Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1468
       
       
        
       By Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       
       
       9-01457-14                                            20141468__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to instructional materials; amending
    3         s. 1006.40, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
    4         district school board use of the annual allocation for
    5         the purchase of instructional materials; amending s.
    6         1003.621, F.S.; conforming a provision; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (3) of
   12  section 1006.40, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation;
   14  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;
   15  repair of books.—
   16         (3)(a) Beginning in the 2014-2015 By the 2015-2016 fiscal
   17  year, each district school board may use all available funds
   18  shall use at least 50 percent of the annual allocation for the
   19  purchase of digital or electronic instructional materials that
   20  align with state standards included on the state-adopted list,
   21  except as otherwise authorized in paragraphs (b) and (c). This
   22  section does not apply to a district school board or a
   23  consortium of school districts which implements an instructional
   24  materials program pursuant to s. 1006.283, except that,
   25  beginning in the 2014-2015 by the 2015-2016 fiscal year, each
   26  district school board may use all available funds shall use at
   27  least 50 percent of the annual allocation for the purchase of
   28  digital or electronic instructional materials that align with
   29  state standards.
   30         (c) District school boards may use 100 percent of that
   31  portion of the annual allocation designated for the purchase of
   32  instructional materials for kindergarten, and 100 75 percent of
   33  that portion of the annual allocation designated for the
   34  purchase of instructional materials for first grade, to purchase
   35  materials not on the state-adopted list.
   36         Section 2. Paragraph (j) of subsection (2) of section
   37  1003.621, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   38         1003.621 Academically high-performing school districts.—It
   39  is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and reward school
   40  districts that demonstrate the ability to consistently maintain
   41  or improve their high-performing status. The purpose of this
   42  section is to provide high-performing school districts with
   43  flexibility in meeting the specific requirements in statute and
   44  rules of the State Board of Education.
   45         (2) COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES AND RULES.—Each academically
   46  high-performing school district shall comply with all of the
   47  provisions in chapters 1000-1013, and rules of the State Board
   48  of Education which implement these provisions, pertaining to the
   49  following:
   50         (j) Those statutes relating to instructional materials,
   51  except that s. 1006.37, relating to the requisition of state
   52  adopted materials from the depository under contract with the
   53  publisher, and s. 1006.40(3)(a), relating to the use of all
   54  available funds 50 percent of the instructional materials
   55  allocation, shall be eligible for exemption.
   56         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.