Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 984
       
       
        
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       
       39-00587-14                                            2014984__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to classroom instruction; creating s.
    3         1003.291, F.S.; authorizing a district school board to
    4         apply to the Commissioner of Education to provide at
    5         least 200 days of instruction within a school year
    6         under certain circumstances; increasing the annual
    7         allocation for funding for a school district that is
    8         approved for the additional days of instruction;
    9         requiring the school district to ensure that the
   10         school year ends before a specified date; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 1003.291, Florida Statutes, is created
   16  to read:
   17         1003.291 Extending the days for classroom instruction.
   18  Notwithstanding s. 1003.02(1)(g), a district school board may
   19  apply to the Commissioner of Education to provide at least 200
   20  days of classroom instruction within a fiscal year if the school
   21  district obtains the commissioner’s approval by November 1 of
   22  the fiscal year that precedes the beginning of the school year
   23  for which the school district is requesting approval. If the
   24  district school board obtains the commissioner’s approval, the
   25  school district shall receive a 15 percent increase in its
   26  annual allocation for funding for the fiscal year that is
   27  approved for the additional days of instruction. The school
   28  district shall ensure that the last day of instruction occurs
   29  before June 30.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.