Senate Bill sb0450

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 450

    By Senator Rich





    34-450-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Teachers Lead

  3         Program Stipend; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.;

  4         extending the stipend to teachers of

  5         prekindergarten students; providing an

  6         effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (6) of section 1012.71,

11  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

12         1012.71  The Florida Teachers Lead Program Stipend.--

13         (1)  Funding for the Florida Teachers Lead Program

14  Stipend shall be as determined by the Legislature in the

15  General Appropriations Act. Funds appropriated for the Florida

16  Teachers Lead Program Stipend are provided to purchase

17  classroom materials and supplies used in the instruction of

18  students in prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 12 of

19  the public school system. From the funds appropriated, the

20  Commissioner of Education shall calculate an amount for each

21  school district by prorating the total of each school

22  district's share of the total K-12 unweighted FTE student

23  enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12.

24         (6)  For purposes of this section, the term "classroom

25  teacher" includes certified teachers employed on or before

26  September 1 of each year whose full-time job responsibility is

27  the classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten

28  kindergarten through grade 12, and full-time media specialists

29  and guidance counselors who serve students in prekindergarten

30  kindergarten through grade 12. Only school district personnel

31  employed in these positions are eligible for the classroom

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 450
    34-450-07




 1  materials and supply stipend from funds appropriated to

 2  implement the provisions of this section.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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