997120                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2700                                                   EA               


Senator(s) Aronberg moved the following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 020             In the FEFP, reduces the .51 Mill Compression from 
                         $300 to $200 per FTE and increases the .25 Mill 
Spec App:   91           Equalization from $100 to $177.09 per FTE.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
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        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - FEFP  48250300

        In Section 02  On Page 020
91      Aid To Local Governments  050560
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational                
        Finance Program  IOEB

In proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 91, DELETE:

Total   required   local   effort  for  Fiscal  Year  2006-07  shall  be
$7,348,885,437.  The total amount shall include adjustments made for the
calculation   required  in  section  1011.62(4)  (a)  and  (c),  Florida
Statutes.   The  maximum  nonvoted  discretionary  millage  which may be
levied  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  1011.71(1),  Florida
Statutes, by district school boards in Fiscal Year 2006-07 shall be:

1)  0.51 mills, and

2)  An additional levy, not to exceed 0.25 mills, which will raise
    an amount not to exceed $100 per full-time equivalent student
    (FTE).

District  school  boards  that levy the entire additional 0.25 mills and
raise less than $100 per K-12 FTE shall receive, from the funds provided
in  Specific  Appropriation  91,  an  amount  that,  combined with funds
raised by the 0.25 mills, will provide $100 per K-12 FTE. To be eligible

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for  state  funds  provided  in this paragraph, a district must levy the
full 0.25 mills and the full 0.51 mills.

In  addition,  if  a  school  board's  0.51 mill levy provides funds per
unweighted  FTE  that  are  less  than  $300,  the school district shall
receive  an  amount  from  the  funds provided in Specific Appropriation
91,  which,  when  added  to  the funds generated by the district's 0.51
mill levy, is equivalent to $300.

and INSERT in lieu thereof:

Total   required   local   effort  for  Fiscal  Year  2006-07  shall  be
$7,348,591,223.  The total amount shall include adjustments made for the
calculation   required  in  section  1011.62(4)  (a)  and  (c),  Florida
Statutes.   The  maximum  nonvoted  discretionary  millage  which may be
levied  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  1011.71(1),  Florida
Statutes, by district school boards in Fiscal Year 2006-07 shall be:

1)  0.51 mills, and

2)  An additional levy, not to exceed 0.25 mills, which will raise
    an amount not to exceed $177.09 per full-time equivalent student
    (FTE).

District  school  boards  that levy the entire additional 0.25 mills and
raise less than $177.09 per K-12 FTE shall receive, from the funds 
provided in  Specific  Appropriation  91,  an  amount  that,  combined 
with funds raised by the 0.25 mills, will provide $177.09 per K-12 FTE. 
To be eligible for  state  funds  provided  in this paragraph, a 
district must levy the full 0.25 mills and the full 0.51 mills.

In  addition,  if  a  school  board's  0.51 mill levy provides funds per
unweighted  FTE  that  are  less  than  $200,  the school district shall
receive  an  amount  from  the  funds provided in Specific Appropriation
91,  which,  when  added  to  the funds generated by the district's 0.51
mill levy, is equivalent to $200.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.

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