Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 62 Ì449498iÎ449498 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/31/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Stargel) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (424324) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 1205 and 1206 5 insert: 6 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 7 1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 8 1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; 9 construction cost maximums for school district capital 10 projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay 11 and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital 12 outlay projects shall be determined as follows: 13 (6) 14 (b)1. A district school board may not use funds from the 15 following sources: Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt 16 Service Trust Fund; School District and Community College 17 District Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund; Classrooms 18 First Program funds provided in s. 1013.68; nonvoted 1.5-mill 19 levy of ad valorem property taxes provided in s. 1011.71(2); 20 Classrooms for Kids Program funds provided in s. 1013.735; 21 District Effort Recognition Program funds provided in s. 22 1013.736; or High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance 23 Grant Program funds provided in s. 1013.738 to pay for any 24 portion of the cost of any new construction of educational plant 25 space with a total cost per student station, including change 26 orders, which exceeds: 27 a. $17,952 for an elementary school; 28 b. $19,386 for a middle school; or 29 c. $25,181 for a high school, 30 31 (January 2006) as adjusted annually to reflect increases or 32 decreases in the Consumer Price Index. The department, in 33 conjunction with the Office of Economic and Demographic 34 Research, shall review and adjust the cost per student station 35 limits to reflect actual construction costs by January 1, 2020, 36 and annually thereafter. The adjusted cost per student station 37 shall be used by the department for computation of the statewide 38 average costs per student station for each instructional level 39 pursuant to paragraph (d). The department shall also collaborate 40 with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to select 41 an industry-recognized construction index to replace the 42 Consumer Price Index by January 1, 2020, adjusted annually to 43 reflect changes in the construction index. 44 2. School districts shall maintain accurate documentation 45 related to the costs of all new construction of educational 46 plant space reported to the Department of Education pursuant to 47 paragraph (d). The Auditor General shall review the 48 documentation maintained by the school districts and verify 49 compliance with the limits under this paragraph during its 50 scheduled operational audits of the school district. 51 3. Except for educational facilities and sites subject to a 52 lease-purchase agreement entered pursuant to s. 1011.71(2)(e), 53 or funded solely through local impact fees, in addition to the 54 funding sources listed in subparagraph 1., a district school 55 board may not use funds from any sources for new construction of 56 educational plant space with a total cost per student station, 57 including change orders, which equals more than the current 58 adjusted amounts provided in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c. However, 59 if a contract has been executed for architectural and design 60 services or for construction management services before July 1, 61 2017, a district school board may use funds from any source for 62 the new construction of educational plant space and such funds 63 are exempt from the total cost per student station requirements. 64 4. A district school board must not use funds from the 65 Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or 66 the School District and Community College District Capital 67 Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for any new construction of 68 an ancillary plant that exceeds 70 percent of the average cost 69 per square foot of new construction for all schools. 70 71 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 72 And the title is amended as follows: 73 Delete line 1396 74 and insert: 75 specified amount; amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; providing 76 an exception for educational facilities and sites 77 subject to a lease-purchase agreement or funded solely 78 through local impact fees; amending s. 1003.4282, 79 F.S.;