Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Wise) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 1013.64,
19 Florida Statutes, to read:
20 1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant
21 needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital
22 projects.--Allocations from the Public Education Capital
23 Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for
24 capital outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
25 (8)(a) Beginning with the 2007-2008 fiscal year, there
26 is established the Increased Utilization Program which shall
27 be funded as a part of the Public Education Capital Outlay and
28 Debt Service Trust Fund in an amount each year not to exceed
29 15 percent of the total funds appropriated under paragraph
30 (3)(a). These funds shall be allocated by the commissioner to
31 any school district according to the following formula: Any
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1 eligible school that increases its FTE facility capacity by at
2 least 20 percent as a result of using an alternative,
3 nontraditional calendar shall receive up to a maximum of $250
4 per each FTE generated within the school.
5 (b) To be eligible, a district school board must
6 submit a resolution to the commissioner by August 1 of each
7 fiscal year, beginning August 1, 2007, of its intent to
8 participate in the Increased Utilization Program, listing each
9 of the schools eligible during the prior fiscal year. The
10 information listed for each school must include the maximum
11 FTE capacity for the year as contained in the Florida
12 Inventory of School Houses in the Office of Educational
13 Facilities and the increase attributable to the alternative,
14 nontraditional calendar. To be eligible, each individual
15 school's FTE must exceed the maximum facility capacity during
16 the fiscal year by at least 20 percent.
17 (c) Each school district qualifying for funding under
18 this subsection may be paid up to $250 per each FTE generated
19 per eligible school for a maximum of 5 years if funds are
20 available. If funds are insufficient during any fiscal year,
21 the commissioner shall determine the pro rata amount.
22 (d) Funds received by a school district through the
23 Increased Utilization Program shall be exempt from repayment
24 of any project outstanding pursuant to subsection (2).
25 (e) All funds accruing to a school district under this
26 subsection shall be allocated to the schools generating the
27 increased capacity and shall be expended on needed projects as
28 recommended in a survey under the rules of the state board.
29 (f) Overcrowding of a school or double session does
30 not apply. In addition, students may not be assigned to
31 instructional spaces contrary to the State Requirements for
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1 Educational Facilities.
2 Section 2. Paragraph (j) of subsection (3) of section
3 1003.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4 1003.03 Maximum class size.--
5 (3) IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS.--District school boards
6 must consider, but are not limited to, implementing the
7 following items in order to meet the constitutional class size
8 maximums described in subsection (1) and the
9 two-student-per-year reduction required in subsection (2):
10 (j) Use alternative or year-round schools and other
11 nontraditional calendars that do not adversely impact annual
12 assessment of student achievement.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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17 And the title is amended as follows:
18 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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21 A bill to be entitled
22 An act relating to public school utilization;
23 amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; establishing the
24 Increased Utilization Program as a part of the
25 Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
26 Service Trust Fund; providing a formula for
27 allocation of funds to a school district that
28 increases its FTE facility capacity; providing
29 eligibility requirements and restrictions;
30 amending s. 1003.03, F.S.; authorizing use of
31 alternative, nontraditional school calendars
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1 for purposes of meeting constitutional class
2 size maximums; providing an effective date.
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