Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1226
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/25/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 3181 and 3182
    4  insert:
    5         Section 89. Paragraph (b) of subsection (13) of section
    6  1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
    8  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
    9  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
   10  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
   11  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
   12  follows:
   13         (13) TOTAL ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO EACH DISTRICT FOR
   14  CURRENT OPERATION.—The total annual state allocation to each
   15  district for current operation for the FEFP shall be distributed
   16  periodically in the manner prescribed in the General
   17  Appropriations Act.
   18         (b) The amount thus obtained shall be the net annual
   19  allocation to each school district. However, if it is determined
   20  that any school district received an underallocation or
   21  overallocation for any prior year because of an arithmetical
   22  error, assessment roll change required by final judicial
   23  decision, full-time equivalent student membership error, or any
   24  allocation error revealed in an audit report, the allocation to
   25  that district shall be appropriately adjusted. Beginning with
   26  audits for the 2001-2002 fiscal year, if the adjustment is the
   27  result of an audit finding in which group 2 FTE are reclassified
   28  to the basic program and the district weighted FTE are over the
   29  weighted enrollment ceiling for group 2 programs, the adjustment
   30  shall not result in a gain of state funds to the district.
   31  Beginning with the 2011-2012 fiscal year, if a special program
   32  cost factor is less than the basic program cost factor, an audit
   33  adjustment may not result in the reclassification of the special
   34  program FTE to the basic program FTE. If the Department of
   35  Education audit adjustment recommendation is based upon
   36  controverted findings of fact, the Commissioner of Education is
   37  authorized to establish the amount of the adjustment based on
   38  the best interests of the state.
   39  
   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41  And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete line 170
   43  and insert:
   44         The Florida Higher Education Loan Authority; amending
   45         s. 1011.62, F.S.; deleting an obsolete provision;
   46         repealing