Senate Bill sb1808

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1808

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1265-04                                          See HB 115

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida School

  3         Recognition Program; amending s. 1008.36, F.S.;

  4         revising provisions relating to the

  5         distribution of financial awards; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 1008.36, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         1008.36  Florida School Recognition Program.--

13         (1)  The Legislature finds that there is a need for a

14  performance incentive program for outstanding faculty and

15  staff in highly productive schools. The Legislature further

16  finds that performance-based incentives are commonplace in the

17  private sector and should be infused into the public sector as

18  a reward for productivity.

19         (2)  The Florida School Recognition Program is created

20  to provide financial awards to public schools that:

21         (a)  Sustain high performance by receiving a school

22  grade of "A," making excellent progress; or

23         (b)  Demonstrate exemplary improvement due to

24  innovation and effort by improving a letter grade.

25         (3)  All public schools, including charter schools,

26  that receive a school grade pursuant to s. 1008.34 are

27  eligible to participate in the program.

28         (4)  All selected schools shall receive financial

29  awards depending on the availability of funds appropriated and

30  the number and size of schools selected to receive an award.

31  Funds must be distributed to the school's fiscal agent and

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1808
    25-1265-04                                          See HB 115




 1  placed in the school's account and must be used for purposes

 2  listed in subsection (5) as determined jointly by the school's

 3  staff and school advisory council. If school staff and the

 4  school advisory council cannot reach agreement by November 1,

 5  the awards must be equally distributed in the following

 6  manner:

 7         (a)  Forty percent of the funds must be divided equally

 8  among all school employees who are currently employed at the

 9  school.

10         (b)  Sixty percent of the funds must be used as the

11  school advisory council deems appropriate for the purposes

12  listed in paragraph (5)(b) or paragraph (5)(c) to all

13  classroom teachers currently teaching in the school.

14         (5)  School recognition awards must be used for the

15  following:

16         (a)  Nonrecurring bonuses to the faculty and staff;

17         (b)  Nonrecurring expenditures for educational

18  equipment or materials to assist in maintaining and improving

19  student performance; or

20         (c)  Temporary personnel for the school to assist in

21  maintaining and improving student performance.

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23  Notwithstanding statutory provisions to the contrary,

24  incentive awards are not subject to collective bargaining.

25         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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