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Senate Bill 0174
    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 174

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-84-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to expenditure requirements for

  3         education programs; amending s. 236.081, F.S.,

  4         relating to funds for operation of schools;

  5         requiring school districts to allocate at least

  6         80 percent of specified funds to the schools

  7         generating the funds; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section

13  236.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         236.081  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

15  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

16  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

17  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

18  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

19  follows:

20         (1)  COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR

21  OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in

22  determining the annual allocation to each district for

23  operation:

24         (m)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent

25  membership based on college board advanced placement scores of

26  students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent student

27  membership shall be calculated for each student in each

28  advanced placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher

29  on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the

30  prior year and added to the total full-time equivalent student

31  membership in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 174
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  1  subsequent fiscal year.  Each district must allocate at least

  2  80 percent of the funds appropriated for advanced placement

  3  instruction to the high school that generates the funds.

  4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Requires a school district to allocate at least 80
      percent of advanced placement instruction funds to the
  9    high school that generates the funds.

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