Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (813072) for SB 7070
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Diaz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 212.099, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         212.099 Credit for contributions to eligible nonprofit
    8  scholarship-funding organizations Florida Sales Tax Credit
    9  Scholarship Program.—
   10         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   11         (a) “Eligible business” means a tenant or person actually
   12  occupying, using, or entitled to the use of any property from
   13  which the rental or license fee is subject to taxation under s.
   14  212.031.
   15         (b) “Eligible contribution” or “contribution” means a
   16  monetary contribution from an eligible business to an eligible
   17  nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to be used pursuant
   18  to s. 1002.385 or s. 1002.395. The eligible business making the
   19  contribution may not designate a specific student as the
   20  beneficiary of the contribution.
   21         (c) “Eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization”
   22  or “organization” has the same meaning as provided in s.
   23  1002.395(2)(f).
   24         (2) An eligible business shall be granted a credit against
   25  the tax imposed under s. 212.031 and collected from the eligible
   26  business by a dealer. The credit shall be in an amount equal to
   27  100 percent of an eligible contribution made to an organization.
   28         (3) A dealer shall take a credit against the tax imposed
   29  under s. 212.031 in an amount equal to the credit taken by the
   30  eligible business under subsection (2).
   31         (4)(a) An eligible business must apply to the department
   32  for an allocation of tax credits under this section. The
   33  eligible business must specify in the application the state
   34  fiscal year during which the contribution will be made, the
   35  organization that will receive the contribution, the planned
   36  amount of the contribution, the address of the property from
   37  which the rental or license fee is subject to taxation under s.
   38  212.031, and the federal employer identification number of the
   39  dealer who collects the tax imposed under s. 212.031 from the
   40  eligible business and who will reduce collection of taxes from
   41  the eligible business pursuant to this section. The department
   42  shall approve allocations of tax credits on a first-come, first
   43  served basis and shall provide to the eligible business a
   44  separate approval or denial letter for each dealer for which the
   45  eligible business applied for an allocation of tax credits.
   46  Within 10 days after approving or denying an application, the
   47  department shall provide a copy of its approval or denial letter
   48  to the organization specified by the eligible business in the
   49  application. An approval letter must include the name and
   50  federal employer identification number of the dealer from whom a
   51  credit under this section can be taken and the amount of tax
   52  credits approved for use with that dealer.
   53         (b) Upon receipt of an eligible contribution, the
   54  organization shall provide the eligible business that made the
   55  contribution with a separate certificate of contribution for
   56  each dealer from whom a credit can be taken as approved under
   57  paragraph (a). A certificate of contribution must include the
   58  contributor’s name and, if available, federal employer
   59  identification number, the amount contributed, the date of
   60  contribution, the name of the organization, and the name and
   61  federal employer identification number of the dealer.
   62         (5) Each dealer that receives from an eligible business a
   63  copy of the department’s approval letter and a certificate of
   64  contribution, both of which identify the dealer as the dealer
   65  who collects the tax imposed under s. 212.031 from the eligible
   66  business and who will reduce collection of taxes from the
   67  eligible business pursuant to this section, shall reduce the tax
   68  collected from the eligible business under s. 212.031 by the
   69  total amount of contributions indicated in the certificate of
   70  contribution. The reduction may not exceed the amount of credit
   71  allocation approved by the department and may not exceed the
   72  amount of tax that would otherwise be collected from the
   73  eligible business by a dealer when a payment is made under the
   74  rental or license fee arrangement. However, payments by an
   75  eligible business to a dealer may not be reduced before October
   76  1, 2018.
   77         (a) If the total amount of credits an eligible business may
   78  take cannot be fully used within any period that a payment is
   79  due under the rental or license fee arrangement because of an
   80  insufficient amount of tax that the dealer would collect from
   81  the eligible business during that period, the unused amount may
   82  be carried forward for a period not to exceed 10 years.
   83         (b) A tax credit may not be claimed on an amended return or
   84  through a refund.
   85         (c) A dealer that claims a tax credit must file returns and
   86  pay taxes by electronic means under s. 213.755.
   87         (d) An eligible business may not convey, assign, or
   88  transfer an approved tax credit or a carryforward tax credit to
   89  another entity unless all of the assets of the eligible business
   90  are conveyed, assigned, or transferred in the same transaction
   91  and the successor business continues the same lease with the
   92  dealer.
   93         (e) Within any state fiscal year, an eligible business may
   94  rescind all or part of a tax credit approved under this section.
   95  The amount rescinded shall become available for that state
   96  fiscal year to another eligible business as approved by the
   97  department if the business receives notice from the department
   98  that the rescindment has been accepted by the department. Any
   99  amount rescinded under this subsection shall become available to
  100  an eligible business on a first-come, first-served basis based
  101  on tax credit applications received after the date the
  102  rescindment is accepted by the department.
  103         (f) Within 10 days after the rescindment of a tax credit
  104  under paragraph (e) is accepted by the department, the
  105  department shall notify the eligible nonprofit scholarship
  106  funding organization specified by the eligible business. The
  107  department shall also include the eligible nonprofit
  108  scholarship-funding organization specified by the eligible
  109  business on all letters or correspondence of acknowledgment for
  110  tax credits under this section.
  111         (6) An organization shall report to the department, on or
  112  before the 20th day of each month, the total amount of
  113  contributions received pursuant to subsection (4) in the
  114  preceding calendar month on a form provided by the department.
  115  Such report shall include the amount of contributions received
  116  during that reporting period and the federal employer
  117  identification number of each dealer associated with the
  118  contribution.
  119         (7)(a) Eligible contributions may be used to fund the
  120  program established under s. 1002.395 s. 1002.385 if funds
  121  appropriated in a state fiscal year for the program are
  122  insufficient to fund eligible students.
  123         (b)If the conditions in paragraph (a) are met, the
  124  organization shall first use eligible contributions received
  125  during a state fiscal year to fund scholarships for students in
  126  the priority set forth in s. 1002.385(12)(d). Remaining
  127  contributions may be used to fund scholarships for students
  128  eligible pursuant to s. 1002.395(3)(b)1. or 2.
  129         (b)(c) The organization shall separately account for each
  130  scholarship funded pursuant to this section.
  131         (d)Notwithstanding s. 1002.385(6)(b), any funds remaining
  132  from a closed scholarship account funded pursuant to this
  133  section shall be used to fund other scholarships pursuant to s.
  134  1002.385.
  135         (c)(e) The organization may, subject to the limitations of
  136  s. 1002.395(6)(j)1., use up to 3 percent of eligible
  137  contributions received during the state fiscal year in which
  138  such contributions are collected for administrative expenses.
  139         (8) The sum of tax credits that may be approved by the
  140  department in any state fiscal year is $57.5 million.
  141         (9) For purposes of the distributions of tax revenue under
  142  s. 212.20, the department shall disregard any tax credits
  143  allowed under this section to ensure that any reduction in tax
  144  revenue received that is attributable to the tax credits results
  145  only in a reduction in distributions to the General Revenue
  146  Fund.
  147         (10) The department may adopt rules to administer this
  148  section.
  149         Section 2. Section 212.1832, Florida Statutes, is amended
  150  to read:
  151         212.1832 Credit for contributions to eligible nonprofit
  152  scholarship-funding organizations the Hope Scholarship Program.—
  153         (1) The purchaser of a motor vehicle shall be granted a
  154  credit of 100 percent of an eligible contribution made to an
  155  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization under s.
  156  1002.40 against any tax imposed by the state under this chapter
  157  and collected from the purchaser by a dealer, designated agent,
  158  or private tag agent as a result of the purchase or acquisition
  159  of a motor vehicle on or after October 1, 2018, except that a
  160  credit may not exceed the tax that would otherwise be collected
  161  from the purchaser by a dealer, designated agent, or private tag
  162  agent. For purposes of this subsection, the term “purchase” does
  163  not include the lease or rental of a motor vehicle.
  164         (2) A dealer shall take a credit against any tax imposed by
  165  the state under this chapter on the purchase of a motor vehicle
  166  in an amount equal to the credit granted to the purchaser under
  167  subsection (1).
  168         (3) For purposes of the distributions of tax revenue under
  169  s. 212.20, the department shall disregard any tax credits
  170  allowed under this section to ensure that any reduction in tax
  171  revenue received that is attributable to the tax credits results
  172  only in a reduction in distributions to the General Revenue
  173  Fund. The provisions of s. 1002.40 apply to the credit
  174  authorized by this section.
  175         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
  176  1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  177         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
  178  school students must receive accurate and timely information
  179  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
  180  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
  181  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
  182  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
  183         (6) EDUCATIONAL CHOICE.—
  184         (b) Private educational choices.—Parents of public school
  185  students may seek private educational choice options under
  186  certain programs established under chapter 1002.
  187         1. Under the McKay Scholarships for Students with
  188  Disabilities Program, the parent of a public school student with
  189  a disability may request and receive a McKay Scholarship for the
  190  student to attend a private school in accordance with s.
  191  1002.39.
  192         2. Under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, the
  193  parent of a student who qualifies for free or reduced-price
  194  school lunch or who is currently placed, or during the previous
  195  state fiscal year was placed, in foster care as defined in s.
  196  39.01 may seek a scholarship from an eligible nonprofit
  197  scholarship-funding organization in accordance with s. 1002.395.
  198         3. Under the Florida Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts
  199  Program, the parent of a student with a qualifying disability
  200  may apply for a personal learning scholarship to be used for
  201  individual educational needs in accordance with s. 1002.385.
  202         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection
  203  (10) of section 1002.333, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  204         1002.333 Persistently low-performing schools.—
  205         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  206         (b) “Persistently low-performing school” means a school
  207  that has earned three consecutive grades lower than a “C,”
  208  pursuant to s. 1008.34, in at least 3 of the previous 5 years
  209  and has not earned a grade of “B” or higher in the most recent 2
  210  school years, and a school that was closed pursuant to s.
  211  1008.33(4) within 2 years after the submission of a notice of
  212  intent.
  213         (10) SCHOOLS OF HOPE PROGRAM.—The Schools of Hope Program
  214  is created within the Department of Education.
  215         (a) A school of hope is eligible to receive funds from the
  216  Schools of Hope Program for the following expenditures:
  217         1. Preparing teachers, school leaders, and specialized
  218  instructional support personnel, including costs associated
  219  with:
  220         a. Providing professional development.
  221         b. Hiring and compensating teachers, school leaders, and
  222  specialized instructional support personnel for services beyond
  223  the school day and year until the school reaches full enrollment
  224  in accordance with the performance-based agreement pursuant to
  225  subsection (5).
  226         2. Acquiring supplies, training, equipment, and educational
  227  materials, including developing and acquiring instructional
  228  materials.
  229         3. Providing one-time startup costs associated with
  230  providing transportation to students to and from the charter
  231  school.
  232         4. Carrying out community engagement activities, which may
  233  include paying the cost of student and staff recruitment.
  234         5. Providing funds to cover the nonvoted ad valorem millage
  235  that would otherwise be required for schools and the required
  236  local effort funds calculated pursuant to s. 1011.62 when the
  237  state board enters into an agreement with a hope operator
  238  pursuant to subsection (5).
  239         6. Providing funds for the initial leasing costs of a
  240  school facility in the event the department determines that a
  241  suitable district-owned facility is unavailable or not leased in
  242  a timely manner pursuant to paragraph (7)(d).
  243  
  244  In the event a school of hope is dissolved or is otherwise
  245  terminated, all property, furnishings, and equipment purchased
  246  with public funds shall automatically revert to full ownership
  247  by the district school board, subject to complete satisfaction
  248  of any lawful liens or encumbrances. Any unencumbered public
  249  funds from the school of hope, district school board property
  250  and improvements, furnishings, and equipment purchased with
  251  public funds, or financial or other records pertaining to the
  252  school of hope, in the possession of any person, entity, or
  253  holding company, other than the charter school, shall be held in
  254  trust upon the district school board’s request, until any appeal
  255  status is resolved.
  256         (b) A traditional public school that is required to submit
  257  a plan for implementation pursuant to s. 1008.33(4) is eligible
  258  to receive up to $2,000 per full-time equivalent student from
  259  the Schools of Hope Program based upon the strength of the
  260  school’s plan for implementation and its focus on evidence-based
  261  interventions that lead to student success by providing wrap
  262  around services that leverage community assets, improve school
  263  and community collaboration, and develop family and community
  264  partnerships. Wrap-around services include, but are not limited
  265  to, tutorial and after-school programs, student counseling,
  266  nutrition education, parental counseling, and adult education.
  267  Plans for implementation may also include models that develop a
  268  culture of attending college, high academic expectations,
  269  character development, dress codes, and an extended school day
  270  and school year. At a minimum, a plan for implementation must:
  271         1. Establish wrap-around services that develop family and
  272  community partnerships.
  273         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
  274  and character standards.
  275         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
  276  child’s education.
  277         4. Describe how the school district will identify, recruit,
  278  retain, and reward instructional personnel. The state board may
  279  waive the requirements of s. 1012.22(1)(c)5., and suspend the
  280  requirements of s. 1012.34, to facilitate implementation of the
  281  plan.
  282         5. Identify a knowledge-rich curriculum that the school
  283  will use that focuses on developing a student’s background
  284  knowledge.
  285         6. Provide professional development that focuses on
  286  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
  287  and character standards.
  288         (c)The state board shall:
  289         1. Provide awards for up to 25 schools and prioritize
  290  awards for plans submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) that are
  291  based on whole school transformation and that are developed in
  292  consultation with the school’s principal.
  293         2. Annually report on the implementation of this subsection
  294  in the report required by s. 1008.345(5), and provide summarized
  295  academic performance reports of each traditional public school
  296  receiving funds.
  297         (d) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
  298  funds allocated for the purpose of this subsection which are not
  299  disbursed by June 30 of the fiscal year in which the funds are
  300  allocated may be carried forward for up to 5 years after the
  301  effective date of the original appropriation.
  302         Section 5. Section 1002.394, Florida Statutes, is created
  303  to read:
  304         1002.394The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.—
  305         (1) PURPOSE.—The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program is
  306  established to provide children of families in this state which
  307  have limited financial resources with educational options to
  308  achieve success in their education.
  309         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  310         (a) “Department” means the Department of Education.
  311         (b) “Eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization”
  312  has the same meaning as provided in s. 1002.395(2)(f).
  313         (c) “Eligible private school” has the same meaning as
  314  provided in s. 1002.395(2)(g).
  315         (d) “Parent” means a resident of this state who is a
  316  parent, as defined in s. 1000.21.
  317         (e) “Program” means the Family Empowerment Scholarship
  318  Program.
  319         (3) SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.—A student is eligible for a
  320  Family Empowerment Scholarship under this section if the student
  321  meets the following criteria:
  322         (a)1.The student is on the direct certification list
  323  pursuant to s. 1002.395(2)(c) or the student’s household income
  324  level does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level;
  325  or
  326         2. The student is currently placed, or during the previous
  327  state fiscal year was placed, in foster care or in out-of-home
  328  care as defined in s. 39.01.
  329  
  330  Priority shall be given to students whose household income
  331  levels do not exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty level or
  332  who are in foster care or out-of-home care. A student who
  333  initially receives a scholarship based on eligibility under
  334  subparagraph 2. remains eligible to participate until the
  335  student graduates from high school or attains the age of 21
  336  years, whichever occurs first, regardless of the student’s
  337  household income level. A sibling of a student who is
  338  participating in the scholarship program under this subsection
  339  is eligible for a scholarship if the student resides in the same
  340  household as the sibling.
  341         (b)The student is eligible to enroll in kindergarten or
  342  has spent the prior school year in attendance at a Florida
  343  public school. For purposes of this paragraph, prior school year
  344  in attendance means that the student was enrolled and reported
  345  by a school district for funding during the preceding October
  346  and February Florida Education Finance Program surveys in
  347  kindergarten through grade 12, which includes time spent in a
  348  Department of Juvenile Justice commitment program if funded
  349  under the Florida Education Finance Program.
  350  
  351  However, a dependent child of a member of the United States
  352  Armed Forces who transfers to a school in this state from out of
  353  state or from a foreign country due to a parent’s permanent
  354  change of station orders or a foster child is exempt from the
  355  prior public school attendance requirement under this paragraph,
  356  but must meet the other eligibility requirements specified under
  357  this section to participate in the program.
  358         (c) The parent has obtained acceptance for admission of the
  359  student to a private school that is eligible for the program
  360  under subsection (8) and the parent has requested a scholarship
  361  from the Department of Education at least 60 days before the
  362  date of the first scholarship payment. The request must be
  363  communicated directly to the department in a manner that creates
  364  a written or electronic record of the request and the date of
  365  receipt of the request. The department must notify the school
  366  district of the parent’s intent upon receipt of the parent’s
  367  request.
  368         (4) TERM OF SCHOLARSHIP.—
  369         (a) For purposes of continuity of educational choice, a
  370  Family Empowerment Scholarship shall remain in force until the
  371  student returns to a public school, graduates from high school,
  372  or reaches the age of 21, whichever occurs first. A scholarship
  373  student who enrolls in a public school or public school program
  374  is considered to have returned to a public school for the
  375  purpose of determining the end of the scholarship’s term.
  376  However, if a student enters a Department of Juvenile Justice
  377  detention center for a period of no more than 21 days, the
  378  student is not considered to have returned to a public school
  379  for that purpose.
  380         (b) Upon reasonable notice to the department and the school
  381  district, the student’s parent may remove the student from the
  382  private school and place the student in a public school in
  383  accordance with this section.
  384         (c) Upon reasonable notice to the department, the student’s
  385  parent may move the student from one participating private
  386  school to another participating private school.
  387         (5) SCHOLARSHIP PROHIBITIONS.—A student is not eligible for
  388  a Family Empowerment Scholarship while he or she is:
  389         (a) Enrolled in a public school, including, but not limited
  390  to, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind; the College
  391  Preparatory Boarding Academy; a developmental research school
  392  authorized under s. 1002.32; or a charter school authorized
  393  under chapter 1002;
  394         (b) Enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of
  395  providing educational services to youth in a Department of
  396  Juvenile Justice commitment program;
  397         (c) Receiving any other educational scholarship pursuant to
  398  this chapter;
  399         (d) Participating in a home education program as defined in
  400  s. 1002.01(1);
  401         (e) Participating in a private tutoring program pursuant to
  402  s. 1002.43; or
  403         (f) Participating in a virtual school, correspondence
  404  school, or distance learning program that receives state funding
  405  pursuant to the student’s participation.
  406         (6) SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.—
  407         (a) By July 15, 2019, and by April 1 of each year
  408  thereafter, a school district shall inform all households within
  409  the district receiving free or reduced-priced meals under the
  410  National School Lunch Act of their eligibility to apply to the
  411  department for a Family Empowerment Scholarship. The form of
  412  such notice shall be provided by the department, and the school
  413  district shall include the provided form in any normal
  414  correspondence with eligible households. Such notice is limited
  415  to once a year.
  416         (b) The school district in which a participating student
  417  resides must notify the student and his or her parent about the
  418  locations and times to take all statewide assessments under s.
  419  1008.22 if the student chooses to participate in such
  420  assessments. Upon the request of the department, a school
  421  district shall coordinate with the department to provide to a
  422  participating private school the statewide assessments
  423  administered under s. 1008.22 and any related materials for
  424  administering the assessments. For a student who participates in
  425  the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program whose parent requests
  426  that the student take the statewide assessments under s.
  427  1008.22, the district in which the student attends a private
  428  school shall provide locations and times to take all statewide
  429  assessments. A school district is responsible for implementing
  430  test administrations at a participating private school,
  431  including the:
  432         1. Provision of training for private school staff on test
  433  security and assessment administration procedures;
  434         2. Distribution of testing materials to a private school;
  435         3. Retrieval of testing materials from a private school;
  436         4. Provision of the required format for a private school to
  437  submit information to the district for test administration and
  438  enrollment purposes; and
  439         5. Provision of any required assistance, monitoring, or
  440  investigation at a private school.
  441         (c) Each school district must publish information about the
  442  Family Empowerment Scholarship Program on the district’s website
  443  homepage. At a minimum, the published information must include a
  444  website link to the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program
  445  published on the Department of Education website as well as a
  446  telephone number and e-mail that students and parents may use to
  447  contact relevant personnel in the school district to obtain
  448  information about the scholarship.
  449         (7) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OBLIGATIONS.—The department
  450  shall:
  451         (a) Publish and update, as necessary, information on the
  452  department website about the Family Empowerment Scholarship
  453  Program, including, but not limited to, student eligibility
  454  criteria, parental responsibilities, and relevant data.
  455         (b)Cross-check the list of participating scholarship
  456  students with the public school enrollment lists before each
  457  scholarship payment to avoid duplication.
  458         (8) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—To be
  459  eligible to participate in the Family Empowerment Scholarship
  460  Program, a private school may be sectarian or nonsectarian and
  461  must:
  462         (a) Comply with all requirements for private schools
  463  participating in state school choice scholarship programs
  464  pursuant to s. 1002.421.
  465         (b) Provide to the department all documentation required
  466  for a student’s participation, including the private school’s
  467  and student’s fee schedules, at least 30 days before any
  468  quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student pursuant
  469  to paragraph (11)(f). A student is not eligible to receive a
  470  quarterly scholarship payment if the private school fails to
  471  meet this deadline.
  472         (c)1.Annually administer or make provision for students
  473  participating in the program in grades 3 through 10 to take one
  474  of the nationally norm-referenced tests identified by the
  475  department or to take the statewide assessments pursuant to s.
  476  1008.22. Students with disabilities for whom standardized
  477  testing is not appropriate are exempt from this requirement. A
  478  participating private school shall report a student’s scores to
  479  his or her parent.
  480         2.Administer the statewide assessments pursuant to s.
  481  1008.22 if the private school chooses to offer the statewide
  482  assessments. A participating private school may choose to offer
  483  and administer the statewide assessments to all students who
  484  attend the private school in grades 3 through 10 and must submit
  485  a request in writing to the department by March 1 of each year
  486  in order to administer the statewide assessments in the
  487  subsequent school year.
  488  
  489  If a private school fails to meet the requirements of this
  490  subsection or s. 1002.421, the commissioner may determine that
  491  the private school is ineligible to participate in the
  492  scholarship program.
  493         (9) PARENT AND STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROGRAM
  494  PARTICIPATION.—A parent who applies for a Family Empowerment
  495  Scholarship is exercising his or her parental option to place
  496  his or her child in a private school.
  497         (a) The parent must select the private school and apply for
  498  the admission of his or her student.
  499         (b) The parent must request the scholarship at least 60
  500  days before the date of the first scholarship payment.
  501         (c)The parent must inform the applicable school district
  502  when the parent withdraws his or her student from a public
  503  school to attend an eligible private school.
  504         (d) Any student participating in the program must remain in
  505  attendance throughout the school year unless excused by the
  506  school for illness or other good cause.
  507         (e) Each parent and each student has an obligation to the
  508  private school to comply with the private school’s published
  509  policies.
  510         (f) The parent shall ensure that the student participating
  511  in the scholarship program takes the norm-referenced assessment
  512  offered by the private school. The parent may also choose to
  513  have the student participate in the statewide assessments
  514  pursuant to paragraph (6)(b).
  515         (g) If the parent requests that the student participating
  516  in the program take all statewide assessments required pursuant
  517  to s. 1008.22, the parent is responsible for transporting the
  518  student to the assessment site designated by the school
  519  district.
  520         (h) Upon receipt of a scholarship warrant, the parent to
  521  whom the warrant is issued must restrictively endorse the
  522  warrant to the private school for deposit into the private
  523  school’s account. The parent may not designate any entity or
  524  individual associated with the participating private school as
  525  the parent’s attorney in fact to endorse a scholarship warrant.
  526  A participant who fails to comply with this paragraph forfeits
  527  the scholarship.
  528         (10) OBLIGATIONS OF ELIGIBLE SCHOLARSHIP-FUNDING
  529  ORGANIZATIONS.—An eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  530  organization:
  531         (a)Shall verify the household income level of students
  532  pursuant to subparagraph (3)(a)1. and submit the verified list
  533  of students and related documentation to the department.
  534         (b) May, from eligible contributions received pursuant to
  535  s. 1002.395(6)(j)1., use an amount not to exceed 1 percent of
  536  the total amount of all scholarships awarded under this section
  537  for administrative expenses associated with performing functions
  538  under this section. Such administrative expense amount is
  539  considered within the 3 percent limit on the total amount an
  540  organization may use to administer scholarships under this
  541  chapter.
  542         (c) Must, in a timely manner, submit any information
  543  requested by the department relating to the scholarship under
  544  this section.
  545         (d)Must notify the department about any violation of this
  546  section by a parent or a private school.
  547         (11) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  548         (a) The scholarship is established for up to 18,000
  549  students annually on a first-come, first-served basis beginning
  550  with the 2019-2020 school year. Beginning in the 2020-2021
  551  school year, the number of students participating in the
  552  scholarship program under this section may increase in
  553  accordance with the percentage increase in the state’s public
  554  school student enrollment.
  555         (b) The scholarship amount provided to a student for any
  556  single school year shall be for tuition and fees for an eligible
  557  private school, not to exceed annual limits, which shall be
  558  determined in accordance with this paragraph. The calculated
  559  amount for a student to attend an eligible private school shall
  560  be 95 percent of the unweighted FTE funding amount at the
  561  district level for that state fiscal year and shall be adjusted
  562  with each FEFP calculation through the calculation based on the
  563  October survey.
  564         (c) The amount of the Family Empowerment Scholarship shall
  565  be the calculated amount or the amount of the private school’s
  566  tuition and fees, whichever is less. The amount of any
  567  assessment fee required by the participating private school may
  568  be paid from the total amount of the scholarship.
  569         (d) The school district shall report all students who are
  570  attending a private school under this program. The students
  571  attending private schools on Family Empowerment Scholarships
  572  shall be reported separately from other students reported for
  573  purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program.
  574         (e) Following notification on July 1, September 1, December
  575  1, or February 1 of the number of program participants, the
  576  department shall transfer, from general revenue funds only, the
  577  amount calculated pursuant to paragraph (b) to a separate
  578  account for the scholarship program for quarterly disbursement
  579  to parents of participating students. For a student exiting a
  580  Department of Juvenile Justice commitment program who chooses to
  581  participate in the scholarship program, the amount of the Family
  582  Empowerment Scholarship calculated pursuant to paragraph (b)
  583  must be transferred from the school district in which the
  584  student last attended a public school before commitment to the
  585  Department of Juvenile Justice. When a student enters the
  586  scholarship program, the department must receive all
  587  documentation required for the student’s participation,
  588  including the private school’s and the student’s fee schedules,
  589  at least 30 days before the first quarterly scholarship payment
  590  is made for the student.
  591         (f) Upon notification by the department that it has
  592  received the documentation required under paragraph (e), the
  593  Chief Financial Officer shall make scholarship payments in four
  594  equal amounts no later than September 1, November 1, February 1,
  595  and April 1 of each school year in which the scholarship is in
  596  force. The initial payment shall be made after department
  597  verification of admission acceptance, and subsequent payments
  598  shall be made upon verification of continued enrollment and
  599  attendance at the private school. Payment must be by individual
  600  warrant made payable to the student’s parent and mailed by the
  601  department to the private school of the parent’s choice, and the
  602  parent shall restrictively endorse the warrant to the private
  603  school for deposit into the account of the private school.
  604         (g) Subsequent to each scholarship payment, the department
  605  shall request from the Department of Financial Services a sample
  606  of endorsed warrants to review and confirm compliance with
  607  endorsement requirements.
  608         (12) LIABILITY.—No liability shall arise on the part of the
  609  state based on the award or use of a Family Empowerment
  610  Scholarship.
  611         (13) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—The inclusion of eligible private
  612  schools within the options available to Florida public school
  613  students does not expand the regulatory authority of the state,
  614  its officers, or any school district to impose any additional
  615  regulation of private schools beyond those reasonably necessary
  616  to enforce requirements expressly set forth in this section.
  617         (14) RULES.—The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
  618  pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this
  619  section.
  620         (15)IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL
  621  YEAR.—Notwithstanding the provisions of this section related to
  622  notification requirements and eligibility timelines, for the
  623  2019-2020 school year:
  624         (a) A student is eligible for a Family Empowerment
  625  Scholarship under this section if the student’s parent has
  626  obtained acceptance of the student’s admission to a private
  627  school that is eligible for the program under subsection (8) and
  628  the parent has requested a scholarship from the Department of
  629  Education no later than August 15, 2019. The request must be
  630  communicated directly to the department in a manner that creates
  631  a written or electronic record of the request and the date of
  632  receipt of the request.
  633         (b) The department shall expedite the publication of
  634  information relevant to the Family Empowerment Scholarship
  635  Program on the department’s website, including, but not limited
  636  to, the eligibility criteria for students to qualify for the
  637  scholarship under this section and how parents may request the
  638  scholarship. The department must immediately notify the school
  639  district of the parent’s intent upon receipt of the parent’s
  640  request.
  641         (c) Upon notification by the department that it has
  642  received the documentation required under paragraph (10)(a), the
  643  Chief Financial Officer shall make the first quarter payment of
  644  scholarships no later than October 1, 2019.
  645  
  646  This subsection shall expire June 30, 2020.
  647         Section 6. Paragraph (g) of subsection (13) of section
  648  1002.385, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  649         1002.385 The Gardiner Scholarship.—
  650         (13) FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  651         (g)In addition to funds appropriated for scholarship
  652  awards and subject to a separate, specific legislative
  653  appropriation, an organization may receive an amount equivalent
  654  to not more than 3 percent of the amount of each scholarship
  655  award from state funds for administrative expenses if the
  656  organization has operated as a nonprofit entity for at least the
  657  preceding 3 fiscal years and did not have any findings of
  658  material weakness or material noncompliance in its most recent
  659  audit under s. 1002.395(6)(m). Such administrative expenses must
  660  be reasonable and necessary for the organization’s management
  661  and distribution of scholarships under this section. Funds
  662  authorized under this paragraph may not be used for lobbying or
  663  political activity or expenses related to lobbying or political
  664  activity. An organization may not charge an application fee for
  665  a scholarship. Administrative expenses may not be deducted from
  666  funds appropriated for scholarship awards.
  667         Section 7. Subsection (3), paragraphs (d) and (j) of
  668  subsection (6), and paragraph (a) of subsection (11) of section
  669  1002.395, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  670         1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.—
  671         (3) PROGRAM; SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.—
  672         (a) The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program is
  673  established.
  674         (b) A student is eligible for a Florida tax credit
  675  scholarship under this section if the student meets one or more
  676  of the following criteria:
  677         1. The student is on the direct certification list or the
  678  student’s household income level does not exceed 185 percent of
  679  the federal poverty level; or
  680         2. The student is currently placed, or during the previous
  681  state fiscal year was placed, in foster care or in out-of-home
  682  care as defined in s. 39.01.
  683         3. The student’s household income level is greater than 185
  684  percent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 260
  685  percent of the federal poverty level.
  686  
  687  A student who initially receives a scholarship based on
  688  eligibility under subparagraph (b)2. remains eligible to
  689  participate until the student graduates from high school or
  690  attains the age of 21 years, whichever occurs first, regardless
  691  of the student’s household income level. A student who initially
  692  received a scholarship based on income eligibility before the
  693  2019-2020 school year remains eligible to participate until he
  694  or she graduates from high school, attains the age of 21 years,
  695  or the student’s household income level exceeds 260 percent of
  696  the federal poverty level, whichever occurs first. A sibling of
  697  a student who is participating in the scholarship program under
  698  this subsection is eligible for a scholarship if the student
  699  resides in the same household as the sibling.
  700         (6) OBLIGATIONS OF ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT SCHOLARSHIP-FUNDING
  701  ORGANIZATIONS.—An eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  702  organization:
  703         (d) Must provide scholarships, from eligible contributions,
  704  to eligible students for the cost of:
  705         1. Tuition and fees for an eligible private school; or
  706         2. Transportation to a Florida public school in which a
  707  student is enrolled and that is different from the school to
  708  which the student was assigned that is located outside the
  709  district in which the student resides or to a lab school as
  710  defined in s. 1002.32.
  711         (j)1. May use up to 3 percent of eligible contributions
  712  received pursuant to this section and ss. 212.099, 212.1832, and
  713  1002.40 during the state fiscal year in which such contributions
  714  are collected for administrative expenses if the organization
  715  has operated as an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  716  organization for at least the preceding 3 fiscal years and did
  717  not have any findings of material weakness or material
  718  noncompliance in its most recent audit under paragraph (m).
  719  Administrative expenses from eligible contributions may not
  720  exceed 3 percent of the total amount of all scholarships awarded
  721  by an eligible scholarship-funding organization under this
  722  chapter. Such administrative expenses must be reasonable and
  723  necessary for the organization’s management and distribution of
  724  scholarships awarded eligible contributions under this chapter
  725  section. No funds authorized under this subparagraph shall be
  726  used for lobbying or political activity or expenses related to
  727  lobbying or political activity. Up to one-third of the funds
  728  authorized for administrative expenses under this subparagraph
  729  may be used for expenses related to the recruitment of
  730  contributions from taxpayers. An eligible nonprofit scholarship
  731  funding organization may not charge an application fee.
  732         2. Must expend for annual or partial-year scholarships an
  733  amount equal to or greater than 75 percent of the net eligible
  734  contributions remaining after administrative expenses during the
  735  state fiscal year in which such contributions are collected. No
  736  more than 25 percent of such net eligible contributions may be
  737  carried forward to the following state fiscal year. All amounts
  738  carried forward, for audit purposes, must be specifically
  739  identified for particular students, by student name and the name
  740  of the school to which the student is admitted, subject to the
  741  requirements of ss. 1002.22 and 1002.221 and 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g,
  742  and the applicable rules and regulations issued pursuant
  743  thereto. Any amounts carried forward shall be expended for
  744  annual or partial-year scholarships in the following state
  745  fiscal year. No later than September 30 of each year, net
  746  eligible contributions remaining on June 30 of each year that
  747  are in excess of the 25 percent that may be carried forward
  748  shall be used to provide scholarships to eligible students or
  749  transferred to other eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  750  organizations to provide scholarships for eligible students. All
  751  transferred funds must be deposited by each eligible nonprofit
  752  scholarship-funding organization receiving such funds into its
  753  scholarship account. All transferred amounts received by any
  754  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization must be
  755  separately disclosed in the annual financial audit required
  756  under paragraph (m).
  757         3. Must, before granting a scholarship for an academic
  758  year, document each scholarship student’s eligibility for that
  759  academic year. A scholarship-funding organization may not grant
  760  multiyear scholarships in one approval process.
  761  
  762  Information and documentation provided to the Department of
  763  Education and the Auditor General relating to the identity of a
  764  taxpayer that provides an eligible contribution under this
  765  section shall remain confidential at all times in accordance
  766  with s. 213.053.
  767         (11) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT AND PAYMENT.—
  768         (a) Except as provided in subparagraph 2., The scholarship
  769  amount provided to any student for any single school year by an
  770  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization from
  771  eligible contributions shall be for total costs authorized under
  772  paragraph (6)(d), not to exceed annual limits, which shall be
  773  determined as follows:
  774         1.a.For The base amount awarded to a student who received
  775  a scholarship in the 2018-2019 school year, who remains
  776  eligible, and who is enrolled in an eligible private school, the
  777  amount shall be the greater amount calculated pursuant to
  778  subparagraph 2. or determined as a percentage of the unweighted
  779  FTE funding amount for the 2018-2019 that state fiscal year and
  780  thereafter as follows:
  781         a.(I) Eighty-eight percent for a student enrolled in
  782  kindergarten through grade 5.
  783         b.(II) Ninety-two percent for a student enrolled in grade 6
  784  through grade 8.
  785         c.(III) Ninety-six percent for a student enrolled in grade
  786  9 through grade 12.
  787         2.For students initially eligible in the 2019-2020 school
  788  year or thereafter, the calculated amount for a student to
  789  attend an eligible private school shall be 95 percent of the
  790  unweighted FTE funding amount at the district level for that
  791  state fiscal year and shall be adjusted with each FEFP
  792  calculation through the calculation based on the October survey.
  793         3.b. The scholarship amount awarded to a student enrolled
  794  in a Florida public school in which a student is enrolled and
  795  that is different from the school to which the student was
  796  assigned that is located outside the district in which the
  797  student resides or in a lab school as defined in s. 1002.32, is
  798  limited to $750.
  799         2.The annual limit for a scholarship under sub
  800  subparagraph 1.a. shall be reduced by:
  801         a.Twelve percent if the student’s household income level
  802  is greater than or equal to 200 percent, but less than 215
  803  percent, of the federal poverty level.
  804         b.Twenty-six percent if the student’s household income
  805  level is greater than or equal to 215 percent, but less than 230
  806  percent, of the federal poverty level.
  807         c.Forty percent if the student’s household income level is
  808  greater than or equal to 230 percent, but less than 245 percent,
  809  of the federal poverty level.
  810         d.Fifty percent if the student’s household income level is
  811  greater than or equal to 245 percent, but less than or equal to
  812  260 percent, of the federal poverty level.
  813         Section 8. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (11) of
  814  section 1002.40, Florida Statutes, and paragraphs (a) and (g) of
  815  subsection (11) and paragraph (a) of subsection (13) of that
  816  section are amended, to read:
  817         1002.40 The Hope Scholarship Program.—
  818         (11) FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  819         (a) The calculated amount for a student to attend an
  820  eligible private school shall be 95 percent of the unweighted
  821  FTE funding amount at the district level for that state fiscal
  822  year and shall be adjusted with each FEFP calculation through
  823  the calculation based on the October survey. The maximum amount
  824  awarded to a student enrolled in an eligible private school
  825  shall be determined as a percentage of the unweighted FTE
  826  funding amount for that state fiscal year and thereafter as
  827  follows:
  828         1.Eighty-eight percent for a student enrolled in
  829  kindergarten through grade 5.
  830         2.Ninety-two percent for a student enrolled in grade 6
  831  through grade 8.
  832         3.Ninety-six percent for a student enrolled in grade 9
  833  through grade 12.
  834         (g) An eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization,
  835  subject to the limitations of s. 1002.395(6)(j)1., may use up to
  836  3 percent of eligible contributions received during the state
  837  fiscal year in which such contributions are collected for
  838  administrative expenses if the organization has operated as an
  839  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization for at least
  840  the preceding 3 fiscal years and did not have any findings of
  841  material weakness or material noncompliance in its most recent
  842  audit under s. 1002.395(6)(m). Such administrative expenses must
  843  be reasonable and necessary for the organization’s management
  844  and distribution of eligible contributions under this section.
  845  Funds authorized under this paragraph may not be used for
  846  lobbying or political activity or expenses related to lobbying
  847  or political activity. Up to one-third of the funds authorized
  848  for administrative expenses under this paragraph may be used for
  849  expenses related to the recruitment of contributions. An
  850  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization may not
  851  charge an application fee.
  852         (i)Notwithstanding s. 1002.395(6)(j)2., no more than 5
  853  percent of net eligible contributions may be carried forward to
  854  the following state fiscal year by an eligible scholarship
  855  funding organization. For audit purposes, all amounts carried
  856  forward must be specifically identified for individual students
  857  by student name and by the name of the school to which the
  858  student is admitted, subject to the requirements of ss. 1002.21
  859  and 1002.22 and 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, and the applicable rules and
  860  regulations issued pursuant to such requirements. Any amounts
  861  carried forward shall be expended for annual scholarships or
  862  partial-year scholarships in the following state fiscal year.
  863  Net eligible contributions remaining on June 30 of each year
  864  which are in excess of the 5 percent that may be carried forward
  865  shall be transferred to other eligible nonprofit scholarship
  866  funding organizations participating in the Hope Scholarship
  867  Program to provide scholarships for eligible students. All
  868  transferred funds must be deposited by each eligible nonprofit
  869  scholarship-funding organization receiving such funds into the
  870  scholarship account of eligible students. All transferred
  871  amounts received by an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  872  organization must be separately disclosed in the annual
  873  financial audit requirement under s. 1002.395(6)(m). If no other
  874  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization participates
  875  in the Hope Scholarship Program, net eligible contributions in
  876  excess of the 5 percent may be used to fund scholarships for
  877  students eligible under s. 1002.395(3).
  878         (13) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING TAX CREDITS.—
  879         (a) A tax credit is available under s. 212.1832(1) for use
  880  by a person that makes an eligible contribution. Eligible
  881  contributions shall be used to fund scholarships under this
  882  section and may be used to fund scholarships under s. 1002.395.
  883  Each eligible contribution is limited to a single payment of
  884  $105 per motor vehicle purchased at the time of purchase of a
  885  motor vehicle or a single payment of $105 per motor vehicle
  886  purchased at the time of registration of a motor vehicle that
  887  was not purchased from a dealer, except that a contribution may
  888  not exceed the state tax imposed under chapter 212 that would
  889  otherwise be collected from the purchaser by a dealer,
  890  designated agent, or private tag agent. Payments of
  891  contributions shall be made to a dealer at the time of purchase
  892  of a motor vehicle or to a designated agent or private tag agent
  893  at the time of registration of a motor vehicle that was not
  894  purchased from a dealer. An eligible contribution shall be
  895  accompanied by a contribution election form provided by the
  896  Department of Revenue. The form shall include, at a minimum, the
  897  following brief description of the Hope Scholarship Program and
  898  the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program: “THE HOPE
  899  SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS
  900  SUBJECTED TO AN INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE OR BULLYING AT SCHOOL THE
  901  OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND AN ELIGIBLE
  902  PRIVATE SCHOOL RATHER THAN REMAIN IN AN UNSAFE SCHOOL
  903  ENVIRONMENT. THE FLORIDA TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES
  904  A LOW-INCOME STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP
  905  TO ATTEND AN ELIGIBLE PRIVATE SCHOOL.” The form shall also
  906  include, at a minimum, a section allowing the consumer to
  907  designate, from all participating scholarship funding
  908  organizations, which organization will receive his or her
  909  donation. For purposes of this subsection, the term “purchase”
  910  does not include the lease or rental of a motor vehicle.
  911         Section 9. Paragraphs (a) and (g) of subsection (7) of
  912  section 1002.411, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  913         1002.411 Reading scholarship accounts.—
  914         (7) ACCOUNT FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  915         (a) For the 2018-2019 school year, The amount of the
  916  scholarship shall be $500 per eligible student. Thereafter, the
  917  maximum amount granted for an eligible student shall be as
  918  provided in the General Appropriations Act.
  919         (g)In addition to funds appropriated for scholarships and
  920  subject to a separate, specific legislative appropriation, an
  921  organization may receive an amount equivalent to not more than 3
  922  percent of the amount of each scholarship from state funds for
  923  administrative expenses if the organization has operated as a
  924  nonprofit entity for at least the preceding 3 fiscal years and
  925  did not have any findings of material weakness or material
  926  noncompliance in its most recent audit under s. 1002.395. Such
  927  administrative expenses must be reasonable and necessary for the
  928  organization’s management and distribution of scholarships under
  929  this section. Funds authorized under this paragraph may not be
  930  used for lobbying or political activity or expenses related to
  931  lobbying or political activity. An organization may not charge
  932  an application fee for a scholarship. Administrative expenses
  933  may not be deducted from funds appropriated for scholarships.
  934         Section 10. Part VII of chapter 1003, Florida Statutes,
  935  consisting of s. 1003.64, Florida Statutes, is created and
  936  entitled “Public School Innovation.”
  937         1003.64Community School Grant Program.—It is the intent of
  938  the Legislature to improve student success and well-being by
  939  engaging and supporting parents and community organizations in
  940  their efforts to positively impact student learning and
  941  development.
  942         (1) PURPOSE.—The Community School Grant Program is
  943  established to fund and support the planning and implementation
  944  of community school programs, subject to legislative
  945  appropriation.
  946         (2)DEFINITIONS.—
  947         (a)“Center” means the Center for Community Schools at the
  948  University of Central Florida.
  949         (b)“Community organization” means a nonprofit organization
  950  that has been in existence for at least 3 years and serves
  951  individuals within a county in which a public school
  952  implementing the community school model is located. The
  953  community organization serves as the lead partner in the
  954  community school model and facilitates the use of grant funds
  955  under this section.
  956         (c)“Community school model” means a school service model
  957  developed by the center which utilizes a long-term partnership
  958  among a school district, a community organization, a college or
  959  university, and a health care provider to establish, develop,
  960  and sustain a system for addressing student, family, and
  961  community needs during and outside of the school day. The model
  962  must establish a collaborative governance structure among the
  963  community partners for providing services and include standards
  964  for effective implementation, reporting, and evaluation at each
  965  participating school. The governance structure may include other
  966  community leaders such as parent-teacher organizations,
  967  community businesses, and faith leaders. The model must also
  968  provide for family engagement and expanded learning
  969  opportunities and support for students. A community school may
  970  include, but is not limited to, a community partnership school.
  971         (3)GRANT PROGRAM.—Contingent upon available funds, the
  972  center may facilitate the implementation of its community school
  973  model in the state through grants that enable community
  974  organizations to establish long-term partnerships and secure
  975  resources for planning, staffing, and providing services to
  976  students and families through the community school model. The
  977  center shall:
  978         (a)Require a participating public school to establish
  979  long-term partnerships through a memorandum of understanding.
  980  After receiving a grant award under this section, the center
  981  shall condition the award of grant funds in the subsequent years
  982  upon the matching funds secured through the long-term
  983  partnerships.
  984         (b)Prioritize awards based on demonstration of the
  985  technical and financial ability to sustain the community school
  986  model beyond an initial grant award. For planning grant awards,
  987  priority must be given to school districts in which the
  988  community school model has not been established and which
  989  demonstrate the technical and financial ability to sustain the
  990  community school model.
  991         (4)REPORTING.—Beginning with September 1, 2020, and
  992  annually thereafter, the center shall publish on its website
  993  information on each community organization receiving a grant
  994  from the center to implement the community school model. The
  995  information must include:
  996         (a)The amount of grant funds provided through the center
  997  for each participating school and the amount of matching funds
  998  provided by the community organization for each year the
  999  community organization has received a grant for that school.
 1000         (b)The long-term partners who have entered into a
 1001  memorandum of understanding for implementing the community
 1002  school model pursuant to paragraph (2)(c).
 1003         (c)A description of the services and community engagement
 1004  activities provided through the community school model.
 1005         (d)The number of students, families, and community members
 1006  served through the community school model.
 1007         (e)The academic progress of students enrolled at the
 1008  public school, including student progression data, attendance,
 1009  behavior, and student achievement and learning gains on
 1010  statewide, standardized assessments as determined pursuant to s.
 1011  1008.34.
 1012         Section 11. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), paragraphs
 1013  (a), (b), and (e) of subsection (4), and paragraphs (c) and (d)
 1014  of subsection (5) of section 1004.04, Florida Statutes, are
 1015  amended to read:
 1016         1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for
 1017  teacher preparation programs.—
 1018         (2) UNIFORM CORE CURRICULA AND CANDIDATE ASSESSMENT.—
 1019         (b) The rules to establish uniform core curricula for each
 1020  state-approved teacher preparation program must include, but are
 1021  not limited to, the following:
 1022         1. Candidate instruction and assessment in the Florida
 1023  Educator Accomplished Practices across content areas.
 1024         2. The use of state-adopted content standards to guide
 1025  curricula and instruction.
 1026         3. Scientifically researched and evidence-based reading
 1027  instructional strategies that improve reading performance for
 1028  all students, including explicit, systematic, and sequential
 1029  approaches to teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary,
 1030  fluency, and text comprehension and multisensory intervention
 1031  strategies.
 1032         4. Content literacy and mathematics practices.
 1033         5. Strategies appropriate for the instruction of English
 1034  language learners.
 1035         6. Strategies appropriate for the instruction of students
 1036  with disabilities.
 1037         7. Strategies to differentiate instruction based on student
 1038  needs School safety.
 1039         8.The use of character-based classroom management.
 1040         (4) CONTINUED PROGRAM APPROVAL.—Continued approval of a
 1041  teacher preparation program shall be based upon evidence that
 1042  the program continues to implement the requirements for initial
 1043  approval and upon significant, objective, and quantifiable
 1044  measures of the program and the performance of the program
 1045  completers.
 1046         (a) The criteria for continued approval must include each
 1047  of the following:
 1048         1. Documentation from the program that each program
 1049  candidate met the admission requirements provided in subsection
 1050  (3).
 1051         2. Documentation from the program that the program and each
 1052  program completer have met the requirements provided in
 1053  subsection (2).
 1054         3. Evidence of performance in each of the following areas:
 1055         a. Placement rate of program completers into instructional
 1056  positions in Florida public schools and private schools, if
 1057  available.
 1058         b. Rate of retention for employed program completers in
 1059  instructional positions in Florida public schools.
 1060         c. Performance of students in prekindergarten through grade
 1061  12 who are assigned to in-field program completers on statewide
 1062  assessments using the results of the student learning growth
 1063  formula adopted under s. 1012.34.
 1064         d. Performance of students in prekindergarten through grade
 1065  12 who are assigned to in-field program completers aggregated by
 1066  student subgroup, as defined in the federal Elementary and
 1067  Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. s.
 1068  6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II), as a measure of how well the program
 1069  prepares teachers to work with a diverse population of students
 1070  in a variety of settings in Florida public schools.
 1071         e. Results of program completers’ annual evaluations in
 1072  accordance with the timeline as set forth in s. 1012.34.
 1073         f. Production of program completers in statewide critical
 1074  teacher shortage areas as identified in s. 1012.07.
 1075         4.Results of the program completers’ survey measuring
 1076  their satisfaction with preparation for the realities of the
 1077  classroom.
 1078         5.Results of the employers’ survey measuring satisfaction
 1079  with the program and the program’s responsiveness to local
 1080  school districts.
 1081         (b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for
 1082  continued approval of teacher preparation programs which include
 1083  the program review process, the continued approval timelines,
 1084  and the performance level targets for each of the continued
 1085  approval criteria in paragraph (a). Additional criteria may be
 1086  approved by the State Board of Education. Such criteria may
 1087  include a program completer’s satisfaction with instruction and
 1088  an employer’s satisfaction with, and the program’s
 1089  responsiveness to, local school districts. The Commissioner of
 1090  Education shall determine the continued approval of each program
 1091  based on the data collected pursuant to this section and the
 1092  rules of the State Board of Education.
 1093         (e) Each Florida public and private institution that offers
 1094  a state-approved teacher preparation program must annually
 1095  report information regarding its approved programs to the state
 1096  and the general public. The report to the state must include a
 1097  list of candidates who are admitted to, who are enrolled in, or
 1098  who complete a teacher preparation program; additional evidence
 1099  necessary to document requirements for continued approval; and
 1100  data necessary to complete applicable federal reporting
 1101  requirements. The state reporting requirements must minimize a
 1102  program’s reporting burden whenever possible without
 1103  compromising data quality. The report to the general public must
 1104  include, at a minimum, the annual progress data reported by the
 1105  state under this paragraph and results of the surveys required
 1106  under paragraph (a), and may include other information chosen by
 1107  the institution or program.
 1108         (5) PRESERVICE FIELD EXPERIENCE.—All postsecondary
 1109  instructors, school district personnel and instructional
 1110  personnel, and school sites preparing instructional personnel
 1111  through preservice field experience courses and internships
 1112  shall meet special requirements. District school boards may pay
 1113  student teachers during their internships.
 1114         (c) Preservice field experience must fully prepare a
 1115  candidate to manage a classroom by requiring the include
 1116  candidate to practice and demonstrate demonstration of the
 1117  uniform core curricula specific to the candidate’s candidates’
 1118  area or areas of program concentration with a diverse population
 1119  of students in a variety of challenging environments, including,
 1120  but not limited to, high-poverty schools, urban schools, and
 1121  rural schools settings. The length of structured field
 1122  experiences may be extended to ensure that candidates achieve
 1123  the competencies needed to meet certification requirements.
 1124         (d) Postsecondary teacher preparation programs in
 1125  cooperation with district school boards and approved private
 1126  school associations shall select the school sites for preservice
 1127  field experience activities based upon the qualifications of the
 1128  supervising personnel as described in this subsection and the
 1129  needs of the candidates. These sites must represent the full
 1130  spectrum of school communities, including, but not limited to,
 1131  schools serving low-achieving students located in urban
 1132  settings. In order to be selected, school sites must demonstrate
 1133  commitment to the education of public school students and to the
 1134  preparation of future teachers.
 1135         Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection
 1136  (5) of section 1004.85, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1137         1004.85 Postsecondary educator preparation institutes.—
 1138         (3) Educator preparation institutes approved pursuant to
 1139  this section may offer competency-based certification programs
 1140  specifically designed for noneducation major baccalaureate
 1141  degree holders to enable program participants to meet the
 1142  educator certification requirements of s. 1012.56. An educator
 1143  preparation institute choosing to offer a competency-based
 1144  certification program pursuant to the provisions of this section
 1145  must implement a program previously approved by the Department
 1146  of Education for this purpose or a program developed by the
 1147  institute and approved by the department for this purpose.
 1148  Approved programs shall be available for use by other approved
 1149  educator preparation institutes.
 1150         (a) Within 90 days after receipt of a request for approval,
 1151  the Department of Education shall approve a preparation program
 1152  pursuant to the requirements of this subsection or issue a
 1153  statement of the deficiencies in the request for approval. The
 1154  department shall approve a certification program if the
 1155  institute provides evidence of the institute’s capacity to
 1156  implement a competency-based program that includes each of the
 1157  following:
 1158         1.a. Participant instruction and assessment in the Florida
 1159  Educator Accomplished Practices across content areas.
 1160         b. The use of state-adopted student content standards to
 1161  guide curriculum and instruction.
 1162         c. Scientifically researched and evidence-based reading
 1163  instructional strategies that improve reading performance for
 1164  all students, including explicit, systematic, and sequential
 1165  approaches to teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary,
 1166  fluency, and text comprehension and multisensory intervention
 1167  strategies.
 1168         d. Content literacy and mathematical practices.
 1169         e. Strategies appropriate for instruction of English
 1170  language learners.
 1171         f. Strategies appropriate for instruction of students with
 1172  disabilities.
 1173         g. Strategies to differentiate instruction based on student
 1174  needs School safety.
 1175         h.The use of character-based classroom management.
 1176         2. An educational plan for each participant to meet
 1177  certification requirements and demonstrate his or her ability to
 1178  teach the subject area for which the participant is seeking
 1179  certification, which is based on an assessment of his or her
 1180  competency in the areas listed in subparagraph 1.
 1181         3. Field experiences appropriate to the certification
 1182  subject area specified in the educational plan with a diverse
 1183  population of students in a variety of challenging environments,
 1184  including, but not limited to, high-poverty schools, urban
 1185  schools, and rural schools, settings under the supervision of
 1186  qualified educators.
 1187         4. A certification ombudsman to facilitate the process and
 1188  procedures required for participants who complete the program to
 1189  meet any requirements related to the background screening
 1190  pursuant to s. 1012.32 and educator professional or temporary
 1191  certification pursuant to s. 1012.56.
 1192         (5) Each institute approved pursuant to this section shall
 1193  submit to the Department of Education annual performance
 1194  evaluations that measure the effectiveness of the programs,
 1195  including the pass rates of participants on all examinations
 1196  required for teacher certification, employment rates,
 1197  longitudinal retention rates, and employer satisfaction surveys
 1198  of employers and candidates. The employer satisfaction surveys
 1199  must be designed to measure the sufficient preparation of the
 1200  educator for the realities of to enter the classroom and the
 1201  institute’s responsiveness to local school districts. These
 1202  evaluations shall be used by the Department of Education for
 1203  purposes of continued approval of an educator preparation
 1204  institute’s certification program.
 1205         Section 13. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (4) of
 1206  section 1008.33, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1207         1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement.—
 1208         (4)(a) The state board shall apply intensive intervention
 1209  and support strategies tailored to the needs of schools earning
 1210  two consecutive grades of “D” or a grade of “F.” In the first
 1211  full school year after a school initially earns two consecutive
 1212  grades of “D” or a grade of “F,” the school district must
 1213  immediately implement intervention and support strategies
 1214  prescribed in rule under paragraph (3)(c) and, by September 1,
 1215  provide the department with the memorandum of understanding
 1216  negotiated pursuant to s. 1001.42(21) and, by October 1, a
 1217  district-managed turnaround plan for approval by the state
 1218  board. The district-managed turnaround plan may include a
 1219  proposal for the district to implement an extended school day, a
 1220  summer program, or a combination of an extended school day and a
 1221  summer program. Upon approval by the state board, the school
 1222  district must implement the plan for the remainder of the school
 1223  year and continue the plan for 1 full school year. The state
 1224  board may allow a school an additional year of implementation
 1225  before the school must implement a turnaround option required
 1226  under paragraph (b) if it determines that the school is likely
 1227  to improve to a grade of “C” or higher after the first full
 1228  school year of implementation.
 1229         (d) If a school earning two consecutive grades of “D” or a
 1230  grade of “F” does not improve to a grade of “C” or higher after
 1231  2 full school years of implementing the turnaround option
 1232  selected by the school district under paragraph (b), the school
 1233  district must implement another turnaround option.
 1234  Implementation of the turnaround option must begin the school
 1235  year following the implementation period of the existing
 1236  turnaround option, unless the state board determines that the
 1237  school is likely to improve to a grade of “C” or higher if
 1238  additional time is provided to implement the existing turnaround
 1239  option.
 1240         Section 14. Present subsections (18) and (19) of section
 1241  1011.62, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (19)
 1242  and (20), respectively, a new subsection (18) and subsection
 1243  (21) are added to that section, and paragraph (a) of subsection
 1244  (4), subsection (11), paragraph (d) of subsection (13), (14),
 1245  and (17) of that section are amended, to read:
 1246         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
 1247  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
 1248  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
 1249  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
 1250  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
 1251  follows:
 1252         (4) COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.—The
 1253  Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
 1254  for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
 1255  Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
 1256  district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
 1257  Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
 1258  programs shall be calculated as follows:
 1259         (a) Estimated taxable value calculations.—
 1260         1.a. Not later than 2 working days before July 19, the
 1261  Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
 1262  Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
 1263  school purposes in each school district and the total for all
 1264  school districts in the state for the current calendar year
 1265  based on the latest available data obtained from the local
 1266  property appraisers. The value certified shall be the taxable
 1267  value for school purposes for that year, and no further
 1268  adjustments shall be made, except those made pursuant to
 1269  paragraphs (c) and (d), or an assessment roll change required by
 1270  final judicial decisions as specified in paragraph (19)(b)
 1271  (18)(b). Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of Education
 1272  shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next highest one
 1273  one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 96 percent of
 1274  the estimated state total taxable value for school purposes,
 1275  would generate the prescribed aggregate required local effort
 1276  for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of Education
 1277  shall certify to each district school board the millage rate,
 1278  computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as the minimum
 1279  millage rate necessary to provide the district required local
 1280  effort for that year.
 1281         b. The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
 1282  computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
 1283  required local effort for all school districts collectively from
 1284  ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district’s revenue
 1285  from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
 1286  percent of the district’s total Florida Education Finance
 1287  Program calculation as calculated and adopted by the
 1288  Legislature, and the adjustment of the required local effort
 1289  millage rate of each district that produces more than 90 percent
 1290  of its total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement to a
 1291  level that will produce only 90 percent of its total Florida
 1292  Education Finance Program entitlement in the July calculation.
 1293         2. On the same date as the certification in sub
 1294  subparagraph 1.a., the Department of Revenue shall certify to
 1295  the Commissioner of Education for each district:
 1296         a. Each year for which the property appraiser has certified
 1297  the taxable value pursuant to s. 193.122(2) or (3), if
 1298  applicable, since the prior certification under sub-subparagraph
 1299  1.a.
 1300         b. For each year identified in sub-subparagraph a., the
 1301  taxable value certified by the appraiser pursuant to s.
 1302  193.122(2) or (3), if applicable, since the prior certification
 1303  under sub-subparagraph 1.a. This is the certification that
 1304  reflects all final administrative actions of the value
 1305  adjustment board.
 1306         (11) VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION.—The Legislature may
 1307  annually provide in the Florida Education Finance Program a
 1308  virtual education contribution. The amount of the virtual
 1309  education contribution shall be the difference between the
 1310  amount per FTE established in the General Appropriations Act for
 1311  virtual education and the amount per FTE for each district and
 1312  the Florida Virtual School, which may be calculated by taking
 1313  the sum of the base FEFP allocation, the discretionary local
 1314  effort, the state-funded discretionary contribution, the
 1315  discretionary millage compression supplement, the research-based
 1316  reading instruction allocation, best and brightest teacher and
 1317  principal allocation, and the instructional materials
 1318  allocation, and then dividing by the total unweighted FTE. This
 1319  difference shall be multiplied by the virtual education
 1320  unweighted FTE for programs and options identified in s.
 1321  1002.455 and the Florida Virtual School and its franchises to
 1322  equal the virtual education contribution and shall be included
 1323  as a separate allocation in the funding formula.
 1324         (13) FEDERALLY CONNECTED STUDENT SUPPLEMENT.—The federally
 1325  connected student supplement is created to provide supplemental
 1326  funding for school districts to support the education of
 1327  students connected with federally owned military installations,
 1328  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) real
 1329  property, and Indian lands. To be eligible for this supplement,
 1330  the district must be eligible for federal Impact Aid Program
 1331  funds under s. 8003 of Title VIII of the Elementary and
 1332  Secondary Education Act of 1965. The supplement shall be
 1333  allocated annually to each eligible school district in the
 1334  General Appropriations Act. The supplement shall be the sum of
 1335  the student allocation and an exempt property allocation.
 1336         (d) The amount allocated for each eligible school district
 1337  shall be recalculated during the year using actual student
 1338  membership, as amended, from the most recent February survey and
 1339  the tax-exempt valuation from the most recent assessment roll.
 1340  Upon recalculation, if the total allocation is greater than the
 1341  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act, it must be
 1342  prorated to the level of the appropriation based on each
 1343  district’s share of the total recalculated amount.
 1344         (14) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
 1345  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
 1346  percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a
 1347  minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall
 1348  be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE
 1349  student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided
 1350  in subsection (19) (18), quality guarantee funds, and actual
 1351  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base
 1352  funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for
 1353  the current year. The current year funds from which the
 1354  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE
 1355  dollars as provided in subsection (19) (18) and potential
 1356  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of
 1357  current year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per
 1358  unweighted FTE shall be computed. For those school districts
 1359  which have less than the legislatively assigned percentage
 1360  increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the assigned
 1361  percentage increase in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should
 1362  appropriated funds be less than the sum of this calculated
 1363  amount for all districts, the commissioner shall prorate each
 1364  district’s allocation. This provision shall be implemented to
 1365  the extent specifically funded.
 1366         (17) FUNDING COMPRESSION ALLOCATION.—The Legislature may
 1367  provide an annual funding compression allocation in the General
 1368  Appropriations Act. The allocation is created to provide
 1369  additional funding to school districts and developmental
 1370  research schools whose total funds per FTE in the prior year
 1371  were less than the statewide average. Using the most recent
 1372  prior year FEFP calculation for each eligible school district,
 1373  the total funds per FTE shall be subtracted from the state
 1374  average funds per FTE, not including any adjustments made
 1375  pursuant to paragraph (19)(b) (18)(b). The resulting funds per
 1376  FTE difference, or a portion thereof, as designated in the
 1377  General Appropriations Act, shall then be multiplied by the
 1378  school district’s total unweighted FTE to provide the
 1379  allocation. If the calculated funds are greater than the amount
 1380  included in the General Appropriations Act, they must be
 1381  prorated to the appropriation amount based on each participating
 1382  school district’s share. This subsection expires July 1, 2019.
 1383         (18) THE FLORIDA BEST AND BRIGHTEST TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL
 1384  ALLOCATION.—
 1385         (a)The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal
 1386  Allocation is created to recruit, retain, and recognize
 1387  classroom teachers and instructional personnel who meet the
 1388  criteria established in s. 1012.731 and reward principals who
 1389  meet the criteria established in s. 1012.732. Subject to annual
 1390  appropriation, each school district shall receive an allocation
 1391  based on the district’s proportionate share of FEFP base
 1392  funding. The Legislature may specify a minimum allocation for
 1393  all districts in the General Appropriations Act.
 1394         (b) From the allocation, each district shall provide the
 1395  following:
 1396         1. A one-time recruitment award, as provided in s.
 1397  1012.731(3)(a);
 1398         2. A retention award, as provided in s. 1012.731(3)(b); and
 1399         3. A recognition award, as provided in s. 1012.731(3)(c)
 1400  from the remaining balance of the appropriation after the
 1401  payment of all other awards authorized under ss. 1012.731 and
 1402  1012.732.
 1403         (c) From the allocation, each district shall provide
 1404  eligible principals an award as provided in s. 1012.732(3).
 1405  
 1406  If a district’s calculated awards exceed the allocation, the
 1407  district may prorate the awards.
 1408         (21) TURNAROUND SCHOOL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ALLOCATION.
 1409  The turnaround school supplemental services allocation is
 1410  created to provide district-managed turnaround schools, as
 1411  identified in s. 1008.33(4)(a), schools that earn three
 1412  consecutive grades below a “C,” as identified in s.
 1413  1008.33(4)(b)3., and schools that have improved to a “C” and are
 1414  no longer in turnaround status, as identified in s.
 1415  1008.33(4)(c), with funds to offer services designed to improve
 1416  the overall academic and community welfare of the schools’
 1417  students and their families.
 1418         (a) Services funded by the allocation may include, but are
 1419  not limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, student
 1420  counseling, nutrition education, parental counseling, and an
 1421  extended school day and school year. In addition, services may
 1422  include models that develop a culture that encourages students
 1423  to complete high school and to attend college or career
 1424  training, set high academic expectations, and inspire character
 1425  development.
 1426         (b) Before distribution of the allocation, the school
 1427  district shall develop and submit a plan for implementation to
 1428  its school board for approval no later than August 1 of each
 1429  fiscal year.
 1430         (c) At a minimum, the plan required under paragraph (b)
 1431  must:
 1432         1. Establish comprehensive support services that develop
 1433  family and community partnerships;
 1434         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
 1435  and character standards;
 1436         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
 1437  child’s education;
 1438         4. Describe how instructional personnel will be identified,
 1439  recruited, retained, and rewarded;
 1440         5. Provide professional development that focuses on
 1441  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
 1442  and character standards;
 1443         6. Provide focused instruction to improve student academic
 1444  proficiency, which may include additional instruction time
 1445  beyond the normal school day or school year; and
 1446         7. Include a strategy for continuing to provide services
 1447  after the school is no longer in turnaround status by virtue of
 1448  achieving a grade of “C” or higher.
 1449         (d) Each school district shall submit its approved plans to
 1450  the commissioner by September 1 of each fiscal year.
 1451         (e) Subject to legislative appropriation, each school
 1452  district’s allocation must be based on the unweighted FTE
 1453  student enrollment at the eligible schools and a per-FTE funding
 1454  amount of $500 or as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
 1455  The supplement provided in the General Appropriations Act shall
 1456  be based on the most recent school grades and shall serve as a
 1457  proxy for the official calculation. Once school grades are
 1458  available for the school year immediately preceding the fiscal
 1459  year coinciding with the appropriation, the supplement shall be
 1460  recalculated for the official participating schools as part of
 1461  the subsequent FEFP calculation. The commissioner may prepare a
 1462  preliminary calculation so that districts may proceed with
 1463  timely planning and use of the funds. If the calculated funds
 1464  for the statewide allocation exceed the funds appropriated, the
 1465  allocation of funds to each school district must be prorated
 1466  based on each school district’s share of the total unweighted
 1467  FTE student enrollment for the eligible schools.
 1468         (f) Subject to legislative appropriation, each school shall
 1469  remain eligible for the allocation for a maximum of 4 continuous
 1470  fiscal years while implementing a turnaround option pursuant to
 1471  s. 1008.33(4). In addition, a school that improves to a grade of
 1472  “C” or higher shall remain eligible to receive the allocation
 1473  for a maximum of 2 continuous fiscal years after exiting
 1474  turnaround status.
 1475         Section 15. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection
 1476  (2) of section 1011.71, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1477         1011.71 District school tax.—
 1478         (1) If the district school tax is not provided in the
 1479  General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill implementing
 1480  the General Appropriations Act, each district school board
 1481  desiring to participate in the state allocation of funds for
 1482  current operation as prescribed by s. 1011.62(19) s. 1011.62(18)
 1483  shall levy on the taxable value for school purposes of the
 1484  district, exclusive of millage voted under s. 9(b) or s. 12,
 1485  Art. VII of the State Constitution, a millage rate not to exceed
 1486  the amount certified by the commissioner as the minimum millage
 1487  rate necessary to provide the district required local effort for
 1488  the current year, pursuant to s. 1011.62(4)(a)1. In addition to
 1489  the required local effort millage levy, each district school
 1490  board may levy a nonvoted current operating discretionary
 1491  millage. The Legislature shall prescribe annually in the
 1492  appropriations act the maximum amount of millage a district may
 1493  levy.
 1494         (2) In addition to the maximum millage levy as provided in
 1495  subsection (1), each school board may levy not more than 1.5
 1496  mills against the taxable value for school purposes for charter
 1497  schools pursuant to s. 1013.62(1) and (3) and for district
 1498  schools to fund:
 1499         (a) New construction, and remodeling projects, as set forth
 1500  in s. 1013.64(6)(b) and included in the district’s educational
 1501  plant survey pursuant to s. 1013.31, without regard to
 1502  prioritization, sites and site improvement or expansion to new
 1503  sites, existing sites, auxiliary facilities, athletic
 1504  facilities, or ancillary facilities.
 1505         Section 16. Effective upon becoming a law, subsections (3)
 1506  and (7) of section 1012.56, Florida Statutes, are amended to
 1507  read:
 1508         1012.56 Educator certification requirements.—
 1509         (3) MASTERY OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.—Acceptable means of
 1510  demonstrating mastery of general knowledge are:
 1511         (a) Achievement of passing scores on the general knowledge
 1512  examination required by state board rule;
 1513         (b) Documentation of a valid professional standard teaching
 1514  certificate issued by another state;
 1515         (c) Documentation of a valid certificate issued by the
 1516  National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or a national
 1517  educator credentialing board approved by the State Board of
 1518  Education;
 1519         (d) Documentation of two semesters of successful, full-time
 1520  or part-time teaching in a Florida College System institution,
 1521  state university, or private college or university that awards
 1522  an associate or higher degree and is an accredited institution
 1523  or an institution of higher education identified by the
 1524  Department of Education as having a quality program; or
 1525         (e) Effective July 1, 2015, Achievement of passing scores,
 1526  identified in state board rule, on national or international
 1527  examinations that test comparable content and relevant standards
 1528  in verbal, analytical writing, and quantitative reasoning
 1529  skills, including, but not limited to, the verbal, analytical
 1530  writing, and quantitative reasoning portions of the Graduate
 1531  Record Examination. Passing scores identified in state board
 1532  rule must be at approximately the same level of rigor as is
 1533  required to pass the general knowledge examinations.
 1534  
 1535  A school district that employs an individual who does not
 1536  achieve passing scores on any subtest of the general knowledge
 1537  examination must provide information regarding the availability
 1538  of state-level and district-level supports and instruction to
 1539  assist him or her in achieving a passing score. Such information
 1540  must include, but need not be limited to, state-level test
 1541  information guides, school district test preparation resources,
 1542  and preparation courses offered by state universities and
 1543  Florida College System institutions.
 1544         (7) TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.—
 1545         (a) The Department of Education shall issue a professional
 1546  certificate for a period not to exceed 5 years to any applicant
 1547  who fulfills one of the following:
 1548         1. Meets all the requirements outlined in subsection (2).
 1549         2. For a professional certificate covering grades 6 through
 1550  12:
 1551         a. Meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(h).
 1552         b. Holds a master’s or higher degree in the area of
 1553  science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
 1554         c. Teaches a high school course in the subject of the
 1555  advanced degree.
 1556         d. Is rated highly effective as determined by the teacher’s
 1557  performance evaluation under s. 1012.34, based in part on
 1558  student performance as measured by a statewide, standardized
 1559  assessment or an Advanced Placement, Advanced International
 1560  Certificate of Education, or International Baccalaureate
 1561  examination.
 1562         e. Achieves a passing score on the Florida professional
 1563  education competency examination required by state board rule.
 1564         3. Meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(h) and
 1565  completes a professional preparation and education competence
 1566  program approved by the department pursuant to paragraph (8)(c).
 1567  An applicant who completes the program and is rated highly
 1568  effective as determined by his or her performance evaluation
 1569  under s. 1012.34 is not required to take or achieve a passing
 1570  score on the professional education competency examination in
 1571  order to be awarded a professional certificate.
 1572         (b) The department shall issue a temporary certificate to
 1573  any applicant who completes the requirements outlined in
 1574  paragraphs (2)(a)-(f) and completes the subject area content
 1575  requirements specified in state board rule or demonstrates
 1576  mastery of subject area knowledge pursuant to subsection (5) and
 1577  holds an accredited degree or a degree approved by the
 1578  Department of Education at the level required for the subject
 1579  area specialization in state board rule.
 1580         (c) The department shall issue one nonrenewable 2-year
 1581  temporary certificate and one nonrenewable 5-year professional
 1582  certificate to a qualified applicant who holds a bachelor’s
 1583  degree in the area of speech-language impairment to allow for
 1584  completion of a master’s degree program in speech-language
 1585  impairment.
 1586  
 1587  Each temporary certificate is valid for 3 school fiscal years
 1588  and is nonrenewable. However, the requirement in paragraph
 1589  (2)(g) must be met within 1 calendar year of the date of
 1590  employment under the temporary certificate. Individuals who are
 1591  employed under contract at the end of the 1 calendar year time
 1592  period may continue to be employed through the end of the school
 1593  year in which they have been contracted. A school district shall
 1594  not employ, or continue the employment of, an individual in a
 1595  position for which a temporary certificate is required beyond
 1596  this time period if the individual has not met the requirement
 1597  of paragraph (2)(g). At least 1 year before an individual’s
 1598  temporary certificate is set to expire, the department shall
 1599  electronically notify the individual of the date on which his or
 1600  her certificate will expire and provide a list of each method by
 1601  which the qualifications for a professional certificate can be
 1602  completed. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
 1603  allow the department to extend the validity period of a
 1604  temporary certificate for 2 years when the requirements for the
 1605  professional certificate, not including the requirement in
 1606  paragraph (2)(g), were not completed due to the serious illness
 1607  or injury of the applicant, the military service of an
 1608  applicant’s spouse, or other extraordinary extenuating
 1609  circumstances, or if the certificateholder is rated highly
 1610  effective in the immediate prior year’s performance evaluation
 1611  pursuant to s. 1012.34 or has completed a 2-year mentorship
 1612  program pursuant to s. 1012.56(8). The rules must authorize the
 1613  department to extend the validity period of a temporary
 1614  certificate for 1 year if the certificateholder is rated
 1615  effective or highly effective based solely on a student learning
 1616  growth formula approved by the Commissioner of Education
 1617  pursuant to s. 1012.34(8). The department shall extend reissue
 1618  the temporary certificate for 2 additional years upon approval
 1619  by the Commissioner of Education. A written request for
 1620  extension reissuance of the certificate shall be submitted by
 1621  the district school superintendent, the governing authority of a
 1622  university lab school, the governing authority of a state
 1623  supported school, or the governing authority of a private
 1624  school.
 1625         Section 17. Effective upon becoming a law, subsection (1)
 1626  of section 1012.59, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1627         1012.59 Certification fees.—
 1628         (1) The State Board of Education, by rule, shall establish
 1629  by rule separate fees for applications, examinations,
 1630  certification, certification renewal, late renewal,
 1631  recordmaking, and recordkeeping, and may establish procedures
 1632  for scheduling and administering an examination upon an
 1633  applicant’s request. Unless otherwise specified in this
 1634  subsection, each fee shall be based on department estimates of
 1635  the revenue required to implement the provisions of law with
 1636  respect to certification of school personnel. The application
 1637  fee is shall be nonrefundable. The rule must specify an Each
 1638  examination fee for the following:
 1639         (a) Initial registration for first-time test takers.
 1640         (b) Retake of the full battery of subtests of an
 1641  examination, if applicable. The retake fee for the full battery
 1642  of subtests may not exceed the fee for the initial registration.
 1643         (c) Retake for each subtest of an examination. The retake
 1644  fee for each subtest must be prorated based on the number of
 1645  subtests within the examination shall be sufficient to cover the
 1646  actual cost of developing and administering the examination.
 1647         Section 18. Section 1012.731, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1648  to read:
 1649         1012.731 The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship
 1650  Program.—
 1651         (1) The Legislature recognizes that, second only to
 1652  parents, teachers play the most critical role within schools in
 1653  preparing students to achieve a high level of academic
 1654  performance. The Legislature further recognizes that research
 1655  has linked student outcomes to a teacher’s own academic
 1656  achievement. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to
 1657  recruit, retain, and recognize designate teachers who meet the
 1658  needs of this state and have achieved success in the classroom
 1659  high academic standards during their own education as Florida’s
 1660  best and brightest teacher scholars.
 1661         (2) There is created The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher
 1662  Scholarship Program is created to be administered by the
 1663  Department of Education. The scholarship program shall provide
 1664  categorical funding for scholarships to recruitment and
 1665  retention awards to classroom teachers, as defined in
 1666  1012.01(2)(a), and recognition awards to instructional
 1667  personnel, as defined in 1012.01(2), to be funded as provided in
 1668  s. 1011.62(18) be awarded to classroom teachers, as defined in
 1669  s. 1012.01(2)(a), who have demonstrated a high level of academic
 1670  achievement.
 1671         (3)(a) To be eligible for a one-time recruitment award as
 1672  specified in the General Appropriations Act, a newly hired
 1673  classroom teacher must be a content expert, based on criteria
 1674  established by the department, in mathematics, science, computer
 1675  science, reading, or civics scholarship in the amount of $6,000,
 1676  a classroom teacher must:
 1677         1. Have achieved a composite score at or above the 80th
 1678  percentile on either the SAT or the ACT based on the National
 1679  Percentile Ranks in effect when the classroom teacher took the
 1680  assessment and have been evaluated as highly effective pursuant
 1681  to s. 1012.34 in the school year immediately preceding the year
 1682  in which the scholarship will be awarded, unless the classroom
 1683  teacher is newly hired by the district school board and has not
 1684  been evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34.
 1685         2. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, have achieved
 1686  a composite score at or above the 77th percentile or, if the
 1687  classroom teacher graduated cum laude or higher with a
 1688  baccalaureate degree, the 71st percentile on either the SAT,
 1689  ACT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, or MCAT based on the National Percentile
 1690  Ranks in effect when the classroom teacher took the assessment;
 1691  and have been evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s.
 1692  1012.34, or have been evaluated as highly effective based on a
 1693  commissioner-approved student learning growth formula pursuant
 1694  to s. 1012.34(8), in the school year immediately preceding the
 1695  year in which the scholarship will be awarded, unless the
 1696  classroom teacher is newly hired by the district school board
 1697  and has not been evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34.
 1698         (b) To be eligible for a retention award as specified in
 1699  the General Appropriations Act, a classroom teacher must have
 1700  been rated as highly effective or effective the preceding year
 1701  pursuant to s. 1012.34, and teach in a school for 2 consecutive
 1702  school years, including the current year, which has improved an
 1703  average of 3 percentage points or more in the percentage of
 1704  total possible points achieved for determining school grades
 1705  over the prior 3 years
 1706         1.In order to demonstrate eligibility for an award, an
 1707  eligible classroom teacher must submit to the school district,
 1708  no later than November 1, an official record of his or her
 1709  qualifying assessment score and, beginning with the 2020-2021
 1710  school year, an official transcript demonstrating that he or she
 1711  graduated cum laude or higher with a baccalaureate degree, if
 1712  applicable. Once a classroom teacher is deemed eligible by the
 1713  school district, the teacher shall remain eligible as long as he
 1714  or she remains employed by the school district as a classroom
 1715  teacher at the time of the award and receives an annual
 1716  performance evaluation rating of highly effective pursuant to s.
 1717  1012.34 or is evaluated as highly effective based on a
 1718  commissioner-approved student learning growth formula pursuant
 1719  to s. 1012.34(8) for the 2019-2020 school year or thereafter.
 1720         2. A school district employee who is no longer a classroom
 1721  teacher may receive an award if the employee was a classroom
 1722  teacher in the prior school year, was rated highly effective,
 1723  and met the requirements of this section as a classroom teacher.
 1724         (c) To be eligible for a recognition award, instructional
 1725  personnel must be rated as highly effective or effective and be
 1726  selected by his or her school principal, based on performance
 1727  criteria and policies adopted by the district school board or
 1728  charter school governing board. Recognition awards must be
 1729  provided from funds remaining under the allocation provided in
 1730  s. 1011.62(18) after the payment of all teacher recruitment and
 1731  retention awards and principal awards authorized under this
 1732  section and the General Appropriations Act Notwithstanding the
 1733  requirements of this subsection, for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019,
 1734  and 2019-2020 school years, any classroom teacher who:
 1735         1. Was evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s. 1012.34
 1736  in the school year immediately preceding the year in which the
 1737  scholarship will be awarded shall receive a scholarship of
 1738  $1200, including a classroom teacher who received an award
 1739  pursuant to paragraph (a).
 1740         2. Was evaluated as effective pursuant to s. 1012.34 in the
 1741  school year immediately preceding the year in which the
 1742  scholarship will be awarded a scholarship of up to $800. If the
 1743  number of eligible classroom teachers under this subparagraph
 1744  exceeds the total allocation, the department shall prorate the
 1745  per-teacher scholarship amount.
 1746  
 1747  This paragraph expires July 1, 2020.
 1748         (4) Annually, by December 1, each school district shall
 1749  submit to the department:
 1750         (a) The number of eligible classroom teachers who qualify
 1751  for the scholarship.
 1752         (b) The name and master school identification number (MSID)
 1753  of each school in the district to which an eligible classroom
 1754  teacher is assigned.
 1755         (c) The name of the school principal of each eligible
 1756  classroom teacher’s school if he or she has served as the
 1757  school’s principal for at least 2 consecutive school years
 1758  including the current school year.
 1759         (5) Annually, by February 1, the department shall disburse
 1760  scholarship funds to each school district for each eligible
 1761  classroom teacher to receive a scholarship in accordance with
 1762  this section.
 1763         (6) Annually, by April 1, each school district shall award
 1764  the scholarship to each eligible classroom teacher.
 1765         (7) For purposes of this section, the term “school
 1766  district” includes the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
 1767  and charter school governing boards.
 1768         Section 19. Section 1012.732, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1769  to read:
 1770         1012.732 The Florida Best and Brightest Principal
 1771  Scholarship Program.—
 1772         (1) The Legislature recognizes that the most effective
 1773  school principals establish a safe and supportive school
 1774  environment for students and faculty. Research shows that these
 1775  principals increase student learning by providing opportunities
 1776  for the professional growth, collaboration, and autonomy that
 1777  classroom teachers need to become and remain highly effective
 1778  educational professionals. As a result, these principals are
 1779  able to recruit and retain more of the best classroom teachers
 1780  and improve student outcomes at their schools, including schools
 1781  serving low-income and high-need student populations. Therefore,
 1782  it is the intent of the Legislature to designate school
 1783  principals whose schools make noticeable academic improvement
 1784  school faculty has a high percentage of classroom teachers who
 1785  are designated as Florida’s best and brightest teacher scholars
 1786  pursuant to s. 1012.731 as Florida’s best and brightest
 1787  principals.
 1788         (2) There is created The Florida Best and Brightest
 1789  Principal Scholarship Program is created to be administered by
 1790  the Department of Education. The program shall provide awards to
 1791  categorical funding for scholarships to be awarded to school
 1792  principals, as defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c)1., to be funded as
 1793  provided in s. 1011.62(18) who have recruited and retained a
 1794  high percentage of best and brightest teachers.
 1795         (3) A school principal identified pursuant to s.
 1796  1012.731(4)(c) is eligible to receive an award, as specified in
 1797  the General Appropriations Act, a scholarship under this section
 1798  if he or she has served as school principal at his or her school
 1799  for at least 4 2 consecutive school years, including the current
 1800  school year, and the school has improved an average of 3
 1801  percentage points or more in the percentage of total possible
 1802  points achieved for determining school grades over the prior 3
 1803  years his or her school has a ratio of best and brightest
 1804  teachers to other classroom teachers that is at the 80th
 1805  percentile or higher for schools within the same grade group,
 1806  statewide, including elementary schools, middle schools, high
 1807  schools, and schools with a combination of grade levels.
 1808         (4) Annually, by February 1, the department shall identify
 1809  eligible school principals and disburse funds to each school
 1810  district for each eligible school principal to receive a
 1811  scholarship. A scholarship of $5,000 must be awarded to every
 1812  eligible school principal assigned to a Title I school and a
 1813  scholarship of $4,000 to every eligible school principal who is
 1814  not assigned to a Title I school.
 1815         (5) Annually, by April 1, each school district must award a
 1816  scholarship to each eligible school principal.
 1817         (6)A school district must provide a best and brightest
 1818  principal with the additional authority and responsibilities
 1819  provided in s. 1012.28(8) for a minimum of 2 years.
 1820         (7) For purposes of this section, the term “school
 1821  district” includes the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
 1822  and charter school governing boards.
 1823         Section 20. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) of
 1824  section 1013.31, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1825         1013.31 Educational plant survey; localized need
 1826  assessment; PECO project funding.—
 1827         (1) At least every 5 years, each board shall arrange for an
 1828  educational plant survey, to aid in formulating plans for
 1829  housing the educational program and student population, faculty,
 1830  administrators, staff, and auxiliary and ancillary services of
 1831  the district or campus, including consideration of the local
 1832  comprehensive plan. The Department of Education shall document
 1833  the need for additional career and adult education programs and
 1834  the continuation of existing programs before facility
 1835  construction or renovation related to career or adult education
 1836  may be included in the educational plant survey of a school
 1837  district or Florida College System institution that delivers
 1838  career or adult education programs. Information used by the
 1839  Department of Education to establish facility needs must
 1840  include, but need not be limited to, labor market data, needs
 1841  analysis, and information submitted by the school district or
 1842  Florida College System institution.
 1843         (a) Educational plant survey and localized need assessment
 1844  for capital outlay purposes.—A survey recommendation is not
 1845  required when a district uses may only use funds from the
 1846  following sources for educational, auxiliary, and ancillary
 1847  plant capital outlay purposes without needing a survey
 1848  recommendation:
 1849         1. The local capital outlay improvement fund, consisting of
 1850  funds that come from and are a part of the district’s basic
 1851  operating budget;
 1852         2. A taxpayer-approved bond referendum, to fund
 1853  construction of If a board decides to build an educational,
 1854  auxiliary, or ancillary plant facility without a survey
 1855  recommendation and the taxpayers approve a bond referendum, the
 1856  voted bond referendum;
 1857         3. One-half cent sales surtax revenue;
 1858         4. One cent local governmental surtax revenue;
 1859         5. Impact fees; and
 1860         6. Private gifts or donations; and
 1861         7. The district school tax levied pursuant to s.
 1862  1011.71(2).
 1863         (d) Review and validation.—The Department of Education
 1864  shall review and validate the surveys of school districts and
 1865  Florida College System institutions, and the Chancellor of the
 1866  State University System shall review and validate the surveys of
 1867  universities, and any amendments thereto for compliance with the
 1868  requirements of this chapter and shall recommend those in
 1869  compliance for approval by the State Board of Education or the
 1870  Board of Governors, as appropriate. Annually, the department
 1871  shall perform an in-depth analysis of a representative sample of
 1872  each survey of recommended needs for five districts selected by
 1873  the commissioner from among districts with the largest need-to
 1874  revenue ratio. For the purpose of this subsection, the need-to
 1875  revenue ratio is determined by dividing the total 5-year cost of
 1876  projects listed on the district survey by the total 5-year fixed
 1877  capital outlay revenue projections from state and local sources
 1878  as determined by the department. The commissioner may direct
 1879  fixed capital outlay funds provided from general revenue or from
 1880  state trust funds to be withheld from districts until such time
 1881  as the survey accurately projects facilities needs.
 1882         Section 21. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraphs
 1883  (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (6) of section 1013.64, Florida
 1884  Statutes, are amended to read:
 1885         1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
 1886  construction cost maximums for school district capital
 1887  projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
 1888  and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
 1889  outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
 1890         (2)(a) The department shall establish, as a part of the
 1891  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund, a
 1892  separate account, in an amount determined by the Legislature, to
 1893  be known as the “Special Facility Construction Account.” The
 1894  Special Facility Construction Account shall be used to provide
 1895  necessary construction funds to school districts which have
 1896  urgent construction needs but which lack sufficient resources at
 1897  present, and cannot reasonably anticipate sufficient resources
 1898  within the period of the next 3 years, for these purposes from
 1899  currently authorized sources of capital outlay revenue. A school
 1900  district requesting funding from the Special Facility
 1901  Construction Account shall submit one specific construction
 1902  project, not to exceed one complete educational plant, to the
 1903  Special Facility Construction Committee. A district may not
 1904  receive funding for more than one approved project in any 3-year
 1905  period or while any portion of the district’s participation
 1906  requirement is outstanding. The first year of the 3-year period
 1907  shall be the first year a district receives an appropriation.
 1908  The department shall encourage a construction program that
 1909  reduces the average size of schools in the district. The request
 1910  must meet the following criteria to be considered by the
 1911  committee:
 1912         1. The project must be deemed a critical need and must be
 1913  recommended for funding by the Special Facility Construction
 1914  Committee. Before developing construction plans for the proposed
 1915  facility, the district school board must request a
 1916  preapplication review by the Special Facility Construction
 1917  Committee or a project review subcommittee convened by the chair
 1918  of the committee to include two representatives of the
 1919  department and two staff members from school districts not
 1920  eligible to participate in the program. A school district may
 1921  request a preapplication review at any time; however, if the
 1922  district school board seeks inclusion in the department’s next
 1923  annual capital outlay legislative budget request, the
 1924  preapplication review request must be made before February 1.
 1925  Within 90 days after receiving the preapplication review
 1926  request, the committee or subcommittee must meet in the school
 1927  district to review the project proposal and existing facilities.
 1928  To determine whether the proposed project is a critical need,
 1929  the committee or subcommittee shall consider, at a minimum, the
 1930  capacity of all existing facilities within the district as
 1931  determined by the Florida Inventory of School Houses; the
 1932  district’s pattern of student growth; the district’s existing
 1933  and projected capital outlay full-time equivalent student
 1934  enrollment as determined by the demographic, revenue, and
 1935  education estimating conferences established in s. 216.136; the
 1936  district’s existing satisfactory student stations; the use of
 1937  all existing district property and facilities; grade level
 1938  configurations; and any other information that may affect the
 1939  need for the proposed project.
 1940         2. The construction project must be recommended in the most
 1941  recent survey or survey amendment cooperatively prepared by the
 1942  district and the department, and approved by the department
 1943  under the rules of the State Board of Education. If a district
 1944  employs a consultant in the preparation of a survey or survey
 1945  amendment, the consultant may not be employed by or receive
 1946  compensation from a third party that designs or constructs a
 1947  project recommended by the survey.
 1948         3. The construction project must appear on the district’s
 1949  approved project priority list under the rules of the State
 1950  Board of Education.
 1951         4. The district must have selected and had approved a site
 1952  for the construction project in compliance with s. 1013.36 and
 1953  the rules of the State Board of Education.
 1954         5. The district shall have developed a district school
 1955  board adopted list of facilities that do not exceed the norm for
 1956  net square feet occupancy requirements under the State
 1957  Requirements for Educational Facilities, using all possible
 1958  programmatic combinations for multiple use of space to obtain
 1959  maximum daily use of all spaces within the facility under
 1960  consideration.
 1961         6. Upon construction, the total cost per student station,
 1962  including change orders, must not exceed the cost per student
 1963  station as provided in subsection (6) except for cost overruns
 1964  created by a disaster as defined in s. 252.34 or an
 1965  unforeseeable circumstance beyond the district’s control as
 1966  determined by the Special Facility Construction Committee.
 1967         7. There shall be an agreement signed by the district
 1968  school board stating that it will advertise for bids within 30
 1969  days of receipt of its encumbrance authorization from the
 1970  department.
 1971         8. For construction projects for which Special Facilities
 1972  Construction Account funding is sought before the 2019-2020
 1973  fiscal year, the district shall, at the time of the request and
 1974  for a continuing period necessary to meet the district’s
 1975  participation requirement, levy the maximum millage against its
 1976  nonexempt assessed property value as allowed in s. 1011.71(2) or
 1977  shall raise an equivalent amount of revenue from the school
 1978  capital outlay surtax authorized under s. 212.055(6). Beginning
 1979  with construction projects for which Special Facilities
 1980  Construction Account funding is sought in the 2019-2020 fiscal
 1981  year, the district shall, for a minimum of 3 years before
 1982  submitting the request and for a continuing period necessary to
 1983  meet its participation requirement, levy the maximum millage
 1984  against the district’s nonexempt assessed property value as
 1985  authorized under s. 1011.71(2) or shall raise an equivalent
 1986  amount of revenue from the school capital outlay surtax
 1987  authorized under s. 212.055(6). Any district with a new or
 1988  active project, funded under the provisions of this subsection,
 1989  shall be required to budget no more than the value of 1 mill per
 1990  year to the project until the district’s participation
 1991  requirement relating to the local discretionary capital
 1992  improvement millage or the equivalent amount of revenue from the
 1993  school capital outlay surtax is satisfied.
 1994         9. If a contract has not been signed 90 days after the
 1995  advertising of bids, the funding for the specific project shall
 1996  revert to the Special Facility New Construction Account to be
 1997  reallocated to other projects on the list. However, an
 1998  additional 90 days may be granted by the commissioner.
 1999         10. The department shall certify the inability of the
 2000  district to fund the survey-recommended project over a
 2001  continuous 3-year period using projected capital outlay revenue
 2002  derived from s. 9(d), Art. XII of the State Constitution, as
 2003  amended, paragraph (3)(a) of this section, and s. 1011.71(2).
 2004         11. The district shall have on file with the department an
 2005  adopted resolution acknowledging its commitment to satisfy its
 2006  participation requirement, which is equivalent to all
 2007  unencumbered and future revenue acquired from s. 9(d), Art. XII
 2008  of the State Constitution, as amended, paragraph (3)(a) of this
 2009  section, and s. 1011.71(2), in the year of the initial
 2010  appropriation and for the 2 years immediately following the
 2011  initial appropriation.
 2012         12. Phase I Final phase III plans must be approved
 2013  certified by the district school board as being complete and in
 2014  compliance with the building and life safety codes before June 1
 2015  of the year the application is made.
 2016         (6)
 2017         (b)1. A district school board may not use funds from state
 2018  sources the following sources: Public Education Capital Outlay
 2019  and Debt Service Trust Fund; School District and Community
 2020  College District Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund;
 2021  Classrooms First Program funds provided in s. 1013.68; nonvoted
 2022  1.5-mill levy of ad valorem property taxes provided in s.
 2023  1011.71(2); Classrooms for Kids Program funds provided in s.
 2024  1013.735; District Effort Recognition Program funds provided in
 2025  s. 1013.736; or High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance
 2026  Grant Program funds provided in s. 1013.738 for any new
 2027  construction of educational plant space with a total cost per
 2028  student station, including change orders, which exceeds that
 2029  equals more than:
 2030         a. $17,952 for an elementary school,
 2031         b. $19,386 for a middle school, or
 2032         c. $25,181 for a high school,
 2033  
 2034  (January 2006) as adjusted annually to reflect increases or
 2035  decreases in the Consumer Price Index. These restrictions do not
 2036  apply to local funds as specified in s. 1013.31(1)(a). The
 2037  department, in conjunction with the Office of Economic and
 2038  Demographic Research, shall review and revise the cost per
 2039  student station limits to reflect actual construction costs by
 2040  December 1, 2019, and every 3 years thereafter. The adjusted
 2041  cost per student station shall be used by the department for
 2042  computation of the statewide average costs per student station
 2043  for each instructional level pursuant to paragraph (d). The
 2044  department shall also collaborate with the Office of Economic
 2045  and Demographic Research to select an industry-recognized
 2046  construction index to replace the Consumer Price Index by
 2047  December 1, 2019, adjusted annually to reflect changes in the
 2048  construction index.
 2049         2. School districts shall maintain accurate documentation
 2050  related to the costs of all new construction of educational
 2051  plant space reported to the Department of Education pursuant to
 2052  paragraph (d). The Auditor General shall review the
 2053  documentation maintained by the school districts and verify
 2054  compliance with the limits under this paragraph during its
 2055  scheduled operational audits of the school district. The
 2056  department shall make the final determination on district
 2057  compliance based on the recommendation of the Auditor General.
 2058         3. Effective July 1, 2017, in addition to the funding
 2059  sources listed in subparagraph 1., a district school board may
 2060  not use funds from any sources for new construction of
 2061  educational plant space with a total cost per student station,
 2062  including change orders, which equals more than the current
 2063  adjusted amounts provided in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c. which
 2064  shall subsequently be adjusted annually to reflect increases or
 2065  decreases in the Consumer Price Index. However, if a contract
 2066  has been executed for architectural and design services or for
 2067  construction management services before July 1, 2017, a district
 2068  school board may use funds from any source for the new
 2069  construction of educational plant space and such funds are
 2070  exempt from the total cost per student station requirements.
 2071         4. A district school board must not use funds from the
 2072  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or
 2073  the School District and Community College District Capital
 2074  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for any new construction of
 2075  an ancillary plant that exceeds 70 percent of the average cost
 2076  per square foot of new construction for all schools.
 2077         (c) Except as otherwise provided, new construction for
 2078  which a contract has been executed for architectural and design
 2079  services or for construction management services by a district
 2080  school board on or after July 1, 2017, may not exceed the cost
 2081  per student station as provided in paragraph (b). A school
 2082  district that exceeds the cost per student station provided in
 2083  paragraph (b), as determined by the Auditor General, shall be
 2084  subject to sanctions. If the Auditor General determines that the
 2085  cost per student station overage is de minimus or due to
 2086  extraordinary circumstances outside the control of the district,
 2087  the sanctions shall not apply. The sanctions are as follows:
 2088         1. The school district shall be ineligible for allocations
 2089  from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust
 2090  Fund for the next 3 years in which the school district would
 2091  have received allocations had the violation not occurred.
 2092         2. The school district shall be subject to the supervision
 2093  of a district capital outlay oversight committee. The oversight
 2094  committee is authorized to approve all capital outlay
 2095  expenditures of the school district, including new construction,
 2096  renovations, and remodeling, for 3 fiscal years following the
 2097  violation.
 2098         a. Each oversight committee shall be composed of the
 2099  following:
 2100         (I) One appointee of the Commissioner of Education who has
 2101  significant financial management, school facilities
 2102  construction, or related experience.
 2103         (II) One appointee of the office of the state attorney with
 2104  jurisdiction over the district.
 2105         (III) One appointee of the Chief Financial Officer who is a
 2106  licensed certified public accountant.
 2107         b. An appointee to the oversight committee may not be
 2108  employed by the school district; be a relative, as defined in s.
 2109  1002.33(24)(a)2., of any school district employee; or be an
 2110  elected official. Each appointee must sign an affidavit
 2111  attesting to these conditions and affirming that no conflict of
 2112  interest exists in his or her oversight role.
 2113         (d) The department shall:
 2114         1. Compute for each calendar year the statewide average
 2115  construction costs for facilities serving each instructional
 2116  level, for relocatable educational facilities, for
 2117  administrative facilities, and for other ancillary and auxiliary
 2118  facilities. The department shall compute the statewide average
 2119  costs per student station for each instructional level.
 2120         2. Annually review the actual completed construction costs
 2121  of educational facilities in each school district. For any
 2122  school district in which the total actual cost per student
 2123  station, including change orders, exceeds the statewide limits
 2124  established in paragraph (b), the school district shall report
 2125  to the department the actual cost per student station and the
 2126  reason for the school district’s inability to adhere to the
 2127  limits established in paragraph (b). The department shall
 2128  collect all such reports and shall provide these reports to the
 2129  Auditor General for verification purposes.
 2130  
 2131  Cost per student station includes contract costs, legal and
 2132  administrative costs, fees of architects and engineers,
 2133  furniture and equipment, and site improvement costs, related
 2134  offsite improvement costs, the cost of complying with public
 2135  shelter and hurricane hardening requirements, and the cost of
 2136  any security enhancements, including, but not limited to, the
 2137  cost for securing entries, checkpoint construction, lighting
 2138  specifically designed for entry point security, security
 2139  cameras, automatic locks and locking devices, electronic
 2140  security systems, fencing designed to prevent intruder entry
 2141  into a building, bulletproof glass, or other capital
 2142  construction items approved by the school safety specialist to
 2143  ensure building security for new educational, auxiliary, or
 2144  ancillary facilities. Cost per student station does not include
 2145  the cost of purchasing or leasing the site for the construction
 2146  or the cost of related offsite improvements. Cost per student
 2147  station also does not include the cost for securing entries,
 2148  checkpoint construction, lighting specifically designed for
 2149  entry point security, security cameras, automatic locks and
 2150  locking devices, electronic security systems, fencing designed
 2151  to prevent intruder entry into a building, bullet-proof glass,
 2152  or other capital construction items approved by the school
 2153  safety specialist to ensure building security for new
 2154  educational, auxiliary, or ancillary facilities; costs for these
 2155  items must be below 2 percent per student station.
 2156         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 49 of chapter 2018-6,
 2157  Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
 2158         Section 49. (1) The Department of Revenue is authorized,
 2159  and all conditions are deemed to be met, to adopt emergency
 2160  rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, for the
 2161  purpose of administering the provisions of this act and s.
 2162  1002.40, Florida Statutes.
 2163         Section 23. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 2164  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 2165  becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
 2166  
 2167  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 2168  And the title is amended as follows:
 2169         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 2170  and insert:
 2171                        A bill to be entitled                      
 2172         An act relating to K-12 education; amending s.
 2173         212.099, F.S.; deleting a specified reference to a
 2174         certain program; revising the definition of the terms
 2175         “eligible contribution” or “contribution”; revising
 2176         the authorized uses of eligible contributions;
 2177         amending s. 212.1832, F.S.; deleting a specified
 2178         reference to a certain program; deleting obsolete
 2179         language; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; revising the
 2180         programs through which certain parents may seek
 2181         private educational choice options; amending s.
 2182         1002.333, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
 2183         “persistently low-performing school”; revising
 2184         requirements for the expenditure of funds under the
 2185         Schools of Hope Scholarship Program; requiring that
 2186         ownership of certain property, furnishings, and
 2187         equipment revert to the district school board upon the
 2188         dissolution or termination of a school of hope;
 2189         providing that certain funds and specified
 2190         improvements, furnishings, equipment, and records be
 2191         held in trust upon a request by a district school
 2192         board; deleting the authorization for a traditional
 2193         public school to receive funds from the program;
 2194         deleting a requirement for the State Board of
 2195         Education to provide awards and annually report
 2196         certain information; creating s. 1002.394, F.S.;
 2197         establishing the Family Empowerment Scholarship
 2198         Program; providing the purpose of the program;
 2199         defining terms; providing scholarship eligibility
 2200         requirements; providing for the term of such
 2201         scholarships; prohibiting certain students from
 2202         scholarship eligibility; requiring school districts to
 2203         inform specified households within their respective
 2204         districts of their eligibility to receive a Family
 2205         Empowerment Scholarship; requiring the Department of
 2206         Education to provide the form to be used by school
 2207         districts for that purpose; requiring school districts
 2208         to notify certain students of specified information
 2209         relating to statewide assessments; requiring school
 2210         districts, upon the request of the department, to
 2211         provide statewide assessments and related materials to
 2212         certain private schools; providing requirements for
 2213         the administration of statewide assessments at certain
 2214         private schools; requiring school districts to publish
 2215         information relating to the scholarship program on
 2216         their respective websites; providing requirements for
 2217         the published information; requiring the department to
 2218         publish and update information relating to the program
 2219         on the department website; requiring the department to
 2220         cross-check specified information; providing
 2221         requirements for private school participation in the
 2222         program; providing requirements for participating
 2223         students and their parents; providing obligations for
 2224         participation of eligible scholarship-funding
 2225         organizations in the program; providing the maximum
 2226         number of students who may participate in the
 2227         scholarship program, beginning with a specified school
 2228         year; providing for subsequent increases in the
 2229         authorized number of participating students; providing
 2230         for the calculation of school district funding
 2231         entitlement under the program; requiring school
 2232         districts to report all students who attend a private
 2233         school under the program; providing that such students
 2234         must be reported separately for certain purposes;
 2235         requiring the department to transfer funds from the
 2236         General Revenue Fund to an account for the program;
 2237         requiring that program funds for students entering a
 2238         Department of Juvenile Justice commitment program be
 2239         transferred from the school district in which the
 2240         student last attended school before commitment;
 2241         providing that the department must receive specified
 2242         information relating to such students within a
 2243         specified timeframe; requiring the Chief Financial
 2244         Officer to make scholarship payments to the
 2245         department; providing requirements for such payments;
 2246         requiring the department to request from the
 2247         Department of Financial Services a sample of certain
 2248         endorsed warrants for a specified purpose; providing
 2249         immunity from liability for the state; providing a
 2250         scope of authority with regard to the regulation of
 2251         private schools; requiring the state board to adopt
 2252         rules; providing an implementation schedule for a
 2253         specified school year; providing additional
 2254         eligibility requirements; requiring the Department of
 2255         Education to expedite the publication of specified
 2256         information on the department’s website; providing a
 2257         deadline for a specified payment by the Chief
 2258         Financial Officer; providing for the expiration of
 2259         provisions related to a specified school year;
 2260         amending s. 1002.385, F.S.; deleting the authorization
 2261         for certain nonprofit scholarship-funding
 2262         organizations to receive specified funds; amending s.
 2263         1002.395, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements
 2264         under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program for
 2265         certain students; revising obligations of certain
 2266         nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations relating
 2267         to the program; revising a requirement for certain
 2268         contributions to annually be used by a specified date
 2269         to provide scholarships to eligible students; revising
 2270         the calculation methodology to be used for the
 2271         scholarship amount provided to certain students under
 2272         the program; amending s. 1002.40, F.S.; revising the
 2273         calculation methodology to be used for awards under
 2274         the Hope Scholarship Program; conforming provisions to
 2275         changes made by the act; specifying limitations on the
 2276         amount of certain contributions of which eligible
 2277         scholarship-funding organizations may carry forward to
 2278         the following fiscal year; authorizing certain funds
 2279         relating to the Hope Scholarship Program to be used to
 2280         fund the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, under
 2281         specified conditions; expanding the language required
 2282         to be included on the contribution election form
 2283         relating to the Hope Scholarship Program and the
 2284         Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; amending s.
 2285         1002.411, F.S.; deleting obsolete language; revising
 2286         the award of reading scholarship accounts to be
 2287         provided in the General Appropriations Act; deleting
 2288         the authorization for certain nonprofit scholarship
 2289         funding organizations to receive specified funds;
 2290         creating part VII of ch. 1003, F.S., entitled “Public
 2291         School Innovation”; creating s. 1003.64, F.S.;
 2292         providing legislative intent; creating the Community
 2293         School Grant Program within the department; providing
 2294         the purpose of the program; defining terms;
 2295         establishing the Center for Community Schools within
 2296         the University of Central Florida; authorizing the
 2297         center to facilitate the implementation of its
 2298         community school model through grants; providing
 2299         duties for the center; providing that, in prioritizing
 2300         planning grant awards, priority must be given to
 2301         certain school districts; requiring the center to
 2302         annually publish, by a specified date, specified
 2303         information on its website; amending s. 1004.04, F.S.;
 2304         revising requirements for the rules to establish
 2305         uniform core curricula for state-approved teacher
 2306         preparation programs; revising the evidence to be used
 2307         in the determination of continued approval of teacher
 2308         preparation programs; revising reporting requirements
 2309         for public and private institutions that offer state
 2310         approved teacher preparation programs; revising
 2311         requirements for preservice field experience courses
 2312         and internships; amending s. 1004.85, F.S.; revising
 2313         requirements for educator preparation programs;
 2314         revising requirements relating to annual performance
 2315         evaluations that educator preparation institutes are
 2316         required to submit to the department; amending s.
 2317         1008.33, F.S.; authorizing a district-managed
 2318         turnaround plan to include a proposal regarding the
 2319         length and number of planned school days; making a
 2320         technical change; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; deleting
 2321         a requirement for the total allocation of the
 2322         federally connected student supplement to be prorated
 2323         under specified circumstances; creating the Florida
 2324         Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal Allocation;
 2325         providing the purpose of the allocation; requiring
 2326         that, subject to the appropriation of funds, each
 2327         school district receive an allocation based on its
 2328         proportional share of Florida Education Finance
 2329         Program base funding; authorizing the Legislature to
 2330         specify a minimum allocation; requiring school
 2331         districts to provide specified awards to eligible
 2332         teachers and principals from allocated funds;
 2333         requiring school districts to prorate awards under
 2334         certain circumstances; creating the turnaround school
 2335         supplemental services allocation; providing a purpose;
 2336         providing for services that may be funded by the
 2337         allocation; requiring a school district to submit a
 2338         plan to its school board before distribution of the
 2339         allocation; specifying requirements for such plans;
 2340         requiring each school district to annually submit
 2341         approved plans to the commissioner by a specified
 2342         date; specifying the basis for each school district’s
 2343         funding allocation; providing for a school’s continued
 2344         eligibility for funding; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.;
 2345         conforming a cross-reference and provisions to changes
 2346         made by the act; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; deleting
 2347         obsolete language; requiring school districts to
 2348         provide test support information to individuals who do
 2349         not meet passing scores on any subtest of the general
 2350         knowledge examination; deleting the requirement that
 2351         an individual who holds a temporary certificate
 2352         demonstrate mastery of general knowledge within a
 2353         specified timeframe; removing the prohibition on
 2354         employment for an individual who has not met specified
 2355         requirements; expanding circumstances under which the
 2356         State Board of Education is required to adopt rules to
 2357         allow the department to extend the validity period of
 2358         a temporary certificate; requiring the department to
 2359         extend, rather than reissue, a temporary certificate
 2360         in certain circumstances; amending s. 1012.59, F.S.;
 2361         revising requirements for rulemaking by the state
 2362         board relating to certification fees; deleting a
 2363         requirement that an examination fee be sufficient to
 2364         cover the actual cost of developing and administering
 2365         the examination; amending s. 1012.731, F.S.; renaming
 2366         the Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship
 2367         Program as the Florida Best and Brightest Teacher
 2368         Program; revising legislative intent relating to the
 2369         program; deleting authority for the Department of
 2370         Education to administer the program; specifying the
 2371         funding source for the program; providing for
 2372         recruitment, retention, and recognition awards;
 2373         providing eligibility requirements; deleting a
 2374         requirement for school districts to submit certain
 2375         information to the department; deleting a requirement
 2376         for the department to disburse scholarship funds to
 2377         certain school districts; deleting a requirement for
 2378         school districts to award specified scholarships;
 2379         deleting a definition; amending s. 1012.732, F.S.;
 2380         renaming the Florida Best and Brightest Principal
 2381         Scholarship Program as the Florida Best and Brightest
 2382         Principal Program; revising legislative intent
 2383         relating to program; deleting authority for the
 2384         department to administer the program; specifying the
 2385         funding source for the program; providing eligibility
 2386         requirements; deleting a requirement for the
 2387         department to identify eligible school principals and
 2388         disburse funds; deleting a requirement for school
 2389         districts to award scholarships to specified school
 2390         principals; deleting a requirement for school
 2391         districts to provide certain principals with
 2392         additional authority and responsibilities; deleting a
 2393         definition; amending s. 1013.31, F.S.; authorizing a
 2394         school district, in the absence of a survey
 2395         recommendation, to use funds from a taxpayer-approved
 2396         bond referendum to fund construction of educational,
 2397         auxiliary, or ancillary facilities and to use funds
 2398         from a specified district school tax for certain
 2399         capital outlay purposes; authorizing the commissioner
 2400         to direct specified capital outlay funds to be
 2401         withheld from school districts until a specified time;
 2402         amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; revising the information
 2403         required to be included in a school district’s request
 2404         to receive certain funding; prohibiting a district
 2405         school board from using funds from state sources for
 2406         certain new construction of educational plant space;
 2407         providing exceptions; requiring the department, in
 2408         conjunction with the Office of Economic and
 2409         Demographic Research, to review and revise the limits
 2410         on the cost per student station, based on certain
 2411         factors; requiring the department to use the adjusted
 2412         cost per student station for each instructional level;
 2413         requiring the department to collaborate with the
 2414         office to select a certain index by a specified date;
 2415         deleting a requirement for the department to make
 2416         final determinations on district compliance; removing
 2417         a prohibition on the use of funds for certain new
 2418         construction; revising the costs that may be included
 2419         and that may not be included in calculating the cost
 2420         per student station; amending chapter 2018-6, L.O.F.;
 2421         expanding the authority of the Department of Revenue
 2422         to adopt emergency rules; providing an effective date.