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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1145

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Education Innovation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) of section

18  235.186, Florida Statutes, is added to read:  (e)  No Effort

19  Index Grant dollars are to be distributed until after all

20  Classrooms First dollars have been encumbered or spent.

21         Section 2.  (1) The Effort Index Grant task force is

22  hereby created, to serve through March 1, 2000.

23         (2)(a)  The task force shall be composed of the

24  following 6 members, who shall be appointed within 30 days

25  after the effective date of this section:

26         1.  Two members selected by the Governor, neither of

27  whom shall be a member of the Legislature or an employee of a

28  school district at the time of the appointment, as follows:

29  one architect and one of the Governor's appointees on the

30  SMART Schools Clearinghouse board.

31         2.  Two members selected by the President of the

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 1  Senate, neither of whom shall be a member of the Legislature

 2  or an employee of a school district at the time of the

 3  appointment, as follows: a representative of the business

 4  community and a private sector facilities expert, such as an

 5  engineer, architect, construction manager, builder, or

 6  planner.

 7         3.  Two members selected by the Speaker of the House,

 8  neither of whom shall be a member of the Legislature or an

 9  employee of the school district at the time of the

10  appointment, as follows:  a representative of the business

11  community and a private sector facilities expert, such as an

12  engineer, architect, construction manager, builder, or

13  planner.

14         (b)  All state agencies are directed to cooperate with

15  and provide assistance to the task force to the fullest extent

16  possible.

17         (c)  The task force members shall not receive

18  remuneration for the services but shall be reimbursed for

19  travel and per diem expenses in accordance with 112.062, F.S.

20         (3)  In order to ensure consistency in the definitions

21  and standards to be applied to each district for the purposes

22  of awards of effort index grants, the task force shall visit

23  each district which applies for an effort index grant and

24  conduct a review of the five year district facilities work

25  program to validate the basis for the effort index grant

26  application.

27         (b)  The task force shall issue a report to the

28  Governor, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate no

29  later than February 1, 2000, proposing any recommended

30  statutory changes related to the Effort Index Grant program.

31         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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 5  And the title is amended as follows:

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 7  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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10         97-384, Laws of Florida; amending s. 235.186,

11         F.S.; clarifying distribution of effort index

12         grant dollars; creating an effort index grant

13         task force; providing for appointment and

14         qualifications of members; providing duties of

15         task force; providing for a report; providing

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