Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 836
       
       
        
       By Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       
       9-01151-20                                             2020836__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to funds for the operation of schools;
    3         amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; revising the annual
    4         allocation to school districts to include an
    5         additional calculation of full-time equivalent
    6         membership for students who earn a College Board
    7         Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma; providing an
    8         effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subsection (1) of section
   13  1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
   15  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
   16  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
   17  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
   18  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
   19  follows:
   20         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
   21  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
   22  determining the annual allocation to each district for
   23  operation:
   24         (n) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
   25  membership based on College Board Advanced Placement scores of
   26  students and earning College Board Advanced Placement Capstone
   27  Diplomas.—A value of 0.16 full-time equivalent student
   28  membership shall be calculated for each student in each advanced
   29  placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the
   30  College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the prior year
   31  and added to the total full-time equivalent student membership
   32  in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent
   33  fiscal year. A value of 0.3 full-time equivalent student
   34  membership shall be calculated for each student who receives a
   35  College Board Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma and meets the
   36  requirements for a standard high school diploma under s.
   37  1003.4282. Such value shall be added to the total full-time
   38  equivalent student membership in basic programs for grades 9
   39  through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. Each district must
   40  allocate at least 80 percent of the funds provided to the
   41  district for advanced placement instruction, in accordance with
   42  this paragraph, to the high school that generates the funds. The
   43  school district shall distribute to each classroom teacher who
   44  provided advanced placement instruction:
   45         1. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
   46  the Advanced Placement teacher in each advanced placement course
   47  who receives a score of 3 or higher on the College Board
   48  Advanced Placement Examination.
   49         2. An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced Placement
   50  teacher in a school designated with a grade of “D” or “F” who
   51  has at least one student scoring 3 or higher on the College
   52  Board Advanced Placement Examination, regardless of the number
   53  of classes taught or of the number of students scoring a 3 or
   54  higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination.
   55  
   56  Bonuses awarded under this paragraph shall be in addition to any
   57  regular wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled
   58  to receive. For such courses, the teacher shall earn an
   59  additional bonus of $50 for each student who has a qualifying
   60  score.
   61         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.