| 1 | Representative(s) Pickens and Vana offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (709567) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 530 and 531 insert: |
| 5 | Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 6 | 1012.225, Florida Statutes, as created by chapter 2007-3, Laws |
| 7 | of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 8 | 1012.225 Merit Award Program for Instructional Personnel |
| 9 | and School-Based Administrators.-- |
| 10 | (2) PAY SUPPLEMENTS STRUCTURE.--Merit Award Program plans |
| 11 | shall provide for the annual disbursement of merit-based pay |
| 12 | supplements to high-performing employees in the manner described |
| 13 | in this subsection. |
| 14 | (a) Each Merit Award Program plan must designate the top |
| 15 | instructional personnel and school-based administrators to be |
| 16 | outstanding performers and pay to each such employee who remains |
| 17 | employed by a Florida public school or who retired after |
| 18 | qualifying for the award, by September 1 of the following school |
| 19 | year, a merit-based pay supplement of at least 5 percent of the |
| 20 | average teacher's salary for that school district not to exceed |
| 21 | 10 percent of the average teacher's salary for that school |
| 22 | district. The amount of a merit award may not be based on length |
| 23 | of service or base salary. Pay supplements shall be funded from |
| 24 | moneys appropriated by the Legislature under this section and |
| 25 | from any additional funds that are designated by the district |
| 26 | for the Merit Award Program. School districts are not required |
| 27 | to implement this section unless the program is specifically |
| 28 | funded by the Legislature. By October 1 of each year, each |
| 29 | school district shall provide documentation to the Department of |
| 30 | Education concerning the expenditure of legislative |
| 31 | appropriations for merit-based pay, and shall refund undisbursed |
| 32 | appropriations to the department. If such undisbursed funds are |
| 33 | not remitted to the department by November 1, the department |
| 34 | shall withhold an equivalent amount from the district's |
| 35 | allocation of appropriations made under s. 1011.62. |
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| 38 | Remove line(s) 573 and insert: |
| 39 | certain counties; amending s. 1012.225, F.S., relating to Merit |
| 40 | Award Program plans; revising eligibility requirements for |
| 41 | receipt of a merit-based pay supplement; providing for |
| 42 | retroactive application; |