990271                                                            No.  26
                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB1885

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Representative(s): Bendross-Mindingall
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 02 On Page: 025 Specific Appropriation:   88
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Explanation:
Creates a $160,400,000 teacher salary allocation in the Florida Education
Finance Program (FEFP) by eliminating the school recognition program
($158,000,000) and reducing the K-8 Virtual Education program ($2,400,000).
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - Non 
        FEFP

        In Section 02  On Page 025
88      Special Categories
        Kindergarten Through Grade Eight Virtual 
        Education

          From General Revenue Fund                7,000,000      4,600,000

        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - FEFP

        In Section 01  On Page 002
6       Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - District Lottery And 
        School Recognition Program

          From Educational Enhancement Trust     263,449,842    105,449,842

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          Fund

Immediately following Specific Appropriation 6, DELETE:

Funds  provided  in  Specific  Appropriation  6  are  enhancement  funds
for school districts and shall be allocated as follows:

(a)   to  provide  financial  awards  pursuant  to provisions of section
1008.36,  Florida  Statutes,  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, and

(b)   funds  remaining  after the obligations in paragraph (a) have been
fully  met  shall  be allocated to all school districts by prorating the
amount  of the appropriation on each district's K-12 base funding.  From
the portion of funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph, school boards
must  allocate,  not  later  than  October  1,  2005,  at  least $10 per
unweighted  FTE  student  to  be  used  at  the discretion of the school
advisory  council  pursuant  to sections 24.121(5) and 1001.452, Florida
Statutes.   Council funds must be accounted for and are subject to being
audited on a yearly basis.


and insert in lieu thereof:

Funds  provided  in  Specific  Appropriation  6  are  enhancement  funds
for school districts and shall be allocated to all school
districts by prorating the amount  of the appropriation on each
district's K-12 base funding.  From the portion of funds allocated
pursuant to this paragraph, school boards must  allocate,  not  later 
than  October  1,  2005,  at  least $10 per unweighted  FTE  student  to
be  used  at  the discretion of the school advisory  council  pursuant 
to sections 24.121(5) and 1001.452, Florida Statutes.   Council funds
must be accounted for and are subject to being audited on a yearly
basis.


5A      Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational 
        Finance Program

          From Educational Enhancement Trust                    158,000,000
          Fund


        In Section 02  On Page 019
73      Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational 
        Finance Program

          From General Revenue Fund            6,591,227,247  6,593,627,247


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At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 73, INSERT:

From funds provided in Specific Appropriation 5A and 73, $158,000,000
from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund and $2,400,000 from General
Revenue shall be provided for school districts to increase teacher
salaries.

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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