| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Teachers Lead Program |
| 3 | Stipend; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.; extending the stipend |
| 4 | to teachers of prekindergarten students; providing an |
| 5 | effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsections (1) and (6) of section 1012.71, |
| 10 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 11 | 1012.71 The Florida Teachers Lead Program Stipend.-- |
| 12 | (1) Funding for the Florida Teachers Lead Program Stipend |
| 13 | shall be as determined by the Legislature in the General |
| 14 | Appropriations Act. Funds appropriated for the Florida Teachers |
| 15 | Lead Program Stipend are provided to purchase classroom |
| 16 | materials and supplies used in the instruction of students in |
| 17 | prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 12 of the public |
| 18 | school system. From the funds appropriated, the Commissioner of |
| 19 | Education shall calculate an amount for each school district by |
| 20 | prorating the total of each school district's share of the total |
| 21 | K-12 unweighted FTE student enrollment in prekindergarten |
| 22 | through grade 12. |
| 23 | (6) For purposes of this section, the term "classroom |
| 24 | teacher" includes certified teachers employed on or before |
| 25 | September 1 of each year whose full-time job responsibility is |
| 26 | the classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten |
| 27 | kindergarten through grade 12, and full-time media specialists |
| 28 | and guidance counselors who serve students in prekindergarten |
| 29 | kindergarten through grade 12. Only school district personnel |
| 30 | employed in these positions are eligible for the classroom |
| 31 | materials and supply stipend from funds appropriated to |
| 32 | implement the provisions of this section. |
| 33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |