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By the Committee on Education; and Senators Dockery and Baker
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to growth management; amending
3 s. 1013.65, F.S.; revising the sum appropriated
4 for the Classrooms for Kids Program; amending
5 s. 1013.738, F.S.; revising the eligibility
6 criteria for the High Growth District Capital
7 Outlay Assistance Grant Program; revising
8 provisions for allocation of funds provided by
9 the General Appropriations Act to the Public
10 Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust
11 Fund; providing an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
16 1013.65, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 1013.65 Educational and ancillary plant construction
18 funds; Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust
19 Fund; allocation of funds.--
20 (2)(a) The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
21 Service Trust Fund shall be comprised of the following
22 sources, which are hereby appropriated to the trust fund:
23 1. Proceeds, premiums, and accrued interest from the
24 sale of public education bonds and that portion of the
25 revenues accruing from the gross receipts tax as provided by
26 s. 9(a)(2), Art. XII of the State Constitution, as amended,
27 interest on investments, and federal interest subsidies.
28 2. General revenue funds appropriated to the fund for
29 educational capital outlay purposes.
30 3. All capital outlay funds previously appropriated
31 and certified forward pursuant to s. 216.301.
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1 4.a. Funds paid pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d).
2 b. The sum of $75 $41.75 million of such funds shall
3 be appropriated annually for expenditure to fund the
4 Classrooms for Kids Program created in s. 1013.735 and shall
5 be distributed as provided by that section.
6 Section 2. Subsections (2) and (3) of section
7 1013.738, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
8 1013.738 High Growth District Capital Outlay
9 Assistance Grant Program.--
10 (2) In order to qualify for a grant, a school district
11 must meet the following criteria:
12 (a) The district must have levied the full 2 mills of
13 nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage authorized in s.
14 1011.71(2) for each of the past 3 4 fiscal years or currently
15 receive an amount from the school capital outlay surtax
16 authorized in s. 212.055(6) that, when added to the nonvoted
17 discretionary capital outlay millage collected, equals the
18 amount that would be generated if the full 2 mills of nonvoted
19 discretionary capital outlay millage had been collected over
20 the past 3 fiscal years.
21 (b) The district must receive in the current fiscal
22 year revenue from the collection of an impact fee specifically
23 for schools and revenue from the collection of one of the
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25 1. A local government infrastructure sales surtax
26 authorized in s. 212.055(2) in which a portion is dedicated
27 for the construction of schools in the current fiscal year.
28 2. A school capital outlay surtax authorized in s.
29 212.055(6). If the school capital outlay surtax is used to
30 meet the conditions of paragraph (2)(a), the amount of the
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1 school capital outlay surtax collected must be in excess of
2 the amount in paragraph (2)(a).
3 3. A local bond referendum as authorized in ss.
4 1010.40-1010.55.
5 (b) Fifty percent of the revenue derived from the
6 2-mill nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage for the
7 past 4 fiscal years, when divided by the district's growth in
8 capital outlay FTE students over this period, produces a value
9 that is less than the average cost per student station
10 calculated pursuant to s. 1013.72(2), and weighted by
11 statewide growth in capital outlay FTE students in elementary,
12 middle, and high schools for the past 4 fiscal years.
13 (c) The district must have equaled or exceeded three
14 times twice the statewide average of growth in capital outlay
15 FTE students over this same 3-year 4-year period.
16 (d) The district must not have received an
17 appropriation from the special facilities construction program
18 in the current fiscal year or any of the 2 fiscal years prior
19 to the current fiscal year. The Commissioner of Education must
20 have released all funds allocated to the district from the
21 Classrooms First Program authorized in s. 1013.68, and these
22 funds were fully expended by the district as of February 1 of
23 the current fiscal year.
24 (e) The total capital outlay FTE students of the
25 district is greater than 15,000 students.
26 (3) The funds provided in the General Appropriations
27 Act shall be allocated pursuant to the following methodology.
28 Each eligible district school board shall receive an amount
29 from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service
30 Trust Fund to be calculated by computing the capital outlay
31 full-time equivalent membership as determined by the
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1 Department of Education. Such membership must include, but is
2 not limited to, kindergarten through 12th grade students,
3 except hospital and homebound part-time students, students who
4 are career education students, and adult disabled students who
5 are enrolled in school district career centers. The capital
6 outlay full-time equivalent membership shall be determined for
7 kindergarten through the 12th grade and for career centers by
8 averaging the unweighted full-time equivalent student
9 membership for the second and third surveys and comparing the
10 results on a school-by-school basis with the Florida Inventory
11 for School Houses. The capital outlay full-time equivalent
12 membership by grade level organization shall be used in making
13 the following calculation: the capital outlay full-time
14 equivalent membership by grade-level organization for the
15 prior year must be used to compute the growth over the highest
16 of the 3 years preceding the prior year. The total amount
17 appropriated by the Legislature pursuant to this subsection
18 shall be allocated among the growth capital outlay full-time
19 equivalent membership. The allocation shall be prorated to the
20 districts based upon each district's percentage of growth
21 capital outlay full-time membership. The most recent 4-year
22 capital outlay full-time equivalent membership data shall be
23 used in each subsequent year's calculation for the allocation
24 of funds pursuant to this subsection. If a change, correction,
25 or recomputation of data during any year results in a
26 reduction or increase of the calculated amount previously
27 allocated to a district, the allocation to that district shall
28 be adjusted correspondingly. If such recomputation results in
29 an increase or decrease of the calculated amount, such
30 additional or reduced amounts shall be added to or reduced
31 from the district's future appropriations. However, no change,
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1 correction, or recomputation of data shall be made subsequent
2 to 2 years following the initial annual allocation.:
3 (a) For each eligible district, the Department of
4 Education shall calculate the value of 50 percent of the
5 revenue derived from the 2-mill nonvoted discretionary capital
6 outlay millage for the past 4 fiscal years divided by the
7 increase in capital outlay FTE students for the same period.
8 (b) The Department of Education shall determine, for
9 each eligible district, the amount that must be added to the
10 value calculated pursuant to paragraph (a) to produce the
11 weighted average value per student station calculated pursuant
12 to paragraph (2)(b).
13 (c) The value calculated for each eligible district
14 pursuant to paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by the average
15 increase in capital outlay FTE students for the past 4 fiscal
16 years to determine the maximum amount of a grant that may be
17 awarded to a district pursuant to this section.
18 (d) In the event the funds provided in the General
19 Appropriations Act are insufficient to fully fund the maximum
20 grants calculated pursuant to paragraph (c), the Department of
21 Education shall allocate the funds based on each district's
22 prorated share of the total maximum award amount calculated
23 for all eligible districts.
24 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 Senate Bill 2480
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4 This committee substitute provides:
5 Revises school district qualifying criteria for the High
Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance Grant Program to
6 require collection of revenue from an impact fee for schools;
7 Extends the time frame regarding the special facilities
construction program as a basis for ineligibility from the
8 current or previous fiscal year to the previous two fiscal
years prior to the current fiscal year;
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Narrows the eligibility requirements to school districts that
10 have equaled or exceeded three times the statewide average of
growth in capital outlay FTE students over the same three year
11 period; and
12 Amends allocation methodology as follows:
13 - Requires PECO amounts to be calculated by computing
the capital outlay FTE membership as determined by
14 the Department of Education;
15 - Specifies student membership;
16 - Revises formula relating to K-12 and career center
calculations; and
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- Requires calculation adjustments in certain
18 instances but prohibits changes after two years have
passed following the initial annual allocation.
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