| 1 | Representative Ausley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (940817) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 412 and 413, insert: |
| 5 | Section 10. Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) of section |
| 6 | 411.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 411.01 School readiness programs; early learning |
| 8 | coalitions.-- |
| 9 | (5) CREATION OF EARLY LEARNING COALITIONS.-- |
| 10 | (e) Requests for proposals; payment schedule.-- |
| 11 | 1. Each early learning coalition must comply with s. |
| 12 | 287.057 for the procurement of commodities or contractual |
| 13 | services from the funds described in paragraph (9)(d). The |
| 14 | period of a contract for purchase of these commodities or |
| 15 | contractual services, together with any renewal of the original |
| 16 | contract, may not exceed 3 years. |
| 17 | 2. Each early learning coalition shall adopt a payment |
| 18 | schedule that encompasses all programs funded by the coalition |
| 19 | under this section. The payment schedule must take into |
| 20 | consideration the relevant market rate, must include the |
| 21 | projected number of children to be served, may include quality |
| 22 | related payments authorized by the Federal Government, and must |
| 23 | be submitted for approval by the Agency for Workforce |
| 24 | Innovation. Informal child care arrangements shall be reimbursed |
| 25 | at not more than 50 percent of the rate developed for a family |
| 26 | day care home. |
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| 32 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 33 | Remove line 1556 and insert: |
| 34 | provisions; amending s. 411.01, F.S.; providing for the payment |
| 35 | schedules of early learning coalitions to include certain |
| 36 | payments authorized by the Federal Government; creating s. |
| 37 | 456.0291, F.S.; authorizing |