SB 2500-A First Engrossed 20172500Ae1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to supplemental appropriations; 3 providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 4 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, to fund the Florida 5 Education Finance Program; providing effective dates. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. (1) For the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the recurring 10 sum of $66,058,009 from the General Revenue Fund and the 11 nonrecurring sum of $149,074,378 from the General Revenue Fund 12 are appropriated to the Department of Education in the Aid to 13 Local Governments Grants and Aids – Florida Educational Finance 14 Program category as a supplement to funds provided for the 15 Florida Education Finance Program in Specific Appropriation 91 16 of chapter 2017-70, Laws of Florida. 17 (2) From the funds provided in subsection (1), the base 18 student allocation shall increase by $70.31 and the Federally 19 Connected Student Supplement shall increase by $78,498. 20 (3) The Total Required Local Effort designated in Specific 21 Appropriation 91 of chapter 2017-70, Laws of Florida, shall 22 decrease by $1,529,002. 23 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017; or, if 24 this act fails to become a law until after that date, it shall 25 take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate retroactively 26 to July 1, 2017.