| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to educational facilities; amending s. |
| 3 | 1013.735, F.S., relating to the Classrooms for Kids |
| 4 | Program; revising the formula for determining each school |
| 5 | district's share of the annual appropriation for the |
| 6 | Classrooms for Kids Program; providing that a percentage |
| 7 | of the appropriation shall be used to reduce class size; |
| 8 | 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 (1) of section 1013.735, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 1013.735 Classrooms for Kids Program.-- |
| 15 | (1) ALLOCATION.--The department shall allocate funds |
| 16 | appropriated for the Classrooms for Kids Program. It is the |
| 17 | intent of the Legislature that this program be administered as |
| 18 | nearly as practicable in the same manner as the capital outlay |
| 19 | program authorized under s. 9(a), Art. XII of the State |
| 20 | Constitution. Each district school board's share of the annual |
| 21 | appropriation for the Classrooms for Kids Program must be |
| 22 | calculated according to the following formula: |
| 23 | (a) Twenty-five percent of the appropriation shall be |
| 24 | prorated to the districts based on each district's percentage of |
| 25 | K-12 base capital outlay full-time equivalent membership, and 65 |
| 26 | percent shall be based on each district's percentage of K-12 |
| 27 | growth capital outlay full-time equivalent membership averaged |
| 28 | over the previous 3 years as specified for the allocation of |
| 29 | funds from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service |
| 30 | Trust Fund by s. 1013.64(3). |
| 31 | (b) Sixty-five percent of the appropriation shall be |
| 32 | prorated to the districts based on each district's percentage of |
| 33 | the state's classroom needs to reduce class size pursuant to s. |
| 34 | 1003.03(2). |
| 35 | (c)(b) Ten percent of the appropriation shall be prorated |
| 36 | to the districts that currently meet the requirements of s. |
| 37 | 1003.03(1)(a), (b), or (c) must be allocated among district |
| 38 | school boards according to the allocation formula in s. |
| 39 | 1013.64(1)(a), excluding adult vocational technical facilities. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |