Senate Bill sb0450c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 450

    By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Rich
    and Bullard




    581-1866-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Teachers Lead

  3         Program Stipend; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.;

  4         extending the stipend to teachers of

  5         prekindergarten students who are funded through

  6         the Florida Education Finance Program;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (6) of section 1012.71,

12  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

13         1012.71  The Florida Teachers Lead Program Stipend.--

14         (1)  Funding for the Florida Teachers Lead Program

15  Stipend shall be as determined by the Legislature in the

16  General Appropriations Act. Funds appropriated for the Florida

17  Teachers Lead Program Stipend are provided to purchase

18  classroom materials and supplies used in the instruction of

19  students in prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 12 of

20  the public school system who are funded through the Florida

21  Education Finance Program. From the funds appropriated, the

22  Commissioner of Education shall calculate an amount for each

23  school district by prorating the total of each school

24  district's share of the total K-12 unweighted FTE student

25  enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12.

26         (6)  For purposes of this section, the term "classroom

27  teacher" includes certified teachers employed on or before

28  September 1 of each year whose full-time job responsibility is

29  the classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten

30  kindergarten through grade 12 who are funded through the

31  Florida Education Finance Program, and full-time media

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    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 450
    581-1866-07




 1  specialists and guidance counselors who serve students in

 2  prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 12 who are funded

 3  through the Florida Education Finance Program. Only school

 4  district personnel employed in these positions are eligible

 5  for the classroom materials and supply stipend from funds

 6  appropriated to implement the provisions of this section.

 7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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 9          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
10                              SB 450

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12  The Committee Substitute limits eligibility for the Teachers
    Lead Stipend to certified, full-time classroom teachers, media
13  specialists, and guidance counselors who instruct or serve
    students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in programs
14  funded through the Florida Education Finance Program. The bill
    also limits expenditure of the stipend to the purchase of
15  classroom materials and supplies for students in programs
    funded through the Florida Education Finance Program.
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