Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 242
       
       
       
       By Senator Dockery
       
       
       
       
       15-00348-12                                            2012242__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public school funding; requiring
    3         the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
    4         Accountability to conduct a study to determine minimum
    5         per-student funding to meet constitutional
    6         requirements; requiring a report to the Legislature;
    7         providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   12  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study to
   13  determine the minimum amount of dollars per student needed to
   14  meet the requirement in Section 1 of Article IX of the State
   15  Constitution which declares: “Adequate provision shall be made
   16  by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality
   17  system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a
   18  high quality education.”
   19         (2) The minimum amount of dollars per kindergarten through
   20  grade 12 student shall be a statewide average calculated for
   21  basic education programs.
   22         (3) OPPAGA shall submit a report of its findings and
   23  determination to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
   24  the House of Representatives by December 1, 2012.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.