Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 948
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/23/2015 .
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The Committee on Higher Education (Gaetz) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 155 - 260
4 and insert:
5 Section 7. Paragraphs (f) and (o) of subsection (1),
6 subsection (5), paragraph (b) of subsection (7), paragraph (a)
7 of subsection (9), and subsection (11) of section 1011.62,
8 Florida Statutes, are amended, present subsections (13), (14),
9 and (15) of that section are redesignated as subsections (14),
10 (15), and (16), respectively, and a new subsection (13) is added
11 to that section, to read:
12 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
13 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
14 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
15 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
16 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
17 follows:
18 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
19 OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
20 determining the annual allocation to each district for
21 operation:
22 (f) Supplemental academic instruction; categorical fund.—
23 1. There is created a categorical fund to provide
24 supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
25 through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
26 “Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund.”
27 2. Categorical funds for supplemental academic instruction
28 shall be allocated annually to each school district in the
29 amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
30 shall be in addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of
31 FTE student membership in the Florida Education Finance Program
32 and shall be included in the total potential funds of each
33 district. These funds shall be used to provide supplemental
34 academic instruction to students enrolled in the K-12 program.
35 For the 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 fiscal
36 years year, each school district that has one or more of the 300
37 lowest-performing elementary schools based on the state reading
38 assessment shall use these funds, together with the funds
39 provided in the district’s research-based reading instruction
40 allocation and other available funds, to provide an additional
41 hour of instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of
42 the entire school year, and provide the equivalent hours of
43 instruction in a summer program, for intensive reading
44 instruction for the students in each of these schools. In the
45 subsequent year, if a participating school is no longer
46 classified as one of the 300 lowest-performing elementary
47 schools, the school must continue to provide the additional hour
48 of instruction to all students who have Level 1 or Level 2
49 reading assessment scores. This additional hour of instruction
50 must be provided by teachers or reading specialists who are
51 effective in teaching reading or by a K-5 mentoring reading
52 program that is supervised by a teacher who is effective at
53 teaching reading. Students enrolled in these schools who have
54 level 5 assessment scores may participate in the additional hour
55 of instruction on an optional basis. Exceptional student
56 education centers may shall not be included in the 300 schools.
57 After this requirement has been met, supplemental instruction
58 strategies may include, but are not limited to: modified
59 curriculum, reading instruction, after-school instruction,
60 tutoring, mentoring, class size reduction, extended school year,
61 intensive skills development in summer school, and other methods
62 for improving student achievement. Supplemental instruction may
63 be provided to a student in any manner and at any time during or
64 beyond the regular 180-day term identified by the school as
65 being the most effective and efficient way to best help that
66 student progress from grade to grade and to graduate.
67 3. Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding on the
68 basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term shall be
69 provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in juvenile
70 justice education programs or in education programs for
71 juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs under s.
72 985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
73 school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
74 through the supplemental academic instruction categorical fund
75 and other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
76 flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
77 assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
78 graduating.
79 4. The Florida State University School, as a lab school, is
80 authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery Enhancement Trust
81 Fund allocation the cost to the student of remediation in
82 reading, writing, or mathematics for any graduate who requires
83 remediation at a postsecondary educational institution.
84 5. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, dropout
85 prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
86 (b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1 programs
87 under subparagraph (d)3.
88 (o) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
89 membership based on successful completion of a career-themed
90 course pursuant to ss. 1003.491, 1003.492, and 1003.493, or
91 courses with embedded CAPE industry certifications or CAPE
92 Digital Tool certificates, and issuance of industry
93 certification identified on the CAPE Industry Certification
94 Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
95 Education or CAPE Digital Tool certificates pursuant to s.
96 1003.4203.—
97 1.a. A value of 0.025 full-time equivalent student
98 membership shall be calculated for CAPE Digital Tool
99 certificates earned by students in elementary and middle school
100 grades.
101 b. A value of 0.1 or 0.2 full-time equivalent student
102 membership shall be calculated for each student who completes a
103 course as defined in s. 1003.493(1)(b) or courses with embedded
104 CAPE industry certifications and who is issued an industry
105 certification identified annually on the CAPE Industry
106 Certification Funding List approved under rules adopted by the
107 State Board of Education. A value of 0.2 full-time equivalent
108 membership shall be calculated for each student who is issued a
109 CAPE industry certification that has a statewide articulation
110 agreement for college credit approved by the State Board of
111 Education. For CAPE industry certifications that do not
112 articulate for college credit, the Department of Education shall
113 assign a full-time equivalent value of 0.1 for each
114 certification. Middle grades students who earn additional FTE
115 membership for a CAPE Digital Tool certificate pursuant to sub
116 subparagraph a. may not use the previously funded examination to
117 satisfy the requirements for earning an industry certification
118 under this sub-subparagraph. Additional FTE membership for an
119 elementary or middle grades student may shall not exceed 0.1 for
120 certificates or certifications earned within the same fiscal
121 year. The State Board of Education shall include the assigned
122 values on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under
123 rules adopted by the state board. Such value shall be added to
124 the total full-time equivalent student membership for grades 6
125 through 12 in the subsequent year for courses that were not
126 provided through dual enrollment. CAPE industry certifications
127 earned through dual enrollment must be reported and funded
128 pursuant to s. 1011.80. However, if a student earns a
129 certification through a dual enrollment course and the
130 certification is not a fundable certification on the
131 postsecondary certification funding list, or the dual enrollment
132 certification is earned as a result of an agreement between a
133 school district and a nonpublic postsecondary institution, the
134 bonus value shall be funded in the same manner as for other
135 nondual enrollment course industry certifications. In such
136 cases, the school district may provide for an agreement between
137 the high school and the technical center, or the school district
138 and the postsecondary institution may enter into an agreement
139 for equitable distribution of the bonus funds.
140 c. A value of 0.3 full-time equivalent student membership
141 shall be calculated for student completion of the courses and
142 the embedded certifications identified on the CAPE Industry
143 Certification Funding List and approved by the commissioner
144 pursuant to ss. 1003.4203(5)(a) and 1008.44.
145 d. A value of 0.5 full-time equivalent student membership
146 shall be calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry
147 Certifications that articulate for 15 to 29 college credit
148 hours, and 1.0 full-time equivalent student membership shall be
149 calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry Certifications that
150 articulate for 30 or more college credit hours pursuant to CAPE
151 Acceleration Industry Certifications approved by the
152 commissioner pursuant to ss. 1003.4203(5)(b) and 1008.44.
153 2. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of the
154 funds provided for CAPE industry certification, in accordance
155 with this paragraph, to the program that generated the funds.
156 This allocation may not be used to supplant funds provided for
157 basic operation of the program.
158 3. For CAPE industry certifications earned in the 2013-2014
159 school year and in subsequent years, the school district shall
160 distribute to each classroom teacher who provided direct
161 instruction toward the attainment of a CAPE industry
162 certification that qualified for additional full-time equivalent
163 membership under subparagraph 1.:
164 a. A bonus in the amount of $25 for each student taught by
165 a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
166 attainment of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry
167 Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.1.
168 b. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
169 a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
170 attainment of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry
171 Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and
172 1.0.
173 c. A bonus in the amount of $75 for each student taught by
174 a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
175 attainment of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry
176 Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.3.
177 d. A bonus in the amount of $100 for each student taught by
178 a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
179 attainment of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry
180 Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.5 or 1.0.
181
182 Bonuses awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided to
183 teachers who are employed by the district in the year in which
184 the additional FTE membership calculation is included in the
185 calculation. Bonuses shall be calculated based upon the
186 associated weight of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE
187 Industry Certification Funding List for the year in which the
188 certification is earned by the student. Any bonus awarded to a
189 teacher under sub-subparagraph 3.a. or sub-subparagraph 3.b.
190 this paragraph may not exceed $2,000 in any given school year,
191 and a bonus awarded to a teacher under sub-subparagraph 3.c. or
192 sub-subparagraph 3.d. may not exceed $4,000 in a given school
193 year. The maximum bonus that may be awarded to a teacher under
194 this paragraph is $4,000. This bonus and is in addition to any
195 regular wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled
196 to receive.
197 (5) DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE COMPRESSION SUPPLEMENT.—The
198 Legislature shall prescribe in the General Appropriations Act,
199 pursuant to s. 1011.71(1), the rate of nonvoted current
200 operating discretionary millage that shall be used to calculate
201 a discretionary millage compression supplement. If the
202 prescribed millage generates an amount of funds per unweighted
203 FTE for the district that is less than 105 percent of the state
204 average, the district shall receive an amount per FTE that, when
205 added to the funds per FTE generated by the designated levy,
206 shall equal 105 percent of the state average.
207 (7) DETERMINATION OF SPARSITY SUPPLEMENT.—
208 (b) The district sparsity index shall be computed by
209 dividing the total number of full-time equivalent students in
210 all programs in the district by the number of senior high school
211 centers in the district, not in excess of three, which centers
212 are approved as permanent centers by a survey made by the
213 Department of Education. In districts with a full-time
214 equivalent student membership of at least 20,000, but no more
215 than 24,000, the index shall be computed by dividing the total
216 number of full-time equivalent students in all programs by the
217 number of permanent senior high school centers in the district,
218 not to exceed four.
219 (9) RESEARCH-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
220 (a) The research-based reading instruction allocation is
221 created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
222 in kindergarten through grade 12. For the 2014-2015, 2015-2016,
223 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 fiscal years year, in each school
224 district that has one or more of the 300 lowest-performing
225 elementary schools based on the state reading assessment,
226 priority shall be given to providing an additional hour per day
227 of intensive reading instruction beyond the normal school day
228 for each day of the entire school year, and provide the
229 equivalent hours of instruction in a summer program, for the
230 students in each school. In the subsequent year, if a
231 participating school is no longer classified as one of the 300
232 lowest-performing elementary schools, the school must continue
233 to provide the additional hour of instruction to all students
234 who have Level 1 or Level 2 reading assessment scores. Students
235 enrolled in these schools who have level 5 assessment scores may
236 participate in the additional hour of instruction on an optional
237 basis. Exceptional student education centers may shall not be
238 included in the 300 schools. The intensive reading instruction
239 delivered in this additional hour and for other students shall
240 include: research-based reading instruction that has been proven
241 to accelerate progress of students exhibiting a reading
242 deficiency; differentiated instruction based on student
243 assessment data to meet students’ specific reading needs;
244 explicit and systematic reading development in phonemic
245 awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, with
246 more extensive opportunities for guided practice, error
247 correction, and feedback; and the integration of social studies,
248 science, and mathematics-text reading, text discussion, and
249 writing in response to reading. For the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
250 fiscal years, a school district may not hire more reading
251 coaches than were hired during the 2011-2012 fiscal year unless
252 all students in kindergarten through grade 5 who demonstrate a
253 reading deficiency, as determined by district and state
254 assessments, including students scoring Level 1 or Level 2 on
255 the statewide, standardized reading assessment or, upon
256 implementation, the English Language Arts assessment, are
257 provided an additional hour per day of intensive reading
258 instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of the
259 entire school year.
260 (11) VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION.—The Legislature may
261 annually provide in the Florida Education Finance Program a
262 virtual education contribution. The amount of the virtual
263 education contribution shall be the difference between the
264 amount per FTE established in the General Appropriations Act for
265 virtual education and the amount per FTE for each district and
266 the Florida Virtual School, which may be calculated by taking
267 the sum of the base FEFP allocation, the declining enrollment
268 supplement, the discretionary local effort, the state-funded
269 discretionary contribution, the discretionary millage
270 compression supplement, the research-based reading instruction
271 allocation, the ESE guaranteed allocation, and the instructional
272 materials allocation, and then dividing by the total unweighted
273 FTE. This difference shall be multiplied by the virtual
274 education unweighted FTE for programs and options identified in
275 s. 1002.455(3) and the Florida Virtual School and its franchises
276 to equal the virtual education contribution and shall be
277 included as a separate allocation in the funding formula.
278 (13) FEDERALLY CONNECTED STUDENT SUPPLEMENT.—The federally
279 connected student supplement is created to provide supplemental
280 funding for school districts to support the education of
281 students connected with federally owned military installations,
282 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) property,
283 and Indian lands. To be eligible for this supplement, the
284 district must also be eligible for federal impact aid funds
285 pursuant to Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
286 Act of 1965. The supplement shall be the sum of the student
287 allocation and an exempt property allocation.
288 (a) The student allocation shall be calculated based on the
289 number of students reported for federal impact aid, including
290 students with disabilities, who meet one of the following
291 criteria:
292 1. Resides with a parent who is on active duty in the
293 uniformed services or is an accredited foreign government
294 official and military officer. Students with disabilities shall
295 also be reported separately for this condition.
296 2. Resides on eligible federally owned Indian lands.
297 Students with disabilities shall also be reported separately for
298 this condition.
299 3. Resides with a civilian parent who lives or works on
300 eligible federal property connected with a military installation
301 or NASA. The number of these students shall be multiplied by a
302 factor of 0.5.
303 (b) The total number of federally connected students
304 calculated under paragraph (a) shall be multiplied by a
305 percentage of the base student allocation as provided in the
306 General Appropriations Act. The total of the number of students
307 with disabilities as reported separately under subparagraphs
308 (a)1. and (a)2. shall be multiplied by an additional percentage
309 of the base student allocation as provided in the General
310 Appropriations Act. The base amount and the students-with
311 disabilities amount shall be summed to provide the student
312 allocation.
313 (c) The exempt-property allocation shall be equal to the
314 tax-exempt value of federal impact aid lands reserved as
315 military installations, real property owned by NASA, or eligible
316 federally owned Indian lands located in the district, as of
317 January 1 of the previous year, multiplied by the millage
318 authorized and levied under s. 1011.71(2).
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320 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
321 And the title is amended as follows:
322 Delete lines 11 - 13
323 and insert:
324 an apprenticeable occupation; amending s. 1011.62,
325 F.S.; requiring a low-performing elementary school to
326 administer the required additional hours of
327 instruction in a summer program during specified
328 fiscal years; requiring a school to continue to
329 provide the additional instruction to certain students
330 in the subsequent year that the school is no longer
331 classified as one of the 300 lowest-performing
332 elementary schools; revising the types and amounts of
333 bonuses that a teacher may receive in any given school
334 year; revising the discretionary millage compression
335 supplement; revising a district sparsity index
336 calculation; deleting obsolete language; revising the
337 virtual education contribution calculation; creating
338 the federally connected student supplement; providing
339 eligibility requirements for and components of the
340 supplement; amending s. 1004.92, F.S.;