Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Education Appropriations (King) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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16 page 85, line 6, delete those lines
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19 Section 33. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section
20 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended, present subsection (9)
21 of that section is redesignated as subsection (10), and a new
22 subsection (9) is added to that section to read:
23 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
24 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
25 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
26 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
27 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
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29 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
30 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
31 determining the annual allocation to each district for
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1 operation:
2 (f) Supplemental academic instruction; categorical
3 fund.--
4 1. There is created a categorical fund to provide
5 supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
6 through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
7 "Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund."
8 2. Categorical funds for supplemental academic
9 instruction shall be allocated annually to each school
10 district in the amount provided in the General Appropriations
11 Act. These funds shall be in addition to the funds
12 appropriated on the basis of FTE student membership in the
13 Florida Education Finance Program and shall be included in the
14 total potential funds of each district. These funds shall be
15 used to provide supplemental academic instruction to students
16 enrolled in the K-12 program. Supplemental instruction
17 strategies may include, but are not limited to: modified
18 curriculum, reading instruction, after-school instruction,
19 tutoring, mentoring, class size reduction, extended school
20 year, intensive skills development in summer school, and other
21 methods for improving student achievement. Supplemental
22 instruction may be provided to a student in any manner and at
23 any time during or beyond the regular 180-day term identified
24 by the school as being the most effective and efficient way to
25 best help that student progress from grade to grade and to
26 graduate.
27 3. Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding
28 on the basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term
29 shall be provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in
30 juvenile justice education programs or in an education program
31 for juveniles under s. 985.223. Funding for instruction beyond
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1 the regular 180-day school year for all other K-12 students
2 shall be provided through the supplemental academic
3 instruction categorical fund and other state, federal, and
4 local fund sources with ample flexibility for schools to
5 provide supplemental instruction to assist students in
6 progressing from grade to grade and graduating.
7 4. The Florida State University School, as a lab
8 school, is authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery
9 Enhancement Trust Fund allocation the cost to the student of
10 remediation in reading, writing, or mathematics for any
11 graduate who requires remediation at a postsecondary
12 educational institution.
13 5. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, dropout
14 prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
15 (b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1
16 programs under subparagraph (d)3.
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
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24 providing for additional funding for students
25 enrolled in education programs for juveniles;
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