Florida Senate - 2020 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 641, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Montford moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (534296) (with directory and
2 title amendments)
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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.
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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.
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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
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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