Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (368432) for CS for SB 1264
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Appropriations (Montford) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 267 and 268
4 insert:
5 Section 5. Paragraph (i) of subsection (12) of section
6 1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
8 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
9 powers and perform all duties listed below:
10 (12) FINANCE.—Take steps to assure students adequate
11 educational facilities through the financial procedure
12 authorized in chapters 1010 and 1011 and as prescribed below:
13 (i) Contracts for materials, supplies, and services.
14 Contract for materials, supplies, and services needed for the
15 district school system. No contract for supplying these needs
16 shall be made with any member of the district school board, with
17 the district school superintendent, or with any business
18 organization in which any district school board member or the
19 district school superintendent has any financial interest
20 whatsoever. The district school board may adopt rules to
21 facilitate the efficient and effective procurement of materials,
22 supplies, and services, including the use of online procurement
23 and electronic auction services. For purposes of this paragraph,
24 the term “electronic auction services” means a competitive
25 procurement conducted on a centralized website using third-party
26 software, jointly managed by an approved vendor and the district
27 school board, for the purpose of obtaining competitive prices in
28 an auction environment.
29 Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 1006.27, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 1006.27 Pooling of school buses and related purchases by
32 district school boards; transportation services contracts.—
33 (1) The department shall assist district school boards in
34 securing school buses, contractual needs, equipment, and
35 supplies at as reasonable prices as possible by providing a plan
36 under which district school boards may voluntarily pool their
37 bids for such purchases. The department shall prepare bid forms
38 and specifications, obtain quotations of prices and make such
39 information available to district school boards in order to
40 facilitate this service and use electronic auction services, as
41 defined in s. 1001.42(12)(i), or other efficient procurement
42 tools. District schools may also use electronic auction services
43 or other efficient procurement tools for such purchases.
44 District school boards from time to time, as prescribed by State
45 Board of Education rule, shall furnish the department with
46 information concerning the prices paid for such items and the
47 department shall furnish to district school boards periodic
48 information concerning the lowest prices at which school buses,
49 equipment, and related supplies are available based upon
50 comparable specifications.
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53 And the title is amended as follows:
54 Delete lines 2 - 44
55 and insert:
56 An act relating to education; amending s. 282.0051,
57 F.S.; requiring the Agency for State Technology to
58 establish and publish information technology
59 architecture standards for purposes of implementing
60 digital classrooms by a specified date; requiring the
61 agency to collaborate with the Department of Education
62 and the Department of Management Services to identify
63 certain state contract procurement options for
64 services that support such standards and to identify
65 certain shared services available through the State
66 Data Center to facilitate the implementation of school
67 district digital classrooms plans; requiring the
68 agency’s annual assessment of the Department of
69 Education to review specified issues with respect to
70 school district digital classrooms plans and to
71 provide planning assistance to address and reduce
72 issues identified by the assessment; amending s.
73 282.00515, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference to
74 changes made by the act; creating s. 282.0052, F.S.;
75 establishing requirements for the agency or a
76 contracted organization with respect to the
77 establishment and assessment of digital classrooms
78 information technology architecture standards;
79 requiring the agency or contracted organization to
80 annually submit a report to the Governor and the
81 Legislature; prescribing report requirements;
82 requiring the agency to annually update the
83 Commissioner of Education on the status of technology
84 infrastructure; requiring the Department of Education
85 to annually update school districts regarding
86 compliance with information technology architecture
87 standards and provide planning guidance; requiring a
88 school district to take certain action in the event of
89 noncompliance with information technology architecture
90 standards; amending s. 1001.20, F.S.; requiring the
91 Office of Technology and Information Services of the
92 Department of Education to consult with the Agency for
93 State Technology in developing the 5-year strategic
94 plan for Florida digital classrooms; removing an
95 obsolete date; revising requirements for the 5-year
96 strategic plan; expanding the list of responsibilities
97 of the Office of Technology and Information Services;
98 amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; revising the powers and
99 duties of the district school board to authorize the
100 adoption of rules regarding procurement practices;
101 defining the term “electronic auction services”;
102 amending s. 1006.27, F.S.; authorizing a district
103 school board’s use of electronic auction services in
104 conjunction with bid pooling for school buses and
105 related purchases; amending s.