Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1076
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/14/2013           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Legg) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 1183 - 1214
    4  and insert:
    5         (n) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
    6  membership based on college board advanced placement scores of
    7  students.—A value of 0.16 full-time equivalent student
    8  membership shall be calculated for each student in each advanced
    9  placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the
   10  College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the prior year
   11  and added to the total full-time equivalent student membership
   12  in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent
   13  fiscal year. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of
   14  the funds provided to the district for advanced placement
   15  instruction, in accordance with this paragraph, to the high
   16  school that generates the funds. The school district shall
   17  distribute to each classroom teacher who provided advanced
   18  placement instruction:
   19         1. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
   20  the Advanced Placement teacher in each advanced placement course
   21  who receives a score of 3 or higher on the College Board
   22  Advanced Placement Examination.
   23         2. An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced Placement
   24  teacher in a school designated with a grade of “D” or “F” who
   25  has at least one student scoring 3 or higher on the College
   26  Board Advanced Placement Examination, regardless of the number
   27  of classes taught or of the number of students scoring a 3 or
   28  higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination.
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   30  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
   31  not exceed $2,000 in any given school year. However, the maximum
   32  bonus shall be $3,000 if at least 50 percent of the students
   33  enrolled in a teacher’s course earn a score of 3 or higher on
   34  the examination in a school with a grade of “A,” “B,” or “C”; or
   35  if at least 25 percent of the students enrolled in a teacher’s
   36  course earn a score of 3 or higher on the examination in a
   37  school with a grade of “D” or “F.” Bonuses awarded under this
   38  paragraph and shall be in addition to any regular wage or other
   39  bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to receive.