Senate Bill sb2604

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2604

    By Senator Lynn





    7-1628-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to funding for the Florida

  3         Virtual School; amending s. 1002.37, F.S.;

  4         providing a methodology for determining the

  5         full-time equivalent student membership of the

  6         Florida Virtual School in order to calculate

  7         funding under the Florida Education Finance

  8         Program; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

13  1002.37, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         1002.37  The Florida Virtual School.--

15         (3)  Funding for the Florida Virtual School shall be

16  provided as follows:

17         (b)  Full-time equivalent student credit completed

18  through the Florida Virtual School, including credits

19  completed during the summer, shall be reported to the

20  Department of Education in the manner prescribed by the

21  department and shall be funded through the Florida Education

22  Finance Program. For purposes of determining the full-time

23  equivalent student membership to calculate funding under the

24  Florida Education Finance Program, the department shall adjust

25  the reported full-time equivalent student credit by

26  multiplying the reported full-time equivalent student credit

27  by the sum of 1 plus the immediately prior year's statewide

28  noncompletion rate for courses attempted in all public high

29  schools in the state.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2604
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 3    Provides a methodology for determining the full-time
      equivalent student membership of the Florida Virtual
 4    School for use in calculating funding under the Florida
      Education Finance Program.
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