Florida Senate - 2009                      CS for CS for SB 1676
       
       
       
       By the Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means; the
       Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; and Senator
       Wise
       
       
       576-04522-09                                          20091676c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education funding; amending s.
    3         1001.20, F.S.; requiring that the Office of Technology
    4         and Information Services within the Office of the
    5         Commissioner of Education assist school districts in
    6         securing Internet access and telecommunications
    7         services that are eligible for funding under the
    8         Schools and Libraries Program of the federal Universal
    9         Service Fund; creating s. 1001.271, F.S.; requiring
   10         that the Commissioner of Education purchase the
   11         nondiscounted portion of Internet access services for
   12         the Florida Information Resource Network; requiring
   13         that each user of the network identify the source of
   14         funds in its requisition; amending s. 1001.28, F.S.;
   15         revising the Department of Education’s duties
   16         regarding distance learning; amending s. 1001.395,
   17         F.S.; requiring that the salary of district school
   18         board members be the same amount as the annual
   19         calculation or the salary of members of the
   20         Legislature, whichever is less, for a specified
   21         period; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; clarifying
   22         provisions authorizing the payment of earned leave and
   23         benefits accrued by a district school board employee
   24         before his or her employment contract expires;
   25         amending s. 1001.451, F.S.; delaying the expiration of
   26         provisions relating to the amount of funding
   27         distributed to each school district and eligible
   28         member of a regional consortium service organization;
   29         amending s. 1001.47, F.S.; authorizing elected
   30         district school superintendents to reduce their salary
   31         rates on a voluntary basis; requiring that each
   32         elected district school superintendent’s salary be
   33         reduced by 5 percent for the 2009-2010 fiscal year;
   34         amending s. 1001.50, F.S.; clarifying provisions
   35         authorizing the payment of earned leave and benefits
   36         accrued by a district school superintendent before his
   37         or her employment contract terminates; limiting the
   38         amount of remuneration that a district school
   39         superintendent receives annually from state funds;
   40         providing a definition for the term “remuneration”;
   41         limiting the use of the superintendent’s compensation
   42         in calculating benefits under ch. 121, F.S.;
   43         encouraging district school boards and superintendents
   44         to review the superintendent’s annual remuneration for
   45         the 2009-2010 fiscal year and mutually agree to at
   46         least a 5 percent reduction; amending s. 1002.33,
   47         F.S.; requiring that a charter school comply with the
   48         class-size requirements; amending s. 1002.37, F.S.;
   49         redefining the definition of the term “full-time
   50         equivalent student” as it relates to funding for the
   51         Florida Virtual School and virtual instruction;
   52         amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; conforming provisions to
   53         changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.71, F.S.;
   54         revising provisions relating to the funding of
   55         prekindergarten programs; amending s. 1003.03, F.S.;
   56         extending dates relating to the calculation of the
   57         number of students for purposes of complying with the
   58         maximum-class-size requirement; providing duties for
   59         the Department of Education if the department
   60         determines that the number of students assigned to any
   61         individual class exceeds the class size maximum;
   62         providing for the reduction of the class-size
   63         reduction operating categorical allocation under
   64         certain circumstances; requiring that the department
   65         prepare a simulated calculation; amending s. 1006.06,
   66         F.S.; revising provisions relating to school breakfast
   67         programs to include state allocations; amending s.
   68         1006.28, F.S.; clarifying the definition of the term
   69         “adequate instructional materials”; amending s.
   70         1006.36, F.S.; extending the term of adoption for
   71         instructional materials; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.;
   72         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   73         amending s. 1008.29, F.S.; requiring that the State
   74         Board of Education adopt rules establishing fees for
   75         the administration of the college-level communications
   76         and mathematics skills examination to public
   77         postsecondary students; amending s. 1008.41, F.S.;
   78         authorizing rather than requiring the Commissioner of
   79         Education to employ the Florida Information Resource
   80         Network to perform certain functions relating to
   81         workforce education; creating s. 1010.06, F.S.;
   82         prohibiting the Division of Public Schools within the
   83         Department of Education from using state funds
   84         appropriated by the Legislature to pay indirect cost
   85         to a university, community college, school district,
   86         or other entity; amending s. 1010.11, F.S.;
   87         authorizing each district school board, community
   88         college board of trustees, and university board of
   89         trustees to electronically transfer funds for payment;
   90         amending s. 1011.09, F.S.; prohibiting a district
   91         school board from using funds for out-of-state travel,
   92         cellular phones, cellular phone service, personal
   93         digital assistants, or any other mobile wireless
   94         communication device or service through any means,
   95         unless specifically approved by the district school
   96         board; amending s. 1011.18, F.S.; authorizing a
   97         district school superintendent to transfer funds from
   98         a district school depository to pay expenses,
   99         expenditures, or other disbursements if proper
  100         documentation is provided; amending s. 1011.60, F.S.;
  101         revising the minimum requirements for the Florida
  102         Education Finance Program relating to the term of
  103         operation; amending s. 1011.61, F.S.; redefining the
  104         term “full-time equivalent student”; amending s.
  105         1011.62, F.S.; requiring that a student who is
  106         enrolled in study hall not be included in the
  107         calculation of full-time equivalent student membership
  108         for funding purposes; decreasing the amount of certain
  109         bonuses for teachers; decreasing the value of full
  110         time equivalent student membership calculated on the
  111         basis of international baccalaureate examination
  112         scores; decreasing the value of full-time equivalent
  113         student membership calculated on the basis of college
  114         board advanced placement scores; decreasing the value
  115         of full-time equivalent student membership calculated
  116         on the basis of certification of successful completion
  117         of industry-certified career and professional academy
  118         programs; deleting certain provisions that provide a
  119         calculation for additional full-time equivalent
  120         membership for students enrolled in the Florida
  121         Virtual School; revising certain provisions relating
  122         to the amount that each school district is required to
  123         provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
  124         Education Finance Program; extending a date relating
  125         to categorical funds for instructional materials;
  126         deleting provisions relating to the total allocation
  127         of state funds to each district for current operation
  128         for the FEFP; creating s. 1011.675, F.S.; creating a
  129         discretionary bonus allocation for school districts to
  130         recognize and reward the outstanding performance of
  131         students, teachers, and school-based administrators;
  132         providing that the funds be allocated to each school
  133         district as provided in the General Appropriations
  134         Act; authorizing school districts to use the funds for
  135         certain programs or any other purpose it deems
  136         appropriate; repealing s. 1011.68(7), F.S., relating
  137         to funds for student transportation; removing a
  138         provision that authorizes a district school board to
  139         transfer funds to its Florida Education Finance
  140         Program; amending s. 1011.685, F.S.; revising
  141         provisions relating to class size reduction operating
  142         categorical funds; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; revising
  143         certain provisions relating to the district school
  144         tax; waiving the three-fourths limit for certain
  145         lease-purchase agreements for a specified period;
  146         authorizing district school boards to levy an
  147         additional discretionary millage for certain
  148         operations; authorizing the Commissioner of Education
  149         to waive the equal-dollar reduction in Florida
  150         Education Finance Program funds if he or she finds
  151         that a school district acted in good faith; amending
  152         s. 1012.33, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
  153         contracts for instructional staff; advising a district
  154         school board not to enter into a new professional
  155         service contract if the only available funds are from
  156         nonrecurring Federal Stabilization Funds; amending s.
  157         1012.71, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Education
  158         to conduct a pilot program to determine the
  159         feasibility of managing the Florida Teachers Lead
  160         Program through a centralized electronic system;
  161         providing requirements for such pilot program;
  162         providing that participation in the pilot program is
  163         voluntary; authorizing the department to limit the
  164         number of participants to adequately test the
  165         viability of the pilot program; amending s. 1013.62,
  166         F.S.; revising the criteria for determining a charter
  167         school’s eligibility for capital outlay funding;
  168         amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; requiring that the school
  169         districts of Wakulla County and Liberty County
  170         contribute specific millage amounts to the cost of
  171         current special facilities projects for specified
  172         fiscal years; repealing s. 9 of chapter 2008-142, Laws
  173         of Florida; abrogating the expiration of certain
  174         amendments relating to categorical funding for the
  175         operation of schools; providing for implementation of
  176         specified appropriations; providing for the
  177         incorporation by reference of certain calculations
  178         used by the Legislature for the 2009-2010 fiscal year;
  179         providing an effective date.
  180  
  181  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  182  
  183         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
  184  1001.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  185         1001.20 Department under direction of state board.—
  186         (4) The Department of Education shall establish the
  187  following offices within the Office of the Commissioner of
  188  Education which shall coordinate their activities with all other
  189  divisions and offices:
  190         (a) Office of Technology and Information Services.
  191  Responsible for developing a systemwide technology plan, making
  192  budget recommendations to the commissioner, providing data
  193  collection and management for the system, assisting school
  194  districts in securing Internet access and telecommunications
  195  services, including those eligible for funding under the Schools
  196  and Libraries Program of the federal Universal Service Fund, and
  197  coordinating services with other state, local, and private
  198  agencies. The office shall develop a method to address the need
  199  for a statewide approach to planning and operations of library
  200  and information services to achieve a single K-20 education
  201  system library information portal and a unified higher education
  202  library management system. The Florida Virtual School shall be
  203  administratively housed within the office.
  204         Section 2. Section 1001.271, Florida Statutes, is created
  205  to read:
  206         1001.271Florida Information Resource Network.—Upon
  207  requisition by school districts, community colleges,
  208  universities, or other eligible users of the Florida Information
  209  Resource Network, the Commissioner of Education shall purchase
  210  the nondiscounted portion of Internet access services,
  211  including, but not limited to, circuits, encryption, content
  212  filtering, support, and any other services needed for the
  213  effective and efficient operation of the network. Each user
  214  shall identify in its requisition the source of funds from which
  215  the commissioner is to make payments.
  216         Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1001.28, Florida
  217  Statutes, is amended to read:
  218         1001.28 Distance learning duties.—The duties of the
  219  Department of Education concerning distance learning include,
  220  but are not limited to, the duty to:
  221         (2) Coordinate the use of existing resources, including,
  222  but not limited to, the state’s satellite transponders on the
  223  education satellites, the SUNCOM Network, the Florida
  224  Information Resource Network (FIRN), the Florida Knowledge
  225  Network, the Department of Management Services, the Department
  226  of Corrections, and the Department of Children and Family
  227  Services’ satellite communication facilities to support a
  228  statewide advanced telecommunications services and distance
  229  learning initiatives network.
  230  
  231  Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate,
  232  supersede, alter, or amend the powers and duties of any state
  233  agency, district school board, community college board of
  234  trustees, university board of trustees, the Board of Governors,
  235  or the State Board of Education.
  236         Section 4. Subsection (3) is added to section 1001.395,
  237  Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter 2009-3,
  238  Laws of Florida, to read:
  239         1001.395 District school board members; compensation.—
  240         (3)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and s.
  241  145.19, for the 2009-2010 fiscal year the salary of each
  242  district school board member shall be the amount calculated
  243  pursuant to subsection (1) or the salary of members of the
  244  Legislature, pursuant to s. 11.13 or any other law, whichever is
  245  less.
  246         Section 5. Subsection (25) of section 1001.42, Florida
  247  Statutes, as created by section 2 of chapter 2009-3, Laws of
  248  Florida, is amended to read:
  249         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  250  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  251  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  252         (25) EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.—On or after February 1, 2009, A
  253  district school board may not enter into an employment contract
  254  that is funded from state funds and that requires the district
  255  to pay from state funds an employee an amount in excess of 1
  256  year of the employee’s annual salary for termination, buy-out,
  257  or any other type of contract settlement. This subsection does
  258  not prohibit the payment of earned leave and benefits in
  259  accordance with the district’s leave and benefits policies which
  260  were accrued by the employee before the contract terminates.
  261         Section 6. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
  262  1001.451, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  263         1001.451 Regional consortium service organizations.—In
  264  order to provide a full range of programs to larger numbers of
  265  students, minimize duplication of services, and encourage the
  266  development of new programs and services:
  267         (2)
  268         (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the appropriation for
  269  the 2009-2010 2008-2009 fiscal year may be less than $50,000 per
  270  school district and eligible member. If the amount appropriated
  271  is insufficient to provide $50,000, the funds available must be
  272  prorated among all eligible districts and members. This
  273  paragraph expires July 1, 2010 2009.
  274         Section 7. Subsections (6) and (7) are added to section
  275  1001.47, Florida Statutes, to read:
  276         1001.47 District school superintendent; salary.—
  277         (6)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and s.
  278  145.19, elected district school superintendents may reduce their
  279  salary rate on a voluntary basis.
  280         (7)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and s.
  281  145.19, for the 2009-2010 fiscal year the salary of each elected
  282  district school superintendent calculated pursuant to s. 1001.47
  283  shall be reduced by 5 percent.
  284         Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 1001.50, Florida
  285  Statutes, as amended by section 3 of chapter 2009-3, Laws of
  286  Florida, is amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are added to
  287  that section, to read:
  288         1001.50 Superintendents employed under Art. IX of the State
  289  Constitution.—
  290         (2) The district school board of each of such districts
  291  shall enter into contracts of employment with the district
  292  school superintendent and shall adopt rules relating to his or
  293  her appointment; however, on or after February 1, 2009, the
  294  district school board may not enter into an employment contract
  295  that is funded from state funds and that requires the district
  296  to pay from state funds a superintendent an amount in excess of
  297  1 year of the superintendent’s annual salary for termination,
  298  buy-out, or any other type of contract settlement. This
  299  subsection does not prohibit the payment of earned leave and
  300  benefits in accordance with the district’s leave and benefits
  301  policies which were accrued by the superintendent before the
  302  contract terminates.
  303         (5)Notwithstanding any other law, resolution, or rule to
  304  the contrary, a district school superintendent employed under
  305  this section may not receive more than $225,000 in remuneration
  306  annually from state funds. As used in this subsection, the term
  307  “remuneration” means salary, bonuses, and cash-equivalent
  308  compensation paid to a district school superintendent by his or
  309  her employer for work performed, excluding health insurance
  310  benefits and retirement benefits. Only compensation, as defined
  311  in s. 121.021(22), which is provided to a district school
  312  superintendent may be used in calculating benefits under chapter
  313  121.
  314         (6)District school boards and superintendents employed
  315  pursuant to this section are encouraged to review the
  316  superintendent’s annual remuneration for the 2009-2010 fiscal
  317  year and mutually agree to a reduction of at least 5 percent.
  318         Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (16) of section
  319  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  320         1002.33 Charter schools.—
  321         (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
  322         (a) A charter school shall operate in accordance with its
  323  charter and shall be exempt from all statutes in chapters 1000
  324  1013. However, a charter school shall be in compliance with the
  325  following statutes in chapters 1000-1013:
  326         1. Those statutes specifically applying to charter schools,
  327  including this section.
  328         2. Those statutes pertaining to the student assessment
  329  program and school grading system.
  330         3. Those statutes pertaining to the provision of services
  331  to students with disabilities.
  332         4. Those statutes pertaining to civil rights, including s.
  333  1000.05, relating to discrimination.
  334         5. Those statutes pertaining to student health, safety, and
  335  welfare.
  336         6.Those statutes pertaining to class size.
  337         Section 10. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of
  338  section 1002.37, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  339         1002.37 The Florida Virtual School.—
  340         (3) Funding for the Florida Virtual School shall be
  341  provided as follows:
  342         (a) A “full-time equivalent student” for the Florida
  343  Virtual School is one student who has successfully completed six
  344  credits in core curricula courses which that shall count toward
  345  the minimum number of credits required for high school
  346  graduation. A student who completes fewer less than six credits
  347  in core curricula courses shall be a fraction of a full-time
  348  equivalent student. Half-credit completions shall be included in
  349  determining a full-time equivalent student. Credit completed by
  350  a student in excess of the minimum required for that student for
  351  high school graduation is not eligible for funding.
  352         (b) Full-time equivalent student credit completed through
  353  the Florida Virtual School, including credits completed during
  354  the summer, shall be reported to the Department of Education in
  355  the manner prescribed by the department and shall be funded
  356  through the Florida Education Finance Program. The maximum value
  357  for funding a full-time equivalent student in kindergarten
  358  through grade 12, including credits earned through the Florida
  359  Virtual School during the summer, combined with credits and FTE
  360  earned through a school district may not exceed one full-time
  361  equivalent membership per student per year as provided in s.
  362  1011.61(4).
  363         Section 11. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
  364  1002.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  365         1002.45 School district virtual instruction programs.—
  366         (7) FUNDING.—
  367         (c)Full-time or part-time school district virtual
  368  instruction program courses provided under this section for
  369  students in grades 9 through 12 are limited to Department of
  370  Juvenile Justice programs, dropout prevention programs, and
  371  career and vocational programs.
  372         Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and paragraph
  373  (d) of subsection (6) of section 1002.71, Florida Statutes, as
  374  amended by section 7 of chapter 2009-3, Laws of Florida, are
  375  amended to read:
  376         1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—
  377         (4) Notwithstanding s. 1002.53(3) and subsection (2):
  378         (a) A child who, for any of the prekindergarten programs
  379  listed in s. 1002.53(3), has not completed more than 70 10
  380  percent of the hours authorized to be reported for funding under
  381  subsection (2) may withdraw from the program for good cause and,
  382  reenroll in one of the programs, and be reported for funding
  383  purposes as a full-time equivalent student in the program for
  384  which the child is reenrolled. The total funding for a child who
  385  reenrolls in one of the programs for good cause may shall not
  386  exceed one full-time equivalent student. Funding for a child who
  387  withdraws and reenrolls in one of the programs for good cause
  388  shall be issued in accordance with the agency’s uniform
  389  attendance policy adopted pursuant to paragraph (6)(d).
  390  
  391  A child may reenroll only once in a prekindergarten program
  392  under this section. A child who reenrolls in a prekindergarten
  393  program under this subsection may not subsequently withdraw from
  394  the program and reenroll. The Agency for Workforce Innovation
  395  shall establish criteria specifying whether a good cause exists
  396  for a child to withdraw from a program under paragraph (a),
  397  whether a child has substantially completed a program under
  398  paragraph (b), and whether an extreme hardship exists which is
  399  beyond the child’s or parent’s control under paragraph (b).
  400         (6)
  401         (d) The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall adopt, for
  402  funding purposes, a uniform attendance policy for the Voluntary
  403  Prekindergarten Education Program. The attendance policy must
  404  apply statewide and apply equally to all private prekindergarten
  405  providers and public schools. The attendance policy must
  406  establish a minimum requirement for student attendance and
  407  include at least the following provisions:
  408         1. Beginning with the 2009-2010 fiscal year for school-year
  409  programs, a student’s attendance may be reported on a pro rata
  410  basis as a fractional part of a full-time equivalent student and
  411  the 2009 summer program, a student who meets the minimum
  412  requirement of 80 percent of the total number of hours for the
  413  program may be reported as a full-time equivalent student for
  414  funding purposes.
  415         2. At a maximum, 20 percent of the total payment made on
  416  behalf of a student to a private prekindergarten provider or a
  417  public school may be for hours a student is absent. A student
  418  who does not meet the minimum requirement may be reported only
  419  as a fractional part of a full-time equivalent student, reduced
  420  pro rata based on the student’s attendance.
  421         3. A private prekindergarten provider or public school may
  422  not receive payment for absences that occur before a student’s
  423  first day of attendance or after a student’s last day of
  424  attendance. A student who does not meet the minimum requirement
  425  may be reported as a full-time equivalent student if the student
  426  is absent for good cause in accordance with exceptions specified
  427  in the uniform attendance policy.
  428  
  429  The uniform attendance policy shall be used only for funding
  430  purposes and does not prohibit a private prekindergarten
  431  provider or public school from adopting and enforcing its
  432  attendance policy under paragraphs (a) and (c).
  433         Section 13. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and subsection
  434  (4) of section 1003.03, Florida Statutes, as amended by section
  435  9 of chapter 2009-3, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
  436         1003.03 Maximum class size.—
  437         (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—
  438         (b) Determination of the number of students per classroom
  439  in paragraph (a) shall be calculated as follows:
  440         1. For fiscal years 2003-2004 through 2005-2006, the
  441  calculation for compliance for each of the 3 grade groupings
  442  shall be the average at the district level.
  443         2. For fiscal years 2006-2007 through 2009-2010 2008-2009,
  444  the calculation for compliance for each of the 3 grade groupings
  445  shall be the average at the school level.
  446         3. For fiscal year 2010-2011 2009-2010 and thereafter, the
  447  calculation for compliance shall be at the individual classroom
  448  level.
  449         4. For fiscal years 2006-2007 through 2009-2010 and
  450  thereafter, each teacher assigned to any classroom shall be
  451  included in the calculation for compliance.
  452         (4) ACCOUNTABILITY.—
  453         (a)1. Beginning in the 2009-2010 2003-2004 fiscal year, if
  454  the department determines for any year that a school district
  455  has not reduced average class size as required in subsection (2)
  456  at the time of the third FEFP calculation, the department shall
  457  calculate an amount from the class size reduction operating
  458  categorical which is proportionate to the amount of class size
  459  reduction not accomplished. Upon verification of the
  460  department’s calculation by the Florida Education Finance
  461  Program Appropriation Allocation Conference and not later than
  462  March 1 of each year, the Executive Office of the Governor shall
  463  transfer undistributed funds equivalent to the calculated amount
  464  from the district’s class size reduction operating categorical
  465  to an approved fixed capital outlay appropriation for class size
  466  reduction in the affected district pursuant to s. 216.292(2)(d).
  467  The amount of funds transferred shall be the lesser of the
  468  amount verified by the Florida Education Finance Program
  469  Appropriation Allocation Conference or the undistributed balance
  470  of the district’s class size reduction operating categorical.
  471         2. In lieu of the transfer required by subparagraph 1., the
  472  Commissioner of Education may recommend a budget amendment,
  473  subject to approval by the Legislative Budget Commission, to
  474  transfer an alternative amount of funds from the district’s
  475  class size reduction operating categorical to its approved fixed
  476  capital outlay account for class size reduction if the
  477  commissioner finds that the State Board of Education has
  478  reviewed evidence indicating that a district has been unable to
  479  meet class size reduction requirements despite appropriate
  480  effort to do so. The commissioner’s budget amendment must be
  481  submitted to the Legislative Budget Commission by February 15 of
  482  each year.
  483         3. For the 2007-2008 fiscal year and thereafter, if in any
  484  fiscal year funds from a district’s class size operating
  485  categorical are required to be transferred to its fixed capital
  486  outlay fund and the district’s class size operating categorical
  487  allocation in the General Appropriations Act for that fiscal
  488  year has been reduced by a subsequent appropriation, the
  489  Commissioner of Education may recommend a 50-percent reduction
  490  in the amount of the transfer.
  491         (b)Beginning in the 2010-2011 fiscal year and each year
  492  thereafter, if the department determines that the number of
  493  students assigned to any individual class exceeds the class size
  494  maximum, as required in subsection (2), at the time of the third
  495  FEFP calculation, the department shall:
  496         1.Identify, for each grade group, the number of classes in
  497  which the enrollment exceeds the maximum, the number of students
  498  which exceed the maximum for each such class, and the total
  499  number of students which exceed the maximum for all classes.
  500         2.Determine the number of full-time equivalent students
  501  which exceed the maximum class size for each grade group.
  502         3.Multiply the total number of FTE students which exceed
  503  the maximum class size for each grade group by the district’s
  504  FTE dollar amount of the class-size-reduction allocation for
  505  that year and calculate the total for all three grade groups.
  506         4.Reduce the district’s class-size-reduction operating
  507  categorical allocation by an amount equal to the sum of the
  508  calculation in subparagraph 3.
  509         (c)Upon verification of the department’s calculation by
  510  the Florida Education Finance Program Appropriation Allocation
  511  Conference and no later than March 1 of each year, the Executive
  512  Office of the Governor shall place these funds in reserve and
  513  the undistributed funds shall revert to the General Revenue Fund
  514  unallocated at the end of the fiscal year. The amount of funds
  515  reduced shall be the lesser of the amount verified by the
  516  Florida Education Finance Program Appropriation Allocation
  517  Conference or the undistributed balance of the district’s class
  518  size-reduction operating categorical allocation.
  519         (d)In lieu of the reduction calculation in paragraph (b),
  520  the Commissioner of Education may recommend a budget amendment,
  521  subject to approval of the Legislative Budget Commission, to
  522  reduce an alternative amount of funds from the district’s class
  523  size-reduction operating categorical allocation. The
  524  commissioner’s budget amendment must be submitted to the
  525  Legislative Budget Commission by February 15 of each year.
  526         (e)In addition to the calculation required in paragraph
  527  (a), at the time of the third FEFP calculation for the 2009-2010
  528  fiscal year, the department shall also prepare a simulated
  529  calculation based on the requirements in paragraphs (b) and (c)
  530  for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. This simulated calculation shall
  531  be provided to the school districts and the Legislature.
  532         (b)Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, the department
  533  shall determine by January 15 of each year which districts have
  534  not met the two-student-per-year reduction required in
  535  subsection (2) based upon a comparison of the district’s October
  536  student membership survey for the current school year and the
  537  February 2003 baseline student membership survey. The department
  538  shall report such districts to the Legislature. Each district
  539  that has not met the two-student-per-year reduction shall be
  540  required to implement one of the following policies in the
  541  subsequent school year unless the department finds that the
  542  district comes into compliance based upon the February student
  543  membership survey:
  544         1.Year-round schools;
  545         2.Double sessions;
  546         3.Rezoning; or
  547         4.Maximizing use of instructional staff by changing
  548  required teacher loads and scheduling of planning periods,
  549  deploying school district employees who have professional
  550  certification to the classroom, using adjunct educators,
  551  operating schools beyond the normal operating hours to provide
  552  classes in the evening, or operating more than one session
  553  during the day.
  554  
  555  A school district that is required to implement one of the
  556  policies outlined in subparagraphs 1.-4. shall correct in the
  557  year of implementation any past deficiencies and bring the
  558  district into compliance with the two-student-per-year reduction
  559  goals established for the district by the department pursuant to
  560  subsection (2). A school district may choose to implement more
  561  than one of these policies. The district school superintendent
  562  shall report to the Commissioner of Education the extent to
  563  which the district implemented any of the policies outlined in
  564  subparagraphs 1.-4. in a format to be specified by the
  565  Commissioner of Education. The Department of Education shall use
  566  the enforcement authority provided in s. 1008.32 to ensure that
  567  districts comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
  568         (c)Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the department
  569  shall annually determine which districts do not meet the
  570  requirements described in subsection (2). In addition to
  571  enforcement authority provided in s. 1008.32, the Department of
  572  Education shall develop a constitutional compliance plan for
  573  each such district which includes, but is not limited to,
  574  redrawing school attendance zones to maximize use of facilities
  575  while minimizing the additional use of transportation unless the
  576  department finds that the district comes into compliance based
  577  upon the February student membership survey and the other
  578  accountability policies listed in paragraph (b). Each district
  579  school board shall implement the constitutional compliance plan
  580  developed by the state board until the district complies with
  581  the constitutional class size maximums.
  582         Section 14. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
  583  1006.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  584         1006.06 School food service programs.—
  585         (5)
  586         (b) Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, each school
  587  district must annually set prices for breakfast meals at rates
  588  that, combined with federal reimbursements and state
  589  allocations, are sufficient to defray costs of school breakfast
  590  programs without requiring allocations from the district’s
  591  operating funds, except if the district school board approves
  592  lower rates.
  593         Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 1006.28, Florida
  594  Statutes, is amended to read:
  595         1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school
  596  superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12
  597  instructional materials.—
  598         (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.—The district school board has
  599  the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all
  600  students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The
  601  term “adequate instructional materials” means a sufficient
  602  number of textbooks or sets of materials that are available in
  603  bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hard
  604  backed or soft-backed textbooks, consumables, learning
  605  laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer
  606  courseware or software that serve serving as the basis for
  607  instruction for each student in the core courses of mathematics,
  608  language arts, social studies, science, reading, and literature,
  609  except for instruction for which the school advisory council
  610  approves the use of a program that does not include a textbook
  611  as a major tool of instruction. The district school board has
  612  the following specific duties:
  613         (a) Courses of study; adoption.—Adopt courses of study for
  614  use in the schools of the district.
  615         (b) Textbooks.—Provide for proper requisitioning,
  616  distribution, accounting, storage, care, and use of all
  617  instructional materials furnished by the state and furnish such
  618  other instructional materials as may be needed. The district
  619  school board shall assure that instructional materials used in
  620  the district are consistent with the district goals and
  621  objectives and the curriculum frameworks adopted by rule of the
  622  State Board of Education, as well as with the state and district
  623  performance standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1).
  624         (c) Other instructional materials.—Provide such other
  625  teaching accessories and aids as are needed for the school
  626  district’s educational program.
  627         (d) School library media services; establishment and
  628  maintenance.—Establish and maintain a program of school library
  629  media services for all public schools in the district, including
  630  school library media centers, or school library media centers
  631  open to the public, and, in addition such traveling or
  632  circulating libraries as may be needed for the proper operation
  633  of the district school system.
  634         Section 16. Section 1006.36, Florida Statutes, is amended
  635  to read:
  636         1006.36 Term of adoption for instructional materials.—
  637         (1) The term of adoption of any instructional materials
  638  must be an 8-year a 6-year period beginning on April 1 following
  639  the adoption, except that the commissioner may approve terms of
  640  adoption of less than 8 6 years for materials in content areas
  641  which require more frequent revision. Any contract for
  642  instructional materials may be extended as prescribed in s.
  643  1006.34(3).
  644         (2) The department shall publish annually an official
  645  schedule of subject areas to be called for adoption for each of
  646  the succeeding 2 years, and a tentative schedule for years 3, 4,
  647  5, and 6, 7, and 8. If extenuating circumstances warrant, the
  648  commissioner may order the department to add one or more subject
  649  areas to the official schedule, in which event the commissioner
  650  shall develop criteria for such additional subject area or areas
  651  and make them available to publishers as soon as practicable
  652  before the date on which bids are due. The schedule shall be
  653  developed so as to promote balance among the subject areas so
  654  that the required expenditure for new instructional materials is
  655  approximately the same each year in order to maintain curricular
  656  consistency.
  657         Section 17. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  658  1006.40, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 10 of chapter
  659  2009-3, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
  660         1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation;
  661  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;
  662  repair of books.—
  663         (2)(a) Each district school board must purchase current
  664  instructional materials to provide each student with a textbook
  665  or other instructional materials as a major tool of instruction
  666  in core courses of the appropriate subject areas of mathematics,
  667  language arts, science, social studies, reading, and literature
  668  for kindergarten through grade 12. Such purchase must be made
  669  within the first 2 years after the effective date of the
  670  adoption cycle; however, this requirement is waived for the
  671  adoption cycle occurring in the 2008-2009 academic year, and is
  672  waived for the 2009-2010 academic year if the district certifies
  673  to the Commissioner of Education that the district has
  674  sufficient instructional materials to implement the newly
  675  adopted state standards for mathematics. Unless specifically
  676  provided for in the General Appropriations Act, the cost of
  677  instructional materials purchases required by this paragraph
  678  shall not exceed the amount of the district’s allocation for
  679  instructional materials, pursuant to s. 1011.67, for the
  680  previous 2 years.
  681         Section 18. Subsection (7) of section 1008.29, Florida
  682  Statutes, is amended to read:
  683         1008.29 College-level communication and mathematics skills
  684  examination (CLAST).—
  685         (7) The State Board of Education, by rule, shall establish
  686  fees for the administration of the examination to public and
  687  private postsecondary students.
  688         Section 19. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  689  1008.41, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  690         1008.41 Workforce education; management information
  691  system.—
  692         (1) The Commissioner of Education shall coordinate uniform
  693  program structures, common definitions, and uniform management
  694  information systems for workforce education for all divisions
  695  within the department. In performing these functions, the
  696  commissioner shall designate deadlines after which data elements
  697  may not be changed for the coming fiscal or school year. School
  698  districts and community colleges shall be notified of data
  699  element changes at least 90 days prior to the start of the
  700  subsequent fiscal or school year. Such systems must provide for:
  701         (c) Maximum use of automated technology and records in
  702  existing databases and data systems. To the extent feasible, the
  703  Florida Information Resource Network may shall be employed for
  704  this purpose.
  705         Section 20. Section 1010.06, Florida Statutes, is created
  706  to read:
  707         1010.06Indirect cost limitation.—State funds appropriated
  708  by the Legislature to the Division of Public Schools within the
  709  Department of Education may not be used to pay indirect cost to
  710  a university, community college, school district, or any other
  711  entity.
  712         Section 21. Section 1010.11, Florida Statutes, is amended
  713  to read:
  714         1010.11 Electronic transfer of funds.—Pursuant to the
  715  provisions of s. 215.85, each district school board, community
  716  college board of trustees, and university board of trustees
  717  shall adopt written policies prescribing the accounting and
  718  control procedures under which any funds under their control are
  719  allowed to be moved by electronic transaction for any purpose
  720  including direct deposit, wire transfer, withdrawal, or
  721  investment, or payment. Electronic transactions shall comply
  722  with the provisions of chapter 668.
  723         Section 22. Subsection (4) is added to section 1011.09,
  724  Florida Statutes, to read:
  725         1011.09 Expenditure of funds by district school board.—All
  726  state funds apportioned to the credit of any district constitute
  727  a part of the district school fund of that district and must be
  728  budgeted and expended under authority of the district school
  729  board subject to the provisions of law and rules of the State
  730  Board of Education.
  731         (4)During the 2009-2010 fiscal year, unless specifically
  732  approved by the district school board, public funds may not be
  733  expended for out-of-state travel or cellular phones, cellular
  734  phone service, personal digital assistants, or any other mobile
  735  wireless communication device or service, including text
  736  messaging, whether through purchasing, leasing, contracting, or
  737  any other method.
  738         Section 23. Subsection (4) of section 1011.18, Florida
  739  Statutes, is amended to read:
  740         1011.18 School depositories; payments into and withdrawals
  741  from depositories.—
  742         (4) HOW FUNDS DRAWN FROM DEPOSITORIES.—All money drawn from
  743  any district school depository holding same as prescribed herein
  744  shall be upon a check or warrant drawn on authority of the
  745  district school board as prescribed by law. Each check or
  746  warrant shall be signed by the chair or, in his or her absence,
  747  the vice chair of the district school board and countersigned by
  748  the district school superintendent, with corporate seal of the
  749  school board affixed. However, as a matter of convenience, the
  750  corporate seal of the district school board may be printed upon
  751  the warrant and a proper record of such warrant shall be
  752  maintained. The district school board may by resolution, a copy
  753  of which must be delivered to the depository, provide for
  754  internal funds to be withdrawn from any district depository by a
  755  check duly signed by at least two bonded school employees
  756  designated by the board to be responsible for administering such
  757  funds. However, the district school superintendent or his or her
  758  designee, after having been by resolution specifically
  759  authorized by the district school board, may transfer funds from
  760  one depository to another, within a depository, to another
  761  institution, or from another institution to a depository for
  762  investment purposes and may transfer funds to pay expenses,
  763  expenditures, or other disbursements that must be evidenced by
  764  an invoice or other appropriate documentation in a similar
  765  manner when the transfer does not represent an expenditure,
  766  advance, or reduction of cash assets. Such transfer may be made
  767  by electronic, telephonic, or other medium; and each transfer
  768  shall be confirmed in writing and signed by the district school
  769  superintendent or his or her designee.
  770         Section 24. Subsection (2) and paragraphs (d) and (f) of
  771  subsection (3) of section 1011.60, Florida Statutes, are amended
  772  to read:
  773         1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education
  774  Finance Program.—Each district which participates in the state
  775  appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program shall
  776  provide evidence of its effort to maintain an adequate school
  777  program throughout the district and shall meet at least the
  778  following requirements:
  779         (2) MINIMUM TERM.—Operate all schools for a term of at
  780  least 180 actual teaching days or the equivalent on an hourly
  781  basis as specified by rules of the State Board of Education each
  782  school year. The State Board of Education may prescribe
  783  procedures for altering, and, upon written application, may
  784  alter, this requirement during a national, state, or local
  785  emergency as it may apply to an individual school or schools in
  786  any district or districts if, in the opinion of the board, it is
  787  not feasible to make up lost days or hours, and the
  788  apportionment may, at the discretion of the Commissioner of
  789  Education and if the board determines that the reduction of
  790  school days or hours is caused by the existence of a bona fide
  791  emergency, be reduced for such district or districts in
  792  proportion to the decrease in the length of term in any such
  793  school or schools. A strike, as defined in s. 447.203(6), by
  794  employees of the school district may not be considered an
  795  emergency.
  796         (3) EMPLOYMENT POLICIES.—Adopt rules relating to the
  797  appointment, promotion, transfer, suspension, and dismissal of
  798  personnel.
  799         (d) District school boards may authorize a maximum of six
  800  paid legal holidays which shall apply to the total annual number
  801  of 196 days of service adopted by the board.
  802         (f) Such rules must not require more than 10 12 calendar
  803  months of service for such principals and other school site
  804  administrators as prescribed by rules of the State Board of
  805  Education and may must require up to 10 months to include not
  806  less than 196 days of service, excluding Sundays and other
  807  holidays, for all members of the instructional staff. Principals
  808  and other school site administrators may serve more than 10
  809  calendar months of service if specifically approved by the
  810  district school board, and with any such service on a 12-month
  811  basis may to include reasonable allowance for vacation or
  812  further study as prescribed by the school board in accordance
  813  with rules of the State Board of Education.
  814         Section 25. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  815  1011.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  816         1011.61 Definitions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
  817  1000.21, the following terms are defined as follows for the
  818  purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program:
  819         (1) A “full-time equivalent student” in each program of the
  820  district is defined in terms of full-time students and part-time
  821  students as follows:
  822         (c)1. A “full-time equivalent student” is:
  823         a. A full-time student in any one of the programs listed in
  824  s. 1011.62(1)(c); or
  825         b. A combination of full-time or part-time students in any
  826  one of the programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c) which is the
  827  equivalent of one full-time student based on the following
  828  calculations:
  829         (I) A full-time student, except a postsecondary or adult
  830  student or a senior high school student enrolled in adult
  831  education when such courses are required for high school
  832  graduation, in a combination of programs listed in s.
  833  1011.62(1)(c) shall be a fraction of a full-time equivalent
  834  membership in each special program equal to the number of net
  835  hours per school year for which he or she is a member, divided
  836  by the appropriate number of hours set forth in subparagraph
  837  (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2. The difference between that fraction
  838  or sum of fractions and the maximum value as set forth in
  839  subsection (4) for each full-time student is presumed to be the
  840  balance of the student’s time not spent in such special
  841  education programs and shall be recorded as time in the
  842  appropriate basic program.
  843         (II) A prekindergarten handicapped student shall meet the
  844  requirements specified for kindergarten students.
  845         (III) A full-time equivalent student for students in grades
  846  K-8 in a school district virtual instruction program as provided
  847  in s. 1002.45 shall consist of a student who has successfully
  848  completed a basic program listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1.a. or b.,
  849  and who is promoted to a higher grade level.
  850         (IV) A full-time equivalent student for students in grades
  851  9-12 in a school district virtual instruction program as
  852  provided in s. 1002.45 shall consist of six full credit
  853  completions in programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1. and 3 4.
  854  Credit completions can be a combination of either full credits
  855  or half credits.
  856         (V) A Florida Virtual School full-time equivalent student
  857  shall consist of six full credit completions in the programs
  858  listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1.b. for grades 6 through 8 and the
  859  programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1.c. for grades 9 through 12
  860  s. 1011.62(1)(c)1. and 4. Credit completions can be a
  861  combination of either full credits or half credits.
  862         (VI) Each successfully completed credit earned under the
  863  alternative high school course credit requirements authorized in
  864  s. 1002.375, which is not reported as a portion of the 900 net
  865  hours of instruction pursuant to subparagraph (1)(a)1., shall be
  866  calculated as 1/6 FTE.
  867         2. A student in membership in a program scheduled for more
  868  or less than 180 school days is a fraction of a full-time
  869  equivalent membership equal to the number of instructional hours
  870  in membership divided by the appropriate number of hours set
  871  forth in subparagraph (a)1.; however, for the purposes of this
  872  subparagraph, membership in programs scheduled for more than 180
  873  days is limited to students enrolled in juvenile justice
  874  education programs and the Florida Virtual School.
  875  
  876  The department shall determine and implement an equitable method
  877  of equivalent funding for experimental schools and for schools
  878  operating under emergency conditions, which schools have been
  879  approved by the department to operate for less than the minimum
  880  school day.
  881         Section 26. Present paragraphs (l) through (o) of
  882  subsection (1) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are amended
  883  and redesignated as paragraphs (m) through (p), respectively,
  884  present paragraph (p) is deleted, paragraph (l) is added to that
  885  subsection, and paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (b)
  886  of subsection (6), and paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of that
  887  section are amended, to read:
  888         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  889  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  890  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  891  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  892  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  893  follows:
  894         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
  895  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
  896  determining the annual allocation to each district for
  897  operation:
  898         (l)Study hall.—A student who is enrolled in study hall may
  899  not be included in the calculation of full-time equivalent
  900  student membership for funding under this section.
  901         (m)(l)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
  902  membership based on international baccalaureate examination
  903  scores of students.—A value of 0.08 0.16 full-time equivalent
  904  student membership shall be calculated for each student enrolled
  905  in an international baccalaureate course who receives a score of
  906  4 or higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.16 0.3 full
  907  time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
  908  student who receives an international baccalaureate diploma.
  909  Such value shall be added to the total full-time equivalent
  910  student membership in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in
  911  the subsequent fiscal year. The school district shall distribute
  912  to each classroom teacher who provided international
  913  baccalaureate instruction:
  914         1. A bonus in the amount of $40 $50 for each student taught
  915  by the International Baccalaureate teacher in each international
  916  baccalaureate course who receives a score of 4 or higher on the
  917  international baccalaureate examination.
  918         2. An additional bonus of $400 $500 to each International
  919  Baccalaureate teacher in a school designated with a grade of “D”
  920  or “F” who has at least one student scoring 4 or higher on the
  921  international baccalaureate examination, regardless of the
  922  number of classes taught or of the number of students scoring a
  923  4 or higher on the international baccalaureate examination.
  924  
  925  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
  926  not exceed $1,600 $2,000 in any given school year and shall be
  927  in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher
  928  received or is scheduled to receive.
  929         (n)(m)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
  930  membership based on Advanced International Certificate of
  931  Education examination scores of students.—A value of 0.08 0.16
  932  full-time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for
  933  each student enrolled in a full-credit Advanced International
  934  Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
  935  higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.04 0.08 full-time
  936  equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
  937  student enrolled in a half-credit Advanced International
  938  Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
  939  higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.16 0.3 full-time
  940  equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
  941  student who receives an Advanced International Certificate of
  942  Education diploma. Such value shall be added to the total full
  943  time equivalent student membership in basic programs for grades
  944  9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. The school district
  945  shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided Advanced
  946  International Certificate of Education instruction:
  947         1. A bonus in the amount of $40 $50 for each student taught
  948  by the Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher
  949  in each full-credit Advanced International Certificate of
  950  Education course who receives a score of E or higher on the
  951  Advanced International Certificate of Education examination. A
  952  bonus in the amount of $20 $25 for each student taught by the
  953  Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher in each
  954  half-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
  955  course who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
  956  International Certificate of Education examination.
  957         2. An additional bonus of $400 $500 to each Advanced
  958  International Certificate of Education teacher in a school
  959  designated with a grade of “D” or “F” who has at least one
  960  student scoring E or higher on the full-credit Advanced
  961  International Certificate of Education examination, regardless
  962  of the number of classes taught or of the number of students
  963  scoring an E or higher on the full-credit Advanced International
  964  Certificate of Education examination.
  965         3. Additional bonuses of $200 $250 each to teachers of
  966  half-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
  967  classes in a school designated with a grade of “D” or “F” which
  968  has at least one student scoring an E or higher on the half
  969  credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
  970  examination in that class. The maximum additional bonus for a
  971  teacher awarded in accordance with this subparagraph shall not
  972  exceed $500 in any given school year. Teachers receiving an
  973  award under subparagraph 2. are not eligible for a bonus under
  974  this subparagraph.
  975  
  976  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
  977  not exceed $1,600 $2,000 in any given school year and shall be
  978  in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher
  979  received or is scheduled to receive.
  980         (o)(n)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
  981  membership based on college board advanced placement scores of
  982  students.—A value of 0.08 0.16 full-time equivalent student
  983  membership shall be calculated for each student in each advanced
  984  placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the
  985  College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the prior year
  986  and added to the total full-time equivalent student membership
  987  in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent
  988  fiscal year. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of
  989  the funds provided to the district for advanced placement
  990  instruction, in accordance with this paragraph, to the high
  991  school that generates the funds. The school district shall
  992  distribute to each classroom teacher who provided advanced
  993  placement instruction:
  994         1. A bonus in the amount of $40 $50 for each student taught
  995  by the Advanced Placement teacher in each advanced placement
  996  course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the College Board
  997  Advanced Placement Examination.
  998         2. An additional bonus of $400 $500 to each Advanced
  999  Placement teacher in a school designated with a grade of “D” or
 1000  “F” who has at least one student scoring 3 or higher on the
 1001  College Board Advanced Placement Examination, regardless of the
 1002  number of classes taught or of the number of students scoring a
 1003  3 or higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination.
 1004  
 1005  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
 1006  not exceed $1,600 $2,000 in any given school year and shall be
 1007  in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher
 1008  received or is scheduled to receive.
 1009         (p)(o)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
 1010  membership based on certification of successful completion of
 1011  industry-certified career and professional academy programs
 1012  pursuant to s. 1003.492.—A value of 0.16 0.3 full-time
 1013  equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
 1014  student who completes an industry-certified career and
 1015  professional academy program under s. 1003.492 and who is issued
 1016  the highest level of industry certification and a high school
 1017  diploma. Such value shall be added to the total full-time
 1018  equivalent student membership in secondary career education
 1019  programs for grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent year for
 1020  courses that were not funded through dual enrollment. The
 1021  additional full-time equivalent membership authorized under this
 1022  paragraph may not exceed 0.16 0.3 per student. Unless a
 1023  different amount is specified in the General Appropriations Act,
 1024  the appropriation for this calculation is limited to $8 $15
 1025  million annually. If the appropriation is insufficient to fully
 1026  fund the total calculation, the appropriation shall be prorated.
 1027         (p)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
 1028  membership for the Florida Virtual School.—The total reported
 1029  full-time equivalent student membership for the Florida Virtual
 1030  School shall be multiplied by 0.114, and such value shall be
 1031  added to the total full-time equivalent student membership.
 1032         (4) COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.—The
 1033  Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
 1034  for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
 1035  Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
 1036  district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
 1037  Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
 1038  programs shall be calculated as follows:
 1039         (a) Estimated taxable value calculations.—
 1040         1.a. Not later than 2 working days prior to July 19, the
 1041  Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
 1042  Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
 1043  school purposes in each school district and the total for all
 1044  school districts in the state for the current calendar year
 1045  based on the latest available data obtained from the local
 1046  property appraisers. Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of
 1047  Education shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next
 1048  highest one one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 95
 1049  percent of the estimated state total taxable value for school
 1050  purposes, would generate the prescribed aggregate required local
 1051  effort for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of
 1052  Education shall certify to each district school board the
 1053  millage rate, computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as
 1054  the minimum millage rate necessary to provide the district
 1055  required local effort for that year.
 1056         b. The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
 1057  computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
 1058  required local effort for all school districts collectively from
 1059  ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district’s revenue
 1060  from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
 1061  percent of the district’s total Florida Education Finance
 1062  Program calculation as calculated and adopted by the
 1063  Legislature, and the adjustment of the required local effort
 1064  millage rate of each district that produces more than 90 percent
 1065  of its total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement to a
 1066  level that will produce only 90 percent of its total Florida
 1067  Education Finance Program entitlement in the July calculation.
 1068         2. As revised data are received from property appraisers,
 1069  the Department of Revenue shall amend the certification of the
 1070  estimate of the taxable value for school purposes.
 1071         (6) CATEGORICAL FUNDS.—
 1072         (b) If a district school board finds and declares in a
 1073  resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the school board that
 1074  the funds received for any of the following categorical
 1075  appropriations are urgently needed to maintain school board
 1076  specified academic classroom instruction, the school board may
 1077  consider and approve an amendment to the school district
 1078  operating budget transferring the identified amount of the
 1079  categorical funds to the appropriate account for expenditure:
 1080         1. Funds for student transportation.
 1081         2. Funds for safe schools.
 1082         3. Funds for supplemental academic instruction.
 1083         4. Funds for research-based reading instruction.
 1084         5. Funds for instructional materials if all instructional
 1085  material purchases have been completed for that fiscal year, but
 1086  no sooner than March 1, 2010 2009.
 1087         (12) TOTAL ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO EACH DISTRICT FOR
 1088  CURRENT OPERATION.—The total annual state allocation to each
 1089  district for current operation for the FEFP shall be distributed
 1090  periodically in the manner prescribed in the General
 1091  Appropriations Act.
 1092         (a) The basic amount for current operation for the FEFP as
 1093  determined in subsection (1), multiplied by the district cost
 1094  differential factor as determined in subsection (2), plus the
 1095  amounts provided for categorical components within the FEFP,
 1096  plus the discretionary millage compression supplement as
 1097  determined in subsection (5), the amount for the sparsity
 1098  supplement as determined in subsection (7), the decline in full
 1099  time equivalent students as determined in subsection (8), the
 1100  research-based reading instruction allocation as determined in
 1101  subsection (9), the allocation for juvenile justice education
 1102  programs as determined in subsection (10), the quality assurance
 1103  guarantee as determined in subsection (11), less the required
 1104  local effort as determined in subsection (4). If the funds
 1105  appropriated for the purpose of funding the total amount for
 1106  current operation for the FEFP as provided in this paragraph are
 1107  not sufficient to pay the state requirement in full, the
 1108  department shall prorate the available state funds to each
 1109  district in the following manner:
 1110         1. Determine the percentage of proration by dividing the
 1111  sum of the total amount for current operation, as provided in
 1112  this paragraph for all districts collectively, and the total
 1113  district required local effort into the sum of the state funds
 1114  available for current operation and the total district required
 1115  local effort.
 1116         2. Multiply the percentage so determined by the sum of the
 1117  total amount for current operation as provided in this paragraph
 1118  and the required local effort for each individual district.
 1119         3. From the product of such multiplication, subtract the
 1120  required local effort of each district; and the remainder shall
 1121  be the amount of state funds allocated to the district for
 1122  current operation.
 1123         Section 27. The amendments made by this act to subsection
 1124  (1) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, except for newly
 1125  created paragraph (l), shall apply to bonuses earned in the
 1126  2008-2009 fiscal year for funding in the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
 1127         Section 28. Section 1011.675, Florida Statutes, is created
 1128  to read:
 1129         1011.675Discretionary bonus allocation for outstanding
 1130  performance.—
 1131         (1)A discretionary bonus allocation is created for school
 1132  districts to recognize and reward the outstanding performance of
 1133  students, teachers, and school-based administrators in an amount
 1134  to be determined by the Legislature. The funds shall be
 1135  allocated to each school district as provided in the General
 1136  Appropriations Act.
 1137         (2)Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 1012.225, relating
 1138  to the Merit Award Program for Instructional Personnel and
 1139  School-Based Administrators, and s. 1012.72, relating to the
 1140  Excellent Teaching Program, during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
 1141  fiscal years, school districts may use the funds received under
 1142  this section for any or all of the programs listed in this
 1143  subsection or for any other purpose that the district school
 1144  board deems appropriate.
 1145         Section 29. Subsection (7) of section 1011.68, Florida
 1146  Statutes, is repealed.
 1147         Section 30. Section 1011.685, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1148  to read:
 1149         1011.685 Class size reduction; operating categorical fund.—
 1150         (1) There is created an operating categorical fund for
 1151  implementing the class size reduction provisions of s. 1, Art.
 1152  IX of the State Constitution. These funds shall be allocated to
 1153  each school district in the amount prescribed by the Legislature
 1154  in the General Appropriations Act.
 1155         (2) Class size reduction operating categorical funds shall
 1156  be used by school districts to reduce class size as required in
 1157  s. 1003.03, or the funds may be used for any lawful operating
 1158  expenditure; however, priority shall be given to increasing
 1159  salaries of classroom teachers. for the following:
 1160         (a)To reduce class size in any lawful manner, if the
 1161  district has not met the constitutional maximums identified in
 1162  s. 1003.03(1) or the reduction of two students per year required
 1163  by s. 1003.03(2).
 1164         (b)For any lawful operating expenditure, if the district
 1165  has met the constitutional maximums identified in s. 1003.03(1)
 1166  or the reduction of two students per year required by s.
 1167  1003.03(2); however, priority shall be given to increase
 1168  salaries of classroom teachers as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)
 1169  and to implement the differentiated-pay provisions detailed in
 1170  s. 1012.22.
 1171         Section 31. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
 1172  1011.71, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 12 of chapter
 1173  2009-3, Laws of Florida, are amended, and subsection (9) is
 1174  added to that section, to read:
 1175         1011.71 District school tax.—
 1176         (2) In addition to the maximum millage levy as provided in
 1177  subsection (1), each school board may levy not more than 1.5
 1178  1.75 mills against the taxable value for school purposes for
 1179  district schools, including charter schools at the discretion of
 1180  the school board, to fund:
 1181         (a) New construction and remodeling projects, as set forth
 1182  in s. 1013.64(3)(b) and (6)(b) and included in the district’s
 1183  educational plant survey pursuant to s. 1013.31, without regard
 1184  to prioritization, sites and site improvement or expansion to
 1185  new sites, existing sites, auxiliary facilities, athletic
 1186  facilities, or ancillary facilities.
 1187         (b) Maintenance, renovation, and repair of existing school
 1188  plants or of leased facilities to correct deficiencies pursuant
 1189  to s. 1013.15(2).
 1190         (c) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of school buses.
 1191         (d) Effective July 1, 2008, the purchase, lease-purchase,
 1192  or lease of new and replacement equipment, and enterprise
 1193  resource software applications that are classified as capital
 1194  assets in accordance with definitions of the Governmental
 1195  Accounting Standards Board, have a useful life of at least 5
 1196  years, and are used to support districtwide administration or
 1197  state-mandated reporting requirements.
 1198         (e) Payments for educational facilities and sites due under
 1199  a lease-purchase agreement entered into by a district school
 1200  board pursuant to s. 1003.02(1)(f) or s. 1013.15(2), not
 1201  exceeding, in the aggregate, an amount equal to three-fourths of
 1202  the proceeds from the millage levied by a district school board
 1203  pursuant to this subsection. For the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the
 1204  three-fourths limit is waived for lease-purchase agreements
 1205  entered into before June 30, 2009, by a district school board
 1206  pursuant to this paragraph.
 1207         (f) Payment of loans approved pursuant to ss. 1011.14 and
 1208  1011.15.
 1209         (g) Payment of costs directly related to complying with
 1210  state and federal environmental statutes, rules, and regulations
 1211  governing school facilities.
 1212         (h) Payment of costs of leasing relocatable educational
 1213  facilities, of renting or leasing educational facilities and
 1214  sites pursuant to s. 1013.15(2), or of renting or leasing
 1215  buildings or space within existing buildings pursuant to s.
 1216  1013.15(4).
 1217         (i) Payment of the cost of school buses when a school
 1218  district contracts with a private entity to provide student
 1219  transportation services if the district meets the requirements
 1220  of this paragraph.
 1221         1. The district’s contract must require that the private
 1222  entity purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, and operate and
 1223  maintain, one or more school buses of a specific type and size
 1224  that meet the requirements of s. 1006.25.
 1225         2. Each such school bus must be used for the daily
 1226  transportation of public school students in the manner required
 1227  by the school district.
 1228         3. Annual payment for each such school bus may not exceed
 1229  10 percent of the purchase price of the state pool bid.
 1230         4. The proposed expenditure of the funds for this purpose
 1231  must have been included in the district school board’s notice of
 1232  proposed tax for school capital outlay as provided in s.
 1233  200.065(10).
 1234         (j) Payment of the cost of the opening day collection for
 1235  the library media center of a new school.
 1236         (3) If the revenue from the millage authorized in
 1237  subsection (2) is insufficient to make payments due under a
 1238  lease-purchase agreement entered into prior to June 30, 2008, by
 1239  a district school board pursuant to paragraph (2)(e), an amount
 1240  up to 0.5 0.25 mills of the taxable value for school purposes
 1241  within the school district shall be legally available for such
 1242  payments, notwithstanding other restrictions on the use of such
 1243  revenues imposed by law.
 1244         (4) Effective July 1, 2008, and through June 30, 2010, a
 1245  school district may expend, subject to the provisions of s.
 1246  200.065, up to $100 per unweighted full-time equivalent student
 1247  from the revenue generated by the millage levy authorized by
 1248  subsection (2) to fund, in addition to expenditures authorized
 1249  in paragraphs (2)(a)-(j), expenses for the following:
 1250         (a) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of driver’s
 1251  education vehicles; motor vehicles used for the maintenance or
 1252  operation of plants and equipment; security vehicles; or
 1253  vehicles used in storing or distributing materials and
 1254  equipment.
 1255         (b) Payment of the cost of premiums for property and
 1256  casualty insurance necessary to insure school district
 1257  educational and ancillary plants. Operating revenues that are
 1258  made available through the payment of property and casualty
 1259  insurance premiums from revenues generated under this subsection
 1260  may be expended only for nonrecurring operational expenditures
 1261  of the school district.
 1262         (9)Notwithstanding subsection (2), for the 2009-2010
 1263  fiscal year, if the revenue from 1.5 mills is insufficient to
 1264  meet the payments due under a lease-purchase agreement entered
 1265  into before June 30, 2009, by a district school board pursuant
 1266  to paragraph (2)(e), or to meet other critical district fixed
 1267  capital outlay needs, the board, in addition to the 1.5 mills,
 1268  may levy up to 0.25 mills for fixed capital outlay in lieu of
 1269  levying an equivalent amount of the discretionary mills for
 1270  operations as provided in the General Appropriations Act for
 1271  2009-2010. Millage levied pursuant to this subsection is subject
 1272  to the provisions of s. 200.065 and, combined with the 1.5 mills
 1273  authorized in subsection (2), may not exceed 1.75 mills. If the
 1274  district chooses to use up to .25 mills for fixed capital
 1275  outlay, the compression adjustment pursuant to s. 1011.62(5)
 1276  shall be calculated for the standard discretionary millage that
 1277  is not eligible for transfer to capital outlay.
 1278         Section 32. If the Commissioner of Education determines
 1279  that a school district acted in good faith, he or she may waive
 1280  the equal-dollar reduction, required in s. 1011.71(5), Florida
 1281  Statutes, for audit findings during the 2007-2008 fiscal year
 1282  which were related to the purchase of software.
 1283         Section 33. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section
 1284  1012.33, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (9) is
 1285  added to that section, to read:
 1286         1012.33 Contracts with instructional staff, supervisors,
 1287  and school principals.—
 1288         (3)
 1289         (g) Beginning July 1, 2001, for each employee who enters
 1290  into a written contract, pursuant to this section, in a school
 1291  district in which the employee was not employed as of June 30,
 1292  2001, or was employed as of June 30, 2001, but has since broken
 1293  employment with that district for 1 school year or more, for
 1294  purposes of pay, a district school board must recognize and
 1295  accept each year of full-time public school teaching service
 1296  earned in the State of Florida or outside the state and for
 1297  which the employee received a satisfactory performance
 1298  evaluation; however, an employee may voluntarily waive this
 1299  provision. Instructional personnel employed pursuant to s.
 1300  121.091(9)(b)3. are exempt from the provisions of this
 1301  paragraph.
 1302         (9)Notwithstanding this section or any other law or rule
 1303  to the contrary, for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 fiscal years,
 1304  district school boards should not enter into a new professional
 1305  service contract if the only funds available to pay such
 1306  contract are from nonrecurring Federal Stabilization Funds.
 1307         Section 34. Subsection (6) is added to section 1012.71,
 1308  Florida Statutes, to read:
 1309         1012.71 The Florida Teachers Lead Program.—
 1310         (6)For the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the Department of
 1311  Education is authorized to conduct a pilot program to determine
 1312  the feasibility of managing the Florida Teachers Lead Program
 1313  through a centralized electronic system. The pilot program must:
 1314         (a)Be established through a competitive process;
 1315         (b)Provide the capability for participating teachers to
 1316  purchase from online sources;
 1317         (c)Provide the capability for participating teachers to
 1318  purchase from local vendors by means other than online
 1319  purchasing;
 1320         (d)Generally comply with the provisions of this section;
 1321         (e)Be subject to annual auditing requirements to ensure
 1322  accountability for funds received and disbursed; and
 1323         (f)Provide for all unused funds to be returned to the
 1324  state at the close of each fiscal year.
 1325  
 1326  Any participation in this pilot program by school districts and
 1327  individual teachers must be on a voluntary basis. The department
 1328  may limit the number of participating districts to the number it
 1329  deems feasible to adequately test the viability of the pilot
 1330  program. The department is not required to implement this pilot
 1331  program if it determines that the number of school districts
 1332  willing to participate is insufficient to adequately test the
 1333  viability of the pilot program.
 1334         Section 35. Subsection (1) of section 1013.62, Florida
 1335  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1336         1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.—
 1337         (1) In each year in which funds are appropriated for
 1338  charter school capital outlay purposes, the Commissioner of
 1339  Education shall allocate the funds among eligible charter
 1340  schools.
 1341         (a) To be eligible for a funding allocation, a charter
 1342  school must:
 1343         1.a.(a)1. Have been in operation for 3 or more years;
 1344         b.Be governed by a governing board established in the
 1345  state for 3 or more years which operates both charter schools
 1346  and conversion charter schools within the state;
 1347         c.2. Be an expanded feeder chain of a charter school within
 1348  the same school district that is currently receiving charter
 1349  school capital outlay funds; or
 1350         d.3. Have been accredited by the Commission on Schools of
 1351  the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
 1352         2.(b) Have financial stability for future operation as a
 1353  charter school.
 1354         3.(c) Have satisfactory student achievement based on state
 1355  accountability standards applicable to the charter school.
 1356         4.(d) Have received final approval from its sponsor
 1357  pursuant to s. 1002.33 for operation during that fiscal year.
 1358         5.(e) Serve students in facilities that are not provided by
 1359  the charter school’s sponsor.
 1360         (b) The first priority for charter school capital outlay
 1361  funding is shall be to allocate to the charter schools that
 1362  received funding in the 2005-2006 fiscal year an allocation of
 1363  the same amount per capital outlay full-time equivalent student,
 1364  up to the lesser of the actual number of capital outlay full
 1365  time equivalent students in the current year, or the capital
 1366  outlay full-time equivalent students in the 2005-2006 fiscal
 1367  year. After calculating the first priority, the second priority
 1368  is shall be to allocate excess funds remaining in the
 1369  appropriation in an amount equal to the per capital outlay full
 1370  time equivalent student amount in the first priority calculation
 1371  to eligible charter schools not included in the first priority
 1372  calculation and to schools in the first priority calculation
 1373  with growth greater than in excess of the 2005-2006 capital
 1374  outlay full-time equivalent students. After calculating the
 1375  first and second priorities, excess funds remaining in the
 1376  appropriation must shall be allocated to all eligible charter
 1377  schools.
 1378         (c) A charter school’s allocation may shall not exceed one
 1379  fifteenth of the cost per student station specified in s.
 1380  1013.64(6)(b). Before releasing Prior to the release of capital
 1381  outlay funds to a school district on behalf of the charter
 1382  school, the Department of Education must shall ensure that the
 1383  district school board and the charter school governing board
 1384  enter into a written agreement that provides includes provisions
 1385  for the reversion of any unencumbered funds and all equipment
 1386  and property purchased with public education funds to the
 1387  ownership of the district school board, as provided for in
 1388  subsection (3) if, in the event that the school terminates
 1389  operations. Any funds recovered by the state shall be deposited
 1390  in the General Revenue Fund.
 1391         (d) A charter school is not eligible for a funding
 1392  allocation if it was created by the conversion of a public
 1393  school and operates in facilities provided by the charter
 1394  school’s sponsor for a nominal fee, or at no charge, or if it is
 1395  directly or indirectly operated by the school district.
 1396         (e) Unless otherwise provided in the General Appropriations
 1397  Act, the funding allocation for each eligible charter school is
 1398  shall be determined by multiplying the school’s projected
 1399  student enrollment by one-fifteenth of the cost-per-student
 1400  station specified in s. 1013.64(6)(b) for an elementary, middle,
 1401  or high school, as appropriate. If the funds appropriated are
 1402  not sufficient, the commissioner shall prorate the available
 1403  funds among eligible charter schools. However, a no charter
 1404  school or charter lab school may not shall receive state charter
 1405  school capital outlay funds greater than in excess of the one
 1406  fifteenth cost per student station formula if the charter
 1407  school’s combination of state charter school capital outlay
 1408  funds, capital outlay funds calculated through the reduction in
 1409  the administrative fee provided in s. 1002.33(20), and capital
 1410  outlay funds allowed in s. 1002.32(9)(e) and (h) exceeds the
 1411  one-fifteenth cost per student station formula.
 1412         (f) Funds shall be distributed on the basis of the capital
 1413  outlay full-time equivalent membership by grade level, which is
 1414  shall be calculated by averaging the results of the second and
 1415  third enrollment surveys. The Department of Education shall
 1416  distribute capital outlay funds monthly, beginning in the first
 1417  quarter of the fiscal year, based on one-twelfth of the amount
 1418  the department reasonably expects the charter school to receive
 1419  during that fiscal year. The commissioner shall adjust
 1420  subsequent distributions as necessary to reflect each charter
 1421  school’s actual student enrollment as reflected in the second
 1422  and third enrollment surveys. The commissioner shall establish
 1423  the intervals and procedures for determining the projected and
 1424  actual student enrollment of eligible charter schools.
 1425         Section 36. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
 1426  1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended, as amended by section 14
 1427  of chapter 2009-3, Laws of Florida, and subsection (7) is added
 1428  to that section, to read:
 1429         1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
 1430  construction cost maximums for school district capital
 1431  projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
 1432  and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
 1433  outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
 1434         (6)
 1435         (b)1. A district school board, including a district school
 1436  board of an academic performance-based charter school district,
 1437  must not use funds from the following sources: Public Education
 1438  Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund; School District and
 1439  Community College District Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust
 1440  Fund; Classrooms First Program funds provided in s. 1013.68;
 1441  effort index grant funds provided in s. 1013.73; nonvoted 1.5
 1442  mill 1.75-mill levy of ad valorem property taxes provided in s.
 1443  1011.71(2); Classrooms for Kids Program funds provided in s.
 1444  1013.735; District Effort Recognition Program funds provided in
 1445  s. 1013.736; or High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance
 1446  Grant Program funds provided in s. 1013.738 for any new
 1447  construction of educational plant space with a total cost per
 1448  student station, including change orders, that equals more than:
 1449         a. $17,952 for an elementary school,
 1450         b. $19,386 for a middle school, or
 1451         c. $25,181 for a high school,
 1452  
 1453  (January 2006) as adjusted annually to reflect increases or
 1454  decreases in the Consumer Price Index.
 1455         2. A district school board must not use funds from the
 1456  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or
 1457  the School District and Community College District Capital
 1458  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for any new construction of
 1459  an ancillary plant that exceeds 70 percent of the average cost
 1460  per square foot of new construction for all schools.
 1461         (7)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the district school
 1462  board of Wakulla County shall contribute 1 mill in the 2009-2010
 1463  fiscal year and 0.50 mill in the 2010-2011 fiscal year to the
 1464  cost of currently funded special facilities construction
 1465  projects. The district school board of Liberty County shall
 1466  contribute 1 mill in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, 1 mill in the
 1467  2010-2011 fiscal year, and 1 mill in the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
 1468         Section 37. Section 9 of chapter 2008-142, Laws of Florida,
 1469  is repealed.
 1470         Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1471  5B, 6, 7, 76, and 77 of the General Appropriations Act for the
 1472  2009-2010 fiscal year, the calculations of the Florida Education
 1473  Finance Program for the 2009-2010 fiscal year in the document
 1474  entitled “Public School Funding - The Florida Education Finance
 1475  Program,” dated April 17, 2009, and filed with the Secretary of
 1476  the Senate are incorporated by reference for the purpose of
 1477  displaying the calculations used by the Legislature, consistent
 1478  with requirements of the Florida Statutes, in making
 1479  appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program.
 1480         Section 39. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.