Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 641, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Montford moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (534296) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
    3  
    4         Between lines 108 and 109
    5  insert:
    6         (o) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
    7  membership based on successful completion of a career-themed
    8  course pursuant to ss. 1003.491, 1003.492, and 1003.493, or
    9  courses with embedded CAPE industry certifications or CAPE
   10  Digital Tool certificates, and issuance of industry
   11  certification identified on the CAPE Industry Certification
   12  Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
   13  Education or CAPE Digital Tool certificates pursuant to s.
   14  1003.4203.—
   15         1.a. A value of 0.025 full-time equivalent student
   16  membership shall be calculated for CAPE Digital Tool
   17  certificates earned by students in elementary and middle school
   18  grades.
   19         b. A value of 0.1 or 0.2 full-time equivalent student
   20  membership shall be calculated for each student who completes a
   21  course as defined in s. 1003.493(1)(b) or courses with embedded
   22  CAPE industry certifications and who is issued an industry
   23  certification identified annually on the CAPE Industry
   24  Certification Funding List approved under rules adopted by the
   25  State Board of Education. A value of 0.2 full-time equivalent
   26  membership shall be calculated for each student who is issued a
   27  CAPE industry certification that has a statewide articulation
   28  agreement for college credit approved by the State Board of
   29  Education. For CAPE industry certifications that do not
   30  articulate for college credit, the Department of Education shall
   31  assign a full-time equivalent value of 0.1 for each
   32  certification. Middle grades students who earn additional FTE
   33  membership for a CAPE Digital Tool certificate pursuant to sub
   34  subparagraph a. may not use the previously funded examination to
   35  satisfy the requirements for earning an industry certification
   36  under this sub-subparagraph. Additional FTE membership for an
   37  elementary or middle grades student may not exceed 0.1 for
   38  certificates or certifications earned within the same fiscal
   39  year. The State Board of Education shall include the assigned
   40  values on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under
   41  rules adopted by the state board. Such value shall be added to
   42  the total full-time equivalent student membership for grades 6
   43  through 12 in the subsequent year. CAPE industry certifications
   44  earned through dual enrollment must be reported and funded
   45  pursuant to s. 1011.80. However, if a student earns a
   46  certification through a dual enrollment course and the
   47  certification is not a fundable certification on the
   48  postsecondary certification funding list, or the dual enrollment
   49  certification is earned as a result of an agreement between a
   50  school district and a nonpublic postsecondary institution, the
   51  bonus value shall be funded in the same manner as other nondual
   52  enrollment course industry certifications. In such cases, the
   53  school district may provide for an agreement between the high
   54  school and the technical center, or the school district and the
   55  postsecondary institution may enter into an agreement for
   56  equitable distribution of the bonus funds.
   57         c. A value of 0.3 full-time equivalent student membership
   58  shall be calculated for student completion of the courses and
   59  the embedded certifications identified on the CAPE Industry
   60  Certification Funding List and approved by the commissioner
   61  pursuant to ss. 1003.4203(5)(a) and 1008.44.
   62         d. A value of 0.5 full-time equivalent student membership
   63  shall be calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry
   64  Certifications that articulate for 15 to 29 college credit
   65  hours, and 1.0 full-time equivalent student membership shall be
   66  calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry Certifications that
   67  articulate for 30 or more college credit hours pursuant to CAPE
   68  Acceleration Industry Certifications approved by the
   69  commissioner pursuant to ss. 1003.4203(5)(b) and 1008.44.
   70         2. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of the
   71  funds provided for CAPE industry certification, in accordance
   72  with this paragraph, to the program that generated the funds.
   73  This allocation may not be used to supplant funds provided for
   74  basic operation of the program.
   75         3. For CAPE industry certifications earned in the 2013-2014
   76  school year and in subsequent years, the school district shall
   77  distribute to each classroom teacher who provided direct
   78  instruction toward the attainment of a CAPE industry
   79  certification that qualified for additional full-time equivalent
   80  membership under subparagraph 1.:
   81         a. A bonus of $25 for each student taught by a teacher who
   82  provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a
   83  CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification
   84  Funding List with a weight of 0.1.
   85         b. A bonus of $50 for each student taught by a teacher who
   86  provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a
   87  CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification
   88  Funding List with a weight of 0.2.
   89         c. A bonus of $75 for each student taught by a teacher who
   90  provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a
   91  CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification
   92  Funding List with a weight of 0.3.
   93         d. A bonus of $100 for each student taught by a teacher who
   94  provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a
   95  CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification
   96  Funding List with a weight of 0.5 or 1.0.
   97  
   98  Bonuses awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided to
   99  teachers who are employed by the district in the year in which
  100  the additional FTE membership calculation is included in the
  101  calculation. Bonuses shall be calculated based upon the
  102  associated weight of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE
  103  Industry Certification Funding List for the year in which the
  104  certification is earned by the student. Any bonus awarded to a
  105  teacher pursuant to this paragraph is in addition to any regular
  106  wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to
  107  receive. A bonus may not be awarded to a teacher who fails to
  108  maintain the security of any CAPE industry certification
  109  examination or who otherwise violates the security or
  110  administration protocol of any assessment instrument that may
  111  result in a bonus being awarded to the teacher under this
  112  paragraph. Notwithstanding ss. 1008.34 and 1008.44(a), the 2020
  113  2021 CAPE Industry Certification List shall not be used to
  114  calculate school district bonus funding pursuant to s.
  115  1011.62(1)(o) or school grades pursuant to s. 1008.34, and the
  116  2019-2020 CAPE Industry Certification List shall remain in
  117  effect until July 1, 2021.
  118  
  119  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
  120  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
  121         Delete line 59
  122  and insert:
  123         Section 2. Paragraphs (n) and (o) of subsection (1) and
  124  subsections
  125  
  126  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  127  And the title is amended as follows:
  128         Delete line 269
  129  and insert:
  130         beginning in a specified fiscal year; prohibiting the
  131         use of the 2020-2021 CAPE Industry Certification List
  132         to calculate school district bonus funding or school
  133         grades; requiring the 2019-2020 CAPE Industry
  134         Certification List to remain in effect until a certain
  135         date; conforming a