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GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500A                                                 AED              1


The Committee on Appropriations (Simmons) recommended the following 
amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 003             Provides $100 million to the FEFP for a Persistently 
                         Low Performing Schools Allocation for Intensive 
Spec App:   91           Interventions and Supports from the appropriations 
                         in CS/HB 7069.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -          100,000,000           100,000,000                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - FEFP  48250300

        In Section 02  On Page 003
91      Aid To Local Governments  050560
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational                
        Finance Program  IOEB

   1000   General Revenue Fund                 7,822,840,589  7,922,840,589
       CA 100,000,000  FSI1 100,000,000  

Following Specific Appropriation 91, DELETE:

Funds   provided   in   Specific   Appropriations  7  and  91  shall  be
allocated using a base student allocation of $4,204.45 for the FEFP.

Total   Required  Local  Effort  for  Fiscal  Year  2017-2018  shall  be
$7,748,478,039.  The total amount shall include adjustments made for the
calculation  required  in  section  1011.62(4)(a)  through  (c), Florida
Statutes.

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 91, INSERT:

Funds   provided   in   Specific   Appropriations  7  and  91  shall  be

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allocated using a base student allocation of $4,204.47 for the FEFP.

Total   Required  Local  Effort  for  Fiscal  Year  2017-2018  shall  be
$7,748,553,596.  The total amount shall include adjustments made for the
calculation  required  in  section  1011.62(4)(a)  through  (c), Florida
Statutes.

From the funds provided in Specific Appropriations 7 and 91, 
$100,000,000 is provided for Intensive Interventions and Supports to 
schools that have earned three consecutive grades lower than a "C," 
pursuant to section 1008.34, Florida Statutes.  These funds shall be 
used to (1) implement an extended school day or school year program that 
may consist of any combination of extended regular school day, evening, 
weekend, or summer school instruction that provides an additional 240 
hours of additional learning time; (2) provide wrap-around services that 
include, but are not limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, 
student counseling, nutrition education, health services, parental 
counseling, drug-prevention programs, college and career readiness, food 
and clothing banks, and adult education; or (3) implement other 
evidence-based interventions or models that develop a school culture of 
attending college, high academic expectations, increased parent 
engagement, and character development. In addition, each school district 
receiving these funds shall develop and submit to the Department of 
Education a school-based implementation plan that specifically 
delineates: (a) how the funds will be used to transform the whole school 
to improve student success; (b) the current baseline standards of 
student academic achievement, the outcomes to be achieved, and the 
method of measurement that will be used; (c) activities to increase 
parental involvement and engagement in the child's education; (d) how 
the school district will identify, recruit, retain, and reward 
instructional and school administrative personnel; and (e) the provision 
of professional development that focuses on academic rigor, direct 
instruction, and creating high academic and character standards. The 
funds shall be allocated proportionately based on the FTE for eligible 
schools.

        In Section 3  On Page 008

On page 8, DELETE the following language:

SECTION   3.  Any  section  of  this  act,  or  any appropriation herein
contained,  if found to be invalid shall in no way affect other sections
or specific appropriations contained in this act.

SECTION   4. Except  as  otherwise  provided herein, this act shall take
effect  July  1,  2017,  or  upon  becoming law, whichever occurs later;
however,  if  this  act  becomes  law  after July 1, 2017, then it shall
operate retroactively to July 1, 2017.

AND INSERT:

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Section 3. Notwithstanding Section 71 of House Bill 7069, First 
Engrossed, enacted in the 2017 regular session, and in lieu of funds 
appropriated therein, funds are appropriated as follows: For the 
2017-2018 fiscal year, $313,950,000 in recurring funds from the General 
Revenue Fund and $5 million in nonrecurring funds from the General 
Revenue Fund are appropriated to the Department of Education to 
implement CS/HB 7069. Of these funds, $233,950,000 shall be used to 
implement the Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program pursuant to 
s. 1012.731, Florida Statutes, and the Best and Brightest Principal 
Scholarship Program pursuant to s. 1012.732, Florida Statutes, $30 
million shall be used to implement the Gardiner Scholarship Program 
pursuant to s. 1002.385, Florida Statutes, and $10 million in recurring 
funds and $5 million in nonrecurring funds shall be used to implement 
the provisions of CS/HB 7069 relating to statewide student assessments. 
The remaining funds shall be used to implement the remaining provisions 
of CS/HB 7069, except for the implementation of the Early Childhood 
Music Education Incentive Pilot Program, as created by s. 1003.481, 
Florida Statutes, the Committee on Early Grade Success, and the Shared 
Use Task Force. 

SECTION   4.  Any  section  of  this  act,  or  any appropriation herein
contained,  if found to be invalid shall in no way affect other sections
or specific appropriations contained in this act.

SECTION   5. Except  as  otherwise  provided herein, this act shall take
effect  July  1,  2017,  or  upon  becoming law, whichever occurs later;
however,  if  this  act  becomes  law  after July 1, 2017, then it shall
operate retroactively to July 1, 2017.






















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