Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 7043
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì581670(Î581670                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (420294) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 347 and 348
    5  insert:
    6         Section 6. Subsection (25) is added to section 1002.20,
    7  Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         (25) FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.—A parent has the right to know
    9  the average amount of money estimated to be expended from all
   10  local, state, and federal sources for the education of his or
   11  her child, including operating and capital outlay expenses. By
   12  December 31 of each year, the department shall publish on its
   13  website from each school district’s annual financial report,
   14  expenditures on a per FTE basis for general, special revenue,
   15  debt service, and capital project funds and a total of such
   16  expenditures. Fiduciary, enterprise, and internal service funds
   17  may not be included. By December 31 of each year, each school
   18  district shall publish the school district’s funding information
   19  in the same format on its website. With the exception of
   20  expenditures from debt service and capital project funds, the
   21  same information regarding the specific school shall be made
   22  available to students on each school’s website, provided to
   23  parents in the school financial report, and published in the
   24  student handbook or a similar publication.
   25  
   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Between lines 1574 and 1575
   29  insert:
   30         amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; providing the right of a
   31         parent to know an estimated amount of money expended
   32         for the education of his or her child; requiring the
   33         Department of Education to annually publish certain
   34         financial information on its website by a specified
   35         date; requiring each school district to publish
   36         certain financial information on its website by a
   37         specified date; requiring certain financial
   38         information to be published on each school’s website,
   39         provided in the school financial report, and
   40         authorizing the information to be published in the
   41         student handbook or a similar publication;