Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 62
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/31/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Stargel) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (424324) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 1205 and 1206
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
    7  1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
    9  construction cost maximums for school district capital
   10  projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
   11  and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
   12  outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
   13         (6)
   14         (b)1. A district school board may not use funds from the
   15  following sources: Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
   16  Service Trust Fund; School District and Community College
   17  District Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund; Classrooms
   18  First Program funds provided in s. 1013.68; nonvoted 1.5-mill
   19  levy of ad valorem property taxes provided in s. 1011.71(2);
   20  Classrooms for Kids Program funds provided in s. 1013.735;
   21  District Effort Recognition Program funds provided in s.
   22  1013.736; or High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance
   23  Grant Program funds provided in s. 1013.738 to pay for any
   24  portion of the cost of any new construction of educational plant
   25  space with a total cost per student station, including change
   26  orders, which exceeds:
   27         a. $17,952 for an elementary school;
   28         b. $19,386 for a middle school; or
   29         c. $25,181 for a high school,
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   31  (January 2006) as adjusted annually to reflect increases or
   32  decreases in the Consumer Price Index. The department, in
   33  conjunction with the Office of Economic and Demographic
   34  Research, shall review and adjust the cost per student station
   35  limits to reflect actual construction costs by January 1, 2020,
   36  and annually thereafter. The adjusted cost per student station
   37  shall be used by the department for computation of the statewide
   38  average costs per student station for each instructional level
   39  pursuant to paragraph (d). The department shall also collaborate
   40  with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to select
   41  an industry-recognized construction index to replace the
   42  Consumer Price Index by January 1, 2020, adjusted annually to
   43  reflect changes in the construction index.
   44         2. School districts shall maintain accurate documentation
   45  related to the costs of all new construction of educational
   46  plant space reported to the Department of Education pursuant to
   47  paragraph (d). The Auditor General shall review the
   48  documentation maintained by the school districts and verify
   49  compliance with the limits under this paragraph during its
   50  scheduled operational audits of the school district.
   51         3. Except for educational facilities and sites subject to a
   52  lease-purchase agreement entered pursuant to s. 1011.71(2)(e),
   53  or funded solely through local impact fees, in addition to the
   54  funding sources listed in subparagraph 1., a district school
   55  board may not use funds from any sources for new construction of
   56  educational plant space with a total cost per student station,
   57  including change orders, which equals more than the current
   58  adjusted amounts provided in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c. However,
   59  if a contract has been executed for architectural and design
   60  services or for construction management services before July 1,
   61  2017, a district school board may use funds from any source for
   62  the new construction of educational plant space and such funds
   63  are exempt from the total cost per student station requirements.
   64         4. A district school board must not use funds from the
   65  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or
   66  the School District and Community College District Capital
   67  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for any new construction of
   68  an ancillary plant that exceeds 70 percent of the average cost
   69  per square foot of new construction for all schools.
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   71  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   72  And the title is amended as follows:
   73         Delete line 1396
   74  and insert:
   75         specified amount; amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; providing
   76         an exception for educational facilities and sites
   77         subject to a lease-purchase agreement or funded solely
   78         through local impact fees; amending s. 1003.4282,
   79         F.S.;