Florida Senate - 2020              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. SB 62
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Education)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 212.055,
    3         F.S.; requiring that a resolution to levy a
    4         discretionary sales tax include a statement containing
    5         certain information; requiring surtax revenues shared
    6         with charter schools to be expended by the charter
    7         schools in a certain manner; requiring all revenues
    8         and expenditures be accounted for in a monthly or
    9         quarterly charter school financial report; amending s.
   10         1007.271, F.S.; clarifying that secondary students
   11         eligible for dual enrollment programs include students
   12         who are enrolled in home education programs; providing
   13         for exceptions to grade point average requirements
   14         relating to student eligibility; requiring that
   15         exceptions to required grade point averages be
   16         specified in the dual enrollment articulation
   17         agreement; prohibiting postsecondary institutions from
   18         establishing additional initial student academic
   19         eligibility requirements; prohibiting district school
   20         boards and Florida College System institutions from
   21         denying students who have met eligibility requirements
   22         from participating in dual enrollment except under
   23         specified circumstances; revising the date by which
   24         career centers are required to annually complete and
   25         submit specified agreements to the Department of
   26         Education; requiring district school boards to inform
   27         secondary students and their parents or legal
   28         guardians of specified information; prohibiting
   29         schools from enrolling students in dual enrollment
   30         courses under certain circumstances; deleting a
   31         requirement that the State Board of Education adopt
   32         rules for any dual enrollment programs involving
   33         requirements for high school graduation; revising the
   34         date by which eligible postsecondary institutions are
   35         required to annually complete and submit home
   36         education articulation agreements to the department;
   37         revising requirements for home education students
   38         enrolled in dual enrollment courses; conforming a
   39         provision to changes made by the act; requiring that
   40         instructional materials assigned for use within dual
   41         enrollment courses be made available to dual
   42         enrollment students from public schools, private
   43         schools, and home education programs free of charge;
   44         revising the date by which district school
   45         superintendents and public postsecondary institution
   46         presidents are required to develop the enrollment
   47         articulation agreement; revising the date by which the
   48         postsecondary institutions are required complete and
   49         submit to the department a dual enrollment
   50         articulation agreement; revising requirements for the
   51         articulation agreement; revising provisions relating
   52         to funding for dual enrollment; providing that certain
   53         independent colleges and universities are eligible for
   54         inclusion in the dual enrollment and early admission
   55         programs; revising the date by which certain district
   56         school boards and Florida College System institutions
   57         are required to annually complete and submit a dual
   58         enrollment articulation agreement to the department;
   59         revising the date by which certain postsecondary
   60         institutions are required to annually complete and
   61         submit a private school articulation agreement to the
   62         department; revising requirements for such agreements;
   63         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   64         requiring the Commissioner of Education to annually
   65         report the status of dual enrollment programs to the
   66         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
   67         requiring the State Board of Education to adopt
   68         certain rules; amending s. 1007.273, F.S.; changing
   69         the term “collegiate high school program” to “early
   70         college program”; defining the term “early college
   71         program”; requiring early college programs to
   72         prioritize certain courses; deleting requirements
   73         relating to collegiate high school programs; revising
   74         provisions relating to contracts executed between
   75         district school boards and their local Florida College
   76         System institutions to establish early college
   77         programs; revising provisions relating to student
   78         performance contracts for students participating in
   79         early college programs; authorizing charter schools to
   80         execute contracts to establish an early college
   81         program with specified institutions; requiring the
   82         commissioner to annually report the status of early
   83         college programs to the Governor and the Legislature
   84         by a specified date; creating s. 1009.31, F.S.;
   85         providing legislative findings; establishing the Dual
   86         Enrollment Scholarship Program; providing for the
   87         administration of the program; providing for the
   88         reimbursement of tuition and costs to eligible
   89         postsecondary institutions; requiring students
   90         participating in dual enrollment programs to meet
   91         minimum eligibility requirements in order for
   92         institutions to receive reimbursements; requiring
   93         participating institutions to annually report
   94         specified information to the department by certain
   95         dates; providing a reimbursement schedule for tuition
   96         and instructional materials costs; requiring the
   97         department to reimburse institutions by specified
   98         dates; providing that reimbursement for dual
   99         enrollment courses is contingent upon appropriations;
  100         providing for the prorating of reimbursements under
  101         certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of
  102         Education to adopt rules; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.;
  103         deleting a provision relating to certain colleges and
  104         universities eligible for inclusion in the dual
  105         enrollment program; changing the calculation of full
  106         time equivalent student membership for dual enrollment
  107         purposes; revising the calculation of the virtual
  108         education contribution; requiring that before
  109         distribution of the mental health assistance
  110         allocation occurs, a school district submit a detailed
  111         plan that includes the input of school and community
  112         stakeholders; requiring school board mental health
  113         policies and procedures to include certain items;
  114         requiring each school district to submit a report to
  115         the department which reflects certain program outcomes
  116         and expenditures for all charter schools in the
  117         district; requiring the department to submit a report
  118         to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified
  119         date; requiring the report to include certain
  120         information; abrogating the scheduled expiration of
  121         provisions relating to the annual funding compression
  122         allocation; establishing the Teacher Salary Increase
  123         Allocation to be allocated from the Florida Education
  124         Finance Program; defining the term “minimum base
  125         salary”; amending s. 1013.62, F.S; requiring state
  126         funds and revenue from a certain millage be used to
  127         fund charter school capital outlays if state funds
  128         appropriated in a given fiscal year are below a
  129         certain level; providing additional requirements for
  130         charter school eligibility for a funding allocation;
  131         requiring a certification for the use of funds;
  132         prohibiting the personal enrichment of owners,
  133         operators, managers, and other affiliated parties of
  134         charter schools; defining the term “affiliated party
  135         of the charter school”; requiring the department to
  136         use certain methodology to the determine the amount of
  137         revenue that a school district must distribute to each
  138         eligible charter school if charter school capital
  139         outlay funding in any given fiscal year is less than a
  140         specified amount; amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; providing
  141         an exception for educational facilities and sites
  142         subject to a lease-purchase agreement or funded solely
  143         through local impact fees; amending s. 1003.4282,
  144         F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the
  145         act; amending s. 1003.436, F.S.; conforming a cross
  146         reference; providing an effective date.
  147          
  148  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  149  
  150         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 212.055, Florida
  151  Statutes, is amended to read:
  152         212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent;
  153  authorization and use of proceeds.—It is the legislative intent
  154  that any authorization for imposition of a discretionary sales
  155  surtax shall be published in the Florida Statutes as a
  156  subsection of this section, irrespective of the duration of the
  157  levy. Each enactment shall specify the types of counties
  158  authorized to levy; the rate or rates which may be imposed; the
  159  maximum length of time the surtax may be imposed, if any; the
  160  procedure which must be followed to secure voter approval, if
  161  required; the purpose for which the proceeds may be expended;
  162  and such other requirements as the Legislature may provide.
  163  Taxable transactions and administrative procedures shall be as
  164  provided in s. 212.054.
  165         (6) SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY SURTAX.—
  166         (a) The school board in each county may levy, pursuant to
  167  resolution conditioned to take effect only upon approval by a
  168  majority vote of the electors of the county voting in a
  169  referendum, a discretionary sales surtax at a rate that may not
  170  exceed 0.5 percent.
  171         (b) The resolution must shall include a statement that
  172  provides a brief and general description of the school capital
  173  outlay projects to be funded by the surtax. The resolution must
  174  also include a statement that the revenues collected must be
  175  shared with charter schools based on their proportionate share
  176  of total school district enrollment. The statement must shall
  177  conform to the requirements of s. 101.161 and shall be placed on
  178  the ballot by the governing body of the county. The following
  179  question shall be placed on the ballot:
  180  
  181  ....FOR THE                  ....CENTS TAX           
  182  ....AGAINST THE              ....CENTS TAX           
  183  
  184  
  185  
  186         (c) The resolution providing for the imposition of the
  187  surtax must shall set forth a plan for use of the surtax
  188  proceeds for fixed capital expenditures or fixed capital costs
  189  associated with the construction, reconstruction, or improvement
  190  of school facilities and campuses which have a useful life
  191  expectancy of 5 or more years, and any land acquisition, land
  192  improvement, design, and engineering costs related thereto.
  193  Additionally, the plan shall include the costs of retrofitting
  194  and providing for technology implementation, including hardware
  195  and software, for the various sites within the school district.
  196  Surtax revenues may be used for the purpose of servicing bond
  197  indebtedness to finance projects authorized by this subsection,
  198  and any interest accrued thereto may be held in trust to finance
  199  such projects. Neither the proceeds of the surtax nor any
  200  interest accrued thereto shall be used for operational expenses.
  201  Surtax revenues shared with charter schools shall be expended by
  202  the charter school in a manner consistent with the allowable
  203  uses in s.1013.62(4). All revenues and expenditures shall be
  204  accounted for in a charter school’s monthly or quarterly
  205  financial report pursuant to s. 1002.33(9).
  206         (d) Surtax revenues collected by the Department of Revenue
  207  pursuant to this subsection shall be distributed to the school
  208  board imposing the surtax in accordance with law.
  209         Section 2. Section 1007.271, Florida Statutes, is amended
  210  to read:
  211         1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.—
  212         (1) The dual enrollment program is the enrollment of an
  213  eligible secondary student or home education student in a
  214  postsecondary course creditable toward high school completion
  215  and a career certificate or an associate or baccalaureate
  216  degree. A student who is enrolled in postsecondary instruction
  217  that is not creditable toward a high school diploma may not be
  218  classified as a dual enrollment student.
  219         (2) For the purpose of this section, an eligible secondary
  220  student is a student who is enrolled in any of grades 6 through
  221  12 in a Florida public school or in a Florida private school
  222  that is in compliance with s. 1002.42(2) and provides a
  223  secondary curriculum pursuant to s. 1003.4282, or who is
  224  enrolled in a home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
  225  Students who are eligible for dual enrollment pursuant to this
  226  section may enroll in dual enrollment courses conducted during
  227  school hours, after school hours, and during the summer term.
  228  However, if the student is projected to graduate from high
  229  school before the scheduled completion date of a postsecondary
  230  course, the student may not register for that course through
  231  dual enrollment. The student may apply to the postsecondary
  232  institution and pay the required registration, tuition, and fees
  233  if the student meets the postsecondary institution’s admissions
  234  requirements under s. 1007.263. Instructional time for dual
  235  enrollment may vary from 900 hours; however, the full-time
  236  equivalent student membership value shall be subject to the
  237  provisions in s. 1011.61(4). A student enrolled as a dual
  238  enrollment student is exempt from the payment of registration,
  239  tuition, and laboratory fees. Applied academics for adult
  240  education instruction, developmental education, and other forms
  241  of precollegiate instruction, as well as physical education
  242  courses that focus on the physical execution of a skill rather
  243  than the intellectual attributes of the activity, are ineligible
  244  for inclusion in the dual enrollment program. Recreation and
  245  leisure studies courses shall be evaluated individually in the
  246  same manner as physical education courses for potential
  247  inclusion in the program.
  248         (3) Student eligibility requirements For initial enrollment
  249  in college credit dual enrollment courses, a student must
  250  achieve include a 3.0 unweighted high school grade point average
  251  and the minimum score on a common placement test adopted by the
  252  State Board of Education which indicates that the student is
  253  ready for college-level coursework. Student eligibility
  254  requirements For continued enrollment in college credit dual
  255  enrollment courses, a student must maintain a minimum must
  256  include the maintenance of a 3.0 unweighted high school grade
  257  point average and the minimum postsecondary grade point average
  258  established by the postsecondary institution. Regardless of
  259  meeting student eligibility requirements for continued
  260  enrollment, a student may lose the opportunity to participate in
  261  a dual enrollment course if the student is disruptive to the
  262  learning process such that the progress of other students or the
  263  efficient administration of the course is hindered. Student
  264  eligibility requirements for initial and continued enrollment in
  265  career certificate dual enrollment courses must include a 2.0
  266  unweighted high school grade point average. An exception
  267  Exceptions to the required grade point average for career
  268  certificate dual enrollment averages may be granted on an
  269  individual student basis. An exception to the required grade
  270  point average for college credit dual enrollment may be granted
  271  for students who achieve higher scores than the established
  272  minimum on the common placement test adopted by the State Board
  273  of Education. Any exception to the required grade point average
  274  must be specified in if the educational entities agree and the
  275  terms of the agreement are contained within the dual enrollment
  276  articulation agreement established pursuant to subsection (21).
  277  A postsecondary institution Florida College System institution
  278  boards of trustees may not establish additional initial student
  279  academic eligibility requirements, which shall be included in
  280  the dual enrollment articulation agreement, to ensure student
  281  readiness for postsecondary instruction. Additional requirements
  282  included in the agreement may not arbitrarily prohibit students
  283  who have demonstrated the ability to master advanced courses
  284  from participating in dual enrollment courses or limit the
  285  number of dual enrollment courses in which a student may enroll
  286  based solely upon enrollment by the student at an independent
  287  postsecondary institution.
  288         (4) District school boards may not refuse to enter into a
  289  dual enrollment articulation agreement with a local Florida
  290  College System institution if that Florida College System
  291  institution has the capacity to offer dual enrollment courses.
  292         (5) A district school board or Florida College System
  293  institution may not deny a student who has met the state
  294  eligibility requirements from participating in dual enrollment
  295  unless the institution documents that it does not have the
  296  capacity to accommodate all eligible students seeking to
  297  participate in the dual enrollment program. If the institution
  298  documents that it does not have the capacity to accommodate all
  299  eligible students, participation must be based on a first-come,
  300  first-served basis.
  301         (6)(5)(a) Each faculty member providing instruction in
  302  college credit dual enrollment courses must:
  303         1. Meet the qualifications required by the entity
  304  accrediting the postsecondary institution offering the course.
  305  The qualifications apply to all faculty members regardless of
  306  the location of instruction. The postsecondary institution
  307  offering the course must require compliance with these
  308  qualifications.
  309         2. Provide the institution offering the dual enrollment
  310  course a copy of his or her postsecondary transcript.
  311         3. Provide a copy of the current syllabus for each course
  312  taught to the discipline chair or department chair of the
  313  postsecondary institution before the start of each term. The
  314  content of each syllabus must meet the same standards required
  315  for all college-level courses offered by that postsecondary
  316  institution.
  317         4. Adhere to the professional rules, guidelines, and
  318  expectations stated in the postsecondary institution’s faculty
  319  or adjunct faculty handbook. Any exceptions must be included in
  320  the dual enrollment articulation agreement.
  321         5. Adhere to the rules, guidelines, and expectations stated
  322  in the postsecondary institution’s student handbook which apply
  323  to faculty members. Any exceptions must be noted in the dual
  324  enrollment articulation agreement.
  325         (b) Each president, or designee, of a postsecondary
  326  institution offering a college credit dual enrollment course
  327  must:
  328         1. Provide a copy of the institution’s current faculty or
  329  adjunct faculty handbook to all faculty members teaching a dual
  330  enrollment course.
  331         2. Provide to all faculty members teaching a dual
  332  enrollment course a copy of the institution’s current student
  333  handbook, which may include, but is not limited to, information
  334  on registration policies, the student code of conduct, grading
  335  policies, and critical dates.
  336         3. Designate an individual or individuals to observe all
  337  faculty members teaching a dual enrollment course, regardless of
  338  the location of instruction.
  339         4. Use the same criteria to evaluate faculty members
  340  teaching a dual enrollment course as the criteria used to
  341  evaluate all other faculty members.
  342         5. Provide course plans and objectives to all faculty
  343  members teaching a dual enrollment course.
  344         (7)(6) The following curriculum standards apply to college
  345  credit dual enrollment:
  346         (a) Dual enrollment courses taught on the high school
  347  campus must meet the same competencies required for courses
  348  taught on the postsecondary institution campus. To ensure
  349  equivalent rigor with courses taught on the postsecondary
  350  institution campus, the postsecondary institution offering the
  351  course is responsible for providing in a timely manner a
  352  comprehensive, cumulative end-of-course assessment or a series
  353  of assessments of all expected learning outcomes to the faculty
  354  member teaching the course. Completed, scored assessments must
  355  be returned to the postsecondary institution and held for 1
  356  year.
  357         (b) Instructional materials used in dual enrollment courses
  358  must be the same as or comparable to those used in courses
  359  offered by the postsecondary institution with the same course
  360  prefix and number. The postsecondary institution must advise the
  361  school district of instructional materials requirements as soon
  362  as that information becomes available but no later than one term
  363  before a course is offered.
  364         (c) Course requirements, such as tests, papers, or other
  365  assignments, for dual enrollment students must be at the same
  366  level of rigor or depth as those for all nondual enrollment
  367  postsecondary students. All faculty members teaching dual
  368  enrollment courses must observe the procedures and deadlines of
  369  the postsecondary institution for the submission of grades. A
  370  postsecondary institution must advise each faculty member
  371  teaching a dual enrollment course of the institution’s grading
  372  guidelines before the faculty member begins teaching the course.
  373         (d) Dual enrollment courses taught on a high school campus
  374  may not be combined with any noncollege credit high school
  375  course.
  376         (8)(7) Career dual enrollment shall be provided as a
  377  curricular option for secondary students to pursue in order to
  378  earn industry certifications adopted pursuant to s. 1008.44,
  379  which count as credits toward the high school diploma. Career
  380  dual enrollment shall be available for secondary students
  381  seeking a degree and industry certification through a career
  382  education program or course. Each career center established
  383  under s. 1001.44 shall enter into an agreement with each high
  384  school in any school district it serves. Beginning with the
  385  2019-2020 school year, the agreement must be completed annually
  386  and submitted by the career center to the Department of
  387  Education by October August 1. The agreement must:
  388         (a) Identify the courses and programs that are available to
  389  students through career dual enrollment and the clock hour
  390  credits that students will earn upon completion of each course
  391  and program.
  392         (b) Delineate the high school credit earned for the
  393  completion of each career dual enrollment course.
  394         (c) Identify any college credit articulation agreements
  395  associated with each clock hour program.
  396         (d) Describe how students and their parents or legal
  397  guardians will be informed of career dual enrollment
  398  opportunities and related workforce demand, how students can
  399  apply to participate in a career dual enrollment program and
  400  register for courses through his or her high school, and the
  401  postsecondary career education expectations for participating
  402  students.
  403         (e) Establish any additional eligibility requirements for
  404  participation and a process for determining eligibility and
  405  monitoring the progress of participating students.
  406         (f) Delineate costs incurred by each entity and determine
  407  how transportation will be provided for students who are unable
  408  to provide their own transportation.
  409         (9)(8) Each district school board shall inform all
  410  secondary students and their parents or legal guardians of dual
  411  enrollment as an educational option and mechanism for
  412  acceleration. Students and their parents or legal guardians
  413  shall be informed of student eligibility requirements, the
  414  option for taking dual enrollment courses beyond the regular
  415  school year, and the minimum academic credits required for
  416  graduation. In addition, students and their parents or legal
  417  guardians shall be informed that dual enrollment course grades
  418  are included in the student’s college grade point average,
  419  become a part of the student’s permanent academic record, and
  420  may affect the student’s future financial aid eligibility. A
  421  school may not enroll a student in a dual enrollment course
  422  without an acknowledgment form on file, which must be signed by
  423  both the student and the student’s parent or legal guardian,
  424  indicating they have been informed of the dual enrollment
  425  educational option and its provisions. District school boards
  426  shall annually assess the demand for dual enrollment and provide
  427  that information to each partnering postsecondary institution.
  428  Alternative grade calculation, weighting systems, and
  429  information regarding student education options that
  430  discriminate against dual enrollment courses are prohibited.
  431         (10)(9) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint faculty
  432  committees representing public school, Florida College System
  433  institution, and university faculties to identify postsecondary
  434  courses that meet the high school graduation requirements of s.
  435  1003.4282 and to establish the number of postsecondary semester
  436  credit hours of instruction and equivalent high school credits
  437  earned through dual enrollment pursuant to this section that are
  438  necessary to meet high school graduation requirements. Such
  439  equivalencies shall be determined solely on comparable course
  440  content and not on seat time traditionally allocated to such
  441  courses in high school. The Commissioner of Education shall
  442  recommend to the State Board of Education those postsecondary
  443  courses identified to meet high school graduation requirements,
  444  based on mastery of course outcomes, by their course numbers,
  445  and all high schools shall accept these postsecondary education
  446  courses toward meeting the requirements of s. 1003.4282.
  447         (11)(10) Early admission is a form of dual enrollment
  448  through which eligible secondary students enroll in a
  449  postsecondary institution on a full-time basis in courses that
  450  are creditable toward the high school diploma and the associate
  451  or baccalaureate degree. A student must enroll in a minimum of
  452  12 college credit hours per semester or the equivalent to
  453  participate in the early admission program; however, a student
  454  may not be required to enroll in more than 15 college credit
  455  hours per semester or the equivalent. Students enrolled pursuant
  456  to this subsection are exempt from the payment of registration,
  457  tuition, and laboratory fees.
  458         (12)(11) Career early admission is a form of career dual
  459  enrollment through which eligible secondary students enroll full
  460  time in a career center or a Florida College System institution
  461  in postsecondary programs leading to industry certifications, as
  462  listed in the CAPE Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding
  463  List pursuant to s. 1008.44, which are creditable toward the
  464  high school diploma and the certificate or associate degree.
  465  Participation in the career early admission program is limited
  466  to students who have completed a minimum of 4 semesters of full
  467  time secondary enrollment, including studies undertaken in the
  468  ninth grade. Students enrolled pursuant to this section are
  469  exempt from the payment of registration, tuition, and laboratory
  470  fees.
  471         (12) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for any
  472  dual enrollment programs involving requirements for high school
  473  graduation.
  474         (13)(a) The dual enrollment program for a home education
  475  student, including, but not limited to, students with
  476  disabilities, consists of the enrollment of an eligible home
  477  education secondary student in a postsecondary course creditable
  478  toward an associate degree, a career certificate, or a
  479  baccalaureate degree. To participate in the dual enrollment
  480  program, an eligible home education secondary student must:
  481         1. Provide proof of enrollment in a home education program
  482  pursuant to s. 1002.41.
  483         2. Be responsible for his or her own transportation unless
  484  provided for in the articulation agreement.
  485         3. Sign a home education articulation agreement pursuant to
  486  paragraph (b).
  487         (b) Each public postsecondary institution eligible to
  488  participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s.
  489  1011.62(1)(i) must enter into a home education articulation
  490  agreement with each home education student seeking enrollment in
  491  a dual enrollment course and the student’s parent or legal
  492  guardian. By October August 1 of each year, the eligible
  493  postsecondary institution shall complete and submit the home
  494  education articulation agreement to the Department of Education.
  495  The home education articulation agreement must include, at a
  496  minimum:
  497         1. A delineation of courses and programs available to
  498  dually enrolled home education students. Courses and programs
  499  may be added, revised, or deleted at any time by the
  500  postsecondary institution. Any course or program limitations may
  501  not exceed the limitations for other dually enrolled students.
  502         2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for
  503  home education student participation, not to exceed those
  504  required of other dually enrolled students. A home education
  505  student must meet the same minimum score requirement on a common
  506  placement test which is required of other dually enrolled
  507  students. A high school grade point average may not be required
  508  for home education students who meet the minimum score on a
  509  common placement test adopted by the State Board of Education
  510  which indicates that the student is ready for college-level
  511  coursework; however, home education student eligibility
  512  requirements for continued enrollment in dual enrollment courses
  513  must include the maintenance of the minimum postsecondary grade
  514  point average established by the postsecondary institution for
  515  other dually enrolled students.
  516         3. The student’s responsibilities for providing his or her
  517  own transportation.
  518         4. A copy of the statement on transfer guarantees developed
  519  by the Department of Education under subsection (15).
  520         (14) The Department of Education shall approve any course
  521  for inclusion in the dual enrollment program that is contained
  522  within the statewide course numbering system. However,
  523  developmental education and physical education and other courses
  524  that focus on the physical execution of a skill rather than the
  525  intellectual attributes of the activity, may not be so approved
  526  but must be evaluated individually for potential inclusion in
  527  the dual enrollment program. This subsection may not be
  528  construed to mean that an independent postsecondary institution
  529  eligible for inclusion in a dual enrollment or early admission
  530  program pursuant to subsection (23) s. 1011.62 must participate
  531  in the statewide course numbering system developed pursuant to
  532  s. 1007.24 to participate in a dual enrollment program.
  533         (15) The Department of Education shall develop a statement
  534  on transfer guarantees to inform students and their parents or
  535  legal guardians, prior to enrollment in a dual enrollment
  536  course, of the potential for the dual enrollment course to
  537  articulate as an elective or a general education course into a
  538  postsecondary education certificate or degree program. The
  539  statement shall be provided to each district school
  540  superintendent, who shall include the statement in the
  541  information provided to all secondary students and their parents
  542  or legal guardians as required pursuant to this subsection. The
  543  statement may also include additional information, including,
  544  but not limited to, dual enrollment options, guarantees,
  545  privileges, and responsibilities.
  546         (16) Students who meet the eligibility requirements of this
  547  section and who choose to participate in dual enrollment
  548  programs are exempt from the payment of registration, tuition,
  549  and laboratory fees.
  550         (17) Instructional materials assigned for use within dual
  551  enrollment courses shall be made available to dual enrollment
  552  students from Florida public high schools, private schools, and
  553  home education programs free of charge. This subsection does not
  554  prohibit a Florida College System institution from providing
  555  instructional materials at no cost to a home education student
  556  or student from a private school. Instructional materials
  557  purchased by a district school board or Florida College System
  558  institution board of trustees on behalf of dual enrollment
  559  students shall be the property of the board against which the
  560  purchase is charged.
  561         (18) School districts and Florida College System
  562  institutions must weigh dual enrollment courses the same as
  563  advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, and Advanced
  564  International Certificate of Education courses when grade point
  565  averages are calculated. Alternative grade calculation systems,
  566  alternative grade weighting systems, and information regarding
  567  student education options that discriminate against dual
  568  enrollment courses are prohibited.
  569         (19) The Commissioner of Education may approve dual
  570  enrollment agreements for limited course offerings that have
  571  statewide appeal. Such programs shall be limited to a single
  572  site with multiple county participation.
  573         (20) A postsecondary institution shall assign letter grades
  574  to each student enrolled in a dual enrollment course. The letter
  575  grade assigned by the postsecondary institution shall be posted
  576  to the student’s high school transcript by the school district.
  577         (21) Each district school superintendent and each public
  578  postsecondary institution president shall develop a
  579  comprehensive dual enrollment articulation agreement for the
  580  respective school district and postsecondary institution. The
  581  superintendent and president shall establish an articulation
  582  committee for the purpose of developing the agreement. Each
  583  state university president may designate a university
  584  representative to participate in the development of a dual
  585  enrollment articulation agreement. A dual enrollment
  586  articulation agreement shall be completed and submitted annually
  587  by the postsecondary institution to the Department of Education
  588  on or before October August 1. The agreement must include, but
  589  is not limited to:
  590         (a) A ratification or modification of all existing
  591  articulation agreements.
  592         (b) A description of the process by which students and
  593  their parents are informed about opportunities for student
  594  participation in the dual enrollment program.
  595         (c) A delineation of courses and programs available to
  596  students eligible to participate in dual enrollment.
  597         (d) A description of the process by which students and
  598  their parents exercise options to participate in the dual
  599  enrollment program.
  600         (e) The agreed-upon common placement test scores and
  601  corresponding grade point average that may be accepted for
  602  initial student eligibility if an exception to the minimum grade
  603  point average is authorized pursuant to subsection (3) A list of
  604  any additional initial student eligibility requirements for
  605  participation in the dual enrollment program.
  606         (f) A delineation of the high school credit earned for the
  607  passage of each dual enrollment course.
  608         (g) A description of the process for informing students and
  609  their parents of college-level course expectations.
  610         (h) The policies and procedures, if any, for determining
  611  exceptions to the required grade point averages on an individual
  612  student basis.
  613         (i) The registration policies for dual enrollment courses
  614  as determined by the postsecondary institution.
  615         (j) Exceptions, if any, to the professional rules,
  616  guidelines, and expectations stated in the faculty or adjunct
  617  faculty handbook for the postsecondary institution.
  618         (k) Exceptions, if any, to the rules, guidelines, and
  619  expectations stated in the student handbook of the postsecondary
  620  institution which apply to faculty members.
  621         (l) The responsibilities of the school district regarding
  622  the determination of student eligibility before participating in
  623  the dual enrollment program and the monitoring of student
  624  performance while participating in the dual enrollment program.
  625         (m) The responsibilities of the postsecondary institution
  626  regarding the transmission of student grades in dual enrollment
  627  courses to the school district.
  628         (n) A funding provision that delineates costs incurred by
  629  each entity.
  630         1. School districts shall pay public postsecondary
  631  institutions the in-state resident standard tuition rate per
  632  credit hour from funds provided in the Florida Education Finance
  633  Program when dual enrollment course instruction takes place on
  634  the postsecondary institution’s campus and the course is taken
  635  during the fall or spring term. When dual enrollment is provided
  636  on the high school site by postsecondary institution faculty,
  637  the school district shall reimburse the costs associated with
  638  the postsecondary institution’s proportion of salary and
  639  benefits to provide the instruction. When dual enrollment course
  640  instruction is provided on the high school site by school
  641  district faculty, the school district is not responsible for
  642  payment to the postsecondary institution. A postsecondary
  643  institution may enter into an agreement with the school district
  644  to authorize teachers to teach dual enrollment courses at the
  645  high school site or the postsecondary institution. A school
  646  district may not deny a student access to dual enrollment unless
  647  the student is ineligible to participate in the program subject
  648  to provisions specifically outlined in this section.
  649         2. Subject to annual appropriation in the General
  650  Appropriations Act, a public postsecondary institution shall
  651  receive an amount of funding equivalent to the standard tuition
  652  rate per credit hour for each dual enrollment course taken by a
  653  private school or home education student at the postsecondary
  654  institution during the fall and spring terms, pursuant to s.
  655  1009.31.
  656         3.2. Subject to annual appropriation in the General
  657  Appropriations Act, a public postsecondary institution shall
  658  receive an amount of funding equivalent to the standard tuition
  659  rate per credit hour for each dual enrollment course taken by a
  660  student during the summer term, pursuant to s. 1009.31.
  661         (o) Any institutional responsibilities for student
  662  transportation, if provided.
  663         (22) The Department of Education shall develop an
  664  electronic submission system for dual enrollment articulation
  665  agreements and shall review, for compliance, each dual
  666  enrollment articulation agreement submitted pursuant to
  667  subsections (13), (21), and (24). The Commissioner of Education
  668  shall notify the district school superintendent and the Florida
  669  College System institution president if the dual enrollment
  670  articulation agreement does not comply with statutory
  671  requirements and shall submit any dual enrollment articulation
  672  agreement with unresolved issues of noncompliance to the State
  673  Board of Education.
  674         (23) District school boards and Florida College System
  675  institutions may enter into additional dual enrollment
  676  articulation agreements with state universities for the purposes
  677  of this section. School districts may also enter into dual
  678  enrollment articulation agreements with eligible independent
  679  colleges and universities pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(i). An
  680  independent college or university that is not for profit, is
  681  accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency
  682  recognized by the United States Department of Education, and
  683  confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02 shall be eligible for
  684  inclusion in the dual enrollment or early admission program. By
  685  October August 1 of each year, the district school board and the
  686  Florida College System institution shall complete and submit the
  687  dual enrollment articulation agreement with the state university
  688  or an eligible independent college or university, as applicable,
  689  to the Department of Education.
  690         (24)(a) The dual enrollment program for a private school
  691  student consists of the enrollment of an eligible private school
  692  student in a postsecondary course creditable toward an associate
  693  degree, a career certificate, or a baccalaureate degree. In
  694  addition, a private school in which a student, including, but
  695  not limited to, students with disabilities, is enrolled must
  696  award credit toward high school completion for the postsecondary
  697  course under the dual enrollment program. To participate in the
  698  dual enrollment program, an eligible private school student
  699  must:
  700         1. Provide proof of enrollment in a private school pursuant
  701  to subsection (2).
  702         2. Be responsible for his or her own instructional
  703  materials and transportation unless provided for in the
  704  articulation agreement.
  705         3. Sign a private school articulation agreement pursuant to
  706  paragraph (b).
  707         (b) Each public postsecondary institution eligible to
  708  participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s.
  709  1011.62(1)(i) must enter into a private school articulation
  710  agreement with each eligible private school in its geographic
  711  service area seeking to offer dual enrollment courses to its
  712  students, including, but not limited to, students with
  713  disabilities. By October August 1 of each year, the eligible
  714  postsecondary institution shall complete and submit the private
  715  school articulation agreement to the Department of Education.
  716  The private school articulation agreement must include, at a
  717  minimum:
  718         1. A delineation of courses and programs available to the
  719  private school student. The postsecondary institution may add,
  720  revise, or delete courses and programs at any time.
  721         2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for
  722  private school student participation, not to exceed those
  723  required of other dual enrollment students.
  724         3. The student’s responsibilities for providing his or her
  725  own instructional materials and transportation.
  726         4. A provision clarifying that the private school will
  727  award appropriate credit toward high school completion for the
  728  postsecondary course under the dual enrollment program.
  729         5. A provision expressing that the private school of
  730  enrollment is exempt from the payment of costs associated with
  731  tuition and fees, including registration, and laboratory fees,
  732  will not be passed along to the student.
  733         (25) For students with disabilities, a postsecondary
  734  institution eligible to participate in dual enrollment pursuant
  735  to s. 1011.62(1)(i) shall include in its dual enrollment
  736  articulation agreement, services and resources that are
  737  available to students with disabilities who register in a dual
  738  enrollment course at the eligible institution and provide
  739  information regarding such services and resources to the Florida
  740  Center for Students with Unique Abilities. The Department of
  741  Education shall provide to the center the Internet website link
  742  to dual enrollment articulation agreements specific to students
  743  with disabilities. The center shall include in the information
  744  that it is responsible for disseminating to students with
  745  disabilities and their parents or legal guardians pursuant to s.
  746  1004.6495, dual enrollment articulation agreements and
  747  opportunities for meaningful campus experience through dual
  748  enrollment.
  749         (26)By November 30, 2021, and annually thereafter, the
  750  commissioner must report to the Governor, the President of the
  751  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives the
  752  status of dual enrollment programs, including, at a minimum, a
  753  summary of student enrollment and completion for public school,
  754  private school, and home education program students enrolled at
  755  public and private postsecondary institutions.
  756         (27) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for any
  757  dual enrollment programs involving requirements for high school
  758  graduation.
  759         Section 3. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is amended
  760  to read:
  761         1007.273 Early college program Collegiate high school
  762  program.—
  763         (1) Each Florida College System institution shall work with
  764  each district school board in its designated service area to
  765  establish one or more early college collegiate high school
  766  programs. As used in this section, the term “early college
  767  program” means a structured high school acceleration program in
  768  which a cohort of students is taking postsecondary courses full
  769  time toward an associate degree. The early college program must
  770  prioritize courses applicable as general education core courses
  771  under s. 1007.25 for an associate degree or a baccalaureate
  772  degree.
  773         (2) At a minimum, collegiate high school programs must
  774  include an option for public school students in grade 11 or
  775  grade 12 participating in the program, for at least 1 full
  776  school year, to earn CAPE industry certifications pursuant to s.
  777  1008.44 and to successfully complete 30 credit hours through the
  778  dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271 toward the first year
  779  of college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
  780  enrolled in the program.
  781         (2)(3) Each district school board and its local Florida
  782  College System institution shall execute a contract to establish
  783  one or more early college collegiate high school programs at a
  784  mutually agreed-upon agreed upon location or locations.
  785  Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, If the Florida College
  786  System institution does not establish an early college a program
  787  with a district school board in its designated service area,
  788  another Florida College System institution may execute a
  789  contract with that district school board to establish the early
  790  college program. The contract must be executed by January 1 of
  791  each school year for implementation of the program during the
  792  next school year. The contract must:
  793         (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the early
  794  college program collegiate high school program which must, at a
  795  minimum, include grade 12.
  796         (b) Describe the early college collegiate high school
  797  program, including the delineation of courses that must, at a
  798  minimum, include general education core courses pursuant to s.
  799  1007.25; and industry certifications offered, including online
  800  course availability; the high school and college credits earned
  801  for each postsecondary course completed and industry
  802  certification earned; student eligibility criteria; and the
  803  enrollment process and relevant deadlines.
  804         (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
  805  students and their parents or legal guardians are annually
  806  informed about the availability of the early college collegiate
  807  high school program, the return on investment associated with
  808  participation in the early college program, and the information
  809  described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
  810         (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
  811  instructors for all courses.
  812         (e) Identify student advising services and progress
  813  monitoring mechanisms.
  814         (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
  815  regarding student performance outcomes.
  816         (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
  817  the early college collegiate high school program pursuant to
  818  subsection (5).
  819         (3)(4) Each student participating in an early college a
  820  collegiate high school program must enter into a student
  821  performance contract, which must be signed by the student, the
  822  parent or legal guardian, and a representative of the school
  823  district and the applicable Florida College System institution
  824  partner, state university, or other eligible postsecondary
  825  institution partner participating pursuant to subsection (4)
  826  (5). The performance contract must, at a minimum, specify
  827  include the schedule of courses, by semester, and industry
  828  certifications to be taken by the student, if any; student
  829  attendance requirements;, and course grade requirements; and the
  830  applicability of such courses to an associate degree or a
  831  baccalaureate degree.
  832         (4)(5) In addition to executing a contract with the local
  833  Florida College System institution under this section, a
  834  district school board may execute a contract to establish an
  835  early college a collegiate high school program with a state
  836  university or an institution that is eligible to participate in
  837  the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education
  838  Grant Program, that is a nonprofit independent college or
  839  university located and chartered in this state, and that is
  840  accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
  841  Association of Colleges and Schools to grant baccalaureate
  842  degrees. Such university or institution must meet the
  843  requirements specified under subsections (2) and (3) subsections
  844  (3) and (4). A charter school may execute a contract directly
  845  with the local Florida College System institution or another
  846  institution as authorized under this section to establish an
  847  early college program at a mutually agreed-upon location.
  848         (5)(6) The early college collegiate high school program
  849  shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62. The State
  850  Board of Education shall enforce compliance with this section by
  851  withholding the transfer of funds for the school districts and
  852  the Florida College System institutions in accordance with s.
  853  1008.32.
  854         (6) By November 30, 2021, and annually thereafter, the
  855  commissioner must report the status of early college programs,
  856  including, at a minimum, a summary of student enrollment in
  857  public and private postsecondary institutions and completion
  858  information, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
  859  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  860         Section 4. Section 1009.31, Florida Statutes, is created to
  861  read:
  862         1009.31Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program.—
  863         (1) The Legislature finds and declares that dual enrollment
  864  is an integral part of the education system in this state and
  865  should be available for all eligible secondary students without
  866  cost to the student. There is established the Dual Enrollment
  867  Scholarship Program to support postsecondary institutions in
  868  providing dual enrollment.
  869         (2) The department shall administer the Dual Enrollment
  870  Scholarship Program in accordance with rules of the State Board
  871  of Education.
  872         (3)(a) Beginning in the 2020 fall term, the program shall
  873  reimburse eligible postsecondary institutions for tuition and
  874  related instructional materials costs for dual enrollment
  875  courses taken by private school or home education program
  876  secondary students during the fall or spring terms.
  877         (b) Beginning in the 2021 summer term, the program shall
  878  reimburse eligible postsecondary institutions for tuition and
  879  related instructional materials costs for dual enrollment
  880  courses taken by public school, private school, or home
  881  education program secondary students during the summer term.
  882         (4) A student participating in a dual enrollment program
  883  must meet the minimum eligibility requirements specified in s.
  884  1007.271 in order for the institution to receive a
  885  reimbursement.
  886         (5) Annually, by March 15, each participating institution
  887  must report to the department its eligible secondary students
  888  from private schools or home education programs who were
  889  enrolled during the previous fall or spring terms. Annually, by
  890  July 15, each participating institution must report to the
  891  department its eligible public school, private school, or home
  892  education program students who were enrolled during the summer
  893  term. For each dual enrollment course in which the student is
  894  enrolled, the report must include a unique student identifier,
  895  the postsecondary institution name, the postsecondary course
  896  number, the postsecondary course name, and the number of
  897  postsecondary course credits earned by the student.
  898         (6)(a) Florida College System institutions shall be
  899  reimbursed for college credit instruction at the in-state
  900  resident tuition rate established in s. 1009.23(3)(a).
  901         (b) State universities and independent postsecondary
  902  institutions shall be reimbursed at the standard tuition rate
  903  established in s. 1009.24(4)(a).
  904         (c) Workforce education instruction leading to a career
  905  certificate or an applied technology diploma shall be reimbursed
  906  at the standard tuition rate established in s. 1009.22(3)(c).
  907         (d) Institutions shall be reimbursed for instructional
  908  materials costs based on a rate as specified in the General
  909  Appropriations Act.
  910         (7) For dual enrollment courses taken during the fall and
  911  spring terms, the department must reimburse institutions by
  912  April 15 of the same year. For dual enrollment courses taken
  913  during the summer term, the department must reimburse
  914  institutions by August 15 of the same year, before the beginning
  915  of the next academic year.
  916         (8) Reimbursement for dual enrollment courses is contingent
  917  upon an appropriation in the General Appropriations Act each
  918  year. If the statewide reimbursement amount is greater than the
  919  appropriation, the institutional reimbursement amounts specified
  920  in subsection (6) shall be prorated among the institutions that
  921  have reported eligible students to the department by the
  922  deadlines specified in subsection (5).
  923         (9) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
  924  implement this section.
  925         Section 5. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) and subsections
  926  (11), (16), and (17) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are
  927  amended, and subsection (22) is added to that section, to read:
  928         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  929  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  930  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  931  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  932  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  933  follows:
  934         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
  935  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
  936  determining the annual allocation to each district for
  937  operation:
  938         (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership with
  939  respect to dual enrollment instruction.—
  940         1.Full-time equivalent students.—Students enrolled in dual
  941  enrollment instruction pursuant to s. 1007.271 may be included
  942  in calculations of full-time equivalent student memberships for
  943  basic programs for grades 9 through 12 by a district school
  944  board. Instructional time for dual enrollment may vary from 900
  945  hours; however, the full-time equivalent student membership
  946  value shall be subject to the provisions in s. 1011.61(4). Dual
  947  enrollment full-time equivalent student membership shall be
  948  calculated in an amount equal to the hours of instruction that
  949  would be necessary to earn the full-time equivalent student
  950  membership for an equivalent course if it were taught in the
  951  school district. Students in dual enrollment courses may also be
  952  calculated as the proportional shares of full-time equivalent
  953  enrollments they generate for a Florida College System
  954  institution or university conducting the dual enrollment
  955  instruction. Early admission students shall be considered dual
  956  enrollments for funding purposes. Students may be enrolled in
  957  dual enrollment instruction provided by an eligible independent
  958  college or university and may be included in calculations of
  959  full-time equivalent student memberships for basic programs for
  960  grades 9 through 12 by a district school board. However, those
  961  provisions of law which exempt dual enrolled and early admission
  962  students from payment of instructional materials and tuition and
  963  fees, including laboratory fees, shall not apply to students who
  964  select the option of enrolling in an eligible independent
  965  institution. An independent college or university, which is not
  966  for profit, is accredited by a regional or national accrediting
  967  agency recognized by the United States Department of Education,
  968  and confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02 shall be eligible
  969  for inclusion in the dual enrollment or early admission program.
  970  Students enrolled in dual enrollment instruction shall be exempt
  971  from the payment of tuition and fees, including laboratory fees.
  972  No student enrolled in college credit mathematics or English
  973  dual enrollment instruction shall be funded as a dual enrollment
  974  unless the student has successfully completed the relevant
  975  section of the entry-level examination required pursuant to s.
  976  1008.30.
  977         2.Additional full-time equivalent student membership.—For
  978  students enrolled in an early college program pursuant to s.
  979  1007.273, a value of 0.16 full-time equivalent student
  980  membership shall be calculated for each student who completes a
  981  general education core course through the dual enrollment
  982  program with a grade of “C” or better. For students who are not
  983  enrolled in an early college program, a value of 0.08 full-time
  984  equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
  985  student who completes a general education core course through
  986  the dual enrollment program with a grade of “C” or better. In
  987  addition, a value of 0.3 full-time equivalent student membership
  988  shall be calculated for any student who receives an associate
  989  degree through the dual enrollment program with a 3.0 grade
  990  point average or better. This value shall be added to the total
  991  full-time equivalent student membership in basic programs for
  992  grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. This section
  993  shall be effective for credit earned by dually enrolled students
  994  for courses taken in the 2020-2021 school year and each school
  995  year thereafter. If the associate degree described in this
  996  paragraph is earned in 2020-2021 following completion of courses
  997  taken in the 2020-2021 school year, then courses taken toward
  998  the degree as part of the dual enrollment program before 2020
  999  2021 may not preclude eligibility for the 0.3 additional full
 1000  time equivalent student membership bonus. Each school district
 1001  shall allocate at least 50 percent of the funds received from
 1002  the dual enrollment bonus FTE funding, in accordance with this
 1003  paragraph, to the schools that generated the funds to support
 1004  student academic guidance and postsecondary readiness.
 1005         3.Qualifying courses.—For the purposes of this paragraph,
 1006  general education core courses are those that are identified in
 1007  rule by the State Board of Education and in regulation by the
 1008  Board of Governors pursuant to s. 1007.25(3).
 1009         (11) VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION.—The Legislature may
 1010  annually provide in the Florida Education Finance Program a
 1011  virtual education contribution. The amount of the virtual
 1012  education contribution shall be the difference between the
 1013  amount per FTE established in the General Appropriations Act for
 1014  virtual education and the amount per FTE for each district and
 1015  the Florida Virtual School, which may be calculated by taking
 1016  the sum of the base FEFP allocation, the discretionary local
 1017  effort, the state-funded discretionary contribution, the
 1018  discretionary millage compression supplement, the research-based
 1019  reading instruction allocation, the teacher salary increase
 1020  allocation best and brightest teacher and principal allocation,
 1021  and the instructional materials allocation, and then dividing by
 1022  the total unweighted FTE. This difference shall be multiplied by
 1023  the virtual education unweighted FTE for programs and options
 1024  identified in s. 1002.455 and the Florida Virtual School and its
 1025  franchises to equal the virtual education contribution and shall
 1026  be included as a separate allocation in the funding formula.
 1027         (16) MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION.—The mental health
 1028  assistance allocation is created to provide funding to assist
 1029  school districts in establishing or expanding school-based
 1030  mental health care; train educators and other school staff in
 1031  detecting and responding to mental health issues; and connect
 1032  children, youth, and families who may experience behavioral
 1033  health issues with appropriate services. These funds shall be
 1034  allocated annually in the General Appropriations Act or other
 1035  law to each eligible school district. Each school district shall
 1036  receive a minimum of $100,000, with the remaining balance
 1037  allocated based on each school district’s proportionate share of
 1038  the state’s total unweighted full-time equivalent student
 1039  enrollment. Charter schools that submit a plan separate from the
 1040  school district are entitled to a proportionate share of
 1041  district funding. The allocated funds may not supplant funds
 1042  that are provided for this purpose from other operating funds
 1043  and may not be used to increase salaries or provide bonuses.
 1044  School districts are encouraged to maximize third-party health
 1045  insurance benefits and Medicaid claiming for services, where
 1046  appropriate.
 1047         (a) Before the distribution of the allocation:
 1048         1. The school district shall must develop and submit a
 1049  detailed plan outlining the local program and planned
 1050  expenditures to the district school board for approval. The This
 1051  plan, which must include input from school and community
 1052  stakeholders, applies to all district schools, including charter
 1053  schools, unless a charter school elects to submit a plan
 1054  independently from the school district pursuant to subparagraph
 1055  2.
 1056         2. A charter school may develop and submit a detailed plan
 1057  outlining the local program and planned expenditures to its
 1058  governing body for approval. After the plan is approved by the
 1059  governing body, it must be provided to the charter school’s
 1060  sponsor.
 1061         (b) The plans required under paragraph (a) must be focused
 1062  on a multitiered system of supports to deliver evidence-based
 1063  mental health care assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
 1064  treatment, and recovery services to students with one or more
 1065  mental health or co-occurring substance abuse diagnoses and to
 1066  students at high risk of such diagnoses. The provision of these
 1067  services must be coordinated with a student’s primary mental
 1068  health care provider and with other mental health providers
 1069  involved in the student’s care. At a minimum, the plans must
 1070  include the following elements:
 1071         1. Direct employment of school-based mental health services
 1072  providers to expand and enhance school-based student services
 1073  and to reduce the ratio of students to staff in order to better
 1074  align with nationally recommended ratio models. These providers
 1075  include, but are not limited to, certified school counselors,
 1076  school psychologists, school social workers, and other licensed
 1077  mental health professionals. The plan also must establish
 1078  identify strategies to increase the amount of time that school
 1079  based student services personnel spend providing direct services
 1080  to students, which may include the review and revision of
 1081  district staffing resource allocations based on school or
 1082  student mental health assistance needs.
 1083         2. Contracts or interagency agreements with one or more
 1084  local community behavioral health providers or providers of
 1085  Community Action Team services to provide a behavioral health
 1086  staff presence and services at district schools. Services may
 1087  include, but are not limited to, mental health screenings and
 1088  assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group
 1089  counseling, psychiatric or psychological services, trauma
 1090  informed care, mobile crisis services, and behavior
 1091  modification. These behavioral health services may be provided
 1092  on or off the school campus and may be supplemented by
 1093  telehealth.
 1094         3. Policies and procedures, including contracts with
 1095  service providers, which will ensure that students who are
 1096  referred to a school-based or community-based mental health
 1097  service provider for mental health screening for the
 1098  identification of mental health concerns and ensure that the
 1099  assessment of students at risk for mental health disorders
 1100  occurs within 15 days of referral. School-based mental health
 1101  services must be initiated within 15 days after identification
 1102  and assessment, and support by community-based mental health
 1103  service providers for students who are referred for community
 1104  based mental health services must be initiated within 30 days
 1105  after the school or district makes a referral.
 1106         4. Mental health policies and procedures that implement and
 1107  support all of the following elements:
 1108         a.Universal supports to promote psychological well-being
 1109  and safe and supportive environments.
 1110         b.Evidence-based strategies or programs to reduce the
 1111  likelihood of at-risk students developing social, emotional, or
 1112  behavioral health problems, depression, anxiety disorders,
 1113  suicidal tendencies, or substance use disorders.
 1114         c.5. Strategies to improve the early identification of
 1115  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
 1116  disorders; provide, to improve the provision of early
 1117  intervention services;, and to assist students in dealing with
 1118  trauma and violence.
 1119         d.Methods for responding to a student with suicidal
 1120  ideation, including training in suicide risk assessment and the
 1121  use of suicide awareness, prevention, and screening instruments
 1122  developed under s. 1012.583; adoption of guidelines for
 1123  informing parents of suicide risk; and implementation of board
 1124  policies for initiating involuntary examination of students at
 1125  risk of suicide.
 1126         e.A school crisis response plan that includes strategies
 1127  for the prevention of, preparation for, response to, and
 1128  recovery from a range of school crises. The plan must establish
 1129  or coordinate the implementation of district-level and school
 1130  level crisis response teams whose membership includes, but is
 1131  not limited to, representatives of school administration and
 1132  school-based mental health service providers.
 1133         (c) School districts shall submit approved plans, including
 1134  approved plans of each charter school in the district, to the
 1135  commissioner by August 1 of each fiscal year.
 1136         (d) By September 30 of each year Beginning September 30,
 1137  2019, and annually by September 30 thereafter, each school
 1138  district shall submit its district report to the department. By
 1139  November 1 of each year, the department shall submit a state
 1140  summary report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
 1141  the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Department of
 1142  Education a report on its program outcomes and expenditures for
 1143  the previous fiscal year. The school district report must
 1144  include program outcomes and expenditures for all public schools
 1145  in the district, including charter schools that submitted a
 1146  separate plan pursuant to subparagraph (16)(a)2. At a minimum,
 1147  the district and state reports also must that, at a minimum,
 1148  must include school district-level and school-level information,
 1149  including charter schools, which gives multiple-year trend data,
 1150  when available, for each of the number of each of the following
 1151  indicators:
 1152         1. The number of students who receive screenings or
 1153  assessments.
 1154         2. The number of students who are referred to either
 1155  school-based or community-based providers for services or
 1156  assistance.
 1157         3. The number of students who receive either school-based
 1158  or community-based interventions, services, or assistance.
 1159         4. The number of school-based and community-based mental
 1160  health providers, including licensure type, paid for from funds
 1161  provided through the allocation.
 1162         5. The number and ratio to students of school social
 1163  workers, school psychologists, and certified school counselors
 1164  employed by the district or charter school and the total number
 1165  of licensed mental health professionals directly employed by the
 1166  district or charter school.
 1167         6. Contract-based collaborative efforts or partnerships
 1168  with community mental health programs, agencies, or providers.
 1169         (17) FUNDING COMPRESSION ALLOCATION.—The Legislature may
 1170  provide an annual funding compression allocation in the General
 1171  Appropriations Act. The allocation is created to provide
 1172  additional funding to school districts and developmental
 1173  research schools whose total funds per FTE in the prior year
 1174  were less than the statewide average. Using the most recent
 1175  prior year FEFP calculation for each eligible school district,
 1176  the total funds per FTE shall be subtracted from the state
 1177  average funds per FTE, not including any adjustments made
 1178  pursuant to paragraph (19)(b). The resulting funds per FTE
 1179  difference, or a portion thereof, as designated in the General
 1180  Appropriations Act, shall then be multiplied by the school
 1181  district’s total unweighted FTE to provide the allocation. If
 1182  the calculated funds are greater than the amount included in the
 1183  General Appropriations Act, they must be prorated to the
 1184  appropriation amount based on each participating school
 1185  district’s share. This subsection expires July 1, 2020.
 1186         (22)TEACHER SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION.—The Teacher Salary
 1187  Increase Allocation is created to increase teacher salaries and
 1188  improve this state’s relative teacher salary position when
 1189  compared with teacher salaries in other states.
 1190         (a)Subject to annual appropriation, funds may be provided
 1191  for each school district to increase the minimum base salary for
 1192  full-time classroom teachers as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a) or
 1193  all instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d),
 1194  plus certified prekindergarten teachers, but not including
 1195  substitute teachers, by no less than the amount designated in
 1196  the General Appropriations Act. In addition, funds may also be
 1197  provided in an amount designated in the General Appropriations
 1198  Act for salary increases for all full-time instructional
 1199  personnel as determined by the school board and the local
 1200  bargaining unit.
 1201         (b)Funds for this purpose shall be allocated on each
 1202  district’s share of the base FEFP allocation. Funds for the
 1203  minimum base salary increase may be provided in multiple years
 1204  in order to achieve a particular salary goal. As used in this
 1205  subsection, the term “minimum base salary” means the base annual
 1206  salary before payroll deductions and excluding additional
 1207  supplements.
 1208         Section 6. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 1013.62,
 1209  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1210         1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.—
 1211         (1) For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, Charter school capital
 1212  outlay funding shall consist of state funds appropriated in the
 1213  2018-2019 General Appropriations Act; however, if the amount of
 1214  state funds appropriated for charter school capital outlay in a
 1215  given fiscal year is less than $165 million, charter school
 1216  capital outlay funding for that fiscal year shall consist of the
 1217  appropriated state funds and revenue resulting from the
 1218  discretionary millage authorized in s. 1011.71(2). Beginning in
 1219  fiscal year 2019-2020, charter school capital outlay funding
 1220  shall consist of state funds when such funds are appropriated in
 1221  the General Appropriations Act and revenue resulting from the
 1222  discretionary millage authorized in s. 1011.71(2) if the amount
 1223  of state funds appropriated for charter school capital outlay in
 1224  any fiscal year is less than the average charter school capital
 1225  outlay funds per unweighted full-time equivalent student for the
 1226  2018-2019 fiscal year, multiplied by the estimated number of
 1227  charter school students for the applicable fiscal year, and
 1228  adjusted by changes in the Consumer Price Index issued by the
 1229  United States Department of Labor from the previous fiscal year.
 1230  Nothing in this subsection prohibits a school district from
 1231  distributing to charter schools funds resulting from the
 1232  discretionary millage authorized in s. 1011.71(2).
 1233         (a) To be eligible to receive capital outlay funds, a
 1234  charter school must:
 1235         1.a. Have been in operation for 2 or more years;
 1236         b. Be governed by a governing board established in the
 1237  state for 2 or more years which operates both charter schools
 1238  and conversion charter schools within the state;
 1239         c. Be an expanded feeder chain of a charter school within
 1240  the same school district that is currently receiving charter
 1241  school capital outlay funds;
 1242         d. Have been accredited by a regional accrediting
 1243  association as defined by State Board of Education rule; or
 1244         e. Serve students in facilities that are provided by a
 1245  business partner for a charter school-in-the-workplace pursuant
 1246  to s. 1002.33(15)(b).
 1247         2. Have an annual audit that does not reveal any of the
 1248  financial emergency conditions provided in s. 218.503(1) for the
 1249  most recent fiscal year for which such audit results are
 1250  available.
 1251         3. Have satisfactory student achievement based on state
 1252  accountability standards applicable to the charter school.
 1253         4. Have received final approval from its sponsor pursuant
 1254  to s. 1002.33 for operation during that fiscal year.
 1255         5. Serve students in facilities that are not provided by
 1256  the charter school’s sponsor.
 1257         (b) A charter school is not eligible to receive capital
 1258  outlay funds if it was created by the conversion of a public
 1259  school and operates in facilities provided by the charter
 1260  school’s sponsor for a nominal fee, or at no charge, or if it is
 1261  directly or indirectly operated by the school district.
 1262         (c) A charter school additionally is not eligible for a
 1263  funding allocation unless the chair of the governing board and
 1264  the chief administrative officer of the charter school annually
 1265  certify under oath that the funds will be used solely and
 1266  exclusively for constructing, renovating, leasing, purchasing,
 1267  financing or improving charter school facilities that are: 
 1268         1. Owned by a school district, political subdivision of the
 1269  state, municipality, Florida College System institution, or
 1270  state university; or
 1271         2. Owned by an organization, qualified as an exempt
 1272  organization under s.501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
 1273  a tax support organization under section 509 of the Internal
 1274  Revenue Code, whose articles of incorporation specify that upon
 1275  the organization’s  dissolution, the subject property, subject
 1276  to any indebtedness secured thereby and the satisfaction of the
 1277  organizations other debts, will be transferred as indicated in
 1278  the articles of incorporation to:
 1279         a. Another such exempt organization, including one
 1280  organized for educational purposes.
 1281         b. A school district or other political subdivision of the
 1282  state.
 1283         c. A municipality.
 1284         d. A Florida College System institution.
 1285         e. A state university; or
 1286         3. Owned by and leased from, at a fair market value, a
 1287  person or entity that is not an affiliated party of the charter
 1288  school. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “affiliated
 1289  party of the charter school” means the applicant for the charter
 1290  school pursuant to s. 1002.33; the governing board of the
 1291  charter school or a member of the governing board; the charter
 1292  school principal; an individual employed by the charter school;
 1293  or a relative, as defined in s. 1002.33(24)(a)2., of a charter
 1294  school governing board member, a charter school principal or a
 1295  charter school employee.
 1296         (3) If the school board levies the discretionary millage
 1297  authorized in s. 1011.71(2), and the state funds appropriated
 1298  for charter school capital outlay in any fiscal year are less
 1299  than $165 million the average charter school capital outlay
 1300  funds per unweighted full-time equivalent student for the 2018
 1301  2019 fiscal year, multiplied by the estimated number of charter
 1302  school students for the applicable fiscal year, and adjusted by
 1303  changes in the Consumer Price Index issued by the United States
 1304  Department of Labor from the previous fiscal year, the
 1305  department shall use the following calculation methodology to
 1306  determine the amount of revenue that a school district must
 1307  distribute to each eligible charter school:
 1308         (a) Reduce the total discretionary millage revenue by the
 1309  school district’s annual debt service obligation incurred as of
 1310  March 1, 2017, which has not been subsequently retired, and any
 1311  amount of participation requirement pursuant to s.
 1312  1013.64(2)(a)8. that is being satisfied by revenues raised by
 1313  the discretionary millage.
 1314         (b) Divide the school district’s adjusted discretionary
 1315  millage revenue by the district’s total capital outlay full-time
 1316  equivalent membership and the total number of unweighted full
 1317  time equivalent students of each eligible charter school to
 1318  determine a capital outlay allocation per full-time equivalent
 1319  student.
 1320         (c) Multiply the capital outlay allocation per full-time
 1321  equivalent student by the total number of full-time equivalent
 1322  students of each eligible charter school to determine the
 1323  capital outlay allocation for each charter school.
 1324         (d) If applicable, reduce the capital outlay allocation
 1325  identified in paragraph (c) by the total amount of state funds
 1326  allocated to each eligible charter school in subsection (2) to
 1327  determine the maximum calculated capital outlay allocation.
 1328         (e) School districts shall distribute capital outlay funds
 1329  to charter schools no later than February 1 of each year, as
 1330  required by this subsection, based on the amount of funds
 1331  received by the district school board. School districts shall
 1332  distribute any remaining capital outlay funds, as required by
 1333  this subsection, upon the receipt of such funds until the total
 1334  amount calculated pursuant to this subsection is distributed.
 1335  
 1336  By October 1 of each year, each school district shall certify to
 1337  the department the amount of debt service and participation
 1338  requirement that complies with the requirement of paragraph (a)
 1339  and can be reduced from the total discretionary millage revenue.
 1340  The Auditor General shall verify compliance with the
 1341  requirements of paragraph (a) and s. 1011.71(2)(e) during
 1342  scheduled operational audits of school districts.
 1343         Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
 1344  1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1345         1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
 1346  construction cost maximums for school district capital
 1347  projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
 1348  and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
 1349  outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
 1350         (6)
 1351         (b)1. A district school board may not use funds from the
 1352  following sources: Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
 1353  Service Trust Fund; School District and Community College
 1354  District Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund; Classrooms
 1355  First Program funds provided in s. 1013.68; nonvoted 1.5-mill
 1356  levy of ad valorem property taxes provided in s. 1011.71(2);
 1357  Classrooms for Kids Program funds provided in s. 1013.735;
 1358  District Effort Recognition Program funds provided in s.
 1359  1013.736; or High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance
 1360  Grant Program funds provided in s. 1013.738 to pay for any
 1361  portion of the cost of any new construction of educational plant
 1362  space with a total cost per student station, including change
 1363  orders, which exceeds:
 1364         a. $17,952 for an elementary school;
 1365         b. $19,386 for a middle school; or
 1366         c. $25,181 for a high school,
 1367  
 1368  (January 2006) as adjusted annually to reflect increases or
 1369  decreases in the Consumer Price Index. The department, in
 1370  conjunction with the Office of Economic and Demographic
 1371  Research, shall review and adjust the cost per student station
 1372  limits to reflect actual construction costs by January 1, 2020,
 1373  and annually thereafter. The adjusted cost per student station
 1374  shall be used by the department for computation of the statewide
 1375  average costs per student station for each instructional level
 1376  pursuant to paragraph (d). The department shall also collaborate
 1377  with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to select
 1378  an industry-recognized construction index to replace the
 1379  Consumer Price Index by January 1, 2020, adjusted annually to
 1380  reflect changes in the construction index.
 1381         2. School districts shall maintain accurate documentation
 1382  related to the costs of all new construction of educational
 1383  plant space reported to the Department of Education pursuant to
 1384  paragraph (d). The Auditor General shall review the
 1385  documentation maintained by the school districts and verify
 1386  compliance with the limits under this paragraph during its
 1387  scheduled operational audits of the school district.
 1388         3. Except for educational facilities and sites subject to a
 1389  lease-purchase agreement entered pursuant to s. 1011.71(2)(e),
 1390  or funded solely through local impact fees, in addition to the
 1391  funding sources listed in subparagraph 1., a district school
 1392  board may not use funds from any sources for new construction of
 1393  educational plant space with a total cost per student station,
 1394  including change orders, which equals more than the current
 1395  adjusted amounts provided in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c. However,
 1396  if a contract has been executed for architectural and design
 1397  services or for construction management services before July 1,
 1398  2017, a district school board may use funds from any source for
 1399  the new construction of educational plant space and such funds
 1400  are exempt from the total cost per student station requirements.
 1401         4. A district school board must not use funds from the
 1402  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or
 1403  the School District and Community College District Capital
 1404  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for any new construction of
 1405  an ancillary plant that exceeds 70 percent of the average cost
 1406  per square foot of new construction for all schools.
 1407         Section 8. Paragraph (c) of subsection (10) of section
 1408  1003.4282, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1409         1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
 1410         (10) STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.—Beginning with students
 1411  entering grade 9 in the 2014-2015 school year, this subsection
 1412  applies to a student with a disability.
 1413         (c) A student with a disability who meets the standard high
 1414  school diploma requirements in this section may defer the
 1415  receipt of a standard high school diploma if the student:
 1416         1. Has an individual education plan that prescribes special
 1417  education, transition planning, transition services, or related
 1418  services through age 21; and
 1419         2. Is enrolled in accelerated college credit instruction
 1420  pursuant to s. 1007.27, industry certification courses that lead
 1421  to college credit, an early college a collegiate high school
 1422  program, courses necessary to satisfy the Scholar designation
 1423  requirements, or a structured work-study, internship, or
 1424  preapprenticeship program.
 1425  
 1426  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules under ss.
 1427  120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this subsection, including
 1428  rules that establish the minimum requirements for students
 1429  described in this subsection to earn a standard high school
 1430  diploma. The State Board of Education shall adopt emergency
 1431  rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54.
 1432         Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1433  1003.436, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1434         1003.436 Definition of “credit.”—
 1435         (1)(a) For the purposes of requirements for high school
 1436  graduation, one full credit means a minimum of 135 hours of bona
 1437  fide instruction in a designated course of study that contains
 1438  student performance standards, except as otherwise provided
 1439  through the Credit Acceleration Program (CAP) under s.
 1440  1003.4295(3). One full credit means a minimum of 120 hours of
 1441  bona fide instruction in a designated course of study that
 1442  contains student performance standards for purposes of meeting
 1443  high school graduation requirements in a district school that
 1444  has been authorized to implement block scheduling by the
 1445  district school board. The State Board of Education shall
 1446  determine the number of postsecondary credit hours earned
 1447  through dual enrollment pursuant to s. 1007.271 that satisfy the
 1448  requirements of a dual enrollment articulation agreement
 1449  according to s. 1007.271(21) and that equal one full credit of
 1450  the equivalent high school course identified pursuant to s.
 1451  1007.271(10) s. 1007.271(9).
 1452         Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.