Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2048
                        Barcode 882544
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11  The Committee on Education (Lynn) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 120, line 14, through
16            page 128, line 5, delete those lines
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18  and insert:  s. 1012.22 salary career ladder defined in s.
19  1012.231.
20         Section 53.  Subsection (1) of section 1011.71, Florida
21  Statutes, is amended to read:
22         1011.71  District school tax.--
23         (1)  If the district school tax is not provided in the
24  General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill
25  implementing the General Appropriations Act, each district
26  school board desiring to participate in the state allocation
27  of funds for current operation as prescribed by s. 1011.62(10)
28  s. 1011.62(9) shall levy on the taxable value for school
29  purposes of the district, exclusive of millage voted under the
30  provisions of s. 9(b) or s. 12, Art. VII of the State
31  Constitution, a millage rate not to exceed the amount
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2048 Barcode 882544 1 certified by the commissioner as the minimum millage rate 2 necessary to provide the district required local effort for 3 the current year, pursuant to s. 1011.62(4)(a)1. In addition 4 to the required local effort millage levy, each district 5 school board may levy a nonvoted current operating 6 discretionary millage. The Legislature shall prescribe 7 annually in the appropriations act the maximum amount of 8 millage a district may levy. The millage rate prescribed shall 9 exceed zero mills but shall not exceed the lesser of 1.6 mills 10 or 25 percent of the millage which is required pursuant to s. 11 1011.62(4), exclusive of millage levied pursuant to subsection 12 (2). 13 Section 54. Subsection (6) is added to section 14 1012.21, Florida Statutes, to read: 15 1012.21 Department of Education duties; K-12 16 personnel.-- 17 (6) REPORTING.--The Department of Education shall 18 annually post online links to each school district's 19 collective bargaining contracts and the salary and benefits of 20 the personnel or officers of any educator association which 21 were paid by the school district pursuant to s. 1012.22. The 22 department shall prescribe the computer format for district 23 school boards to use in providing the information. 24 Section 55. Paragraphs (c), (h), and (i) of subsection 25 (1) of section 1012.22, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 26 subsection (3) is added to that section, to read: 27 1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of 28 the district school board.--The district school board shall: 29 (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe 30 qualifications for those positions, and provide for the 31 appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and 2 10:48 AM 04/04/06 s2048.ed07.jr1
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2048 Barcode 882544 1 dismissal of employees as follows, subject to the requirements 2 of this chapter: 3 (c) Compensation and salary schedules.-- 4 1. The district school board shall adopt a salary 5 schedule or salary schedules designed to furnish incentives 6 for improvement in training and for continued efficient 7 service to be used as a basis for paying all school employees 8 and fix and authorize the compensation of school employees on 9 the basis thereof. 10 2. A district school board, in determining the salary 11 schedule for instructional personnel, must base a portion of 12 each employee's compensation on performance demonstrated under 13 s. 1012.34, must consider the prior teaching experience of a 14 person who has been designated state teacher of the year by 15 any state in the United States, and must consider prior 16 professional experience in the field of education gained in 17 positions in addition to district level instructional and 18 administrative positions. 19 3. In developing the salary schedule, the district 20 school board shall seek input from parents, teachers, and 21 representatives of the business community. 22 4. Beginning with the 2002-2003 fiscal year, each 23 district school board must adopt a performance-pay policy for 24 school administrators and instructional personnel. The 25 district's performance-pay policy is subject to negotiation as 26 provided in chapter 447; however, the adopted salary schedule 27 must allow school administrators and instructional personnel 28 who demonstrate outstanding performance, as measured under s. 29 1012.34, to earn a 5-percent supplement in addition to their 30 individual, negotiated salary. The supplements shall be funded 31 from the performance-pay reserve funds adopted in the salary 3 10:48 AM 04/04/06 s2048.ed07.jr1
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2048 Barcode 882544 1 schedule. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, the 2 district's 5-percent performance-pay policy must provide for 3 the evaluation of classroom teachers within each level of the 4 salary career ladder provided in s. 1012.231. The Commissioner 5 of Education shall determine whether the district school 6 board's adopted policy and salary schedule complies with the 7 requirement for performance-based pay. If the district school 8 board fails to comply with this section, the commissioner may 9 shall withhold disbursements from the Educational Enhancement 10 Trust Fund to the district and take any other measure provided 11 by law necessary to ensure compliance until compliance is 12 verified. 13 5. Beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year, each 14 district school board shall adopt a salary schedule with 15 differentiated pay for both instructional personnel and 16 school-based administrators. The salary schedule is subject to 17 negotiation as provided in chapter 447 and must allow 18 differentiated pay based on district-determined factors, 19 including, but not limited to, additional responsibilities, 20 school demographics, critical shortage areas, and level of job 21 performance difficulties. 22 (h) Planning and training time for teachers.--The 23 district school board shall may adopt rules to make provisions 24 for teachers to have time for lunch, professional and some 25 planning, and professional development training time when they 26 will not be directly responsible for the children if, provided 27 that some adult supervision is shall be furnished for the 28 students during such periods. 29 (i) Comprehensive program of staff development.--The 30 district school board shall establish a comprehensive program 31 of staff development that incorporates school improvement 4 10:48 AM 04/04/06 s2048.ed07.jr1
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2048 Barcode 882544 1 plans pursuant to s. 1001.42 and is aligned with principal 2 leadership training pursuant to s. 1012.985 as a part of the 3 plan. 4 (3) Annually provide to the Department of Education 5 the negotiated collective bargaining contract for the school 6 district and the salary and benefits for the personnel or 7 officers of any educator association which are paid by the 8 school district. The district school board shall report using 9 the computer format prescribed by the department pursuant to 10 s. 1012.21. 11 Section 56. Section 1012.2315, Florida Statutes, is 12 created to read: 13 1012.2315 Assignment of teachers.-- 14 (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature 15 finds disparities between teachers assigned to teach in a 16 majority of "A" graded schools and teachers assigned to teach 17 in a majority of "F" graded schools. The disparities can be 18 found in the average years of experience, the median salary, 19 and the performance of the teachers on teacher certification 20 examinations. It is the intent of the Legislature that 21 district school boards have flexibility through the collective 22 bargaining process to assign teachers more equitably across 23 the schools in the district. 24 (2) ASSIGNMENT TO SCHOOLS GRADED "D" OR "F."--School 25 districts may not assign a higher percentage than the school 26 district average of first-time teachers, temporarily certified 27 teachers, teachers in need of improvement, or out-of-field 28 teachers to schools with above the school district average of 29 minority and economically disadvantaged students or schools 30 that are graded "D" or "F." Each school district shall 31 annually certify to the Commissioner of Education that this 5 10:48 AM 04/04/06 s2048.ed07.jr1
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2048 Barcode 882544 1 requirement has been met. If the commissioner determines that 2 a school district is not in compliance with this subsection, 3 the State Board of Education shall be notified and shall take 4 action pursuant to s. 1008.32 in the next regularly scheduled 5 meeting to require compliance. 6 (3) SALARY INCENTIVES.--District school boards are 7 authorized to provide salary incentives to meet the 8 requirement of subsection (2). A district school board may not 9 sign a collective bargaining agreement that precludes the 10 school district from providing sufficient incentives to meet 11 this requirement. 12 (4) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.--Notwithstanding provisions 13 of chapter 447 relating to district school board collective 14 bargaining, collective bargaining provisions may not preclude 15 a school district from providing incentives to high-quality 16 teachers and assigning such teachers to low-performing 17 schools. 18 Section 57. Subsection (2) of section 1012.27, Florida 19 Statutes, is amended to read: 20 1012.27 Public school personnel; powers and duties of 21 district school superintendent.--The district school 22 superintendent is responsible for directing the work of the 23 personnel, subject to the requirements of this chapter, and in 24 addition the district school superintendent shall perform the 25 following: 26 (2) COMPENSATION AND SALARY SCHEDULES.--Prepare and 27 recommend to the district school board for adoption a salary 28 schedule or salary schedules. The district school 29 superintendent must recommend a salary schedule for 30 instructional personnel which bases a portion of each 31 employee's compensation on performance demonstrated under s. 6 10:48 AM 04/04/06 s2048.ed07.jr1
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2048 Barcode 882544 1 1012.34. In developing the recommended salary schedule, the 2 district school superintendent shall include input from 3 parents, teachers, and representatives of the business 4 community. Beginning with the 2007-2008 2004-2005 academic 5 year, the recommended salary schedule for classroom teachers 6 shall be consistent with the district's differentiated-pay 7 policy career ladder based upon s. 1012.22 s. 1012.231. 8 Section 58. Subsection (6) of section 1012.28, Florida 9 Statutes, is amended to read: 10 1012.28 Public school personnel; duties of school 11 principals.-- 12 (6) A school principal who fails to comply with this 13 section shall be ineligible for any portion of the performance 14 pay policy incentive under s. 1012.22 s. 15 16 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 17 18 19 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 20 And the title is amended as follows: 21 On page 9, lines 6-25, delete those lines 22 23 and insert: 24 amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; requiring that each 25 school district adopt a differentiated-pay 26 policy meeting specified criteria; requiring 27 each district school board to annually provide 28 to the department its negotiated collective 29 bargaining contract and the salary and benefits 30 of certain personnel; creating s. 31 7 10:48 AM 04/04/06 s2048.ed07.jr1