Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1180
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodrigues
       
       
       
       
       
       27-01461-21                                           20211180__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to district school board member
    3         salaries; amending s. 145.19, F.S.; requiring that the
    4         salaries of certain officials elected on or before
    5         July 1, 2021, be adjusted until the official completes
    6         his or her 8th year of total service; providing for
    7         future repeal; amending s. 1001.395, F.S.; requiring a
    8         member of a district school board elected on or before
    9         July 1, 2021, to receive a salary until he or she
   10         completes 8 years of total service on the district
   11         school board; prohibiting a member of a district
   12         school board elected after July 1, 2021, from
   13         receiving a salary; providing for future repeal;
   14         amending s. 1011.10, F.S.; conforming provisions to
   15         changes made by the act; providing for future repeal;
   16         amending ss. 1001.39 and 1002.32, F.S.; conforming
   17         provisions to changes made by the act; providing an
   18         effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 145.19, Florida
   23  Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         145.19 Annual percentage increases based on increase for
   25  state career service employees; limitation.—
   26         (2)(a) Each fiscal year, the salaries of all officials
   27  listed in this chapter, s. 1001.395, and s. 1001.47 shall be
   28  adjusted. The adjusted salary rate shall be the product, rounded
   29  to the nearest dollar, of the salary rate granted by the
   30  appropriate section of this chapter, s. 1001.395, or s. 1001.47
   31  multiplied first by the initial factor, then by the cumulative
   32  annual factor, and finally by the annual factor. The Department
   33  of Management Services shall certify the annual factor and the
   34  cumulative annual factors. Any special qualification salary
   35  received under this chapter, s. 1001.47, or the annual
   36  performance salary incentive available to elected
   37  superintendents under s. 1001.47 shall be added to such adjusted
   38  salary rate. The special qualification salary shall be $2,000,
   39  but shall not exceed $2,000.
   40         (b)1. The salary of an official listed in s. 1001.395
   41  elected on or before July 1, 2021, shall be adjusted until the
   42  official completes his or her 8th year of total service.
   43         2. This paragraph is repealed on July 1, 2029.
   44         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1001.395, Florida
   45  Statutes, is amended, and subsections (4) and (5) are added to
   46  that section, to read:
   47         1001.395 District school board members; compensation.—
   48         (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each
   49  member of the district school board shall receive a base salary,
   50  the amounts indicated in this section, based on the population
   51  of the county the district school board member serves. In
   52  addition, compensation shall be made for population increments
   53  over the minimum for each population group, which shall be
   54  determined by multiplying the population in excess of the
   55  minimum for the group times the group rate. The product of such
   56  calculation shall be added to the base salary to determine the
   57  adjusted base salary. The adjusted base salaries of district
   58  school board members shall be increased annually as provided for
   59  in s. 145.19.
   60  
   61  Pop. Group  County Pop. Range   Base Salary                   Group Rate
   62              Minimum   Maximum
   63  I               -0-     9,999  $5,000                     $0.08330
   64  II           10,000    49,999   5,833                     0.020830
   65  III          50,000    99,999   6,666                     0.016680
   66  IV          100,000   199,999   7,500                     0.008330
   67  V           200,000   399,999   8,333                     0.004165
   68  VI          400,000   999,999   9,166                     0.001390
   69  VII       1,000,000            10,000                     0.000000
   70         (4)(a) A member of the district school board elected on or
   71  before July 1, 2021, shall receive a salary until he or she
   72  completes 8 years of total service on the district school board.
   73         (b) A member of the district school board elected after
   74  July 1, 2021, may not receive a salary.
   75         (5) This section is repealed on July 1, 2029.
   76         Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 1011.10, Florida
   77  Statutes, is amended to read:
   78         1011.10 Penalty.—
   79         (3)(a) If any of the conditions identified in s. 218.503(1)
   80  exist within a school district, the salary of each district
   81  school board member and district superintendent, calculated
   82  pursuant to ss. 1001.395 and 1001.47, shall be withheld until
   83  the conditions are corrected. This subsection does not apply to
   84  a district school board member or district superintendent
   85  elected or appointed within 1 year after the identification of
   86  the conditions in s. 218.503(1) if he or she did not participate
   87  in the approval or preparation of the final school district
   88  budget adopted before the identification of such conditions.
   89         (b)1. If any of the conditions identified in s. 218.503(1)
   90  exist within a school district, the salary of each district
   91  school board member, calculated pursuant to ss. 1001.395 and
   92  1001.47, shall be withheld until the conditions are corrected.
   93  This subsection does not apply to a district school board member
   94  elected or appointed within 1 year after the identification of
   95  the conditions in s. 218.503(1) if he or she did not participate
   96  in the approval or preparation of the final school district
   97  budget adopted before the identification of such conditions.
   98         2. This paragraph is repealed on July 1, 2029.
   99         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 1001.39, Florida
  100  Statutes, is amended to read:
  101         1001.39 District school board members; travel expenses.—
  102         (1) In addition to the salary provided in s. 1001.395, Each
  103  member of a district school board shall be allowed, from the
  104  district school fund, reimbursement of travel expenses as
  105  authorized in s. 112.061, provided that any travel outside the
  106  district that exceeds $500 requires prior approval by the
  107  district school board to confirm that such travel is for
  108  official business of the school district and complies with rules
  109  of the State Board of Education. Any request for travel outside
  110  the state must include an itemized list detailing all
  111  anticipated travel expenses, including, but not limited to, the
  112  anticipated costs of all means of travel, lodging, and
  113  subsistence. Immediately preceding a request, the public must
  114  have an opportunity to speak on the specific travel agenda item.
  115         Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section
  116  1002.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  117         1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
  118         (10) EXCEPTIONS TO LAW.—To encourage innovative practices
  119  and facilitate the mission of the lab schools, in addition to
  120  the exceptions to law specified in s. 1001.23(2), the following
  121  exceptions shall be permitted for lab schools:
  122         (a) The methods and requirements of the following statutes
  123  shall be held in abeyance: ss. 316.75; 1001.30; 1001.31;
  124  1001.32; 1001.33; 1001.34; 1001.35; 1001.36; 1001.361; 1001.362;
  125  1001.363; 1001.37; 1001.371; 1001.372; 1001.38; 1001.39;
  126  1001.395; 1001.40; 1001.41; 1001.44; 1001.453; 1001.46;
  127  1001.461; 1001.462; 1001.463; 1001.464; 1001.47; 1001.48;
  128  1001.49; 1001.50; 1001.51; 1006.12(2); 1006.21(3), (4); 1006.23;
  129  1010.07(2); 1010.40; 1010.41; 1010.42; 1010.43; 1010.44;
  130  1010.45; 1010.46; 1010.47; 1010.48; 1010.49; 1010.50; 1010.51;
  131  1010.52; 1010.53; 1010.54; 1010.55; 1011.02(1)-(3), (5);
  132  1011.04; 1011.20; 1011.21; 1011.22; 1011.23; 1011.71; 1011.72;
  133  1011.73; and 1011.74.
  134         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.