, storage and distribution, printing,
56administration of payroll, employee benefits and retirement,
57purchasing, human resources, accounts payable and receivable
58processing, and all other administrative services performed by
59district staff to which a benefit to the school food service
60program is derived. Indirect costs of the school food service
61program shall include only those costs relating to the food
62service program and shall be prorated to the school food service
63program if the indirect costs also relate to other district
64operations.
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69requiring a cost accounting report; encouraging school districts
70to ensure that responsibility for revenue and costs is vested in
71district food service directors; amending s. 1010.20, F.S.;


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