Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 360
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00146-20                                            2020360__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Education Finance
    3         Program; amending s. 1011.60, F.S.; requiring school
    4         districts that participate in the Florida Education
    5         Finance Program to expend 80 percent of funds from the
    6         program for classroom spending purposes; providing an
    7         effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 1011.60,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education
   14  Finance Program.—Each district that which participates in the
   15  state appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program
   16  shall provide evidence of its effort to maintain an adequate
   17  school program throughout the district and shall meet at least
   18  the following requirements:
   19         (8) MINIMUM CLASSROOM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS.—Expend 80
   20  percent of funds received from the Florida Education Finance
   21  Program for classroom spending purposes, which include salaries
   22  and bonuses for classroom teachers; supplies and materials for
   23  classroom teachers; student materials, technology for use by
   24  students, and tutoring for students; salaries for additional
   25  classroom teachers and aides; and classroom-based supplemental
   26  instruction activities.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.