Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 984
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/20/2017           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Bean)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 69 - 100
    4  and insert:
    5         (4) DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.—The department shall:
    6         (a) Establish guidelines for funding eligibility consistent
    7  with this section, promote the availability of the funding
    8  statewide, provide technical assistance to applicants, evaluate
    9  applicants, determine allowable expenses, and disburse funding.
   10         (b) Annually post on its website and report to the
   11  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   12  Representatives the expenditure of the funds used to administer
   13  this section, including the total amount of funding distributed,
   14  the school districts that received funding, the amount of
   15  funding each school district received, and the department’s
   16  evaluation results.
   17         (c) Develop an application process for school districts to
   18  receive funding. The application must require that a school
   19  district:
   20         1. Demonstrate that it has an active partnership with a
   21  local governmental agency or nonprofit organization;
   22         2. Agree to fully implement its shared use project within
   23  the grant period;
   24         3. Abide by the conditions for receiving assistance;
   25         4. Provide the department with a copy of the school
   26  district’s shared use agreement or shared use policy; and
   27         5. Collect and provide data and other information required
   28  by the department for monitoring, accountability, and evaluation
   29  purposes.
   30         (d) Give funding priority to high-need communities. In
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete lines 7 - 8
   35  and insert:
   36         providing department responsibilities; specifying
   37         funding allocation