Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1220
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00956-21                                           20211220__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Teach to Lead Program; amending
    3         s. 220.11, F.S.; requiring additional tax funds to be
    4         allocated and applied to the Florida Education Finance
    5         Program to be used for specified purposes; creating
    6         the Teach to Lead Program for specified purposes;
    7         providing a contingent effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   12  220.11, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is added
   13  to that subsection, to read:
   14         220.11 Tax imposed.—
   15         (2)(b) All revenues collected by the tax imposed under this
   16  section which exceed the net collections in fiscal year 2020
   17  2021 shall be allocated and applied to the Florida Education
   18  Finance Program and must increase, rather than supplant, funding
   19  for the program The tax rate imposed in paragraph (a) shall be
   20  adjusted as provided in s. 220.1105.
   21         (c) To help increase Florida’s ranking in education
   22  funding, the funds allocated to the Florida Education Finance
   23  Program under this subsection must be used to create and fund
   24  the Teach to Lead Program. The Teach to Lead Program must:
   25         1. Transform teacher effectiveness in public schools by
   26  creating more opportunities for teacher leadership and
   27  professionalism.
   28         2. Improve student achievement, equity, and excellence in
   29  public schools by expanding existing efforts and creating models
   30  to steer systemic improvements to benefit student learning.
   31         3. Increase teacher involvement and input when developing
   32  policies and implementing new practices.
   33         4. Increase pathways and opportunities for teachers to
   34  exercise leadership.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2021, but
   36  only if SB___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such
   37  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
   38  extension thereof and becomes a law.