Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/28/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Galvano) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1898 and 1899
    4  insert:
    5         Section 31. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of $100
    6  million in recurring funds is appropriated from the General
    7  Revenue Fund to the Department of Education in the Aid to Local
    8  Governments Grants and Aids – Florida Education Finance Program
    9  to fund the mental health assistance allocation created pursuant
   10  to s. 1011.62(16), Florida Statutes.
   11         Section 32. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of
   12  $500,000 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
   13  Revenue Fund to the Department of Education for the design and
   14  construction of a memorial honoring those who lost their lives
   15  on February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in
   16  Broward County. The department shall collaborate with the
   17  students and faculty of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,
   18  the families of the victims, the Broward County School District,
   19  and other relevant entities of the Parkland community on the
   20  design and placement of the memorial.
   21         Section 33. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of $15
   22  million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
   23  Revenue Fund to the Department of Education combined with an
   24  equal amount of local matching funds for the purpose of
   25  replacing Building 12, as listed in the Florida Inventory of
   26  School Houses, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in
   27  Broward County.
   28         Section 34. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sums of
   29  $500,000 in recurring funds and $67 million in nonrecurring
   30  funds are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the
   31  Department of Education to implement the Florida Sheriff’s
   32  Marshal Program pursuant to s. 1006.1491, Florida Statutes.
   33         Section 35. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, three full-time
   34  equivalent positions, with associated salary rate of 150,000,
   35  are authorized, and the sum of $344,393 in recurring funds are
   36  appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
   37  Education to fund the Office of Safe Schools created pursuant to
   38  s. 1001.217, Florida Statutes.
   39         Section 36. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of $75
   40  million in recurring funds is appropriated from the General
   41  Revenue Fund to the Department of Education in the Aid to Local
   42  Governments Grants and Aids – Florida Education Finance Program
   43  category for the safe schools allocation. These funds are in
   44  addition to the safe schools allocation funds appropriated in
   45  the Florida Education Finance Program in the Fiscal Year 2018
   46  2019 General Appropriations Act. From these funds, $13,675,820
   47  shall be added equally to each school district and developmental
   48  research school to provide a district minimum amount of
   49  $250,000. Notwithstanding s. 1011.62(15), Florida Statutes, the
   50  balance of the funds shall be allocated to school districts
   51  based on each district’s proportionate share of the state’s
   52  total unweighted full-time equivalent student enrollment. Each
   53  school district must use these funds exclusively for hiring or
   54  contracting for safe-school officers pursuant to s. 1006.12,
   55  Florida Statutes.
   56         Section 37. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of
   57  $100,000 in recurring funds is appropriated from the General
   58  Revenue Fund to the Department of Education to competitively
   59  procure the active shooter training component of the school
   60  safety specialist training program pursuant to s. 1001.217,
   61  Florida Statutes.
   62         Section 38. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of
   63  $90,688,152 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the
   64  General Revenue Fund to the Department of Education to implement
   65  a grant program that will provide awards to schools to fund, in
   66  whole or in part, the fixed capital outlay costs associated with
   67  improving the physical security of school buildings as
   68  identified by a security risk assessment completed before August
   69  1, 2018, by a school district or charter school. By August 31,
   70  2018, the department shall submit the grant guidelines, which
   71  must include an application submission deadline of no later than
   72  December 1, 2018, and the specific evaluation criteria, to all
   73  school districts and charter schools. The department shall award
   74  grants no later than January 15, 2019, based upon the evaluation
   75  criteria set forth in the application guidelines.
   76         Section 39. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sums of
   77  $300,000 in nonrecurring funds and $100,000 in recurring funds
   78  are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department
   79  of Law Enforcement to competitively procure proposals for the
   80  development or acquisition of the mobile suspicious activity
   81  reporting tool pursuant to s. 943.082. The tool shall be
   82  implemented no later than January 31, 2019.
   83         Section 40. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, five full-time
   84  equivalent positions, with associated salary rate of 345,000,
   85  are authorized and the recurring sum of $600,000 and the
   86  nonrecurring sum of $50,000 are appropriated from the General
   87  Revenue Fund to the Department of Law Enforcement to fund the
   88  operations of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public
   89  Safety Commission.
   90         Section 41. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of $9.8
   91  million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
   92  Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Families to
   93  competitively procure for additional community action teams to
   94  ensure reasonable access among all counties. The department
   95  shall consider the geographic location of existing community
   96  action teams and select providers to serve the areas of greatest
   97  need.
   98         Section 42. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sums of
   99  $11,140,105 in nonrecurring funds, and $7,159,895 in recurring
  100  funds are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the
  101  Department of Children and Families to competitively procure
  102  proposals for additional mobile crisis teams to ensure
  103  reasonable access among all counties. The department shall
  104  consider the geographic location of existing mobile crisis teams
  105  and select providers to serve the areas of greatest need.
  106         Section 43. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, 67 full-time
  107  equivalent positions, with associated salary rate of 3,685,000,
  108  are authorized and the recurring sum of $6,177,391 and the
  109  nonrecurring sum of $296,743 are appropriated from the General
  110  Revenue Fund to Department of Children and Families to hire case
  111  managers who will be assigned to each Sheriff’s Office in the
  112  state.
  113         Section 44. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sums of
  114  $18,321 in recurring funds and $225,000 in nonrecurring funds
  115  are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department
  116  of Education in the Special Categories – Teacher and School
  117  Administrator Death Benefits category to provide for the
  118  benefits awarded pursuant to s. 112.1915, Florida Statutes, to
  119  the eligible recipients of the three Marjory Stoneman Douglas
  120  High School staff members who lost their lives on February 14,
  121  2018.
  122         Section 45. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of $5
  123  million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
  124  Revenue Fund to the Department of Education to competitively
  125  procure for the development or acquisition of the Threat
  126  Monitoring System. The department shall collaborate with the
  127  school districts to identify the requirements and functionality
  128  of the Threat Monitoring System and shall make such resources
  129  available to the school districts no later than December 1,
  130  2018.
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  132  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  133  And the title is amended as follows:
  134         Delete line 229
  135  and insert:
  136         the trauma centers; providing appropriations;
  137         providing an effective date.