| 1 | Representative Fitzgerald offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 182-769 and insert: |
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| 6 | Section 5. Subsection (25) of section 1001.42, Florida |
| 7 | Statutes, as amended by chapter 2009-3, Laws of Florida, is |
| 8 | amended to read: |
| 9 | 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.--The |
| 10 | district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all |
| 11 | powers and perform all duties listed below: |
| 12 | (25) EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.--On or after February 1, 2009, |
| 13 | A district school board may not enter into an employment |
| 14 | contract that is funded from state funds and that requires the |
| 15 | district to pay from state funds an employee an amount in excess |
| 16 | of 1 year of the employee's annual salary for termination, buy- |
| 17 | out, or any other type of contract settlement. This subsection |
| 18 | does not prohibit the payment of earned leave and benefits in |
| 19 | accordance with the district's leave and benefits policies which |
| 20 | are accrued by the employee before the contract terminates. |
| 21 | Section 6. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section |
| 22 | 1001.451, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 23 | 1001.451 Regional consortium service organizations.--In |
| 24 | order to provide a full range of programs to larger numbers of |
| 25 | students, minimize duplication of services, and encourage the |
| 26 | development of new programs and services: |
| 27 | (2) |
| 28 | (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the appropriation for |
| 29 | the 2008-2009 fiscal year may be less than $50,000 per school |
| 30 | district and eligible member. If the amount appropriated is |
| 31 | insufficient to provide $50,000, the funds available must be |
| 32 | prorated among all eligible districts and members. This |
| 33 | paragraph expires July 1, 2009. |
| 34 | Section 7. Subsections (6) and (7) are added to section |
| 35 | 1001.47, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 36 | 1001.47 District school superintendent; salary.-- |
| 37 | (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and s. |
| 38 | 145.19, elected district school superintendents may reduce their |
| 39 | salary rates on a voluntary basis. |
| 40 | (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and s. |
| 41 | 145.19, for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the salary of each |
| 42 | elected district school superintendent calculated pursuant to |
| 43 | this section shall be reduced by 5 percent. |
| 44 | Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 1001.50, Florida |
| 45 | Statutes, as amended by chapter 2009-3, Laws of Florida, is |
| 46 | amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are added to that section, |
| 47 | to read: |
| 48 | 1001.50 Superintendents employed under Art. IX of the |
| 49 | State Constitution.-- |
| 50 | (2) The district school board of each of such districts |
| 51 | shall enter into contracts of employment with the district |
| 52 | school superintendent and shall adopt rules relating to his or |
| 53 | her appointment; however, on or after February 1, 2009, the |
| 54 | district school board may not enter into an employment contract |
| 55 | that is funded from state funds and that requires the district |
| 56 | to pay from state funds a superintendent an amount in excess of |
| 57 | 1 year of the superintendent's annual salary for termination, |
| 58 | buy-out, or any other type of contract settlement. This |
| 59 | subsection does not prohibit the payment of earned leave and |
| 60 | benefits in accordance with the district's leave and benefits |
| 61 | policies which are accrued by the superintendent before the |
| 62 | contract terminates. |
| 63 | (5) Notwithstanding any other law, resolution, or rule to |
| 64 | the contrary, a district school superintendent employed under |
| 65 | this section may not receive more than $225,000 in remuneration |
| 66 | annually from state funds. "Remuneration" means salary, bonuses, |
| 67 | and cash-equivalent compensation paid to a district school |
| 68 | superintendent by his or her employer for work performed, |
| 69 | excluding health insurance benefits and retirement benefits. |
| 70 | Only compensation, as defined in s. 121.021(22), that is |
| 71 | provided to a superintendent may be used in calculating benefits |
| 72 | under chapter 121. |
| 73 | (6) District school boards and district school |
| 74 | superintendents employed pursuant to this section are encouraged |
| 75 | to review the superintendent's annual remuneration for the 2009- |
| 76 | 2010 fiscal year and mutually agree to a reduction of at least 5 |
| 77 | percent. |
| 78 | Section 9. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section |
| 79 | 1002.37, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 80 | 1002.37 The Florida Virtual School.-- |
| 81 | (3) Funding for the Florida Virtual School shall be |
| 82 | provided as follows: |
| 83 | (g) The Florida Virtual School shall receive additional |
| 84 | state funds as may be provided in the General Appropriations |
| 85 | Act; however, such funds may not be provided for the purpose of |
| 86 | fulfilling the class size requirements in ss. 1003.03 and |
| 87 | 1011.685. |
| 88 | Section 10. Subsections (1), (2), (7), (8), (10), (11), |
| 89 | and (12) of section 1002.45, Florida Statutes, are amended to |
| 90 | read: |
| 91 | 1002.45 School district virtual instruction programs.-- |
| 92 | (1) PROGRAM.-- |
| 93 | (a) Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, each school |
| 94 | district may shall provide eligible students within its |
| 95 | boundaries the option of participating in a virtual instruction |
| 96 | program operated by the school district which is a program |
| 97 | separate from the Florida Virtual School under s. 1002.37. The |
| 98 | purpose of the program is to make instruction available to |
| 99 | students using online and distance learning technology in the |
| 100 | nontraditional classroom and to provide an exit option for |
| 101 | students authorized to participate under paragraph (7)(c). The |
| 102 | program shall be provide virtual instruction to full-time for |
| 103 | students enrolled in full-time virtual courses in kindergarten |
| 104 | through grade 8 and or in full-time or part-time for students |
| 105 | enrolled virtual courses in grades 9 through 12 as authorized in |
| 106 | paragraph (7)(c). |
| 107 | (b) Each school district's virtual instruction program |
| 108 | shall use may consist of one or more schools that are operated |
| 109 | by the district or by contracted providers approved by the |
| 110 | Department of Education under subsection (2). School districts |
| 111 | may participate in multidistrict contractual arrangements, which |
| 112 | may include contracts executed by a regional consortium for its |
| 113 | member districts, to provide such programs. |
| 114 | (c) Except as provided in paragraph (7)(c), virtual |
| 115 | instruction is instruction in which at least 80 percent of the |
| 116 | direct instruction is provided by a Florida-certified teacher |
| 117 | using some form of technology when the student and the teacher |
| 118 | are separated by time or space, or both. |
| 119 | (d) If a student was enrolled in a K-8 Virtual School |
| 120 | Program under s. 1002.415 for the 2008-2009 school year and the |
| 121 | student resides in a school district that does not offer a |
| 122 | virtual instruction program, the school district must provide |
| 123 | the student access to the virtual school program in which the |
| 124 | student was enrolled during the 2008-2009 school year. |
| 125 | (c) A charter school may enter into a joint agreement with |
| 126 | the school district in which it is located for the charter |
| 127 | school's students to participate in an approved district virtual |
| 128 | instruction program. |
| 129 | (2) PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS.--On or before March 1, 2009, |
| 130 | and annually thereafter, The department shall annually provide |
| 131 | school districts with a list of no more than two approved |
| 132 | providers for the K-8 virtual instruction program and no more |
| 133 | than two approved providers for the virtual instruction program |
| 134 | under paragraph (7)(c) providers approved to offer virtual |
| 135 | instruction. To be approved by the department, a contract |
| 136 | provider must annually document that it: |
| 137 | (a) Is nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, |
| 138 | employment practices, and operations; |
| 139 | (b) Complies with the antidiscrimination provisions of s. |
| 140 | 1000.05; |
| 141 | (c) Locates an administrative office or offices in this |
| 142 | state, requires its administrative staff to be state residents, |
| 143 | and requires all instructional staff members to be Florida- |
| 144 | certified teachers; |
| 145 | (d) Possesses prior, successful experience offering online |
| 146 | courses to elementary, middle, or high school students; |
| 147 | (e) Utilizes Florida-certified an instructional model that |
| 148 | relies on certified teachers, not parents, to provide at least |
| 149 | 85 percent of the instruction to the student; |
| 150 | (f) Requires all school employees to have background |
| 151 | screening as required by s. 1012.32; |
| 152 | (g) Provides no more than 20 percent of instruction to the |
| 153 | student by a parent or an instructional coach; |
| 154 | (h)(f) Is accredited by the Southern Association of |
| 155 | Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School |
| 156 | Improvement, the North Central Association Commission on |
| 157 | Accreditation and School Improvement, the Middle States |
| 158 | Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary |
| 159 | Schools and Commission on Secondary Schools, the New England |
| 160 | Association of Schools and Colleges, the Northwest Association |
| 161 | of Accredited Schools, or the Western Association of Schools and |
| 162 | Colleges the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association |
| 163 | of Colleges and Schools, the Middle States Association of |
| 164 | Colleges and Schools, the North Central Association of Colleges |
| 165 | and Schools, or the New England Association of Colleges and |
| 166 | Schools; and |
| 167 | (i)(g) Complies with all requirements under this section. |
| 168 |
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| 169 | Notwithstanding this subsection, approved providers of virtual |
| 170 | instruction shall include the Florida Virtual School established |
| 171 | under s. 1002.37 and providers that operate under s. 1002.415. |
| 172 | (7) FUNDING.-- |
| 173 | (a) For purposes of a district virtual instruction |
| 174 | program, "full-time equivalent student" has the same meaning as |
| 175 | provided in s. 1011.61(1)(c)1.b.(III) or (IV). |
| 176 | (b) The school district shall report full-time equivalent |
| 177 | students for the school district virtual instruction program and |
| 178 | for a charter school's students who participate under paragraph |
| 179 | (1)(c) to the department only in a manner prescribed by the |
| 180 | department, and funding shall be provided through the Florida |
| 181 | Education Finance Program. |
| 182 | (c) Full-time or part-time school district virtual |
| 183 | instruction program courses provided under this section for |
| 184 | students in grades 9 through 12 are limited to Department of |
| 185 | Juvenile Justice programs, dropout prevention programs, and |
| 186 | career and vocational programs. |
| 187 | (8) ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.-- |
| 188 | (a) With the exception of the programs offered by the |
| 189 | Florida Virtual School under s. 1002.37, Each school district K- |
| 190 | 8 virtual instruction program must: |
| 191 | 1. participate in the statewide assessment program under |
| 192 | s. 1008.22 and in the state's education performance |
| 193 | accountability system under s. 1008.31. |
| 194 | 2. Receive a school grade as provided in s. 1008.34. A |
| 195 | school district virtual instruction program shall be considered |
| 196 | a school under s. 1008.34 for purposes of this section, |
| 197 | regardless of the number of individual providers participating |
| 198 | in the district's program. |
| 199 | (b) The department shall aggregate by provider the |
| 200 | statewide assessment scores of the students in each school |
| 201 | district full-time K-8 virtual instruction program at the end of |
| 202 | each year and publish a statewide school grade for each |
| 203 | provider. The performance of part-time students under paragraph |
| 204 | (7)(c) shall not be included for purposes of school grading |
| 205 | under subparagraph (a)2.; however, their performance shall be |
| 206 | included for school grading purposes by the nonvirtual school |
| 207 | providing the student's primary instruction. |
| 208 | (c) A provider program that is designated with a grade of |
| 209 | "D," making less than satisfactory progress, or "F," failing to |
| 210 | make adequate progress, must file a school improvement plan with |
| 211 | the department for consultation to determine the causes for low |
| 212 | performance and to develop a plan for correction and |
| 213 | improvement. |
| 214 | (d) The school district shall terminate its program with a |
| 215 | provider, including all contracts with providers for such |
| 216 | program, if the provider program receives a grade of "D," making |
| 217 | less than satisfactory progress, or "F," failing to make |
| 218 | adequate progress, for 2 years during any consecutive 4-year |
| 219 | period. If a contract is not renewed or is terminated, the |
| 220 | contracted provider is responsible for all debts of the program |
| 221 | or school operated by the provider. |
| 222 | (e) A school district that terminates its contract with a |
| 223 | provider program under paragraph (d) may shall contract with |
| 224 | another a provider selected and approved by the department for |
| 225 | the provision of virtual instruction until the school district |
| 226 | receives approval from the department to operate a new school |
| 227 | district virtual instruction program. |
| 228 | (10) MARKETING.--Any information provided by a school |
| 229 | district to parents and students regarding the school district's |
| 230 | virtual education instruction program must include information |
| 231 | about opportunities available at, and the parent's and student's |
| 232 | right to access courses offered by the school district virtual |
| 233 | instruction program and by, the Florida Virtual School under s. |
| 234 | 1002.37. |
| 235 | (11) 2008-2009 SCHOOL DISTRICT VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION |
| 236 | PROGRAM.--For the 2008-2009 school year, each school district in |
| 237 | the state may offer a school district virtual instruction |
| 238 | program to provide full-time virtual courses in kindergarten |
| 239 | through grade 8 or to provide full-time or part-time virtual |
| 240 | courses in grades 9 through 12 as authorized in paragraph |
| 241 | (7)(c). Such program may be operated or contracted as provided |
| 242 | under paragraph (1)(b) and must comply with all requirements of |
| 243 | this section, except that contracts under this subsection may |
| 244 | only be issued for virtual courses in kindergarten through grade |
| 245 | 8 to providers operating under s. 1002.415 or for virtual |
| 246 | courses in grades 9 through 12 as authorized under paragraph |
| 247 | (7)(c) to providers who contracted with a regional consortium in |
| 248 | the 2007-2008 school year to provide such services. |
| 249 | (11)(12) RULES.--The State Board of Education shall adopt |
| 250 | rules necessary to administer this section, including rules that |
| 251 | prescribe school district and charter school reporting |
| 252 | requirements. |
| 253 | Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and paragraph |
| 254 | (d) of subsection (6) of section 1002.71, Florida Statutes, as |
| 255 | amended by chapter 2009-3, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: |
| 256 | 1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.-- |
| 257 | (4) Notwithstanding s. 1002.53(3) and subsection (2): |
| 258 | (a) A child who, for any of the prekindergarten programs |
| 259 | listed in s. 1002.53(3), has not completed more than 70 10 |
| 260 | percent of the hours authorized to be reported for funding under |
| 261 | subsection (2) may withdraw from the program for good cause and, |
| 262 | reenroll in one of the programs, and be reported for funding |
| 263 | purposes as a full-time equivalent student in the program for |
| 264 | which the child is reenrolled. The total funding for a child who |
| 265 | reenrolls in one of the programs for good cause shall not exceed |
| 266 | one full-time equivalent student. Funding for a child who |
| 267 | withdraws and reenrolls in one of the programs for good cause |
| 268 | shall be issued in accordance with the uniform attendance policy |
| 269 | adopted pursuant to paragraph (6)(d). |
| 270 |
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| 271 | A child may reenroll only once in a prekindergarten program |
| 272 | under this section. A child who reenrolls in a prekindergarten |
| 273 | program under this subsection may not subsequently withdraw from |
| 274 | the program and reenroll. The Agency for Workforce Innovation |
| 275 | shall establish criteria specifying whether a good cause exists |
| 276 | for a child to withdraw from a program under paragraph (a), |
| 277 | whether a child has substantially completed a program under |
| 278 | paragraph (b), and whether an extreme hardship exists which is |
| 279 | beyond the child's or parent's control under paragraph (b). |
| 280 | (6) |
| 281 | (d) The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall adopt, for |
| 282 | funding purposes, a uniform attendance policy for the Voluntary |
| 283 | Prekindergarten Education Program. The attendance policy must |
| 284 | apply statewide and apply equally to all private prekindergarten |
| 285 | providers and public schools. The attendance policy must |
| 286 | establish a minimum requirement for student attendance and |
| 287 | include at least the following provisions: |
| 288 | 1. Beginning with the 2009-2010 fiscal year for school- |
| 289 | year programs, a student's attendance may be reported on a pro |
| 290 | rata basis as a fraction of and the 2009 summer program, a |
| 291 | student who meets the minimum requirement of 80 percent of the |
| 292 | total number of hours for the program may be reported as a full- |
| 293 | time equivalent student for funding purposes. |
| 294 | 2. At a maximum, 20 percent of the total payment for each |
| 295 | student made to a private kindergarten provider or public school |
| 296 | may be for hours a student is absent. A student who does not |
| 297 | meet the minimum requirement may be reported only as a |
| 298 | fractional part of a full-time equivalent student, reduced pro |
| 299 | rata based on the student's attendance. |
| 300 | 3. A private prekindergarten provider or public school may |
| 301 | not receive payment for absences that occur before a student's |
| 302 | first day of attendance or after a student's last day of |
| 303 | attendance. A student who does not meet the minimum requirement |
| 304 | may be reported as a full-time equivalent student if the student |
| 305 | is absent for good cause in accordance with exceptions specified |
| 306 | in the uniform attendance policy. |
| 307 |
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| 308 | The uniform attendance policy shall be used only for funding |
| 309 | purposes and does not prohibit a private prekindergarten |
| 310 | provider or public school from adopting and enforcing its |
| 311 | attendance policy under paragraphs (a) and (c). |
| 312 | Section 12. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 313 | 1003.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 314 | 1003.03 Maximum class size.-- |
| 315 | (2) IMPLEMENTATION.-- |
| 316 | (b) Determination of the number of students per classroom |
| 317 | in paragraph (a) shall be calculated as follows: |
| 318 | 1. For fiscal years 2003-2004 through 2005-2006, the |
| 319 | calculation for compliance for each of the 3 grade groupings |
| 320 | shall be the average at the district level. |
| 321 | 2. For fiscal years 2006-2007 through 2009-2010 2008-2009, |
| 322 | the calculation for compliance for each of the 3 grade groupings |
| 323 | shall be the average at the school level. |
| 324 | 3. For fiscal year 2010-2011 2009-2010 and thereafter, the |
| 325 | calculation for compliance shall be at the individual classroom |
| 326 | level. |
| 327 | 4. For fiscal years 2006-2007 through 2009-2010 and |
| 328 | thereafter, each teacher assigned to any classroom shall be |
| 329 | included in the calculation for compliance. |
| 330 | Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 331 | 1004.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 332 | 1004.55 Regional autism centers.-- |
| 333 | (1) Seven regional autism centers are established to |
| 334 | provide nonresidential resource and training services for |
| 335 | persons of all ages and of all levels of intellectual |
| 336 | functioning who have autism, as defined in s. 393.063; who have |
| 337 | a pervasive developmental disorder that is not otherwise |
| 338 | specified; who have an autistic-like disability; who have a dual |
| 339 | sensory impairment; or who have a sensory impairment with other |
| 340 | handicapping conditions. Each center shall be operationally and |
| 341 | fiscally independent and shall provide services within its |
| 342 | geographical region of the state. Service delivery shall be |
| 343 | consistent for all centers. Each center shall coordinate |
| 344 | services within and between state and local agencies and school |
| 345 | districts but may not duplicate services provided by those |
| 346 | agencies or school districts. The respective locations and |
| 347 | service areas of the centers are: |
| 348 | (a) The College of Medicine Department of Communication |
| 349 | Disorders at Florida State University, which serves Bay, |
| 350 | Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, |
| 351 | Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, |
| 352 | Wakulla, Walton, and Washington Counties. |
| 353 | Section 14. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section |
| 354 | 1006.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 355 | 1006.06 School food service programs.-- |
| 356 | (5) |
| 357 | (b) Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, each school |
| 358 | district must annually set prices for breakfast meals at rates |
| 359 | that, combined with federal reimbursements and state |
| 360 | allocations, are sufficient to defray costs of school breakfast |
| 361 | programs without requiring allocations from the district's |
| 362 | operating funds, except if the district school board approves |
| 363 | lower rates. |
| 364 | Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 1006.28, Florida |
| 365 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 366 | 1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school |
| 367 | superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 |
| 368 | instructional materials.-- |
| 369 | (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.--The district school board has |
| 370 | the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all |
| 371 | students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The |
| 372 | term "adequate instructional materials" means a sufficient |
| 373 | number of textbooks or sets of materials that are available in |
| 374 | bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of |
| 375 | hardbacked or softbacked textbooks, consumables, learning |
| 376 | laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer |
| 377 | courseware or software that serve serving as the basis for |
| 378 | instruction for each student in the core courses of mathematics, |
| 379 | language arts, social studies, science, reading, and literature, |
| 380 | except for instruction for which the school advisory council |
| 381 | approves the use of a program that does not include a textbook |
| 382 | as a major tool of instruction. The district school board has |
| 383 | the following specific duties: |
| 384 | (a) Courses of study; adoption.--Adopt courses of study |
| 385 | for use in the schools of the district. |
| 386 | (b) Textbooks.--Provide for proper requisitioning, |
| 387 | distribution, accounting, storage, care, and use of all |
| 388 | instructional materials furnished by the state and furnish such |
| 389 | other instructional materials as may be needed. The district |
| 390 | school board shall assure that instructional materials used in |
| 391 | the district are consistent with the district goals and |
| 392 | objectives and the curriculum frameworks adopted by rule of the |
| 393 | State Board of Education, as well as with the state and district |
| 394 | performance standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1). |
| 395 | (c) Other instructional materials.--Provide such other |
| 396 | teaching accessories and aids as are needed for the school |
| 397 | district's educational program. |
| 398 | (d) School library media services; establishment and |
| 399 | maintenance.--Establish and maintain a program of school library |
| 400 | media services for all public schools in the district, including |
| 401 | school library media centers, or school library media centers |
| 402 | open to the public, and, in addition such traveling or |
| 403 | circulating libraries as may be needed for the proper operation |
| 404 | of the district school system. |
| 405 | Section 16. Subsection (4) of section 1006.40, Florida |
| 406 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 407 | 1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation; |
| 408 | instructional materials, library books, and reference books; |
| 409 | repair of books.-- |
| 410 | (4) The funds described in subsection (3) which district |
| 411 | school boards may use to purchase materials not on the state- |
| 412 | adopted list shall be used for the purchase of instructional |
| 413 | materials or other items having intellectual content which |
| 414 | assist in the instruction of a subject or course. These items |
| 415 | may be available in bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may |
| 416 | consist of hardbacked or softbacked textbooks, replacements for |
| 417 | items which were part of previously purchased instructional |
| 418 | materials, consumables, learning laboratories, manipulatives, |
| 419 | electronic media, computer courseware or software, and other |
| 420 | commonly accepted instructional tools as prescribed by district |
| 421 | school board rule. The funds available to district school boards |
| 422 | for the purchase of materials not on the state-adopted list may |
| 423 | not be used to purchase electronic or computer hardware unless |
| 424 | even if such hardware is bundled with other state-adopted |
| 425 | instructional materials such as textbooks, software, or other |
| 426 | electronic media, nor may such funds be used to purchase |
| 427 | equipment or supplies. However, when authorized to do so in the |
| 428 | General Appropriations Act, a school or district school board |
| 429 | may use a portion of the funds available to it for the purchase |
| 430 | of materials not on the state-adopted list to purchase science |
| 431 | laboratory materials and supplies. |
| 432 | Section 17. Subsections (7) and (8) of section 1008.29, |
| 433 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 434 | 1008.29 College-level communication and mathematics skills |
| 435 | examination (CLAST).-- |
| 436 | (7) The State Board of Education shall collaborate with |
| 437 | the Board of Governors to establish rules instituting uniform |
| 438 | fees for all students, including private postsecondary students, |
| 439 | who take the CLAST. The fees shall be sufficient to cover the |
| 440 | actual cost of developing and administering the examination, by |
| 441 | rule, shall establish fees for the administration of the |
| 442 | examination to private postsecondary students. |
| 443 | (8)(a) The State Board of Education, by rule, shall |
| 444 | establish fees for the administration of the examination by |
| 445 | community colleges at times other than regularly scheduled dates |
| 446 | to accommodate examinees who are unable to be tested on those |
| 447 | dates. The state board shall establish the conditions under |
| 448 | which examinees may be admitted to the special administrations. |
| 449 | (b) The Board of Governors may establish fees for the |
| 450 | administration of the examination by state universities at times |
| 451 | other than regularly scheduled dates to accommodate examinees |
| 452 | who are unable to be tested on those dates. The Board of |
| 453 | Governors may establish the conditions under which examinees may |
| 454 | be admitted to the special administrations. |
| 455 | Section 18. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section |
| 456 | 1008.41, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 457 | 1008.41 Workforce education; management information |
| 458 | system.-- |
| 459 | (1) The Commissioner of Education shall coordinate uniform |
| 460 | program structures, common definitions, and uniform management |
| 461 | information systems for workforce education for all divisions |
| 462 | within the department. In performing these functions, the |
| 463 | commissioner shall designate deadlines after which data elements |
| 464 | may not be changed for the coming fiscal or school year. School |
| 465 | districts and community colleges shall be notified of data |
| 466 | element changes at least 90 days prior to the start of the |
| 467 | subsequent fiscal or school year. Such systems must provide for: |
| 468 | (c) Maximum use of automated technology and records in |
| 469 | existing databases and data systems. To the extent feasible, the |
| 470 | Florida Information Resource Network may shall be employed for |
| 471 | this purpose. |
| 472 | Section 19. Section 1010.11, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 473 | to read: |
| 474 | 1010.11 Electronic transfer of funds.--Pursuant to the |
| 475 | provisions of s. 215.85, each district school board, community |
| 476 | college board of trustees, and university board of trustees |
| 477 | shall adopt written policies prescribing the accounting and |
| 478 | control procedures under which any funds under their control are |
| 479 | allowed to be moved by electronic transaction for any purpose |
| 480 | including direct deposit, wire transfer, withdrawal, or |
| 481 | investment, or payment. Electronic transactions shall comply |
| 482 | with the provisions of chapter 668. |
| 483 | Section 20. Subsection (4) of section 1011.18, Florida |
| 484 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 485 | 1011.18 School depositories; payments into and withdrawals |
| 486 | from depositories.-- |
| 487 | (4) HOW FUNDS DRAWN FROM DEPOSITORIES.--All money drawn |
| 488 | from any district school depository holding same as prescribed |
| 489 | herein shall be upon a check or warrant drawn on authority of |
| 490 | the district school board as prescribed by law. Each check or |
| 491 | warrant shall be signed by the chair or, in his or her absence, |
| 492 | the vice chair of the district school board and countersigned by |
| 493 | the district school superintendent, with corporate seal of the |
| 494 | school board affixed. However, as a matter of convenience, the |
| 495 | corporate seal of the district school board may be printed upon |
| 496 | the warrant and a proper record of such warrant shall be |
| 497 | maintained. The district school board may by resolution, a copy |
| 498 | of which must be delivered to the depository, provide for |
| 499 | internal funds to be withdrawn from any district depository by a |
| 500 | check duly signed by at least two bonded school employees |
| 501 | designated by the board to be responsible for administering such |
| 502 | funds. However, the district school superintendent or his or her |
| 503 | designee, after having been by resolution specifically |
| 504 | authorized by the district school board, may transfer funds from |
| 505 | one depository to another, within a depository, to another |
| 506 | institution, or from another institution to a depository for |
| 507 | investment purposes and may transfer funds to pay expenses, |
| 508 | expenditures, or other disbursements that must be evidenced by |
| 509 | an invoice or other appropriate documentation in a similar |
| 510 | manner when the transfer does not represent an expenditure, |
| 511 | advance, or reduction of cash assets. Such transfer may be made |
| 512 | by electronic, telephonic, or other medium; and each transfer |
| 513 | shall be confirmed in writing and signed by the district school |
| 514 | superintendent or his or her designee. |
| 515 | Section 21. Subsection (2) and paragraphs (d) and (f) of |
| 516 | subsection (3) of section 1011.60, Florida Statutes, are amended |
| 517 | to read: |
| 518 | 1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education |
| 519 | Finance Program.--Each district which participates in the state |
| 520 | appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program shall |
| 521 | provide evidence of its effort to maintain an adequate school |
| 522 | program throughout the district and shall meet at least the |
| 523 | following requirements: |
| 524 | (2) MINIMUM TERM.--Operate all schools for a term of at |
| 525 | least 180 actual teaching days or the equivalent on an hourly |
| 526 | basis as specified by rules of the State Board of Education each |
| 527 | school year. The State Board of Education may prescribe |
| 528 | procedures for altering, and, upon written application, may |
| 529 | alter, this requirement during a national, state, or local |
| 530 | emergency as it may apply to an individual school or schools in |
| 531 | any district or districts if, in the opinion of the board, it is |
| 532 | not feasible to make up lost days or hours, and the |
| 533 | apportionment may, at the discretion of the Commissioner of |
| 534 | Education and if the board determines that the reduction of |
| 535 | school days or hours is caused by the existence of a bona fide |
| 536 | emergency, be reduced for such district or districts in |
| 537 | proportion to the decrease in the length of term in any such |
| 538 | school or schools. A strike, as defined in s. 447.203(6), by |
| 539 | employees of the school district may not be considered an |
| 540 | emergency. |
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| 544 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 545 | Remove lines 14-66 and insert: |
| 546 | amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; clarifying provisions authorizing the |
| 547 | payment of earned leave and benefits accrued by a district |
| 548 | school board employee before his or her employment contract |
| 549 | expires; amending s. 1001.451, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 550 | relating to the funding of regional consortium service |
| 551 | organizations; amending s. 1001.47, F.S.; authorizing elected |
| 552 | district school superintendents to reduce their salary rates on |
| 553 | a voluntary basis; requiring that each elected superintendent's |
| 554 | salary be reduced by 5 percent for the 2009-2010 fiscal year; |
| 555 | amending s. 1001.50, F.S.; clarifying provisions authorizing |
| 556 | payment of earned leave and benefits accrued by a superintendent |
| 557 | before his or her employment contract terminates; limiting the |
| 558 | use of compensation in calculating benefits; encouraging review |
| 559 | and reduction of compensation; amending s. 1002.37, F.S.; |
| 560 | restricting funds for the Florida Virtual School; amending s. |
| 561 | 1002.45, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the provision of |
| 562 | and access to school district virtual instruction programs and |
| 563 | the provider and accountability requirements for such programs; |
| 564 | revising marketing provisions; deleting obsolete provisions; |
| 565 | amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the |
| 566 | funding of prekindergarten programs; revising requirements for |
| 567 | the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program attendance |
| 568 | policy; amending s. 1003.03, F.S.; extending dates relating to |
| 569 | the calculation of the number of students for purposes of |
| 570 | complying with the class size requirements; amending s. 1004.55, |
| 571 | F.S.; revising provisions relating to the location and service |
| 572 | area of a regional autism center; amending s. 1006.06, F.S.; |
| 573 | revising provisions relating to school breakfast programs to |
| 574 | include state allocations; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; clarifying |
| 575 | the definition of the term "adequate instructional materials"; |
| 576 | amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the |
| 577 | purchase of instructional materials; amending s. 1008.29, F.S.; |
| 578 | revising provisions relating to the establishment of fees for |
| 579 | the College-level communications and mathematics skills |
| 580 | examination; amending s. 1008.41, F.S.; authorizing rather than |
| 581 | requiring the commissioner to employ the Florida Information |
| 582 | Resource Network for workforce education data management; |
| 583 | amending s. 1010.11, F.S.; providing for the electronic transfer |
| 584 | of funds for certain payments; amending s. 1011.18, F.S.; |
| 585 | providing for the transfer of funds from depositories for |
| 586 | certain payments; amending s. 1011.60, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 587 | relating to the minimum requirements of the Florida Education |
| 588 | Finance Program; providing for 196 days |