Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. PCS (614458) for CS for SB 1598 Ì210082tÎ210082 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 577 and 578 4 insert: 5 Section 8. Section 1013.101, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 1013.101 Shared-use agreements.— 8 (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The Legislature finds 9 that greater public access to recreation and sports facilities 10 is needed to reduce the impact of obesity, diabetes, and other 11 chronic diseases on personal health and health care 12 expenditures. Public schools are equipped with taxpayer-funded 13 indoor and outdoor recreation facilities that offer easily 14 accessible opportunities for physical activity for residents of 15 the community. The Legislature also finds that it is the policy 16 of the state for district school boards to allow the shared use 17 of school buildings and property by adopting policies allowing 18 for shared use and implementing shared-use agreements with local 19 governmental entities and nonprofit organizations. The 20 Legislature intends to increase the number of school districts 21 that open their playground facilities to community use outside 22 of school hours. 23 (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 24 (a) “High-need communities” means communities in which at 25 least 50 percent of children are eligible to receive free or 26 reduced-price meals at the school that will be the subject of 27 the shared-use agreement. 28 (b) “Shared use” means allowing access to school playground 29 facilities by community members for recreation or another 30 purpose of importance to the community through a shared-use 31 agreement or a school district or school policy that opens 32 school facilities for use by governmental or nongovernmental 33 entities or the public. 34 (c) “Shared-use agreement” means a written agreement 35 between a school district and a governmental or nongovernmental 36 entity which defines the roles, responsibilities, terms, and 37 conditions for community use of a school-owned facility for 38 recreation or other purposes. 39 (3) PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY USE OF SHARED FACILITIES.—The 40 department shall provide technical assistance to school 41 districts, including, but not limited to, individualized 42 assistance, the creation of a shared-use technical assistance 43 toolkit containing useful information for school districts, and 44 the development of publicly accessible online information of 45 shared-use resources and existing shared-use agreements. 46 (4) DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.—The department shall: 47 (a) Establish guidelines for funding eligibility consistent 48 with this section, promote the availability of the funding 49 statewide, provide technical assistance to applicants, evaluate 50 applicants, determine allowable expenses, and disburse funding. 51 (b) Annually post on its website and report to the 52 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 53 Representatives the expenditure of the funds used to administer 54 this section, including the total amount of funding distributed, 55 the school districts that received funding, the amount of 56 funding each school district received, and the department’s 57 evaluation results. 58 (c) Develop an application process for school districts to 59 receive funding. The application must require that a school 60 district: 61 1. Demonstrate that it has an active partnership with a 62 local governmental agency or nonprofit organization; 63 2. Agree to fully implement its shared-use project within 64 the grant period; 65 3. Abide by the conditions for receiving assistance; 66 4. Provide the department with a copy of the school 67 district’s shared-use agreement or shared-use policy; and 68 5. Collect and provide data and other information required 69 by the department for monitoring, accountability, and evaluation 70 purposes. 71 (d) Give funding priority to high-need communities. In 72 consultation with the Shared-Use Task Force, the department may 73 establish additional criteria for funding priorities consistent 74 with this section. 75 (5) REPORT.—By December 31, 2017, the department shall 76 submit an electronic report to the President of the Senate and 77 the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the grants that 78 have been disbursed or could be disbursed if funding were 79 available. The department shall submit a final report on the 80 grant disbursements by June 30, 2018. 81 Section 9. Shared-Use Task Force.—The Shared-Use Task 82 Force, a task force as defined in s. 20.03, Florida Statutes, is 83 created within the Department of Education. The task force is 84 created to identify barriers in creating shared-use agreements 85 and to make recommendations to facilitate the shared use of 86 school facilities generally and in high-need communities. 87 (1) The task force is composed of seven members appointed 88 by the department, as follows: 89 (a) Two representatives from school districts, including 90 one representative from school districts 1 through 33 and one 91 representative from school districts 34 through 67; 92 (b) One representative from a public health department; 93 (c) Two representatives from community-based programs in 94 high-need communities; and 95 (d) Two representatives from recreational organizations. 96 (2) The task force shall elect a chair and vice chair. The 97 chair and vice chair may not be representatives from the same 98 member category. Members of the task force shall serve without 99 compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and 100 travel expenses pursuant to s. 112.061, Florida Statutes. 101 (3) The task force shall meet by teleconference or other 102 electronic means, if possible, to reduce costs. 103 (4) The department shall provide the task force with staff 104 necessary to assist the task force in the performance of its 105 duties. 106 (5) The task force shall submit a report of its findings 107 and recommendations to the President of the Senate and the 108 Speaker of the House of Representatives by October 1, 2017. Upon 109 submission of the report, the task force shall expire. 110 (6) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to 111 implement and administer this section. 112 113 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 114 And the title is amended as follows: 115 Delete line 49 116 and insert: 117 programs that meet specified criteria; creating s. 118 1013.101, F.S.; providing legislative findings and 119 intent; defining terms; requiring the Department of 120 Education to provide specified assistance to school 121 districts; providing department responsibilities; 122 specifying funding allocation guidelines; requiring 123 the department to annually post information regarding 124 specified allocations on its website and report to the 125 Legislature; requiring the department to develop an 126 application process for school districts; requiring 127 funding priority to be given to high-need communities; 128 requiring reports to the Legislature by specified 129 dates; creating the Shared-Use Task Force within the 130 department; specifying the purpose and membership of 131 the task force; providing requirements for electing a 132 task force chair and vice chair and conducting 133 meetings; providing that members of the task force 134 serve without compensation but are entitled to 135 reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses; 136 requiring the task force to meet by teleconference or 137 other electronic means; requiring the department to 138 provide the task force with necessary staff; requiring 139 the task force to submit a report to the Legislature 140 by a specified date; providing for expiration of the 141 task force; providing for rulemaking; providing an