HB 1485

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to funding for educational facilities;
3	amending s. 1013.65, F.S.; revising the sum appropriated
4	for the Classrooms for Kids Program; amending s. 1013.738,
5	F.S.; revising the eligibility criteria for the High
6	Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance Grant Program;
7	revising provisions for allocation of funds; providing
8	calculations; 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 (a) of subsection (2) of section
13	1013.65, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
14	1013.65  Educational and ancillary plant construction
15	funds; Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust
16	Fund; allocation of funds.--
17	(2)(a)  The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
18	Service Trust Fund shall be comprised of the following sources,
19	which are hereby appropriated to the trust fund:
20	1.  Proceeds, premiums, and accrued interest from the sale
21	of public education bonds and that portion of the revenues
22	accruing from the gross receipts tax as provided by s. 9(a)(2),
23	Art. XII of the State Constitution, as amended, interest on
24	investments, and federal interest subsidies.
25	2.  General revenue funds appropriated to the fund for
26	educational capital outlay purposes.
27	3.  All capital outlay funds previously appropriated and
28	certified forward pursuant to s. 216.301.
29	4.a.  Funds paid pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d).
30	b.  The sum of $75 $41.75 million of such funds shall be
31	appropriated annually for expenditure to fund the Classrooms for
32	Kids Program created in s. 1013.735 and shall be distributed as
33	provided by that section.
34	Section 2.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 1013.738,
35	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
36	1013.738  High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance
37	Grant Program.--
38	(2)  In order to qualify for a grant, a school district
39	must meet the following criteria:
40	(a)  The district must have levied the full 2 mills of
41	nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage authorized in s.
42	1011.71(2) for each of the past 3 4 fiscal years or currently
43	receive an amount from the school capital outlay surtax
44	authorized in s. 212.055(6) that, when added to the nonvoted
45	discretionary capital outlay millage collected, equals the
46	amount that would be generated if the full 2 mills of nonvoted
47	discretionary capital outlay millage had been collected over the
48	past 3 fiscal years.
49	(b)  The district must receive in the current fiscal year
50	revenue from the collection of one of the following:
51	1.  An educational impact fee.
52	2.  A local government infrastructure sales surtax
53	authorized in s. 212.055(2).
54	3.  A school capital outlay surtax authorized in s.
55	212.055(6). If the school capital outlay surtax is used to meet
56	the conditions of paragraph (a), the amount of the school
57	capital outlay surtax collected must be in excess of the amount
58	in paragraph (a).
59	4.  A local bond referendum as authorized in ss. 1010.40-
60	1010.55.
61	(b)  Fifty percent of the revenue derived from the 2-mill
62	nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage for the past 4
63	fiscal years, when divided by the district's growth in capital
64	outlay FTE students over this period, produces a value that is
65	less than the average cost per student station calculated
66	pursuant to s. 1013.72(2), and weighted by statewide growth in
67	capital outlay FTE students in elementary, middle, and high
68	schools for the past 4 fiscal years.
69	(c)  The district must have equaled or exceeded twice the
70	statewide average of growth in capital outlay FTE students over
71	the previous 3-year this same 4-year period.
72	(d)  The district must not have received an appropriation
73	from the special facilities construction program in the current
74	fiscal year or the previous fiscal year. The Commissioner of
75	Education must have released all funds allocated to the district
76	from the Classrooms First Program authorized in s. 1013.68, and
77	these funds were fully expended by the district as of February 1
78	of the current fiscal year.
79	(e)  The total capital outlay FTE students of the district
80	is greater than 15,000 students.
81	(3)  The funds provided in the General Appropriations Act
82	shall be allocated pursuant to the following methodology:
83	(a)  The Department of Education shall calculate a 3-year
84	weighted average cost per student station using the average cost
85	per student station calculated under s. 1013.72(2) and the
86	statewide average growth in capital outlay FTE students in
87	elementary, middle, and high schools for the past 3 fiscal
88	years.
89	(b)  For each eligible district, the revenue derived from
90	the 2-mill nonvoted discretionary capital outlay millage for the
91	past 3 fiscal years shall be divided by the increase in capital
92	outlay FTE for the same period.
93	(c)  To determine the maximum potential grant for each
94	eligible district, the amount derived in paragraph (b) shall be
95	subtracted from the amount derived in paragraph (a) and
96	multiplied by the average increase in capital outlay FTE
97	students over the past 3 fiscal years.
98	(d)  If the funds provided in the General Appropriations
99	Act are insufficient to fully fund the maximum grants calculated
100	pursuant to paragraph (c), the Department of Education shall
101	prorate the funds based on each eligible district's prorated
102	share of the total maximum award.
103	(a)  For each eligible district, the Department of
104	Education shall calculate the value of 50 percent of the revenue
105	derived from the 2-mill nonvoted discretionary capital outlay
106	millage for the past 4 fiscal years divided by the increase in
107	capital outlay FTE students for the same period.
108	(b)  The Department of Education shall determine, for each
109	eligible district, the amount that must be added to the value
110	calculated pursuant to paragraph (a) to produce the weighted
111	average value per student station calculated pursuant to
112	paragraph (2)(b).
113	(c)  The value calculated for each eligible district
114	pursuant to paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by the average
115	increase in capital outlay FTE students for the past 4 fiscal
116	years to determine the maximum amount of a grant that may be
117	awarded to a district pursuant to this section.
118	(d)  In the event the funds provided in the General
119	Appropriations Act are insufficient to fully fund the maximum
120	grants calculated pursuant to paragraph (c), the Department of
121	Education shall allocate the funds based on each district's
122	prorated share of the total maximum award amount calculated for
123	all eligible districts.
124	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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