| 1 | Representative Jennings offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 85-114 and insert: |
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| 6 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a charter |
| 7 | technical career center's student membership enrollment must be |
| 8 | calculated pursuant to this section. |
| 9 | (b)(a) Each district school board and community college |
| 10 | that sponsors a charter technical career center shall pay |
| 11 | directly to the center an amount stated in the charter. State |
| 12 | funding shall be generated for the center for its student |
| 13 | enrollment and program outcomes as provided in law. A center is |
| 14 | eligible for funding from workforce education funds the Florida |
| 15 | Workforce Development Education Fund, the Florida Education |
| 16 | Finance Program, and the Community College Program Fund, |
| 17 | depending upon the programs conducted by the center. |
| 18 | (c)(b) A center may receive other state and federal aid, |
| 19 | grants, and revenue through the district school board or |
| 20 | community college board of trustees. |
| 21 | (d)(c) A center may receive gifts and grants from private |
| 22 | sources. |
| 23 | (e)(d) A center may not levy taxes or issue bonds, but it |
| 24 | may charge a student tuition fee consistent with authority |
| 25 | granted in its charter and permitted by law. |
| 26 | (f)(e) A center shall provide for an annual financial |
| 27 | audit in accordance with s. 218.39. |
| 28 | (g) A center must define in the charter agreement the |
| 29 | delivery system in which the instructional offering of |
| 30 | educational services will be placed. The rules governing this |
| 31 | delivery system must be applied to all of the center's students |
| 32 | and must authorize all other sponsoring educational systems to |
| 33 | report required enrollment and student data based solely on the |
| 34 | rules of the offering institution. Each sponsor shall earn full- |
| 35 | time equivalent membership for each student for funding and |
| 36 | reporting purposes. |
| 37 | (f) A center must provide instruction for at least the |
| 38 | number of days required by law for other public schools or |
| 39 | community colleges, as appropriate, and may provide instruction |
| 40 | for additional days. |
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| 43 | Remove lines 8-10 and insert: |
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| 46 | education; amending s. 1002.34, F.S.; allowing charter technical |
| 47 | career center sponsors to submit full-time enrollment membership |
| 48 | data as defined in the charter agreement; deleting requirements |
| 49 | relating to the number of days of instruction; |