995081                                                     
Florida Senate - 2023                                Committee       Amendment
SPB2500                                                 AED              12


The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the following 
amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 028             Inserts proviso language to provide $250,000 in 
                         nonrecurring general revenue funds for the 
Spec App:   96           Transparency Tool at the Florida Department of 
                         Education and reduces the same amount from the 
                         Tutoring Program.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
        Public Schools, Division Of
        Program: State Grants/K-12 Program - Non 
        FEFP  48250400

        In Section 02  On Page 028
96      Special Categories  104026
        Grants And Aids - Strategic Statewide                
        Initiatives  IOEB

   1000   General Revenue Fund                   114,447,241    114,197,241
       CA -250,000  FSI1NR -250,000  

Following Specific Appropriation 96, DELETE:

From   the   funds   in   Specific   Appropriation  96,  $31,716,373  in
nonrecurring  funds  is provided for the Science of Reading Literacy and
Tutoring  Program.  These  funds  are  to  be used to provide additional
reading  literacy  support  to  students in kindergarten through grade 5
enrolled in a public school who either scored below Level 3 on the final
English  Language  Arts  (ELA)  assessment  in the prior year or who the
district  has  determined  through progress monitoring to be below grade
level and in need of additional reading intervention.

AND INSERT:

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From   the   funds   in   Specific   Appropriation  96,  $31,466,373  in
nonrecurring  funds  is provided for the Science of Reading Literacy and
Tutoring  Program.  These  funds  are  to  be used to provide additional
reading  literacy  support  to  students in kindergarten through grade 5
enrolled in a public school who either scored below Level 3 on the final
English  Language  Arts  (ELA)  assessment  in the prior year or who the
district  has  determined  through progress monitoring to be below grade
level and in need of additional reading intervention.

        State Board Of Education  48800000

        In Section 02  On Page 043
134     Special Categories  100777
        Contracted Services  IOEA

   1000   General Revenue Fund                    20,610,810     20,860,810
       CA 250,000  FSI1NR 250,000  

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 134, INSERT:

From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 134 $250,000 in 
nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided to the 
Department of Education for the procurement of a statewide curriculum 
and library transparency tool. The department shall procure a statewide 
curriculum transparency tool that will provide parents, teachers, 
students, and community members with access to school district 
instructional materials and library books. The tool must be an 
enterprise content management system and a SaaS-based web software 
solution that can be completely configured, branded, and deployed 
specifically for the Florida Department of Education for use by all 67 
school districts. The platform must allow for the discovery, display, 
review, and ability to provide comments on a wide range of digital 
educational content, including but not limited to instructional 
materials, library books, classroom library materials, lesson plans, 
assessment content, curriculum standards, and teacher professional 
development. The tool must also provide parents with the ability to 
"opt-out" of individual books in school and classroom library through a 
secure and confidential platform.











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