990067                                                            No.  44
                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB1943

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Representative(s): Richardson, Cusack, Wilson, Henriquez, Wiles, Joyner, 
Romeo, Bucher, Gannon, Ryan, Fields, Wishner, Peterman, Seiler, Greenstein,
Ausley, Harper, Weissman, Siplin, and Frankel
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 01 On Page: 001 Specific Appropriation:    4
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Explanation:
Eliminates funding for the School Recognition Program and provides an
additional $114,260,000 to the Discretionary Lottery Program.
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        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Programs - 
        FEFP

        In Section 01  On Page 001
4       Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - District Lottery And 
        School Recognition Program

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 4:

Funds  provided  in  Specific  Appropriation 4 are enhancement funds for
school districts and shall be allocated as follows:

a)   Sixty  percent  of  the  funds in Specific Appropriation 4 shall be
allocated  by  prorating  the  amount   of  the  appropriation  on  each
district's  K-12 base funding.  Prior to the expenditure of these funds,

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each  district  shall  establish  policies  and  procedures  that define
enhancement  and  the types of expenditures that will be consistent with
that  definition.  From the portion of  funds allocated pursuant to this
paragraph,  school boards must allocate, not later than October 1, 2002,
at  least $10 per unweighted FTE student to be used at the discretion of
the  school  advisory  council  or,  in  the  absence  of  such,  at the
discretion  of  the staff and parents of the school.  A portion of these
funds  shall  be  used for implementing the school improvement plan. The
improvement   plan   shall  include  performance  indicators  which  are
measurable.  Funding  for  use  by the school advisory councils shall be
allocated  directly  to  the  school  advisory  councils  and  shall  be
earmarked  for  the  councils'  use.  Council  funds  are not subject to
override by the principal or interim approvals by school district staff.
Council  funds must be accounted for and are subject to being audited on
a yearly basis.

b)   Forty  percent  of  the  funds provided in Specific Appropriation 4
shall  be  used  to  fund  financial awards pursuant to provisions of s.
231.2905,  F.S.,  relating  to  the  Florida School Recognition Program.
Funds  for  the  School  Recognition  Program  shall  be  awarded by the
Commissioner  in  the  amount  of  $100  per  student in each qualifying
school.

c)  Any funds remaining after the obligations in paragraph (b) have been
fully  met  shall  be  allocated  to all school districts as provided in
paragraph  (a),  and shall be subject to the expenditure requirements of
that paragraph.

The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  withhold  the  distribution  of
discretionary  lottery  funds  from  any  school district which fails to
certify compliance with the provisions of s. 106.15, F.S.


and insert in lieu thereof:

Funds in Specific Appropriation 4 shall be allocated  by  prorating  the
amount   of  the  appropriation  on  each district's  K-12 base
funding.  Prior to the expenditure of these funds, each  district  shall
establish  policies  and  procedures  that define enhancement  and  the
types of expenditures that will be consistent with that  definition. 
From the portion of  funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph,  school
boards must allocate, not later than October 1, 2002, at  least $10 per
unweighted FTE student to be used at the discretion of the  school 
advisory  council  or,  in  the  absence  of  such,  at the discretion 
of  the staff and parents of the school.  A portion of these funds 
shall  be  used for implementing the school improvement plan. The
improvement   plan   shall  include  performance  indicators  which  are
measurable.  Funding  for  use  by the school advisory councils shall be
allocated  directly  to  the  school  advisory  councils  and  shall  be
earmarked  for  the  councils'  use.  Council  funds  are not subject to
override by the principal or interim approvals by school district staff.
Council  funds must be accounted for and are subject to being audited on
a yearly basis.

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The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  withhold  the  distribution  of
discretionary  lottery  funds  from  any  school district which fails to
certify compliance with the provisions of s. 106.15, F.S.


Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.















































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