| 1 | Representative(s) Stargel offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 1567-1568 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 1011.71, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 1011.71 District school tax.-- |
| 8 | (2) In addition to the maximum millage levy as provided in |
| 9 | subsection (1), each school board may levy not more than 2 mills |
| 10 | against the taxable value for school purposes for district |
| 11 | schools, including charter schools at the discretion of the |
| 12 | school board, to fund: |
| 13 | (a) New construction and remodeling projects, as set forth |
| 14 | in s. 1013.64(3)(b) and (6)(b) and included in the district's |
| 15 | educational plant survey pursuant to s. 1013.31, without regard |
| 16 | to prioritization, sites and site improvement or expansion to |
| 17 | new sites, existing sites, auxiliary facilities, athletic |
| 18 | facilities, or ancillary facilities. |
| 19 | (b) Maintenance, renovation, and repair of existing school |
| 20 | plants or of leased facilities to correct deficiencies pursuant |
| 21 | to s. 1013.15(2). |
| 22 | (c) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of school |
| 23 | buses; drivers' education vehicles; motor vehicles used for the |
| 24 | maintenance or operation of plants and equipment; security |
| 25 | vehicles; or vehicles used in storing or distributing materials |
| 26 | and equipment. |
| 27 | (d) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of new and |
| 28 | replacement equipment. |
| 29 | (e) Payments for educational facilities and sites due |
| 30 | under a lease-purchase agreement entered into by a district |
| 31 | school board pursuant to s. 1003.02(1)(f) or s. 1013.15(2), not |
| 32 | exceeding, in the aggregate, an amount equal to three-fourths of |
| 33 | the proceeds from the millage levied by a district school board |
| 34 | pursuant to this subsection. |
| 35 | (f) Payment of loans approved pursuant to ss. 1011.14 and |
| 36 | 1011.15. |
| 37 | (g) Payment of costs directly related to complying with |
| 38 | state and federal environmental statutes, rules, and regulations |
| 39 | governing school facilities. |
| 40 | (h) Payment of costs of leasing relocatable educational |
| 41 | facilities, of renting or leasing educational facilities and |
| 42 | sites pursuant to s. 1013.15(2), or of renting or leasing |
| 43 | buildings or space within existing buildings pursuant to s. |
| 44 | 1013.15(4). |
| 45 | (i) Payment of the cost of school buses when a school |
| 46 | district contracts with a private entity to provide student |
| 47 | transportation services if the district meets the requirements |
| 48 | of this paragraph. |
| 49 | 1. The district's contract must require that the private |
| 50 | entity purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, and operate and |
| 51 | maintain, one or more school buses of a specific type and size |
| 52 | that meet the requirements of s. 1006.25. |
| 53 | 2. Each such school bus must be used for the daily |
| 54 | transportation of public school students in the manner required |
| 55 | by the school district. |
| 56 | 3. Annual payment for each such school bus may not exceed |
| 57 | 10 percent of the purchase price of the state pool bid. |
| 58 | 4. The proposed expenditure of the funds for this purpose |
| 59 | must have been included in the district school board's notice of |
| 60 | proposed tax for school capital outlay as provided in s. |
| 61 | 200.065(9). |
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| 63 | Violations of these expenditure provisions shall result in an |
| 64 | equal dollar reduction in the Florida Education Finance Program |
| 65 | (FEFP) funds for the violating district in the fiscal year |
| 66 | following the audit citation. |
| 67 | Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |
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| 70 | Remove line(s) 47 and insert: |
| 71 | transitioning students from military families; amending s. |
| 72 | 1011.71, F.S.; clarifying the use of funds generated through |
| 73 | additional millage; providing |