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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-38                                        Bill No. HB 2017

    Amendment No. 15 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Lacasa and Attkisson offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

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16  remove:  all of said lines

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19         (1)  There is established an effort index grant program

20  for school district facilities. The purpose of this program is

21  to provide state financial assistance for the implementation

22  of School District Facilities Work Programs adopted pursuant

23  to s. 1013.35 for districts that have experienced high growth

24  in student enrollment relative to their financial ability to

25  provide facilities to serve this enrollment growth. Funding

26  for effort index grants is subject to legislative

27  appropriations specifically provided for this purpose.

28         (2)  In order to qualify for an effort index grant

29  awarded pursuant to this section, a school district must meet

30  each of the following criteria:

31         (a)  The district has levied the full 2 mills of

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  1  nonvoted discretionary capital outlay authorized in s.

  2  1011.71(2) for each of the 4 years immediately preceding the

  3  award of an effort index grant.

  4         (b)  Fifty percent of the revenue derived from the 2

  5  mill nonvoted discretionary capital outlay levy for the 4

  6  years immediately preceding the award of an effort index

  7  grant, when divided by the district's growth in capital outlay

  8  FTE students over the same 4-year period, produces a value

  9  which is less than the average cost-per-student-station

10  calculated pursuant to s. 1013.72(2) for the year immediately

11  preceding the effort index grant award, and weighted by the

12  statewide enrollment in elementary, middle, and high school.

13         (c)  The Commissioner of Education has released all

14  funds allocated to the district from the Classrooms First

15  Program authorized in s. 1013.68.

16         (d)  The total capital outlay FTE students of the

17  district is greater than 15,000 students.

18         (3)  The maximum amount of an effort index grant

19  awarded pursuant to this section shall be calculated as

20  follows:

21         (a)  For each eligible district, the Department of

22  Education shall calculate the value of 50 percent of the

23  revenue derived from the 2 mill nonvoted discretionary capital

24  outlay tax for the 4 years immediately preceding the award of

25  an effort index grant, divided by the increase in capital

26  outlay FTE students for the same period.

27         (b)  Next, the department shall determine, for each

28  eligible district, the amount that must be added to the value

29  calculated in paragraph (a) to produce the weighted average

30  value-per-student-station calculated for the preceding year as

31  described in paragraph (2)(b).

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  1         (c)  The value calculated for each district in

  2  paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by the total increase in

  3  capital outlay FTE students for 4 years immediately preceding

  4  the award of the effort index grant to determine the maximum

  5  amount of a grant which may be awarded to a district pursuant

  6  to the section.

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