Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 824
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00944-18                                            2018824__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the school district price level
    3         index; creating s. 1011.79, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Education to issue a competitive
    5         solicitation for the review of the current price level
    6         index methodology by a specified entity; requiring a
    7         report of recommendations be provided to the chair of
    8         the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the chair of
    9         the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee,
   10         and the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of
   11         Policy and Budget; providing that the competitive
   12         solicitation and review occur every 10 years;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 1011.79, Florida Statutes, is created to
   18  read:
   19         1011.79 Price level index methodology review.—
   20         (1) By July 1, 2018, and every 10 years thereafter, the
   21  Department of Education shall issue a competitive solicitation
   22  to contract with an independent third-party consulting firm to
   23  conduct a review of the current price level index methodology.
   24         (2) By January 1, 2019, and every 10 years thereafter, the
   25  department shall provide a report which provides recommendations
   26  to the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the
   27  chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee,
   28  and the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and
   29  Budget.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.