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Florida Senate - 2021                                Committee       Amendment
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The Committee on Appropriations (Broxson) recommended the following 
amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 027             Provides $250,000 in nonrecurring general revenue 
                         funds for the Focus Statewide Data Collection and 
Spec App:  106           Student Information Solution (Senate Form 2039). 
                         Reduces funding by the same amount from the School 
                         District Intensive Reading Initiative Pilot.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - Non 
        FEFP  48250400

        In Section 02  On Page 027
106     Special Categories  104026
        Grants And Aids - Strategic Statewide                
        Initiatives  IOEB

   1000   General Revenue Fund                    18,931,860     18,931,860
       CA 0  

Following Specific Appropriation 106, INSERT:

From  the  funds  in  Specific Appropriation 106, nonrecurring funds are
provided for the following:

  Focus Statewide Data Collection and Student Information Solution
    (Senate Form 2039)......................................     250,000
  
From  the  funds  in Specific Appropriation 106, $4,882,658 in recurring
funds  and  $9,359,202  in nonrecurring funds is provided for the School
District Intensive Reading Initiative Pilot. These funds are provided to
Collier,  Escambia, Gulf, Highlands, Lafayette, Indian River, Pasco, St.

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Johns,  Santa  Rosa, and Sarasota school districts to provide additional
reading  intervention  opportunities to students in kindergarten through
grade 5 enrolled in a public school who either scored below a Level 3 on
the  English Language Arts (ELA) assessment in the prior year or who the
district  has  determined  through progress monitoring to be below grade
level  and  in  need  of  additional  reading  intervention. Each school
district  shall receive $300,000 plus a pro rata share of the balance of
the  appropriation  based  on  the district's 2020-2021 K-5 student FTE.
School  districts  may  use the funds for: (a) salaries and stipends for
reading  coaches, specialists, interventionists, and other instructional
staff  qualified  to  provide reading intervention as defined in section
1011.62  (9)(d)1.,Florida  Statutes,  during the school year or a summer
program;  (b)  salaries  or  stipends  for local reading coordinators to
facilitate  a  district-managed reading intervention response to improve
student  reading  outcomes;  or (c) curriculum, resources, and materials
necessary to implement explicit and systematic instructional strategies.

Following Specific Appropriation 106, DELETE:

From  the  funds  in Specific Appropriation 106, $4,882,658 in recurring
funds  and  $9,609,202  in nonrecurring funds is provided for the School
District Intensive Reading Initiative Pilot. These funds are provided to
Collier,  Escambia, Gulf, Highlands, Lafayette, Indian River, Pasco, St.
Johns,  Santa  Rosa, and Sarasota school districts to provide additional
reading  intervention  opportunities to students in kindergarten through
grade 5 enrolled in a public school who either scored below a Level 3 on
the  English Language Arts (ELA) assessment in the prior year or who the
district  has  determined  through progress monitoring to be below grade
level  and  in  need  of  additional  reading  intervention. Each school
district  shall receive $300,000 plus a pro rata share of the balance of
the  appropriation  based  on  the district's 2020-2021 K-5 student FTE.
School  districts  may  use the funds for: (a) salaries and stipends for
reading  coaches, specialists, interventionists, and other instructional
staff  qualified  to  provide reading intervention as defined in section
1011.62  (9)(d)1.,Florida  Statutes,  during the school year or a summer
program;  (b)  salaries  or  stipends  for local reading coordinators to
facilitate  a  district-managed reading intervention response to improve
student  reading  outcomes;  or (c) curriculum, resources, and materials
necessary to implement explicit and systematic instructional strategies.












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