Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1166
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 278 - 287
    4  and insert:
    5         (16) SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATING
    6  REPORTS; FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.—
    7         (a) Parents of public school students have the right are
    8  entitled to an easy-to-read report card about the school’s grade
    9  designation or, if applicable under s. 1008.341, the school’s
   10  improvement rating, and the school’s accountability report,
   11  including the school financial report as required under s.
   12  1010.215. A school must provide the school’s financial report to
   13  any parent who requests the report. The report must indicate the
   14  average amount of money expended per student in the school.
   15         (b) The Department of Education shall determine the
   16  financial impact on locally levied funds for both the districts
   17  that send and that receive students who enroll in a public
   18  school in a school district other than their school district of
   19  residence. The department shall research the feasibility of, and
   20  recommend options for, transferring local funds with such
   21  students. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the
   22  department shall by each November 1 provide results of the
   23  research and any recommendations to the Legislature.
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   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 20
   28  and insert:
   29         circumstances; providing that parents of public school
   30         students have the right to certain information;
   31         requiring the Department of Education to determine the
   32         financial impact on certain district funds for
   33         students who enroll in a public school in a school
   34         district other than their school district of
   35         residence; requiring the department to annually report
   36         to the Legislature by a specified date; revising
   37         student eligibility