HB 1263 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to public school performance-based
3	funding; providing funding to school districts based on
4	performance or improvement as measured by the FCAT;
5	providing for calculation of awards; providing for use of
6	funds; providing appropriations; providing an effective
7	date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Performance-based FCAT funding.--As of July 1,
12	2003, results are reported for each of the FCAT tests for
13	reading and mathematics at each grade level 3 through 10. For
14	purposes of this section, this results in a total of 16
15	categories in which school districts may receive performance
16	and/or improvement funds based on the achievement of their
17	students in the testing categories of the FCAT.
18	(1) School districts shall be recognized for their
19	accomplishment in attaining the highest performance scores, as
20	determined by mean scale score, in each of the 16 FCAT
21	categories. Upon ranking all the school districts in the state
22	to reflect the highest performance in each of the 16 categories
23	of the FCAT, the top 10 school districts in each category shall
24	be allocated an amount of money based on the outstanding
25	performance of their students. The calculation for individual
26	school district awards shall be calculated pursuant to
27	subsection (3).
28	(2) School districts shall be recognized for their
29	accomplishment in gaining the highest improvement in performance
30	scores, as determined by mean scale score, in each of the 16
31	FCAT categories. Upon ranking all the school districts in the
32	state to reflect the highest improvement in each of the 16
33	categories of FCAT testing, the top 10 school districts in each
34	category shall be allocated an amount of money based on the
35	outstanding improvement of their students. The calculation for
36	individual school district awards shall be calculated pursuant
37	to subsection (3).
38	(3) Total unweighted FTE shall be used as the basis for
39	purposes of calculating the awards for each qualifying school
40	district. For each of subsections (1) and (2), the number of
41	FTE from the previous year shall be determined for the top 10
42	school districts in each of the 16 categories. The calculation
43	of a dollar amount per FTE shall be performed to determine a
44	share value of each FTE and specific allocation for each school
45	district. The calculation shall be as follows: the school
46	district placing tenth in a category shall receive one share per
47	FTE; the school district placing ninth in a category shall
48	receive two shares per FTE; the school district placing eighth
49	in a category shall receive three shares per FTE; the school
50	district placing seventh in a category shall receive four shares
51	per FTE; the school district placing sixth in a category shall
52	receive five shares per FTE; the school district placing fifth
53	in a category shall receive six shares per FTE; the school
54	district placing fourth in a category shall receive seven shares
55	per FTE; the school district placing third in a category shall
56	receive eight shares per FTE; the school district placing second
57	in a category shall receive nine shares per FTE; and the school
58	district placing first in a category shall receive ten shares
59	per FTE. Once the total number of FTE shares required for each
60	of the two performance-based incentives pursuant to subsections
61	(1) and (2) is determined, that number shall be divided into the
62	respective appropriation to determine a dollar value per FTE
63	share for each of the two performance-based incentives. The
64	calculation of the dollar value per FTE share for subsections
65	(1) and (2) shall be performed independently of one another.
66	The two per FTE dollar values shall be used in calculating the
67	awards for each of the 16 categories for subsections (1) and
68	(2). Final allocations from the Department of Education to
69	school districts shall be determined by totaling award dollars
70	from both performance-based incentives by school district.
71	(4) Performance or improvement funds earned pursuant to
72	this section shall be utilized in support of supplemental
73	academic instruction programs.
74	(5) Nothing in this section shall preclude school
75	districts from earning additional dollars for enhancement,
76	performance, or improvement as provided elsewhere by law.
77	Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the General
78	Revenue Fund to the Department of Education for fiscal year
79	2003-2004 the sum of $25 million to implement the provisions of
80	subsection (1) of section 1 of this act and $25 million to
81	implement the provisions of subsection (2) of section 1 of this
82	act.
83	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.