Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 5101
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/25/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of subsection (2) of
    6  section 11.45, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.—
    8         (2) DUTIES.—The Auditor General shall:
    9         (d) Annually conduct financial audits of the accounts and
   10  records of all district school boards in counties with
   11  populations of fewer than 150,000, according to the most recent
   12  federal decennial statewide census, and the Florida School for
   13  the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida School for Competitive
   14  Academics.
   15         (f) At least every 3 years, conduct operational audits of
   16  the accounts and records of state agencies, state universities,
   17  state colleges, district school boards, the Florida Clerks of
   18  Court Operations Corporation, water management districts, and
   19  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida
   20  School for Competitive Academics.
   21  
   22  The Auditor General shall perform his or her duties
   23  independently but under the general policies established by the
   24  Legislative Auditing Committee. This subsection does not limit
   25  the Auditor General’s discretionary authority to conduct other
   26  audits or engagements of governmental entities as authorized in
   27  subsection (3).
   28         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   29  110.1228, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   30         110.1228 Participation by small counties, small
   31  municipalities, and district school boards located in small
   32  counties.—
   33         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   34         (a) “District school board” means a district school board
   35  located in a small county or a district school board that
   36  receives funding pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(f) s. 1011.62(7).
   37         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   38  216.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         216.251 Salary appropriations; limitations.—
   40         (2)(a) The salary for each position not specifically
   41  indicated in the appropriations acts shall be as provided in one
   42  of the following subparagraphs:
   43         1. Within the classification and pay plans provided for in
   44  chapter 110.
   45         2. Within the classification and pay plans established by
   46  the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for the Deaf and
   47  the Blind of the Department of Education and approved by the
   48  State Board of Education for academic and academic
   49  administrative personnel.
   50         3. Within the classification and pay plan approved and
   51  administered by the Board of Governors or the designee of the
   52  board for those positions in the State University System.
   53         4. Within the classification and pay plan approved by the
   54  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   55  Representatives, as the case may be, for employees of the
   56  Legislature.
   57         5. Within the approved classification and pay plan for the
   58  judicial branch.
   59         6.Within the classification and pay plans established by
   60  the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for Competitive
   61  Academics of the Department of Education and approved by the
   62  State Board of Education for academic and academic
   63  administrative personnel.
   64         Section 4. Subsection (6) of section 402.22, Florida
   65  Statutes, is amended to read:
   66         402.22 Education program for students who reside in
   67  residential care facilities operated by the Department of
   68  Children and Families or the Agency for Persons with
   69  Disabilities.—
   70         (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 1001.42(4)(m), the
   71  educational program at the Marianna Sunland Center in Jackson
   72  County shall be operated by the Department of Education, either
   73  directly or through grants or contractual agreements with other
   74  public educational agencies. The annual state allocation to any
   75  such agency shall be computed pursuant to s. 1011.62(1), (2),
   76  and (17) (6) and allocated in the amount that would have been
   77  provided the local school district in which the residential
   78  facility is located.
   79         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 447.203, Florida
   80  Statutes, is amended to read:
   81         447.203 Definitions.—As used in this part:
   82         (2) “Public employer” or “employer” means the state or any
   83  county, municipality, or special district or any subdivision or
   84  agency thereof which the commission determines has sufficient
   85  legal distinctiveness properly to carry out the functions of a
   86  public employer. With respect to all public employees determined
   87  by the commission as properly belonging to a statewide
   88  bargaining unit composed of State Career Service System
   89  employees or Selected Professional Service employees, the
   90  Governor is shall be deemed to be the public employer; and the
   91  Board of Governors of the State University System, or the
   92  board’s designee, is shall be deemed to be the public employer
   93  with respect to all public employees of each constituent state
   94  university. The board of trustees of a community college is
   95  shall be deemed to be the public employer with respect to all
   96  employees of the community college. The district school board is
   97  shall be deemed to be the public employer with respect to all
   98  employees of the school district. The Board of Trustees of the
   99  Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is shall be deemed to
  100  be the public employer with respect to the academic and academic
  101  administrative personnel of the Florida School for the Deaf and
  102  the Blind. The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for
  103  Competitive Academics is deemed to be the public employer with
  104  respect to the academic and academic administrative personnel of
  105  the Florida School for Competitive Academics. The Governor is
  106  shall be deemed to be the public employer with respect to all
  107  employees in the Correctional Education Program of the
  108  Department of Corrections established pursuant to s. 944.801.
  109         Section 6. Subsection (6) is added to section 1000.04,
  110  Florida Statutes, to read:
  111         1000.04 Components for the delivery of public education
  112  within the Florida Early Learning-20 education system.—Florida’s
  113  Early Learning-20 education system provides for the delivery of
  114  early learning and public education through publicly supported
  115  and controlled K-12 schools, Florida College System
  116  institutions, state universities and other postsecondary
  117  educational institutions, other educational institutions, and
  118  other educational services as provided or authorized by the
  119  Constitution and laws of the state.
  120         (6)THE FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR COMPETITIVE ACADEMICS.—The
  121  Florida School for Competitive Academics is a component of the
  122  delivery of public education within Florida’s Early Learning-20
  123  education system.
  124         Section 7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section
  125  1001.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  126         1001.20 Department under direction of state board.—
  127         (4) The Department of Education shall establish the
  128  following offices within the Office of the Commissioner of
  129  Education which shall coordinate their activities with all other
  130  divisions and offices:
  131         (e) Office of Inspector General.—Organized using existing
  132  resources and funds and responsible for promoting
  133  accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness and detecting
  134  fraud and abuse within school districts, the Florida School for
  135  the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida School for Competitive
  136  Academics, and Florida College System institutions in Florida.
  137  If the Commissioner of Education determines that a district
  138  school board, the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for
  139  the Deaf and the Blind, the Board of Trustees for the Florida
  140  School for Competitive Academics, or a Florida College System
  141  institution board of trustees is unwilling or unable to address
  142  substantiated allegations made by any person relating to waste,
  143  fraud, or financial mismanagement within the school district,
  144  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida
  145  School for Competitive Academics, or the Florida College System
  146  institution, the office must shall conduct, coordinate, or
  147  request investigations into such substantiated allegations. The
  148  office shall investigate allegations or reports of possible
  149  fraud or abuse against a district school board made by any
  150  member of the Cabinet; the presiding officer of either house of
  151  the Legislature; a chair of a substantive or appropriations
  152  committee with jurisdiction; or a member of the board for which
  153  an investigation is sought. The office shall have access to all
  154  information and personnel necessary to perform its duties and
  155  shall have all of its current powers, duties, and
  156  responsibilities authorized in s. 20.055.
  157         Section 8. Subsections (8) through (12) of section
  158  1001.215, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7)
  159  through (11), respectively, and subsections (1), (3), (4), and
  160  (6) and present subsection (7) of that section are amended, to
  161  read:
  162         1001.215 Just Read, Florida! Office.—There is created in
  163  the Department of Education the Just Read, Florida! Office. The
  164  office is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education and
  165  shall:
  166         (1) Provide training to reading coaches and school
  167  administrators on the evidence-based strategies identified
  168  pursuant to subsection (7) (8) for purposes of implementation,
  169  modeling, and classroom observations to support professional
  170  growth and inform performance evaluations of instructional
  171  personnel.
  172         (3) Work with the Lastinger Center for Learning at the
  173  University of Florida to develop training for K-12 teachers,
  174  reading coaches, and school administrators on effective content
  175  area-specific reading strategies; the coordinated integration of
  176  content-rich curriculum from other core subject areas into
  177  reading instruction, with an emphasis on civic literacy; and
  178  evidence-based reading strategies identified pursuant to
  179  subsection (7) (8) to improve student reading performance. For
  180  secondary teachers, emphasis shall be on technical text. These
  181  strategies must be developed for all content areas in the K-12
  182  curriculum.
  183         (4) Develop and provide access to sequenced, content-rich
  184  curriculum programming, instructional practices, and resources
  185  that help elementary schools use state-adopted instructional
  186  materials to increase students’ background knowledge and
  187  literacy skills, including student attainment of the Next
  188  Generation Sunshine State Standards for social studies, science,
  189  and the arts. The office shall, as part of the adoption cycle
  190  for English Language Arts instructional materials, assist in
  191  evaluating elementary grades instructional materials submitted
  192  for adoption consideration in order to identify those materials
  193  that are closely aligned to the content and evidence-based
  194  strategies identified pursuant to subsection (7) (8) and
  195  incorporate professional development to implement such
  196  strategies.
  197         (6) Provide technical assistance to school districts in the
  198  development and implementation of district plans required under
  199  s. 1003.4201 for use of the evidence-based reading instruction
  200  allocation provided in s. 1011.62(8) and annually review and
  201  approve such plans.
  202         (7)Review, evaluate, and provide technical assistance to
  203  school districts’ implementation of the comprehensive reading
  204  plan required in s. 1011.62(8).
  205         Section 9. Notwithstanding the expiration date in section 8
  206  of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, subsection (1) of section
  207  1001.26, Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read:
  208         1001.26 Public broadcasting program system.—
  209         (1) There is created a public broadcasting program system
  210  for the state. The department shall provide funds, as
  211  specifically appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, to
  212  educational television and radio stations qualified by the
  213  Corporation for Public Broadcasting or public colleges and
  214  universities that are part of the public broadcasting program
  215  system. The program system must include:
  216         (a) Support for existing Corporation for Public
  217  Broadcasting qualified program system educational television
  218  stations.
  219         (b) Maintenance of quality broadcast capability for
  220  educational stations that are part of the program system.
  221         (c) Interconnection of all educational stations that are
  222  part of the program system for simultaneous broadcast and of
  223  such stations with all universities and other institutions as
  224  necessary for sharing of resources and delivery of programming.
  225         (d) Establishment and maintenance of a capability for
  226  statewide program distribution with facilities and staff,
  227  provided such facilities and staff complement and strengthen
  228  existing educational television stations.
  229         (e) Provision of both statewide programming funds and
  230  station programming support for educational television to meet
  231  statewide priorities. Priorities for station programming need
  232  not be the same as priorities for programming to be used
  233  statewide. Station programming may include, but shall not be
  234  limited to, citizens’ participation programs, music and fine
  235  arts programs, coverage of public hearings and governmental
  236  meetings, equal air time for political candidates, and other
  237  public interest programming.
  238         Section 10. Subsection (21) of section 1001.42, Florida
  239  Statutes, is amended to read:
  240         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  241  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  242  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  243         (21) EDUCATIONAL EMERGENCY.—Negotiate special provisions of
  244  its contract with the appropriate bargaining units To free
  245  schools with a school grade of “D” or “F” from contract
  246  restrictions that limit the school’s ability to implement
  247  programs and strategies needed to improve student performance, a
  248  district school board may adopt salary incentives or other
  249  strategies that address. The negotiations shall result in a
  250  memorandum of understanding that addresses the selection,
  251  placement, compensation, and expectations of instructional
  252  personnel and provide provides principals with the autonomy
  253  described in s. 1012.28(8). For purposes of this subsection, an
  254  educational emergency exists in a school district if one or more
  255  schools in the district have a school grade of “D” or “F.”
  256  Notwithstanding chapter 447, relating to collective bargaining,
  257  a district school board may:
  258         (a)Provide salary incentives that differentiate based on a
  259  teacher’s certification, subject area taught, or grade level
  260  taught. Such incentives are not subject to collective bargaining
  261  requirements.
  262         (b)Notwithstanding s. 1012.2315, relating to assignment of
  263  teachers, adopt strategies to assign high-quality teachers more
  264  equitably across schools in the district to low-performing
  265  schools as a management right. Such strategies are not subject
  266  to collective bargaining requirements.
  267         Section 11. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (2) of
  268  section 1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read:
  269         1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
  270  board.—The district school board may exercise the following
  271  supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
  272  State Board of Education rule.
  273         (2) FISCAL MANAGEMENT.—The district school board may adopt
  274  policies providing for fiscal management of the school district
  275  with respect to school purchasing, facilities, nonstate revenue
  276  sources, budgeting, fundraising, and other activities relating
  277  to the fiscal management of district resources, including, but
  278  not limited to, the policies governing:
  279         (h)Assessment of a kindergarten through grade 12 student
  280  fee for voluntary, noncredit summer school enrollment in basic
  281  program courses. The amount of any student fee shall be based on
  282  the ability of the student to pay such fee as determined by
  283  district school board policy.
  284         Section 12. Paragraphs (e) through (h) of subsection (9) of
  285  section 1002.32, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  286  paragraphs (d) through (g), respectively, and present paragraphs
  287  (a) and (d) of that subsection are amended, to read:
  288         1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
  289         (9) FUNDING.—Funding for a lab school, including a charter
  290  lab school, shall be provided as follows:
  291         (a) Each lab school shall receive state funds for operating
  292  purposes as provided in be allocated its proportional share of
  293  operating funds from the Florida Education Finance Program as
  294  defined provided in s. 1011.61(5) s. 1011.62 based on the county
  295  in which the lab school is located and as specified in the
  296  General Appropriations Act.
  297         1. The nonvoted required local effort millage established
  298  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) ad valorem millage that would
  299  otherwise be required for lab schools shall be allocated from
  300  state funds.
  301         2.An equivalent amount of funds for the operating
  302  discretionary millage authorized pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) shall
  303  be allocated to each lab school through a state-funded
  304  discretionary contribution established pursuant to s. 1011.62(6)
  305  The required local effort funds calculated pursuant to s.
  306  1011.62 shall be allocated from state funds to the schools as a
  307  part of the allocation of operating funds pursuant to s.
  308  1011.62. Each eligible lab school in operation as of September
  309  1, 2013, with a permanent high school center shall also receive
  310  a proportional share of the sparsity supplement as calculated
  311  pursuant to s. 1011.62. In addition, each lab school shall
  312  receive its proportional share of all categorical funds, with
  313  the exception of s. 1011.68, and new categorical funds enacted
  314  after July 1, 1994, for the purpose of elementary or secondary
  315  academic program enhancement. The sum of funds available as
  316  provided in this paragraph shall be included annually in the
  317  Florida Education Finance Program and appropriate categorical
  318  programs funded in the General Appropriations Act.
  319         (d)Each lab school shall receive funds for operating
  320  purposes in an amount determined as follows: multiply the
  321  maximum allowable nonvoted discretionary millage for operations
  322  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of
  323  the current year’s taxable value for school purposes for the
  324  district in which each lab school is located; divide the result
  325  by the total full-time equivalent membership of the district;
  326  and multiply the result by the full-time equivalent membership
  327  of the lab school. The amount thus obtained shall be
  328  discretionary operating funds and shall be appropriated from
  329  state funds in the General Appropriations Act to the Lab School
  330  Trust Fund.
  331         Section 13. Section 1002.351, Florida Statutes, is created
  332  to read:
  333         1002.351The Florida School for Competitive Academics.—
  334         (1)ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Florida School
  335  for Competitive Academics. The school shall be located in
  336  Alachua County and is a state-supported public school for
  337  Florida residents in grades 6-12. The primary purpose of the
  338  school is to provide a rigorous academic curriculum, and the
  339  secondary purpose is to prepare students for regional, state,
  340  and national academic competitions in all areas of study,
  341  including, but not limited to, science, technology, engineering,
  342  and mathematics. The school may admit students in grades 6-12
  343  beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.
  344         (2)MISSION.—
  345         (a)The mission of the Florida School for Competitive
  346  Academics is to provide students who meet selective admissions
  347  requirements an environment that will foster high academic
  348  engagement and advanced understanding of subject areas, develop
  349  productive work habits, build resiliency, connect students with
  350  industry leaders, and promote civic leadership.
  351         (b)To assist in the recruitment of students, the Florida
  352  School for Competitive Academics must be included in the school
  353  choice online portal established under s. 1001.10(10). The
  354  portal must include information about the opportunity for
  355  parents to submit their child’s educational records to the
  356  Florida School for Competitive Academics for consideration for
  357  admission.
  358         (3)BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—
  359         (a)1.The Florida School for Competitive Academics shall be
  360  governed by a board of trustees composed of seven members
  361  appointed by the Governor to 4-year terms and confirmed by the
  362  Senate. For purposes of staggering terms, four members,
  363  including the chair as designated by the Governor, shall be
  364  appointed to 4-year terms beginning July 1, 2023, and three
  365  members shall be appointed to 2-year terms beginning July 1,
  366  2023. After the initial 4-year term, the chair shall be elected
  367  by the board.
  368         2.No more than one employee of the school may serve on the
  369  board of trustees as a member or as chair.
  370         (b)Members of the board of trustees shall serve without
  371  compensation, but may be reimbursed for per diem and travel
  372  expenses pursuant to s. 112.061.
  373         (c)The board of trustees is a public agency entitled to
  374  sovereign immunity pursuant to s. 768.28, and board members are
  375  public officers who bear fiduciary responsibility for the
  376  Florida School for Competitive Academics.
  377         (d)The board of trustees is a body corporate with all the
  378  powers of a body corporate and with such authority as is needed
  379  for the proper operation and improvement of the Florida School
  380  for Competitive Academics. Title to any gift, donation, or
  381  bequest received by the board of trustees must vest in the board
  382  of trustees. Title to all other property and other assets of the
  383  Florida School for Competitive Academics must vest in the State
  384  Board of Education, but the board of trustees has complete
  385  jurisdiction over the management of the school.
  386         (e)The board of trustees has the full power and authority
  387  to:
  388         1.Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to
  389  implement provisions of law relating to operation of the Florida
  390  School for Competitive Academics. Such rules must be submitted
  391  to the State Board of Education for approval or disapproval.
  392  After a rule is approved by the State Board of Education, the
  393  rule must be filed immediately with the Department of State. The
  394  board of trustees shall act at all times in conjunction with the
  395  rules of the State Board of Education.
  396         2.Appoint a principal, administrators, teachers, and other
  397  employees.
  398         3.Remove principals, administrators, teachers, and other
  399  employees at the board’s discretion.
  400         4.Determine eligibility of students and procedures for
  401  admission.
  402         5.Provide for the proper keeping of accounts and records
  403  and for budgeting of funds.
  404         6.Receive gifts, donations, and bequests of money or
  405  property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, from any
  406  person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity for the use and
  407  benefit of the school.
  408         7.Recommend to the Legislature for the school to become a
  409  residential public school.
  410         8.Do and perform every other matter or thing requisite to
  411  the proper management, maintenance, support, and control of the
  412  school at the highest efficiency economically possible.
  413         (f)The board of trustees shall:
  414         1.Prepare and submit legislative budget requests for
  415  operations and fixed capital outlay, in accordance with chapter
  416  216 and ss. 1011.56 and 1013.60, to the Department of Education
  417  for review and approval. The department must analyze the amount
  418  requested for fixed capital outlay to determine if the request
  419  is consistent with the school’s campus master plan, educational
  420  plant survey, and facilities master plan.
  421         2.Approve and administer an annual operating budget in
  422  accordance with ss. 1011.56 and 1011.57.
  423         3.Require all purchases to be in accordance with chapter
  424  287 except for purchases made with funds received as gifts,
  425  donations, or bequests or funds raised by or belonging to
  426  student clubs or student organizations.
  427         4.Administer and maintain personnel programs for all
  428  employees of the board of trustees and the Florida School for
  429  Competitive Academics, who shall be school employees, including
  430  the personnel.
  431         5.Ensure that the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  432  complies with s. 1013.351 concerning the coordination of
  433  planning between the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  434  and local governing bodies.
  435         6.Ensure that the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  436  complies with s. 112.061 concerning per diem and travel
  437  expenses.
  438         7.Adopt a master plan that specifies the objectives of the
  439  Florida School for Competitive Academics. The plan must be for a
  440  period of 5 years and must be reviewed for needed modifications
  441  every 2 years. The board of trustees shall submit the initial
  442  plan and subsequent modifications to the President of the Senate
  443  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  444         (4)STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE RECORDS.—The board of trustees
  445  shall provide for the content and custody of student and
  446  employee personnel records. Student records are subject to s.
  447  1002.22. Employee records are subject to s. 1012.31.
  448         (5)PERSONNEL.—
  449         (a)The Florida School for Competitive Academics Board of
  450  Trustees shall require all employees and applicants for
  451  employment to undergo background screening as provided in s.
  452  1012.32 as a condition of employment and continued employment.
  453  Members of the board of trustees must also undergo background
  454  screening in accordance with the relevant provisions of s.
  455  1012.32. An individual may not be employed as an employee or
  456  contract personnel of the school or serve as a member of the
  457  board of trustees if the individual is on the disqualification
  458  list maintained by the department pursuant to s. 1001.10(4)(b).
  459         (b)In accordance with law and rules of the State Board of
  460  Education, the board of trustees shall administer and maintain
  461  personnel programs for all employees of the board of trustees
  462  and the Florida School for Competitive Academics. The board of
  463  trustees may adopt rules, policies, and procedures related to
  464  the appointment, employment, and removal of personnel.
  465         1.The board of trustees shall determine the compensation,
  466  including salaries and fringe benefits, and other conditions of
  467  employment for such personnel.
  468         2.Classroom teachers employed by the school must be
  469  certified pursuant to chapter 1012.
  470         3.Each person employed by the board of trustees in an
  471  academic, administrative, or instructional capacity with the
  472  Florida School for Competitive Academics is entitled to a
  473  contract as provided by rules of the board of trustees.
  474         4.All employees, except temporary, seasonal, and student
  475  employees, may be provided Florida Retirement System benefits
  476  from the school through operational costs.
  477         (6)FUNDING.—
  478         (a)The Florida School for Competitive Academics shall
  479  receive state funds for operating purposes as provided in the
  480  General Appropriations Act.
  481         (b)In addition to the funds provided in the General
  482  Appropriations Act, the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  483  may receive other funds from grants and donations.
  484         (7)AUDITS.—The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the
  485  accounts and records of the Florida School for Competitive
  486  Academics as provided in s. 11.45. The Department of Education’s
  487  Inspector General is authorized to conduct investigations at the
  488  school as provided in s. 1001.20(4)(e).
  489         (8)EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
  490         (a)The Florida School for Competitive Academics is exempt
  491  from all statutes in chapters 1000-1013. However, the Florida
  492  School for Competitive Academics shall be in compliance with the
  493  following statutes in chapters 1000-1013:
  494         1.This section.
  495         2.Those statutes pertaining to the student assessment
  496  program and school grading system.
  497         3.Those statutes pertaining to the provision of services
  498  to students with disabilities.
  499         4.Those statutes pertaining to civil rights, including,
  500  but not limited to, s. 1000.05, relating to discrimination.
  501         5.Those statutes pertaining to student health, safety, and
  502  welfare.
  503         (b)Additionally, the Florida School for Competitive
  504  Academics shall be in compliance with the following statutes:
  505         1.Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
  506  records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
  507         2.Chapter 119, relating to public records.
  508         3.Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
  509         4.Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat assessment teams.
  510         5.Section 1006.07(9), relating to school environmental
  511  safety incident reporting.
  512         6.Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
  513  involuntary examinations.
  514         7.Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
  515  Assessment Tool.
  516         8.Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting active
  517  assailant response plans.
  518         9.Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile suspicious
  519  activity reporting tool.
  520         10.Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
  521  awareness and assistance training.
  522         11.Section 1003.4282, relating to requirements for a
  523  standard high school diploma.
  524         12.Section 1003.03(1), relating to class size maximums.
  525         13.a.Section 1011.61, relating to instructional hours
  526  requirements.
  527         b.Notwithstanding sub-subparagraph a., the school may
  528  provide instruction that exceeds the minimum time requirements
  529  for the purposes of offering a summer program.
  530         (c)For purposes of this subsection:
  531         1.The duties assigned to a district school superintendent
  532  apply to the director of the Florida School for Competitive
  533  Academics.
  534         2.The duties assigned to a district school board apply to
  535  the board of trustees.
  536         Section 14. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (3) of
  537  section 1002.37, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  538         1002.37 The Florida Virtual School.—
  539         (3) Funding for the Florida Virtual School shall be
  540  provided as follows:
  541         (e) The comparable wage factor district cost differential
  542  as provided in s. 1011.62(2) shall be established as 1.000.
  543         (f) The Florida Virtual School shall receive state funds
  544  for operating purposes as provided in the General Appropriations
  545  Act. The calculation to determine the amount of state funds
  546  includes: the sum of the basic amount for current operations
  547  established in s. 1011.62(1)(s), the discretionary millage
  548  compression supplement established in s. 1011.62(5) base Florida
  549  Education Finance Program funding, the state-funded
  550  discretionary contribution established in s. 1011.62(6), and a
  551  per-full-time equivalent share of the discretionary millage
  552  compression supplement, the exceptional student education
  553  guaranteed allocation established in s. 1011.62(8), and the
  554  mental health assistance allocation established in s.
  555  1011.62(13) the instructional materials allocation, the
  556  evidence-based reading instruction allocation, the mental health
  557  assistance allocation, and the teacher salary increase
  558  allocation. For the purpose of calculating the state-funded
  559  discretionary contribution, multiply the maximum allowable
  560  nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant to s.
  561  1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of the current
  562  year’s taxable value for school purposes for the state; divide
  563  the result by the total full-time equivalent membership of the
  564  state; and multiply the result by the full-time equivalent
  565  membership of the school. Funds may not be provided for the
  566  purpose of fulfilling the class size requirements in ss. 1003.03
  567  and 1011.685.
  568         Section 15. Subsection (12) of section 1002.394, Florida
  569  Statutes, as amended by chapter 2023-16, Laws of Florida, is
  570  amended to read:
  571         1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.—
  572         (12) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  573         (a)1. Scholarships for students determined eligible
  574  pursuant to paragraph (3)(a) may be funded once all scholarships
  575  have been funded in accordance with s. 1002.395(6)(l)2. The
  576  calculated scholarship amount for a participating student
  577  determined eligible pursuant to paragraph (3)(a) shall be based
  578  upon the grade level and school district in which the student
  579  was assigned as 100 percent of the funds per unweighted full
  580  time equivalent in the Florida Education Finance Program for a
  581  student in the basic program established pursuant to s.
  582  1011.62(1)(c)1., plus a per-full-time equivalent share of funds
  583  for the all categorical programs established in s. 1011.62(5),
  584  (7)(a), and (16), as funded in the General Appropriations Act,
  585  except for the exceptional student education guaranteed
  586  allocation established pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(e).
  587         2. A scholarship of $750 or an amount equal to the school
  588  district expenditure per student riding a school bus, as
  589  determined by the department, whichever is greater, may be
  590  awarded to an eligible student who is enrolled in a Florida
  591  public school that is different from the school to which the
  592  student was assigned or in a lab school as defined in s. 1002.32
  593  if the school district does not provide the student with
  594  transportation to the school.
  595         3. The organization must provide the department with the
  596  documentation necessary to verify the student’s participation.
  597  Upon receiving the documentation, the department shall transfer,
  598  beginning August 1, from state funds only, the amount calculated
  599  pursuant to subparagraph 2. to the organization for quarterly
  600  disbursement to parents of participating students each school
  601  year in which the scholarship is in force. For a student exiting
  602  a Department of Juvenile Justice commitment program who chooses
  603  to participate in the scholarship program, the amount of the
  604  Family Empowerment Scholarship calculated pursuant to
  605  subparagraph 2. must be transferred from the school district in
  606  which the student last attended a public school before
  607  commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice. When a student
  608  enters the scholarship program, the organization must receive
  609  all documentation required for the student’s participation,
  610  including the private school’s and the student’s fee schedules,
  611  at least 30 days before the first quarterly scholarship payment
  612  is made for the student.
  613         4. The initial payment shall be made after the
  614  organization’s verification of admission acceptance, and
  615  subsequent payments shall be made upon verification of continued
  616  enrollment and attendance at the private school. Payment must be
  617  by funds transfer or any other means of payment that the
  618  department deems to be commercially viable or cost-effective. An
  619  organization shall ensure that the parent has approved a funds
  620  transfer before any scholarship funds are deposited.
  621         5. An organization may not transfer any funds to an account
  622  of a student determined eligible pursuant to paragraph (3)(a)
  623  which has a balance in excess of $24,000.
  624         (b)1. Scholarships for students determined eligible
  625  pursuant to paragraph (3)(b) are established for up to 26,500
  626  students annually beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.
  627  Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, the maximum number of
  628  students participating in the scholarship program under this
  629  section shall annually increase by 3.0 percent of the state’s
  630  total exceptional student education full-time equivalent student
  631  membership, not including gifted students. An eligible student
  632  who meets any of the following requirements shall be excluded
  633  from the maximum number of students if the student:
  634         a. Received specialized instructional services under the
  635  Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program pursuant to s.
  636  1002.66 during the previous school year and the student has a
  637  current IEP developed by the district school board in accordance
  638  with rules of the State Board of Education;
  639         b. Is a dependent child of a law enforcement officer or a
  640  member of the United States Armed Forces, a foster child, or an
  641  adopted child; or
  642         c. Spent the prior school year in attendance at a Florida
  643  public school or the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
  644  For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “prior school year
  645  in attendance” means that the student was enrolled and reported
  646  by:
  647         (I) A school district for funding during either the
  648  preceding October or February full-time equivalent student
  649  membership surveys in kindergarten through grade 12, which
  650  includes time spent in a Department of Juvenile Justice
  651  commitment program if funded under the Florida Education Finance
  652  Program;
  653         (II) The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind during
  654  the preceding October or February full-time equivalent student
  655  membership surveys in kindergarten through grade 12;
  656         (III) A school district for funding during the preceding
  657  October or February full-time equivalent student membership
  658  surveys, was at least 4 years of age when enrolled and reported,
  659  and was eligible for services under s. 1003.21(1)(e); or
  660         (IV) Received a John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with
  661  Disabilities in the 2021-2022 school year.
  662         2. For a student who has a Level I to Level III matrix of
  663  services or a diagnosis by a physician or psychologist, the
  664  calculated scholarship amount for a student participating in the
  665  program must be based upon the grade level and school district
  666  in which the student would have been enrolled as the total funds
  667  per unweighted full-time equivalent in the Florida Education
  668  Finance Program for a student in the basic exceptional student
  669  education program pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(c) and (d) s.
  670  1011.62(1)(c)1. and (e)1.c., plus a per full-time equivalent
  671  share of funds for the all categorical programs established in
  672  s. 1011.62(5), (7)(a), (8), and (16), as funded in the General
  673  Appropriations Act. For the categorical program established, as
  674  funded in the General Appropriations Act, except that for the
  675  exceptional student education guaranteed allocation, as provided
  676  in s. 1011.62(8) s. 1011.62(1)(e)1.c. and 2., the funds must be
  677  allocated based on the school district’s average exceptional
  678  student education guaranteed allocation funds per exceptional
  679  student education full-time equivalent student.
  680         3. For a student with a Level IV or Level V matrix of
  681  services, the calculated scholarship amount must be based upon
  682  the school district to which the student would have been
  683  assigned as the total funds per full-time equivalent for the
  684  Level IV or Level V exceptional student education program
  685  pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(c)2.a. or b., plus a per-full time
  686  equivalent share of funds for the all categorical programs
  687  established in s. 1011.62(5), (7)(a), and (16), as funded in the
  688  General Appropriations Act.
  689         4. For a student who received a Gardiner Scholarship
  690  pursuant to s. 1002.385 in the 2020-2021 school year, the amount
  691  shall be the greater of the amount calculated pursuant to
  692  subparagraph 2. or the amount the student received for the 2020
  693  2021 school year.
  694         5. For a student who received a John M. McKay Scholarship
  695  pursuant to s. 1002.39 in the 2020-2021 school year, the amount
  696  shall be the greater of the amount calculated pursuant to
  697  subparagraph 2. or the amount the student received for the 2020
  698  2021 school year.
  699         6. The organization must provide the department with the
  700  documentation necessary to verify the student’s participation.
  701         7. Upon receiving the documentation, the department shall
  702  release, from state funds only, the student’s scholarship funds
  703  to the organization, to be deposited into the student’s account
  704  in four equal amounts no later than September 1, November 1,
  705  February 1, and April 1 of each school year in which the
  706  scholarship is in force.
  707         8. Accrued interest in the student’s account is in addition
  708  to, and not part of, the awarded funds. Program funds include
  709  both the awarded funds and accrued interest.
  710         9. The organization may develop a system for payment of
  711  benefits by funds transfer, including, but not limited to, debit
  712  cards, electronic payment cards, or any other means of payment
  713  which the department deems to be commercially viable or cost
  714  effective. A student’s scholarship award may not be reduced for
  715  debit card or electronic payment fees. Commodities or services
  716  related to the development of such a system must be procured by
  717  competitive solicitation unless they are purchased from a state
  718  term contract pursuant to s. 287.056.
  719         10. An organization may not transfer any funds to an
  720  account of a student determined to be eligible pursuant to
  721  paragraph (3)(b) which has a balance in excess of $50,000.
  722         11. Moneys received pursuant to this section do not
  723  constitute taxable income to the qualified student or the parent
  724  of the qualified student.
  725         Section 16. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and paragraph
  726  (b) of subsection (6) of section 1002.45, Florida Statutes, are
  727  amended to read:
  728         1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.—
  729         (1) PROGRAM.—
  730         (e) Each school district shall:
  731         1. Provide to the department by each October 1, a copy of
  732  each contract and the amount paid per unweighted full-time
  733  equivalent virtual student for services procured pursuant to
  734  subparagraphs (c)1. and 2.
  735         2. Expend any difference in the amount of funds per
  736  unweighted full-time equivalent virtual student allocated to the
  737  school district pursuant to subsection (6) and the amount paid
  738  per unweighted full-time equivalent virtual student by the
  739  school district for a contract executed pursuant to subparagraph
  740  (c)1. or subparagraph (c)2. on acquiring computer and device
  741  hardware and associated operating system software that comply
  742  with the requirements of s. 1001.20(4)(a)1.b.
  743         3. Provide to the department by September 1 of each year an
  744  itemized list of items acquired in subparagraph 2.
  745         4. Limit the enrollment of full-time equivalent virtual
  746  students residing outside of the school district providing the
  747  virtual instruction pursuant to paragraph (c) to no more than
  748  those that can be funded from state Florida Education Finance
  749  Program funds 50 percent of the total enrolled full-time
  750  equivalent virtual students residing inside the school district
  751  providing the virtual instruction. This subparagraph applies to
  752  any virtual instruction contract or agreement that is entered
  753  into for the first time after June 30, 2021. However, a school
  754  district may not enroll more full-time equivalent virtual
  755  students residing outside of the school district than the total
  756  number of reported full-time equivalent students residing inside
  757  the school district.
  758         (6) VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL
  759  FUNDING.—
  760         (b) Students enrolled in a virtual instruction program
  761  shall be funded in the Florida Education Finance Program as
  762  provided in the General Appropriations Act. The calculation to
  763  determine the amount of funds for each student through the
  764  Florida Education Finance Program shall include the sum of the
  765  basic amount for current operations established in base Florida
  766  Education Finance Program pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(s) and all
  767  categorical programs except for the categorical programs
  768  established in ss. 1011.62(7), (12), and (14), 1011.68, and
  769  1011.685 pursuant to ss. 1011.62(1)(f), (7), and (13); 1011.68;
  770  1011.685; and 1012.71. Students residing outside of the school
  771  district reporting the full-time equivalent virtual student
  772  shall be funded from state funds only.
  773         Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 1002.59, Florida
  774  Statutes, is amended to read:
  775         1002.59 Emergent literacy and performance standards
  776  training courses.—
  777         (1) The department, in collaboration with the Just Read,
  778  Florida! Office, shall adopt minimum standards for courses in
  779  emergent literacy for prekindergarten instructors. Each course
  780  must comprise 5 clock hours and provide instruction in
  781  strategies and techniques to address the age-appropriate
  782  progress of prekindergarten students in developing emergent
  783  literacy skills, including oral communication, knowledge of
  784  print and letters, phonological and phonemic awareness, and
  785  vocabulary and comprehension development, consistent with the
  786  evidence-based content and strategies identified pursuant to s.
  787  1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8). The course standards must be
  788  reviewed as part of any review of subject coverage or
  789  endorsement requirements in the elementary, reading, and
  790  exceptional student educational areas conducted pursuant to s.
  791  1012.586. Each course must also provide resources containing
  792  strategies that allow students with disabilities and other
  793  special needs to derive maximum benefit from the Voluntary
  794  Prekindergarten Education Program. Successful completion of an
  795  emergent literacy training course approved under this section
  796  satisfies requirements for approved training in early literacy
  797  and language development under ss. 402.305(2)(e)5., 402.313(6),
  798  and 402.3131(5).
  799         Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  800  1002.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  801         1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—
  802         (3)
  803         (b) Each county’s allocation per full-time equivalent
  804  student in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program shall
  805  be calculated annually by multiplying the base student
  806  allocation provided in the General Appropriations Act by the
  807  county’s comparable wage factor district cost differential
  808  provided in s. 1011.62(2). Each private prekindergarten provider
  809  and public school shall be paid in accordance with the county’s
  810  allocation per full-time equivalent student.
  811         Section 19. Paragraph (a) of subsection (17) of section
  812  1002.84, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  813         1002.84 Early learning coalitions; school readiness powers
  814  and duties.—Each early learning coalition shall:
  815         (17)(a) Distribute the school readiness program funds as
  816  allocated in the General Appropriations Act to the eligible
  817  providers using the following methodology:
  818         1. For each county in the early learning coalition,
  819  multiply the cost of care by care level as provided in s.
  820  1002.90 by the county’s comparable wage factor district cost
  821  differential provided in s. 1011.62(2).
  822         2. If a county enacted a local ordinance before January 1,
  823  2022, that establishes the county’s staff-to-children ratio for
  824  licensed child care facilities below the ratio established in s.
  825  402.305(4), multiply the provider reimbursement rates for that
  826  county by the adjustment factor specified in the General
  827  Appropriations Act.
  828         3. Apply the weight established pursuant to s. 1002.90 for
  829  each provider type to calculate the minimum provider
  830  reimbursement rates by care level.
  831         4. Multiply the weighted provider reimbursement rates by 22
  832  percent to determine the amount of the school readiness
  833  allocation an early learning coalition is eligible to retain
  834  pursuant to s. 1002.89(4).
  835  
  836  Each early learning coalition with approved minimum provider
  837  reimbursement rates for the infant to age 5 care levels that are
  838  higher than the minimum provider reimbursement rates established
  839  in this subsection may continue to implement its approved
  840  minimum provider reimbursement rates until the rates established
  841  in this subsection exceed its approved rates.
  842         Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
  843  1002.89, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  844         1002.89 School readiness program; funding.—
  845         (1) DETERMINATION OF EARLY LEARNING COALITION SCHOOL
  846  READINESS PROGRAM FUNDING.—Funding for the school readiness
  847  program shall be used by the early learning coalitions in
  848  accordance with this part and the General Appropriations Act.
  849         (a) School readiness program allocation.—If the annual
  850  allocation for the school readiness program is not determined in
  851  the General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill
  852  implementing the General Appropriations Act, it shall be
  853  determined as follows:
  854         1. For each county in the early learning coalition, the
  855  total school readiness eligible population, as adopted by the
  856  Early Learning Programs Estimating Conference pursuant to s.
  857  216.136(8), shall be multiplied by the county’s comparable wage
  858  factor district cost differential provided in s. 1011.62(2).
  859         2. If a county passed a local ordinance before January 1,
  860  2022, that establishes the county’s staff-to-children ratio for
  861  licensed child care facilities below the ratio established in s.
  862  402.305(4), multiply the product calculated in subparagraph 1.
  863  by the adjustment factor specified in the General Appropriations
  864  Act.
  865         3. Each county’s school readiness allocation shall be based
  866  on the county’s proportionate share of the total adjusted
  867  eligible school readiness population.
  868         Section 21. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  869  1002.995, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  870         1002.995 Early learning professional development standards
  871  and career pathways.—
  872         (1) The department shall:
  873         (c) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the
  874  Legislature, provide incentives to school readiness personnel
  875  who meet the requirements of s. 1002.88(1)(e) and
  876  prekindergarten instructors who meet the requirements specified
  877  in s. 1002.55, s. 1002.61, or s. 1002.63 and who possess a
  878  reading certification or endorsement or a literacy micro
  879  credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and teach students in the
  880  school readiness program or the voluntary prekindergarten
  881  education program or work in the child care or early learning
  882  setting.
  883         Section 22. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
  884  1003.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  885         1003.03 Maximum class size.—
  886         (4) ACCOUNTABILITY.—
  887         (a) If the department determines that the number of
  888  students assigned to any individual class exceeds the class size
  889  maximum, as required in subsection (1), based upon the October
  890  student membership survey, the department shall:
  891         1. Identify, for each grade group, the number of classes in
  892  which the number of students exceeds the maximum and the total
  893  number of students which exceeds the maximum for all classes.
  894         2. Determine the number of FTE students which exceeds the
  895  maximum for each grade group.
  896         3. Multiply the total number of FTE students which exceeds
  897  the maximum for each grade group by the district’s FTE dollar
  898  amount of the class size categorical allocation for that year
  899  and calculate the total for all three grade groups.
  900         4. Multiply the total number of FTE students which exceeds
  901  the maximum for all classes by an amount equal to 50 percent of
  902  the base student allocation adjusted by the district cost
  903  differential for each of the 2010-2011 through 2013-2014 fiscal
  904  years and by an amount equal to the base student allocation
  905  adjusted by the comparable wage factor district cost
  906  differential in the 2014-2015 fiscal year and thereafter.
  907         5. Reduce the district’s class size categorical allocation
  908  by an amount equal to the sum of the calculations in
  909  subparagraphs 3. and 4.
  910         Section 23. Section 1003.4201, Florida Statutes, is created
  911  to read:
  912         1003.4201Comprehensive system of reading instruction.—Each
  913  school district must implement a system of comprehensive reading
  914  instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through
  915  grade 12 and certain students who exhibit a substantial
  916  deficiency in early literacy.
  917         (1)Each school district must develop, and submit to the
  918  district school board for approval, a detailed reading
  919  instruction plan that outlines the components of the district’s
  920  comprehensive system of reading instruction. The plan must
  921  include all district schools, including charter schools, unless
  922  a charter school elects to submit a plan independently from the
  923  school district. A charter school plan must comply with all of
  924  the provisions of this section and must be approved by the
  925  charter school’s governing body and provided to the charter
  926  school’s sponsor.
  927         (2)(a)Components of the reading instruction plan may
  928  include the following:
  929         1.Additional time per day of evidence-based intensive
  930  reading instruction for kindergarten through grade 12 students,
  931  which may be delivered during or outside of the regular school
  932  day.
  933         2.Highly qualified reading coaches, who must be endorsed
  934  in reading, to specifically support classroom teachers in making
  935  instructional decisions based on progress monitoring data
  936  collected pursuant to s. 1008.25(8) and improve classroom
  937  teacher delivery of effective reading instruction, reading
  938  intervention, and reading in the content areas based on student
  939  need.
  940         3.Professional development to help instructional personnel
  941  and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
  942  Education Finance Program earn a certification, a credential, an
  943  endorsement, or an advanced degree in scientifically researched
  944  and evidence-based reading instruction.
  945         4.Summer reading camps, using only classroom teachers or
  946  other district personnel who possess a micro-credential as
  947  specified in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
  948  consistent with s. 1008.25(7)(b)3., for all students in
  949  kindergarten through grade 5 exhibiting a reading deficiency as
  950  determined by district and state assessments.
  951         5.Incentives for instructional personnel and certified
  952  prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida Education Finance
  953  Program who possess a reading certification or endorsement or
  954  micro-credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and provide
  955  educational support to improve student literacy.
  956         6.Tutoring in reading.
  957         (b)Each school district must include in its reading
  958  instruction plan the planned school year expenditures for each
  959  component of such plan.
  960         (3)Each school district shall submit its approved reading
  961  instruction plan, including approved reading instruction plans
  962  for each charter school in the district, to the Department of
  963  Education by August 1 of each fiscal year.
  964         (4)The department shall evaluate the implementation of
  965  each school district reading instruction plan, including
  966  conducting site visits and collecting specific data on reading
  967  improvement results.
  968         (5)By February 1 of each year, the department shall report
  969  its findings to the Legislature and the State Board of
  970  Education, including any recommendations for improving
  971  implementation of evidence-based intensive reading and
  972  intervention strategies in the classroom.
  973         (6)For purposes of this section, the term “evidence-based”
  974  means demonstrating a statistically significant effect on
  975  improving student outcomes or other relevant outcomes as
  976  provided in 20 U.S.C. s. 8101(21)(A)(i).
  977         Section 24. Paragraphs (g) and (h) of subsection (4) of
  978  section 1003.485, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  979         1003.485 The New Worlds Reading Initiative.—
  980         (4) ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES.—The administrator
  981  shall:
  982         (g) Develop a micro-credential that requires teachers to
  983  demonstrate competency to:
  984         1. Diagnose literacy difficulties and determine the
  985  appropriate range of literacy interventions based upon the age
  986  and literacy deficiency of the student;
  987         2. Use evidence-based instructional and intervention
  988  practices, including strategies identified by the Just Read,
  989  Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8); and
  990         3. Effectively use progress monitoring and intervention
  991  materials.
  992         (h) Administer the early literacy micro-credential program
  993  established under this section, which must include components on
  994  content, student learning, pedagogy, and professional
  995  development and must build on a strong foundation of
  996  scientifically researched and evidence-based reading
  997  instructional and intervention programs that incorporate
  998  explicit, systematic, and sequential approaches to teaching
  999  phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and text
 1000  comprehension and incorporate decodable or phonetic text
 1001  instructional strategies, as identified by the Just Read,
 1002  Florida! Office, pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8).
 1003         1. At a minimum, the micro-credential curriculum must be
 1004  designed specifically for instructional personnel in
 1005  prekindergarten through grade 3 based upon the strategies and
 1006  techniques identified in s. 1002.59 and address foundational
 1007  literacy skills of students in grades 4 through 12.
 1008         2. The micro-credential must be competency based and
 1009  designed for eligible instructional personnel to complete the
 1010  credentialing process in no more than 60 hours, in an online
 1011  format. The micro-credential may be delivered in an in-person
 1012  format. Eligible instructional personnel may receive the micro
 1013  credential once competency is demonstrated even if it is prior
 1014  to the completion of 60 hours.
 1015         3. The micro-credential must be available by December 31,
 1016  2022, at no cost, to instructional personnel as defined in s.
 1017  1012.01(2); prekindergarten instructors as specified in ss.
 1018  1002.55, 1002.61, and 1002.63; and child care personnel as
 1019  defined in ss. 402.302(3) and 1002.88(1)(e).
 1020         Section 25. Paragraphs (g) and (j) of subsection (2) of
 1021  section 1003.621, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1022         1003.621 Academically high-performing school districts.—It
 1023  is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and reward school
 1024  districts that demonstrate the ability to consistently maintain
 1025  or improve their high-performing status. The purpose of this
 1026  section is to provide high-performing school districts with
 1027  flexibility in meeting the specific requirements in statute and
 1028  rules of the State Board of Education.
 1029         (2) COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES AND RULES.—Each academically
 1030  high-performing school district shall comply with all of the
 1031  provisions in chapters 1000-1013, and rules of the State Board
 1032  of Education which implement these provisions, pertaining to the
 1033  following:
 1034         (g) Those statutes pertaining to planning and budgeting,
 1035  including chapter 1011, except s. 1003.4201 s. 1011.62(8)(e),
 1036  relating to the requirement for a comprehensive system of
 1037  reading instruction plan. A district that is exempt from
 1038  submitting a comprehensive reading plan shall be deemed approved
 1039  to receive the evidence-based reading instruction allocation.
 1040  Each academically high-performing school district may provide up
 1041  to 2 days of virtual instruction as part of the required 180
 1042  actual teaching days or the equivalent on an hourly basis each
 1043  school year, as specified by rules of the State Board of
 1044  Education. Virtual instruction that is conducted in accordance
 1045  with the plan approved by the department, is teacher-developed,
 1046  and is aligned with the standards for enrolled courses complies
 1047  with s. 1011.60(2). The day or days must be indicated on the
 1048  calendar approved by the school board. The district shall submit
 1049  a plan for each day of virtual instruction to the department for
 1050  approval, in a format prescribed by the department, with
 1051  assurances of alignment to statewide student standards as
 1052  described in s. 1003.41 before the start of each school year.
 1053         (j) Those statutes relating to instructional materials,
 1054  except that s. 1006.37, relating to the requisition of state
 1055  adopted materials from the depository under contract with the
 1056  publisher, and s. 1006.40(3)(b), relating to the purchase use of
 1057  50 percent of the instructional materials allocation, shall be
 1058  eligible for exemption.
 1059         Section 26. Subsection (7) of section 1004.935, Florida
 1060  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1061         1004.935 Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education
 1062  Program.—
 1063         (7) Funds for the scholarship shall be provided from the
 1064  appropriation from the school district’s Workforce Development
 1065  Fund in the General Appropriations Act for students who reside
 1066  in the Hardee County School District, the DeSoto County School
 1067  District, the Manatee County School District, or the Sarasota
 1068  County School District. The scholarship amount granted for an
 1069  eligible student with a disability shall be equal to the cost
 1070  per unit of a full-time equivalent adult general education
 1071  student, multiplied by the adult general education funding
 1072  factor, and multiplied by the comparable wage factor district
 1073  cost differential pursuant to the formula required by s.
 1074  1011.80(7)(a) for the district in which the student resides.
 1075         Section 27. Section 1006.041, Florida Statutes, is created
 1076  to read:
 1077         1006.041Mental health assistance program.—Each school
 1078  district must implement a school-based mental health assistance
 1079  program that includes training classroom teachers and other
 1080  school staff in detecting and responding to mental health issues
 1081  and connecting children, youth, and families who may experience
 1082  behavioral health issues with appropriate services.
 1083         (1)Each school district must develop, and submit to the
 1084  district school board for approval, a detailed plan outlining
 1085  the components and planned expenditures of the district’s mental
 1086  health assistance program. The plan must include all district
 1087  schools, including charter schools, unless a charter school
 1088  elects to submit a plan independently from the school district.
 1089  A charter school plan must comply with all of the provisions of
 1090  this section and must be approved by the charter school’s
 1091  governing body and provided to the charter school’s sponsor.
 1092         (2)A plan required under subsection (1) must be focused on
 1093  a multitiered system of supports to deliver evidence-based
 1094  mental health care assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
 1095  treatment, and recovery services to students with one or more
 1096  mental health or co-occurring substance abuse diagnoses and to
 1097  students at high risk of such diagnoses. The provision of these
 1098  services must be coordinated with a student’s primary mental
 1099  health care provider and with other mental health providers
 1100  involved in the student’s care. At a minimum, the plan must
 1101  include all of the following components:
 1102         (a)Direct employment of school-based mental health
 1103  services providers to expand and enhance school-based student
 1104  services and to reduce the ratio of students to staff in order
 1105  to better align with nationally recommended ratio models. The
 1106  providers shall include, but are not limited to, certified
 1107  school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers,
 1108  and other licensed mental health professionals. The plan must
 1109  also identify strategies to increase the amount of time that
 1110  school-based student services personnel spend providing direct
 1111  services to students, which may include the review and revision
 1112  of district staffing resource allocations based on school or
 1113  student mental health assistance needs.
 1114         (b)Contracts or interagency agreements with one or more
 1115  local community behavioral health providers or providers of
 1116  Community Action Team services to provide a behavioral health
 1117  staff presence and services at district schools. Services may
 1118  include, but are not limited to, mental health screenings and
 1119  assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group
 1120  counseling, psychiatric or psychological services, trauma
 1121  informed care, mobile crisis services, and behavior
 1122  modification. These behavioral health services may be provided
 1123  on or off the school campus and may be supplemented by
 1124  telehealth as defined in s. 456.47(1).
 1125         (c)Policies and procedures, including contracts with
 1126  service providers, which will ensure that:
 1127         1.Students referred to a school-based or community-based
 1128  mental health service provider for mental health screening for
 1129  the identification of mental health concerns and students at
 1130  risk for mental health disorders are assessed within 15 days
 1131  after referral. School-based mental health services must be
 1132  initiated within 15 days after identification and assessment,
 1133  and support by community-based mental health service providers
 1134  for students who are referred for community-based mental health
 1135  services must be initiated within 30 days after the school or
 1136  district makes a referral.
 1137         2.Parents of a student receiving services under this
 1138  subsection are provided information about other behavioral
 1139  health services available through the student’s school or local
 1140  community-based behavioral health services providers. A school
 1141  may meet this requirement by providing information about and
 1142  Internet addresses for web-based directories or guides for local
 1143  behavioral health services.
 1144         3.Individuals living in a household with a student
 1145  receiving services under this subsection are provided
 1146  information about behavioral health services available through
 1147  other delivery systems or payors for which such individuals may
 1148  qualify, if such services appear to be needed or enhancements in
 1149  such individuals’ behavioral health would contribute to the
 1150  improved well-being of the student.
 1151         (d)Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at
 1152  risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health
 1153  problems, depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal tendencies, or
 1154  substance use disorders.
 1155         (e)Strategies to improve the early identification of
 1156  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
 1157  disorders, to improve the provision of early intervention
 1158  services, and to assist students in dealing with trauma and
 1159  violence.
 1160         (f)Procedures to assist a mental health services provider
 1161  or a behavioral health provider as described in paragraph (a) or
 1162  paragraph (b), respectively, or a school resource officer or
 1163  school safety officer who has completed mental health crisis
 1164  intervention training in attempting to verbally de-escalate a
 1165  student’s crisis situation before initiating an involuntary
 1166  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such procedures must include
 1167  strategies to de-escalate a crisis situation for a student with
 1168  a developmental disability as defined in s. 393.063.
 1169         (g)Policies of the school district which must require that
 1170  in a student crisis situation, school or law enforcement
 1171  personnel must make a reasonable attempt to contact a mental
 1172  health professional who may initiate an involuntary examination
 1173  pursuant to s. 394.463, unless the child poses an imminent
 1174  danger to themselves or others, before initiating an involuntary
 1175  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such contact may be in
 1176  person or through telehealth. The mental health professional may
 1177  be available to the school district either by a contract or
 1178  interagency agreement with the managing entity, one or more
 1179  local community-based behavioral health providers, or the local
 1180  mobile response team, or be a direct or contracted school
 1181  district employee.
 1182         (3)Each school district shall submit its approved plan,
 1183  including approved plans of each charter school in the district,
 1184  to the Department of Education by August 1 of each fiscal year.
 1185         (4)Annually by September 30, each school district shall
 1186  submit to the Department of Education a report on its program
 1187  outcomes and expenditures for the previous fiscal year that, at
 1188  a minimum, must include the total number of each of the
 1189  following:
 1190         (a)Students who receive screenings or assessments.
 1191         (b)Students who are referred to school-based or community
 1192  based providers for services or assistance.
 1193         (c)Students who receive school-based or community-based
 1194  interventions, services, or assistance.
 1195         (d)School-based and community-based mental health
 1196  providers, including licensure type.
 1197         (e)Contract-based or interagency agreement-based
 1198  collaborative efforts or partnerships with community-based
 1199  mental health programs, agencies, or providers.
 1200         Section 28. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
 1201  1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1202         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
 1203  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
 1204  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
 1205  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
 1206  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
 1207  welfare of students, including:
 1208         (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each district
 1209  school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures
 1210  for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the
 1211  assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior
 1212  poses a threat to the safety of the school community.
 1213         (b) Mental health coordinator.—Each district school board
 1214  shall identify a mental health coordinator for the district. The
 1215  mental health coordinator shall serve as the district’s primary
 1216  point of contact regarding the district’s coordination,
 1217  communication, and implementation of student mental health
 1218  policies, procedures, responsibilities, and reporting,
 1219  including:
 1220         1. Coordinating with the Office of Safe Schools,
 1221  established pursuant to s. 1001.212.
 1222         2. Maintaining records and reports regarding student mental
 1223  health as it relates to the mental health assistance program
 1224  under s. 1006.041 and school safety and the mental health
 1225  assistance allocation under s. 1011.62(14).
 1226         3. Facilitating the implementation of school district
 1227  policies relating to the respective duties and responsibilities
 1228  of the school district, the superintendent, and district school
 1229  principals.
 1230         4. Coordinating with the school safety specialist on the
 1231  staffing and training of threat assessment teams and
 1232  facilitating referrals to mental health services, as
 1233  appropriate, for students and their families.
 1234         5. Coordinating with the school safety specialist on the
 1235  training and resources for students and school district staff
 1236  relating to youth mental health awareness and assistance.
 1237         6. Reviewing annually the school district’s policies and
 1238  procedures related to student mental health for compliance with
 1239  state law and alignment with current best practices and making
 1240  recommendations, as needed, for amending such policies and
 1241  procedures to the superintendent and the district school board.
 1242         Section 29. Subsection (3) of section 1006.1493, Florida
 1243  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1244         1006.1493 Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool.—
 1245         (3) The Office of Safe Schools shall make the FSSAT
 1246  available no later than May 1 of each year.
 1247         (a) The office must provide annual training to each
 1248  district’s school safety specialist and other appropriate school
 1249  district personnel on the assessment of physical site security
 1250  and completing the FSSAT.
 1251         (b)Each school district must annually report to the office
 1252  by October 15 that all public schools within the school district
 1253  have completed the FSSAT.
 1254         Section 30. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3) of
 1255  section 1006.28, Florida Statutes, to read:
 1256         1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school
 1257  superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12
 1258  instructional materials.—
 1259         (3) DISTRICT SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.—
 1260         (c)Annually by August 1, each district school
 1261  superintendent shall certify to the Commissioner of Education
 1262  that the district school board has approved a comprehensive
 1263  staff development plan that supports fidelity of implementation
 1264  of instructional materials programs, including verification that
 1265  training was provided, that the materials are being implemented
 1266  as designed, and that core reading materials and reading
 1267  intervention materials used in kindergarten through grade 5 meet
 1268  the requirements of s. 1001.215(8). Such instructional
 1269  materials, as evaluated and identified pursuant to s.
 1270  1001.215(4), may be purchased by school districts without
 1271  undergoing the adoption procedures in s. 1006.40(4)(b).
 1272         Section 31. Section 1006.40, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1273  to read:
 1274         1006.40 Purchase Use of instructional materials allocation;
 1275  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;
 1276  repair of books.—
 1277         (1) On or before July 1 each year, the commissioner shall
 1278  certify to each district school superintendent shall certify to
 1279  the Commissioner of Education the estimated allocation of state
 1280  funds for instructional materials, computed pursuant to the
 1281  provisions of s. 1011.67 for the ensuing fiscal year.
 1282         (2) Each district school board must purchase current
 1283  instructional materials to provide each student in kindergarten
 1284  through grade 12 with a major tool of instruction in core
 1285  courses of the subject areas of mathematics, language arts,
 1286  science, social studies, reading, and literature. Such purchase
 1287  must be made within the first 3 years after the effective date
 1288  of the adoption cycle unless a district school board or a
 1289  consortium of school districts has implemented an instructional
 1290  materials program pursuant to s. 1006.283.
 1291         (3)(a) Except for a school district or a consortium of
 1292  school districts that implements an instructional materials
 1293  program pursuant to s. 1006.283, each district school board
 1294  shall use the annual allocation only for the purchase of
 1295  instructional materials that align with state standards and are
 1296  included on the state-adopted list, except as otherwise
 1297  authorized in paragraphs (b) and (c).
 1298         (b) Up to 50 percent of the amount the school district has
 1299  budgeted for instructional materials annual allocation may be
 1300  used for:
 1301         1. The purchase of library and reference books and nonprint
 1302  materials.
 1303         2. The purchase of other materials having intellectual
 1304  content which assist in the instruction of a subject or course.
 1305  These materials may be available in bound, unbound, kit, or
 1306  package form and may consist of hardbacked or softbacked
 1307  textbooks, novels, electronic content, consumables, learning
 1308  laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, computer
 1309  courseware or software, and other commonly accepted
 1310  instructional tools as prescribed by district school board rule.
 1311         3. The repair and renovation of textbooks and library books
 1312  and replacements for items which were part of previously
 1313  purchased instructional materials.
 1314         (c)District school boards may use 100 percent of that
 1315  portion of the annual allocation designated for the purchase of
 1316  instructional materials for kindergarten, and 75 percent of that
 1317  portion of the annual allocation designated for the purchase of
 1318  instructional materials for first grade, to purchase materials
 1319  not on the state-adopted list.
 1320         (c)(d) Any materials purchased pursuant to this section
 1321  must be:
 1322         1. Free of pornography and material prohibited under s.
 1323  847.012.
 1324         2. Suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend
 1325  the material presented.
 1326         3. Appropriate for the grade level and age group for which
 1327  the materials are used or made available.
 1328         (4) Each district school board is responsible for the
 1329  content of all materials used in a classroom or otherwise made
 1330  available to students. Each district school board shall adopt
 1331  rules, and each district school superintendent shall implement
 1332  procedures, that:
 1333         (a) Maximize student use of the district-approved
 1334  instructional materials.
 1335         (b) Provide a process for public review of, public comment
 1336  on, and the adoption of materials, including those used to
 1337  provide instruction required by s. 1003.42, which satisfies the
 1338  requirements of s. 1006.283(2)(b)8., 9., and 11.
 1339         (5)District school boards may issue purchase orders
 1340  subsequent to February 1 in an aggregate amount which does not
 1341  exceed 20 percent of the current year’s allocation, and
 1342  subsequent to April 1 in an aggregate amount which does not
 1343  exceed 90 percent of the current year’s allocation, for the
 1344  purpose of expediting the delivery of instructional materials
 1345  which are to be paid for from the ensuing year’s allocation.
 1346  This subsection does not apply to a district school board or a
 1347  consortium of school districts that implements an instructional
 1348  materials program pursuant to s. 1006.283.
 1349         (6)In any year in which the total instructional materials
 1350  allocation for a school district has not been expended or
 1351  obligated prior to June 30, the district school board shall
 1352  carry forward the unobligated amount and shall add it to the
 1353  next year’s allocation.
 1354         (5)(7) A district school board or a consortium of school
 1355  districts that implements an instructional materials program
 1356  pursuant to s. 1006.283 may use the annual allocation to
 1357  purchase instructional materials not on the state-adopted list.
 1358  However, instructional materials purchased pursuant to this
 1359  section which are not included on the state-adopted list must
 1360  meet the criteria of s. 1006.31(2), align with state standards
 1361  adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to s. 1003.41,
 1362  and be consistent with course expectations based on the
 1363  district’s comprehensive plan for student progression and course
 1364  descriptions adopted in state board rule.
 1365         Section 32. Paragraph (n) of subsection (21) of section
 1366  1007.271, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1367         1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.—
 1368         (21) Each district school superintendent and each public
 1369  postsecondary institution president shall develop a
 1370  comprehensive dual enrollment articulation agreement for the
 1371  respective school district and postsecondary institution. The
 1372  superintendent and president shall establish an articulation
 1373  committee for the purpose of developing the agreement. Each
 1374  state university president may designate a university
 1375  representative to participate in the development of a dual
 1376  enrollment articulation agreement. A dual enrollment
 1377  articulation agreement shall be completed and submitted annually
 1378  by the postsecondary institution to the Department of Education
 1379  on or before August 1. The agreement must include, but is not
 1380  limited to:
 1381         (n) A funding provision that delineates costs incurred by
 1382  each entity.
 1383         1. School districts shall pay public postsecondary
 1384  institutions the standard tuition rate per credit hour from
 1385  funds provided in the Florida Education Finance Program when
 1386  dual enrollment course instruction takes place on the
 1387  postsecondary institution’s campus and the course is taken
 1388  during the fall or spring term. When dual enrollment is provided
 1389  on the high school site by postsecondary institution faculty,
 1390  the school district shall reimburse the costs associated with
 1391  the postsecondary institution’s proportion of salary and
 1392  benefits to provide the instruction. When dual enrollment course
 1393  instruction is provided on the high school site by school
 1394  district faculty, the school district is not responsible for
 1395  payment to the postsecondary institution. A postsecondary
 1396  institution may enter into an agreement with the school district
 1397  to authorize teachers to teach dual enrollment courses at the
 1398  high school site or the postsecondary institution. A school
 1399  district may not deny a student access to dual enrollment unless
 1400  the student is ineligible to participate in the program subject
 1401  to provisions specifically outlined in this section.
 1402         2.School districts shall pay for the cost of instructional
 1403  materials for public high school students who are earning credit
 1404  toward high school graduation under the dual enrollment program.
 1405         3.2. Subject to annual appropriation in the General
 1406  Appropriations Act, a public postsecondary institution shall
 1407  receive an amount of funding equivalent to the standard tuition
 1408  rate per credit hour for each dual enrollment course taken by a
 1409  student during the summer term.
 1410         Section 33. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
 1411  1008.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1412         1008.25 Public school student progression; student support;
 1413  coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting
 1414  requirements.—
 1415         (5) READING DEFICIENCY AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.—
 1416         (b) A Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program student
 1417  who exhibits a substantial deficiency in early literacy skills
 1418  in accordance with the standards under s. 1002.67(1)(a) and
 1419  based upon the results of the administration of the final
 1420  coordinated screening and progress monitoring under subsection
 1421  (8) shall be referred to the local school district and may be
 1422  eligible to receive intensive reading interventions before
 1423  participating in kindergarten. Such intensive reading
 1424  interventions shall be paid for using funds from the district’s
 1425  evidence-based reading instruction allocation in accordance with
 1426  s. 1011.62(8).
 1427         Section 34. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
 1428  1008.345, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1429         1008.345 Implementation of state system of school
 1430  improvement and education accountability.—
 1431         (5) The commissioner shall annually report to the State
 1432  Board of Education and the Legislature and recommend changes in
 1433  state policy necessary to foster school improvement and
 1434  education accountability. The report shall include:
 1435         (d) Based upon a review of each school district’s reading
 1436  instruction plan submitted pursuant to s. 1003.4201 s.
 1437  1011.62(8), intervention and support strategies used by school
 1438  districts that were effective in improving the reading
 1439  performance of students, as indicated by student performance
 1440  data, who are identified as having a substantial reading
 1441  deficiency pursuant to s. 1008.25(5)(a).
 1442  
 1443  School reports shall be distributed pursuant to this subsection
 1444  and s. 1001.42(18)(c) and according to rules adopted by the
 1445  State Board of Education.
 1446         Section 35. Subsections (2), (3), and (5) of section
 1447  1008.365, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1448         1008.365 Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic
 1449  Excellence Act.—
 1450         (2) The Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic
 1451  Excellence (RAISE) Program is established within the Department
 1452  of Education to provide instructional supports to school
 1453  districts, school administrators, and instructional personnel in
 1454  implementing:
 1455         (a) Evidence-based reading instruction proven to accelerate
 1456  progress of students exhibiting a reading deficiency.
 1457         (b)Differentiated instruction based on screening,
 1458  diagnostic, progress monitoring, or student assessment data to
 1459  meet students’ specific reading needs.
 1460         (c)Explicit and systematic reading strategies to develop
 1461  phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
 1462  comprehension with more extensive opportunities for guided
 1463  practice, error correction, and feedback and interventions in
 1464  order to improve student reading achievement.
 1465         (3) The department shall establish at least 20 literacy
 1466  support regions and regional support teams, at the direction of
 1467  a regional literacy support director appointed by the
 1468  Commissioner of Education, to assist schools with improving low
 1469  reading scores as provided in this section.
 1470         (a) A regional literacy support director must successfully
 1471  demonstrate competence on the evidence-based strategies
 1472  identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8) and have
 1473  the experience and credentials necessary, as determined by the
 1474  department, to:
 1475         1. Effectively monitor student reading growth and
 1476  achievement data;
 1477         2. Oversee districtwide and schoolwide professional
 1478  development and planning to establish evidence-based practices
 1479  among school administrators and instructional personnel;
 1480         3. Evaluate implementation of evidence-based practices; and
 1481         4. Manage a regional support team.
 1482         (b) A regional support team shall report to its regional
 1483  literacy support director and must consist of individuals who:
 1484         1. Successfully demonstrate competence on the evidence
 1485  based strategies identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s.
 1486  1001.215(8);
 1487         2. Have substantial experience in literacy coaching and
 1488  monitoring student progress data in reading; and
 1489         3. Have received training necessary to assist with the
 1490  delivery of professional development and site-based supports,
 1491  including modeling evidence-based practices and providing
 1492  feedback to instructional personnel.
 1493         (5) The department shall provide progress monitoring data
 1494  to regional support teams regarding the implementation of
 1495  supports. Such supports must include:
 1496         (a) Professional development, aligned to evidence-based
 1497  strategies identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8),
 1498  for appropriate instructional personnel and school
 1499  administrators identified by the regional support team.
 1500         (b) Assistance with implementing:
 1501         1. Data-informed instructional decisionmaking using
 1502  progress monitoring and other appropriate data.
 1503         2. Selection and consistent, coordinated use of
 1504  scientifically researched and evidence-based high-quality
 1505  instructional materials and supplemental materials as identified
 1506  by the Just Read, Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(8).
 1507         3. Reading instruction in other core subject area
 1508  curricula, with an emphasis on civic literacy.
 1509         4. A multitiered system of supports in order to provide
 1510  students effective interventions and identify students who may
 1511  require an evaluation for special educational services,
 1512  including identifying characteristics of conditions that affect
 1513  phonological processing, such as dyslexia.
 1514         (c) Evaluating a school’s improvement plan for alignment
 1515  with the school district’s K-12 comprehensive reading
 1516  instruction plan under s. 1003.4201 s. 1011.62(8)(d) and the
 1517  school district’s allocation of resources as required by s.
 1518  1008.25(3)(a). If the regional support team determines that the
 1519  school district’s reading instruction plan does not address the
 1520  school’s need to improve student outcomes, the regional literacy
 1521  support director, the district school superintendent, or his or
 1522  her designee, and the director of the Just Read, Florida! Office
 1523  shall convene a meeting to rectify the deficiencies of the
 1524  reading instruction plan.
 1525         Section 36. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
 1526  (b) of subsection (3) of section 1010.20, Florida Statutes, are
 1527  amended to read:
 1528         1010.20 Cost accounting and reporting for school
 1529  districts.—
 1530         (2) COST REPORTING.—
 1531         (a) Each district shall report on a district-aggregate
 1532  basis expenditures for inservice training pursuant to s.
 1533  1011.62(3) and for categorical programs as provided in s.
 1534  1011.62(17) s. 1011.62(6).
 1535         (3) PROGRAM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS.—
 1536         (b) Funds for inservice training established in s.
 1537  1011.62(3) and for categorical programs established in s.
 1538  1011.62(17) s. 1011.62(6) shall be expended for the costs of the
 1539  identified programs as provided by law and in accordance with
 1540  the rules of the State Board of Education.
 1541         Section 37. Section 1011.58, Florida Statutes, is created
 1542  to read:
 1543         1011.58Procedures for legislative budget requests for the
 1544  Florida School for Competitive Academics.—
 1545         (1)(a)The legislative budget request of the Florida School
 1546  for Competitive Academics established in s. 1002.351 must be
 1547  prepared using the same format, procedures, and timelines
 1548  required for the submission of the legislative budget request of
 1549  the Department of Education.
 1550         (b)The Florida School for Competitive Academics shall
 1551  submit its legislative budget request to the Department of
 1552  Education for review and approval. The school must create and
 1553  submit to the department an implementation plan before the
 1554  department may approve the budget request.
 1555         (c)Subsequent to the Department of Education’s approval,
 1556  the Commissioner of Education shall include the Florida School
 1557  for Competitive Academics in the department’s legislative budget
 1558  request to the State Board of Education, the Governor, and the
 1559  Legislature. The legislative budget request and the
 1560  appropriation for the Florida School for Competitive Academics
 1561  must be a separate identifiable sum in the public schools budget
 1562  entity of the Department of Education.
 1563         (d)The annual appropriation for the school shall be
 1564  distributed monthly, without using the Florida Education Finance
 1565  Program, in payments as nearly equal as possible. Appropriations
 1566  for textbooks, instructional technology, and school buses may be
 1567  released and distributed as necessary to serve the instructional
 1568  program for the students. Transportation of students shall be
 1569  provided by the school consistent with the requirements of
 1570  subpart E. of part I of chapter 1006 and s. 1012.45.
 1571         (2)The school shall submit its fixed capital outlay
 1572  request to the Department of Education for review and approval
 1573  in accordance with s. 1002.36(4)(f)1. Subsequent to the
 1574  department’s approval, the school’s request must be included
 1575  within the department’s public education capital outlay
 1576  legislative budget request.
 1577         Section 38. Section 1011.59, Florida Statutes, is created
 1578  to read:
 1579         1011.59Florida School for Competitive Academics; board of
 1580  trustees; management flexibility.—
 1581         (1)Notwithstanding ss. 216.031, 216.181, and 216.262 and
 1582  pursuant to s. 216.351, but subject to any guidelines imposed in
 1583  the General Appropriations Act, funds for the operation of the
 1584  Florida School for Competitive Academics shall be requested and
 1585  appropriated within budget entities, program components, program
 1586  categories, lump sums, or special categories. Funds appropriated
 1587  to the Florida School for Competitive Academics for each program
 1588  category, lump sum, or special category may be transferred to
 1589  traditional categories for expenditure by the board of trustees
 1590  of the school. The board of trustees shall develop an annual
 1591  operating budget that allocates funds by program component and
 1592  traditional expenditure category.
 1593         (2)Notwithstanding s. 216.181 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
 1594  but subject to any requirements imposed in the General
 1595  Appropriations Act, a lump-sum plan is not required to implement
 1596  the special categories, program categories, or lump-sum
 1597  appropriations. Upon release of the special categories, program
 1598  categories, or lump-sum appropriations to the board of trustees,
 1599  the Chief Financial Officer shall, upon the request of the board
 1600  of trustees, transfer or reallocate funds to or among accounts
 1601  established for disbursement purposes. The board of trustees
 1602  shall maintain records to account for the original
 1603  appropriation.
 1604         (3)Notwithstanding ss. 216.031, 216.181, 216.251, and
 1605  216.262 and pursuant to s. 216.351, but subject to any
 1606  requirements imposed in the General Appropriations Act, the
 1607  board of trustees shall establish the authorized positions and
 1608  may amend such positions within the total funds authorized
 1609  annually in the General Appropriations Act.
 1610         (4)Notwithstanding s. 216.301, all unexpended funds
 1611  appropriated for the Florida School for Competitive Academics
 1612  shall be carried forward and included as the balance forward for
 1613  that fund in the approved operating budget for the following
 1614  year.
 1615         Section 39. Subsection (5) of section 1011.61, Florida
 1616  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1617         1011.61 Definitions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
 1618  1000.21, the following terms are defined as follows for the
 1619  purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program:
 1620         (5) The “Florida Education Finance Program” includes all
 1621  programs and costs as provided in ss. 1003.03, 1011.62, 1011.68,
 1622  and 1011.685 s. 1011.62.
 1623         Section 40. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
 1624  1011.62, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (d),
 1625  present paragraphs (c) through (f) and (s) of subsection (1) and
 1626  subsections (2), (3), (5) through (9), and (11) through (17) are
 1627  amended, and new paragraphs (e) and (f) are added to subsection
 1628  (1) and new subsections (6) through (8) and (16) through (18)
 1629  are added to that section, to read:
 1630         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
 1631  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
 1632  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
 1633  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
 1634  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
 1635  follows:
 1636         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
 1637  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
 1638  determining the annual allocation to each district for
 1639  operation:
 1640         (c) Determination of programs.—Cost factors based on
 1641  desired relative cost differences between the following programs
 1642  shall be established in the annual General Appropriations Act.
 1643  The cost factor for secondary career education programs must be
 1644  greater than the cost factor for and basic programs grade 9
 1645  through 12 shall be equal. The Commissioner of Education shall
 1646  specify a matrix of services and intensity levels to be used by
 1647  districts in the determination of the two weighted cost factors
 1648  for exceptional students with the highest levels of need. For
 1649  these students, the funding support level shall fund the
 1650  exceptional students’ education program, with the exception of
 1651  extended school year services for students with disabilities.
 1652         1. Basic programs.—
 1653         a. Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3.
 1654         b. Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
 1655         c. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
 1656         2. Programs for exceptional students.—
 1657         a. Support Level IV.
 1658         b. Support Level V.
 1659         3. Secondary career education programs.
 1660         4. English for Speakers of Other Languages.
 1661         (d)Annual allocation calculation.
 1662         1.The Department of Education is authorized and directed
 1663  to review all district programs and enrollment projections and
 1664  calculate a maximum total weighted full-time equivalent student
 1665  enrollment for each district for the K-12 FEFP.
 1666         2.Maximum enrollments calculated by the department shall
 1667  be derived from enrollment estimates used by the Legislature to
 1668  calculate the FEFP. If two or more districts enter into an
 1669  agreement under the provisions of s. 1001.42(4)(d), after the
 1670  final enrollment estimate is agreed upon, the amount of FTE
 1671  specified in the agreement, not to exceed the estimate for the
 1672  specific program as identified in paragraph (c), may be
 1673  transferred from the participating districts to the district
 1674  providing the program.
 1675         3.As part of its calculation of each district’s maximum
 1676  total weighted full-time equivalent student enrollment, the
 1677  department shall establish separate enrollment ceilings for each
 1678  of two program groups. Group 1 shall be composed of basic
 1679  programs for grades K-3, grades 4-8, and grades 9-12. Group 2
 1680  shall be composed of students in exceptional student education
 1681  programs support levels IV and V, English for Speakers of Other
 1682  Languages programs, and all career programs in grades 9-12.
 1683         a.For any calculation of the FEFP, the enrollment ceiling
 1684  for group 1 shall be calculated by multiplying the actual
 1685  enrollment for each program in the program group by its
 1686  appropriate program weight.
 1687         b.The weighted enrollment ceiling for group 2 programs
 1688  shall be calculated by multiplying the enrollment for each
 1689  program by the appropriate program weight as provided in the
 1690  General Appropriations Act. The weighted enrollment ceiling for
 1691  program group 2 shall be the sum of the weighted enrollment
 1692  ceilings for each program in the program group, plus the
 1693  increase in weighted full-time equivalent student membership
 1694  from the prior year for clients of the Department of Children
 1695  and Families and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
 1696         c.If, for any calculation of the FEFP, the weighted
 1697  enrollment for program group 2, derived by multiplying actual
 1698  enrollments by appropriate program weights, exceeds the
 1699  enrollment ceiling for that group, the following procedure shall
 1700  be followed to reduce the weighted enrollment for that group to
 1701  equal the enrollment ceiling:
 1702         (I)The weighted enrollment ceiling for each program in the
 1703  program group shall be subtracted from the weighted enrollment
 1704  for that program derived from actual enrollments.
 1705         (II)If the difference calculated under sub-sub
 1706  subparagraph (I) is greater than zero for any program, a
 1707  reduction proportion shall be computed for the program by
 1708  dividing the absolute value of the difference by the total
 1709  amount by which the weighted enrollment for the program group
 1710  exceeds the weighted enrollment ceiling for the program group.
 1711         (III)The reduction proportion calculated under sub-sub
 1712  subparagraph (II) shall be multiplied by the total amount of the
 1713  program group’s enrollment over the ceiling as calculated under
 1714  sub-sub-subparagraph (I).
 1715         (IV)The prorated reduction amount calculated under sub
 1716  sub-subparagraph (III) shall be subtracted from the program’s
 1717  weighted enrollment to produce a revised program weighted
 1718  enrollment.
 1719         (V)The prorated reduction amount calculated under sub-sub
 1720  subparagraph (III) shall be divided by the appropriate program
 1721  weight, and the result shall be added to the revised program
 1722  weighted enrollment computed in sub-sub-subparagraph (IV).
 1723         (d)(e)Funding model for exceptional student education
 1724  programs.The funding model for exceptional student education
 1725  programs shall include all of the following:
 1726         1.1.a.For programs for exceptional students in The funding
 1727  model uses basic, at-risk, support levels IV and V as
 1728  established in paragraph (c), the funding model shall include
 1729  program for exceptional students and career Florida Education
 1730  Finance Program cost factors, and a guaranteed allocation for
 1731  exceptional student education programs.
 1732         a. Exceptional education cost factors are determined by
 1733  using a matrix of services to document the services that each
 1734  support level IV and support level V exceptional student will
 1735  receive. The nature and intensity of the services indicated on
 1736  the matrix shall be consistent with the services described in
 1737  each exceptional student’s individual educational plan. The
 1738  Department of Education shall review and revise the descriptions
 1739  of the services and supports included in the matrix of services
 1740  for exceptional students and shall implement those revisions
 1741  before the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.
 1742         b. In order to generate funds using one of the two weighted
 1743  cost factors, a matrix of services must be completed at the time
 1744  of the student’s initial placement into an exceptional student
 1745  education program and at least once every 3 years by personnel
 1746  who have received approved training. Nothing listed in the
 1747  matrix shall be construed as limiting the services a school
 1748  district must provide in order to ensure that exceptional
 1749  students are provided a free, appropriate public education.
 1750         c.Students identified as exceptional, in accordance with
 1751  chapter 6A-6, Florida Administrative Code, who do not have a
 1752  matrix of services as specified in sub-subparagraph b. shall
 1753  generate funds on the basis of full-time-equivalent student
 1754  membership in the Florida Education Finance Program at the same
 1755  funding level per student as provided for basic students.
 1756  Additional funds for these exceptional students will be provided
 1757  through the guaranteed allocation designated in subparagraph 2.
 1758         2. For students identified as exceptional in accordance
 1759  with chapter 6A-6, Florida Administrative Code, who do not have
 1760  a matrix of services as specified in subparagraph 1. and for
 1761  students who are gifted in grades kindergarten K through 8, the
 1762  funding model shall include the funds generated on the basis of
 1763  full-time equivalent student membership in the Florida Education
 1764  Finance Program at the same funding level per student as
 1765  provided for a basic student and additional funds provided by
 1766  the exceptional student education guaranteed allocation
 1767  established pursuant to subsection (8).
 1768         (e)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
 1769  membership for small school district exceptional student
 1770  education.—An additional value per full-time equivalent student
 1771  membership is provided to school districts with a full-time
 1772  equivalent student membership of fewer than 10,000 and fewer
 1773  than three full-time equivalent students in exceptional student
 1774  education support levels IV and V. The Department of Education
 1775  shall set the amount of the additional value based on documented
 1776  evidence of the difference between the cost of the school
 1777  district’s exceptional student education support levels IV and V
 1778  services and the applicable Florida Education Finance Program
 1779  funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act. The total
 1780  statewide value may not exceed a value per weighted full-time
 1781  equivalent student as specified in the General Appropriations
 1782  Act. The additional value for an eligible school district shall
 1783  not exceed three full-time equivalent students for each of the
 1784  exceptional student education support levels IV and V there is
 1785  created a guaranteed allocation to provide these students with a
 1786  free appropriate public education, in accordance with s.
 1787  1001.42(4)(l) and rules of the State Board of Education, which
 1788  shall be allocated initially to each school district in the
 1789  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
 1790  shall be supplemental to the funds appropriated for the basic
 1791  funding level, and the amount allocated for each school district
 1792  shall be recalculated during the year, based on actual student
 1793  membership from FTE surveys. Upon recalculation, if the
 1794  generated allocation is greater than the amount provided in the
 1795  General Appropriations Act, the total shall be prorated to the
 1796  level of the appropriation based on each district’s share of the
 1797  total recalculated amount. These funds shall be used to provide
 1798  special education and related services for exceptional students
 1799  and students who are gifted in grades K through 8. A district’s
 1800  expenditure of funds from the guaranteed allocation for students
 1801  in grades 9 through 12 who are gifted may not be greater than
 1802  the amount expended during the 2006-2007 fiscal year for gifted
 1803  students in grades 9 through 12.
 1804         (f)Small district factor.—An additional value per full
 1805  time equivalent student membership is provided to each school
 1806  district with a full-time equivalent student membership of fewer
 1807  than 20,000 full-time equivalent students which is in a fiscally
 1808  constrained county as described in s. 218.67(1). The amount of
 1809  the additional value shall be specified in the General
 1810  Appropriations Act.
 1811         (f)Supplemental academic instruction allocation.
 1812         1.There is created the supplemental academic instruction
 1813  allocation to provide supplemental academic instruction to
 1814  students in kindergarten through grade 12.
 1815         2.The supplemental academic instruction allocation shall
 1816  be provided annually in the Florida Education Finance Program as
 1817  specified in the General Appropriations Act. These funds are in
 1818  addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of FTE student
 1819  membership in the Florida Education Finance Program and shall be
 1820  included in the total potential funds of each district.
 1821  Beginning with the 2018-2019 fiscal year, each school district
 1822  that has a school earning a grade of “D” or “F” pursuant to s.
 1823  1008.34 must use that school’s portion of the supplemental
 1824  academic instruction allocation to implement intervention and
 1825  support strategies for school improvement pursuant to s. 1008.33
 1826  and for salary incentives pursuant to s. 1012.2315(3) or salary
 1827  supplements pursuant to s. 1012.22(1)(c)5.c. that are provided
 1828  through a memorandum of understanding between the collective
 1829  bargaining agent and the school board that addresses the
 1830  selection, placement, and expectations of instructional
 1831  personnel and school administrators. For all other schools, the
 1832  school district’s use of the supplemental academic instruction
 1833  allocation may include, but is not limited to, the use of a
 1834  modified curriculum; reading instruction; after-school
 1835  instruction; tutoring; mentoring; a reduction in class size;
 1836  extended school year; intensive skills development in summer
 1837  school; dropout prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52
 1838  and 1003.53(1)(a), (b), and (c); and other methods of improving
 1839  student achievement. Supplemental academic instruction may be
 1840  provided to a student in any manner and at any time during or
 1841  beyond the regular 180-day term identified by the school as
 1842  being the most effective and efficient way to best help that
 1843  student progress from grade to grade and to graduate.
 1844         3.The supplemental academic instruction allocation shall
 1845  consist of a base amount that has a workload adjustment based on
 1846  changes in unweighted FTE. The supplemental academic instruction
 1847  allocation shall be recalculated during the fiscal year. Upon
 1848  recalculation of funding for the supplemental academic
 1849  instruction allocation, if the total allocation is greater than
 1850  the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act, the
 1851  allocation shall be prorated to the level provided to support
 1852  the appropriation, based on each district’s share of the total.
 1853         4.Funding on the basis of FTE membership beyond the 180
 1854  day regular term shall be provided in the FEFP only for students
 1855  enrolled in juvenile justice education programs or in education
 1856  programs for juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs
 1857  under s. 985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180
 1858  day school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
 1859  through the supplemental academic instruction allocation and
 1860  other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
 1861  flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
 1862  assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
 1863  graduating.
 1864         (s) Determination of the basic amount for current
 1865  operation.—The basic amount for current operation to be included
 1866  in the Florida Education Finance Program for kindergarten
 1867  through grade 12 for each district shall be the product of the
 1868  following:
 1869         1. The full-time equivalent student membership in each
 1870  program, multiplied by
 1871         2. The cost factor for each program, adjusted for the
 1872  maximum as provided by paragraph (c), multiplied by
 1873         3. The comparable wage factor district cost differential,
 1874  multiplied by
 1875         4. The base student allocation.
 1876         (2) DETERMINATION OF COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR DISTRICT COST
 1877  DIFFERENTIALS.—
 1878         (a) The Commissioner of Education shall annually compute
 1879  for each district the current year’s comparable wage factor
 1880  district cost differential. The comparable wage factor district
 1881  cost differential shall be calculated by adding each district’s
 1882  price level index as published in the Florida Price Level Index
 1883  for the most recent 3 years and dividing the resulting sum by 3.
 1884  The result for each district shall be multiplied by 0.008 and to
 1885  the resulting product shall be added 0.200; the sum thus
 1886  obtained shall be the comparable wage factor cost differential
 1887  for that district for that year.
 1888         (b)The comparable wage factor for each school district is
 1889  used in the calculation of the basic amount for current
 1890  operation pursuant to subsection (1) if the comparable wage
 1891  factor is greater than 1.000.
 1892         (c)The limitation authorized in paragraph (b) applies to
 1893  any categorical funding provided in the Florida Education
 1894  Finance Program that has a calculation methodology that includes
 1895  the comparable wage factor.
 1896         (3) INSERVICE EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL TRAINING EXPENDITURE.
 1897  Of the amount computed in subsection (1) subsections (1) and
 1898  (2), a percentage of the basic amount for current operation base
 1899  student allocation per full-time equivalent student or other
 1900  funds shall be expended for educational training programs as
 1901  determined by the district school board as provided in s.
 1902  1012.98.
 1903         (5) DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE COMPRESSION SUPPLEMENT.—The
 1904  Legislature shall prescribe in the General Appropriations Act,
 1905  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1), the rate of nonvoted current
 1906  operating discretionary millage that shall be used to calculate
 1907  a discretionary millage compression supplement. If the
 1908  prescribed millage generates an amount of funds per unweighted
 1909  full-time equivalent student FTE for the district that is less
 1910  than the state average, the district shall receive an amount per
 1911  full-time equivalent student FTE that, when added to the funds
 1912  per full-time equivalent student FTE generated by the designated
 1913  levy, shall equal the state average.
 1914         (6)STATE-FUNDED DISCRETIONARY CONTRIBUTION.—The state
 1915  funded discretionary contribution is created to fund the
 1916  nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant to s.
 1917  1011.71(1) and (3) for developmental research schools (lab
 1918  schools) established in s. 1002.32 and the Florida Virtual
 1919  School established in s. 1002.37.
 1920         (a)To calculate the state-funded discretionary
 1921  contribution for lab schools, multiply the maximum allowable
 1922  nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant to s.
 1923  1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of the current
 1924  year’s taxable value for school purposes for the school district
 1925  in which the lab school is located; divide the result by the
 1926  total full-time equivalent membership of the school district;
 1927  and multiply the result by the full-time equivalent membership
 1928  of the lab school. The amount obtained shall be appropriated in
 1929  the General Appropriations Act to the Lab School Trust Fund
 1930  established pursuant to s. 1002.32(9).
 1931         (b)To calculate the state-funded discretionary
 1932  contribution for the Florida Virtual School, multiply the
 1933  maximum allowable nonvoted discretionary millage for operations
 1934  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of
 1935  the current year’s taxable value for school purposes for the
 1936  state; divide the result by the total full-time equivalent
 1937  membership of the state; and multiply the result by the full
 1938  time equivalent membership of the Florida Virtual School.
 1939         (7)EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT ALLOCATION.—
 1940         (a)The educational enrichment allocation is created to
 1941  assist school districts in providing educational enrichment
 1942  activities and services that support and increase the academic
 1943  achievement of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
 1944  Educational enrichment activities and services may be provided
 1945  in a manner and at any time during or beyond the regular 180-day
 1946  term identified by the school district as being the most
 1947  effective and efficient way to best help the student progress
 1948  from grade to grade and graduate from high school. For fiscal
 1949  year 2023-2024, the educational enrichment allocation shall
 1950  consist of a base amount as specified in the General
 1951  Appropriations Act. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-2025, the
 1952  educational enrichment allocation shall consist of the base
 1953  amount that includes a workload adjustment based on changes in
 1954  the unweighted full-time equivalent membership.
 1955         (b)For district-managed turnaround schools as identified
 1956  in s. 1008.33(4)(a), schools that earn three consecutive grades
 1957  below a “C,” as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(b)3., and schools
 1958  that have improved to a “C” and are no longer in turnaround
 1959  status, as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(c), a supplemental amount
 1960  shall be added to their educational enrichment allocation for
 1961  purposes of implementing the intervention and support strategies
 1962  identified in the turnaround plan submitted pursuant to s.
 1963  1008.33.
 1964         1.The supplemental amount shall be based on the unweighted
 1965  full-time equivalent student enrollment at the eligible schools
 1966  and a per full-time equivalent funding amount of $500 or as
 1967  provided in the General Appropriations Act.
 1968         2.Services funded by the allocation may include, but are
 1969  not limited to, tutorial and afterschool programs, student
 1970  counseling, nutrition education, parental counseling, and an
 1971  extended school day and school year. In addition, services may
 1972  include models that develop a culture that encourages students
 1973  to complete high school and to attend college or career
 1974  training, set high academic expectations, and inspire character
 1975  development.
 1976         3.A school district may enter into a formal agreement with
 1977  a nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under s.
 1978  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to implement an
 1979  integrated student support service model that provides students
 1980  and families with access to wrap-around services, including, but
 1981  not limited to, health services, after-school programs, drug
 1982  prevention programs, college and career readiness programs, and
 1983  food and clothing banks.
 1984         (c)The educational enrichment allocation, to include the
 1985  supplemental amount, shall be recalculated during the fiscal
 1986  year pursuant to paragraph (1)(a). If the recalculated amount is
 1987  greater than the amount provided in the General Appropriations
 1988  Act, the allocation shall be prorated to the level provided to
 1989  support the appropriation, based on each school district’s
 1990  proportionate share of the total allocation.
 1991         (d)Funding on the basis of full-time equivalent membership
 1992  beyond the 180-day regular term shall be provided in the Florida
 1993  Education Finance Program only for students enrolled in juvenile
 1994  justice education programs or in education programs for
 1995  juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs pursuant to s.
 1996  985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
 1997  school year for all other kindergarten through grade 12 students
 1998  shall be provided through the educational enrichment allocation
 1999  and other state, federal, and local funding sources with
 2000  flexibility for schools to provide educational enrichment
 2001  activities and services to assist students in grades
 2002  kindergarten through 12.
 2003         (8)EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION GUARANTEED ALLOCATION.
 2004  The exceptional student education guaranteed allocation is
 2005  created to fund the additional costs of programs for exceptional
 2006  students specified in subparagraph (1)(d)2. and shall be
 2007  supplemental to the funds appropriated in the Florida Education
 2008  Finance Program for the basic student funding level.
 2009         (a)The amount of each school district’s exceptional
 2010  student education guaranteed allocation shall be the greater of
 2011  either the school district’s prior year exceptional student
 2012  education guaranteed allocation funds per eligible full-time
 2013  equivalent student or the exceptional student education
 2014  guaranteed allocation factor as specified in the General
 2015  Appropriations Act multiplied by the school district’s total
 2016  number of eligible full-time equivalent students.
 2017         (b)The exceptional student education guaranteed allocation
 2018  shall be recalculated during the fiscal year based on actual
 2019  full-time equivalent student membership. If the recalculated
 2020  amount is greater than the amount provided in the General
 2021  Appropriations Act, the total shall be prorated to the level of
 2022  the appropriation based on each school district’s share of the
 2023  total recalculated allocation amount.
 2024         (6)CATEGORICAL FUNDS.—
 2025         (a)In addition to the basic amount for current operations
 2026  for the FEFP as determined in subsection (1), the Legislature
 2027  may appropriate categorical funding for specified programs,
 2028  activities, or purposes.
 2029         (b)If a district school board finds and declares in a
 2030  resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the school board that
 2031  the funds received for any of the following categorical
 2032  appropriations are urgently needed to maintain school board
 2033  specified academic classroom instruction or improve school
 2034  safety, the school board may consider and approve an amendment
 2035  to the school district operating budget transferring the
 2036  identified amount of the categorical funds to the appropriate
 2037  account for expenditure:
 2038         1.Funds for student transportation.
 2039         2.Funds for instructional materials if all instructional
 2040  material purchases necessary to provide updated materials that
 2041  are aligned with applicable state standards and course
 2042  descriptions and that meet statutory requirements of content and
 2043  learning have been completed for that fiscal year, but no sooner
 2044  than March 1. Funds available after March 1 may be used to
 2045  purchase computers and device hardware for student instruction
 2046  that comply with the requirements of s. 1001.20(4)(a)1.b.
 2047         3.Funds for the guaranteed allocation as provided in
 2048  subparagraph (1)(e)2.
 2049         4.Funds for the supplemental academic instruction
 2050  allocation as provided in paragraph (1)(f).
 2051         5.Funds for the federally connected student supplement as
 2052  provided in subsection (10).
 2053         6.Funds for class size reduction as provided in s.
 2054  1011.685.
 2055         (c)Each district school board shall include in its annual
 2056  financial report to the Department of Education the amount of
 2057  funds the school board transferred from each of the categorical
 2058  funds identified in this subsection and the specific academic
 2059  classroom instruction or school safety need for which the
 2060  transferred funds were expended.The Department of Education
 2061  shall provide instructions and specify the format to be used in
 2062  submitting this required information as a part of the district
 2063  annual financial report.The Department of Education shall
 2064  submit a report to the Legislature that identifies by district
 2065  and by categorical fund the amount transferred and the specific
 2066  academic classroom activity or school safety need for which the
 2067  funds were expended.
 2068         (7)DETERMINATION OF SPARSITY SUPPLEMENT.—
 2069         (a)Annually, in an amount to be determined by the
 2070  Legislature through the General Appropriations Act, there shall
 2071  be added to the basic amount for current operation of the FEFP
 2072  qualified districts a sparsity supplement which shall be
 2073  computed as follows:
 2074  
 2075  
 2076    Sparsity Factor =      1101.8918       – 0.1101           
 2077                      2700 + districtsparsityindex
 2078  
 2079  except that districts with a sparsity index of 1,000 or less
 2080  shall be computed as having a sparsity index of 1,000, and
 2081  districts having a sparsity index of 7,308 and above shall be
 2082  computed as having a sparsity factor of zero. A qualified
 2083  district’s full-time equivalent student membership shall equal
 2084  or be less than that prescribed annually by the Legislature in
 2085  the appropriations act. The amount prescribed annually by the
 2086  Legislature shall be no less than 17,000, but no more than
 2087  30,000.
 2088         (b) The district sparsity index shall be computed by
 2089  dividing the total number of full-time equivalent students in
 2090  all programs in the district by the number of senior high school
 2091  centers in the district, not in excess of three, which centers
 2092  are approved as permanent centers by a survey made by the
 2093  Department of Education. For districts with a full-time
 2094  equivalent student membership of at least 20,000, but no more
 2095  than 30,000, the index shall be computed by dividing the total
 2096  number of full-time equivalent students in all programs by the
 2097  number of permanent senior high school centers in the district,
 2098  not in excess of four.
 2099         (c) If the sparsity supplement calculated in paragraphs (a)
 2100  and (b) for an eligible district is less than $100 per full-time
 2101  equivalent student, the district’s supplement shall be increased
 2102  to $100 per FTE or to the minimum amount per FTE designated in
 2103  the General Appropriations Act.
 2104         (d) Each district’s allocation of sparsity supplement funds
 2105  shall be adjusted in the following manner:
 2106         1. A maximum discretionary levy per FTE value for each
 2107  district shall be calculated by dividing the value of each
 2108  district’s maximum discretionary levy by its FTE student count.
 2109         2. A state average discretionary levy value per FTE shall
 2110  be calculated by dividing the total maximum discretionary levy
 2111  value for all districts by the state total FTE student count.
 2112         3. A total potential funds per FTE for each district shall
 2113  be calculated by dividing the total potential funds, not
 2114  including Florida School Recognition Program funds and the
 2115  minimum guarantee funds, for each district by its FTE student
 2116  count.
 2117         4. A state average total potential funds per FTE shall be
 2118  calculated by dividing the total potential funds, not including
 2119  Florida School Recognition Program funds and the minimum
 2120  guarantee funds, for all districts by the state total FTE
 2121  student count.
 2122         5. For districts that have a levy value per FTE as
 2123  calculated in subparagraph 1. higher than the state average
 2124  calculated in subparagraph 2., a sparsity wealth adjustment
 2125  shall be calculated as the product of the difference between the
 2126  state average levy value per FTE calculated in subparagraph 2.
 2127  and the district’s levy value per FTE calculated in subparagraph
 2128  1. and the district’s FTE student count and -1. However, no
 2129  district shall have a sparsity wealth adjustment that, when
 2130  applied to the total potential funds calculated in subparagraph
 2131  3., would cause the district’s total potential funds per FTE to
 2132  be less than the state average calculated in subparagraph 4.
 2133         6. Each district’s sparsity supplement allocation shall be
 2134  calculated by adding the amount calculated as specified in
 2135  paragraphs (a) and (b) and the wealth adjustment amount
 2136  calculated in this paragraph.
 2137         (8) EVIDENCE-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
 2138         (a) The evidence-based reading instruction allocation is
 2139  created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
 2140  in prekindergarten through grade 12.
 2141         (b) Intensive reading instruction for students who have
 2142  reading deficiencies must include evidence-based reading
 2143  instruction proven to accelerate progress of students exhibiting
 2144  a reading deficiency; differentiated instruction based on
 2145  screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, or student
 2146  assessment data to meet students’ specific reading needs;
 2147  explicit and systematic reading strategies to develop phonemic
 2148  awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, with
 2149  more extensive opportunities for guided practice, error
 2150  correction, and feedback; and the coordinated integration of
 2151  civic literacy, science, and mathematics-text reading, text
 2152  discussion, and writing in response to reading.
 2153         (c) Funds for comprehensive, evidence-based reading
 2154  instruction shall be allocated annually to each school district
 2155  in the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. Each
 2156  eligible school district shall receive the same minimum amount
 2157  as specified in the General Appropriations Act, and any
 2158  remaining funds shall be distributed to eligible school
 2159  districts based on each school district’s proportionate share of
 2160  K-12 base funding.
 2161         (d) Funds allocated under this subsection must be used to
 2162  provide a system of comprehensive reading instruction to
 2163  students enrolled in the prekindergarten-12 programs and certain
 2164  students who exhibit a substantial deficiency in early literacy,
 2165  which may include the following:
 2166         1. Additional time per day of evidence-based intensive
 2167  reading instruction to students, which may be delivered during
 2168  or outside of the regular school day.
 2169         2. Kindergarten through grade 12 evidence-based intensive
 2170  reading interventions.
 2171         3. Highly qualified reading coaches, who must be endorsed
 2172  in reading, to specifically support teachers in making
 2173  instructional decisions based on student data, and improve
 2174  teacher delivery of effective reading instruction, intervention,
 2175  and reading in the content areas based on student need.
 2176         4. Professional development to help instructional personnel
 2177  and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
 2178  Education Finance Program earn a certification, a credential, an
 2179  endorsement, or an advanced degree in scientifically researched
 2180  and evidence-based reading instruction.
 2181         5. Summer reading camps, using only teachers or other
 2182  district personnel who possess a micro-credential as specified
 2183  in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
 2184  consistent with s. 1008.25(7)(b)3., for all students in
 2185  kindergarten through grade 5 who demonstrate a reading
 2186  deficiency as determined by district and state assessments.
 2187         6. Scientifically researched and evidence-based
 2188  supplemental instructional materials as identified by the Just
 2189  Read, Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(8).
 2190         7. Incentives for instructional personnel and certified
 2191  prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida Education Finance
 2192  Program who possess a reading certification or endorsement or
 2193  micro-credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and provide
 2194  educational support to improve student literacy.
 2195         8. Tutoring in reading.
 2196         (e)1. Annually, by a date determined by the Department of
 2197  Education, each school district shall submit a comprehensive
 2198  reading plan approved by the applicable district school board,
 2199  charter school governing board, or lab school board of trustees,
 2200  for the specific use of the evidence-based reading instruction
 2201  allocation, based upon a root-cause analysis. The State Regional
 2202  Literacy Director may assist in the development of the plan. The
 2203  department shall provide a plan format. A district school board
 2204  may use the format developed by the department or a format
 2205  developed by the district school board.
 2206         2. Intensive reading interventions must be delivered by
 2207  instructional personnel who possess the micro-credential as
 2208  provided in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
 2209  and must incorporate evidence-based strategies identified by the
 2210  Just Read, Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(8).
 2211  Instructional personnel who possess a micro-credential as
 2212  specified in s. 1003.485 and are delivering intensive reading
 2213  interventions must be supervised by an individual certified or
 2214  endorsed in reading. For the purposes of this subsection, the
 2215  term “supervision” means the ability to communicate by way of
 2216  telecommunication with or physical presence of the certified or
 2217  endorsed personnel for consultation and direction of the actions
 2218  of the personnel with the micro-credential.
 2219         3. By July 1 of each year, the department shall release to
 2220  each school district its allocation of appropriated funds. The
 2221  department shall evaluate the implementation of each district
 2222  plan, including conducting site visits and collecting specific
 2223  data on expenditures and reading improvement results. By
 2224  February 1 of each year, the department shall report its
 2225  findings to the Legislature and the State Board of Education,
 2226  including any recommendations for improving implementation of
 2227  evidence-based reading and intervention strategies in
 2228  classrooms.
 2229  
 2230  For purposes of this subsection, the term “evidence-based” means
 2231  demonstrating a statistically significant effect on improving
 2232  student outcomes or other relevant outcomes as provided in 20
 2233  U.S.C. s. 8101(21)(A)(i).
 2234         (9) CALCULATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOCATION FOR JUVENILE
 2235  JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—
 2236         (a) The total kindergarten through grade 12 K-12 weighted
 2237  full-time equivalent student membership in juvenile justice
 2238  education programs in each school district shall be multiplied
 2239  by the amount of the state average class-size-reduction factor
 2240  multiplied by the comparable wage factor for the school district
 2241  established in subsection (2) district’s cost differential. An
 2242  amount equal to the sum of this calculation shall be allocated
 2243  in the Florida Education Finance Program FEFP to each school
 2244  district to supplement other sources of funding for students in
 2245  juvenile justice education programs.
 2246         (b) Funds allocated under this subsection shall be used to
 2247  provide the juvenile justice education programs pursuant to s.
 2248  1003.52 and may be used to pay for the high school equivalency
 2249  examination fees for juvenile justice students who pass the high
 2250  school equivalency examination in full, or in part, while in a
 2251  juvenile justice education program, the industry credentialing
 2252  testing fees for such students, and the costs associated with
 2253  such juvenile justice students enrolled in career and technical
 2254  education courses that lead to industry-recognized
 2255  certifications.
 2256         (11) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
 2257  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
 2258  percentage increase in funds per kindergarten through grade 12
 2259  K-12 unweighted full-time equivalent student FTE as a minimum
 2260  guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall be
 2261  calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted full-time
 2262  equivalent FTE student which shall include the adjusted full
 2263  time equivalent FTE dollars as provided in subsection (15),
 2264  quality guarantee funds, and actual nonvoted discretionary local
 2265  effort from taxes. From the base funding per unweighted full
 2266  time equivalent student FTE, the increase shall be calculated
 2267  for the current year. The current year funds from which the
 2268  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted full
 2269  time equivalent FTE dollars as provided in subsection (15) and
 2270  potential nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A
 2271  comparison of current year funds per unweighted full-time
 2272  equivalent student FTE to prior year funds per unweighted full
 2273  time equivalent student FTE shall be computed. For those school
 2274  districts which have less than the legislatively assigned
 2275  percentage increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the
 2276  assigned percentage increase in funds per unweighted full-time
 2277  equivalent FTE student. Should appropriated funds be less than
 2278  the sum of this calculated amount for all districts, the
 2279  commissioner shall prorate each district’s allocation. This
 2280  provision shall be implemented to the extent specifically
 2281  funded.
 2282         (12) SAFE SCHOOLS ALLOCATION.—A safe schools allocation is
 2283  created to provide funding to assist school districts in their
 2284  compliance with ss. 1006.07-1006.12, with priority given to
 2285  safe-school officers pursuant to s. 1006.12. Each school
 2286  district shall receive a minimum safe schools allocation in an
 2287  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. Of the
 2288  remaining balance of the safe schools allocation, one-third
 2289  shall be allocated to school districts based on the most recent
 2290  official Florida Crime Index provided by the Department of Law
 2291  Enforcement and two-thirds shall be allocated based on each
 2292  school district’s proportionate share of the state’s total
 2293  unweighted full-time equivalent student enrollment. Each school
 2294  district must report to the Department of Education by October
 2295  15 that all public schools within the school district have
 2296  completed the school security risk assessment using the Florida
 2297  Safe Schools Assessment Tool developed pursuant to s. 1006.1493.
 2298  If a district school board is required by s. 1006.12 to assign a
 2299  school resource officer or school safety officer to a charter
 2300  school, the charter school’s share of costs for such officer may
 2301  not exceed the amount of funds allocated to the charter school
 2302  under this subsection.
 2303         (13) MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION.—The mental health
 2304  assistance allocation is created to provide funding to assist
 2305  school districts in their implementation of their establishing
 2306  or expanding school-based mental health assistance program
 2307  pursuant to s. 1006.041 care; train educators and other school
 2308  staff in detecting and responding to mental health issues; and
 2309  connect children, youth, and families who may experience
 2310  behavioral health issues with appropriate services. These funds
 2311  shall be allocated annually in the General Appropriations Act or
 2312  other law to each eligible school district. Each school district
 2313  shall receive a minimum of $100,000, with the remaining balance
 2314  allocated based on each school district’s proportionate share of
 2315  the state’s total unweighted full-time equivalent student
 2316  enrollment. Charter schools that submit a plan separate from the
 2317  school district are entitled to a proportionate share of
 2318  district funding. The allocated funds may not supplant funds
 2319  that are provided for this purpose from other operating funds
 2320  and may not be used to increase salaries or provide bonuses.
 2321  School districts are encouraged to maximize third-party health
 2322  insurance benefits and Medicaid claiming for services, where
 2323  appropriate.
 2324         (a) Before the distribution of the allocation:
 2325         1. The school district must develop and submit a detailed
 2326  plan outlining the local program and planned expenditures to the
 2327  district school board for approval. This plan must include all
 2328  district schools, including charter schools, unless a charter
 2329  school elects to submit a plan independently from the school
 2330  district pursuant to subparagraph 2.
 2331         2. A charter school may develop and submit a detailed plan
 2332  outlining the local program and planned expenditures to its
 2333  governing body for approval. After the plan is approved by the
 2334  governing body, it must be provided to the charter school’s
 2335  sponsor.
 2336         (b) The plans required under paragraph (a) must be focused
 2337  on a multitiered system of supports to deliver evidence-based
 2338  mental health care assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
 2339  treatment, and recovery services to students with one or more
 2340  mental health or co-occurring substance abuse diagnoses and to
 2341  students at high risk of such diagnoses. The provision of these
 2342  services must be coordinated with a student’s primary mental
 2343  health care provider and with other mental health providers
 2344  involved in the student’s care. At a minimum, the plans must
 2345  include the following elements:
 2346         1. Direct employment of school-based mental health services
 2347  providers to expand and enhance school-based student services
 2348  and to reduce the ratio of students to staff in order to better
 2349  align with nationally recommended ratio models. These providers
 2350  include, but are not limited to, certified school counselors,
 2351  school psychologists, school social workers, and other licensed
 2352  mental health professionals. The plan also must identify
 2353  strategies to increase the amount of time that school-based
 2354  student services personnel spend providing direct services to
 2355  students, which may include the review and revision of district
 2356  staffing resource allocations based on school or student mental
 2357  health assistance needs.
 2358         2. Contracts or interagency agreements with one or more
 2359  local community behavioral health providers or providers of
 2360  Community Action Team services to provide a behavioral health
 2361  staff presence and services at district schools. Services may
 2362  include, but are not limited to, mental health screenings and
 2363  assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group
 2364  counseling, psychiatric or psychological services, trauma
 2365  informed care, mobile crisis services, and behavior
 2366  modification. These behavioral health services may be provided
 2367  on or off the school campus and may be supplemented by
 2368  telehealth.
 2369         3. Policies and procedures, including contracts with
 2370  service providers, which will ensure that:
 2371         a. Students referred to a school-based or community-based
 2372  mental health service provider for mental health screening for
 2373  the identification of mental health concerns and students at
 2374  risk for mental health disorders are assessed within 15 days of
 2375  referral. School-based mental health services must be initiated
 2376  within 15 days after identification and assessment, and support
 2377  by community-based mental health service providers for students
 2378  who are referred for community-based mental health services must
 2379  be initiated within 30 days after the school or district makes a
 2380  referral.
 2381         b. Parents of a student receiving services under this
 2382  subsection are provided information about other behavioral
 2383  health services available through the student’s school or local
 2384  community-based behavioral health services providers. A school
 2385  may meet this requirement by providing information about and
 2386  Internet addresses for web-based directories or guides for local
 2387  behavioral health services.
 2388         c. Individuals living in a household with a student
 2389  receiving services under this subsection are provided
 2390  information about behavioral health services available through
 2391  other delivery systems or payors for which such individuals may
 2392  qualify, if such services appear to be needed or enhancements in
 2393  those individuals’ behavioral health would contribute to the
 2394  improved well-being of the student.
 2395         4. Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at
 2396  risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health
 2397  problems, depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal tendencies, or
 2398  substance use disorders.
 2399         5. Strategies to improve the early identification of
 2400  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
 2401  disorders, to improve the provision of early intervention
 2402  services, and to assist students in dealing with trauma and
 2403  violence.
 2404         6. Procedures to assist a mental health services provider
 2405  or a behavioral health provider as described in subparagraph 1.
 2406  or subparagraph 2., respectively, or a school resource officer
 2407  or school safety officer who has completed mental health crisis
 2408  intervention training in attempting to verbally de-escalate a
 2409  student’s crisis situation before initiating an involuntary
 2410  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such procedures must include
 2411  strategies to de-escalate a crisis situation for a student with
 2412  a developmental disability as that term is defined in s.
 2413  393.063.
 2414         7. Policies of the school district which must require that
 2415  in a student crisis situation, school or law enforcement
 2416  personnel must make a reasonable attempt to contact a mental
 2417  health professional who may initiate an involuntary examination
 2418  pursuant to s. 394.463, unless the child poses an imminent
 2419  danger to themselves or others, before initiating an involuntary
 2420  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such contact may be in
 2421  person or using telehealth as defined in s. 456.47. The mental
 2422  health professional may be available to the school district
 2423  either by contracts or interagency agreements with the managing
 2424  entity, one or more local community behavioral health providers,
 2425  or the local mobile response team or be a direct or contracted
 2426  school district employee.
 2427         (c) School districts shall submit approved plans, including
 2428  approved plans of each charter school in the district, to the
 2429  commissioner by August 1 of each fiscal year.
 2430         (d) Beginning September 30, 2019, and annually by September
 2431  30 thereafter, each school district shall submit to the
 2432  Department of Education a report on its program outcomes and
 2433  expenditures for the previous fiscal year that, at a minimum,
 2434  must include the number of each of the following:
 2435         1. Students who receive screenings or assessments.
 2436         2. Students who are referred to either school-based or
 2437  community-based providers for services or assistance.
 2438         3. Students who receive either school-based or community
 2439  based interventions, services, or assistance.
 2440         4. School-based and community-based mental health
 2441  providers, including licensure type, paid for from funds
 2442  provided through the allocation.
 2443         5. Contract-based collaborative efforts or partnerships
 2444  with community mental health programs, agencies, or providers.
 2445         (14) CLASSROOM TEACHER AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL
 2446  SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION.—The Legislature may annually
 2447  apportion an amount of funds provided provide in the Florida
 2448  Education Finance Program to assist school districts and charter
 2449  schools in their compliance with the requirement that the
 2450  minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers, as defined
 2451  in s. 1012.01(2)(a), and certified prekindergarten teachers
 2452  funded in the Florida Education Finance Program is at least
 2453  $47,500 a teacher salary increase allocation to assist school
 2454  districts in their recruitment and retention of classroom
 2455  teachers and other instructional personnel. The amount and
 2456  distribution methodology for the funding of the allocation shall
 2457  be specified in the General Appropriations Act.
 2458         (a) Each school district shall receive an allocation based
 2459  on the school district’s proportionate share of the base FEFP
 2460  allocation. Each school district shall provide each charter
 2461  school within its district its proportionate share calculated
 2462  pursuant to s. 1002.33(17)(b). If a district school board has
 2463  not received its allocation due to its failure to submit an
 2464  approved district salary distribution plan, the district school
 2465  board must still provide each charter school that has submitted
 2466  a salary distribution plan within its district its proportionate
 2467  share of the allocation.
 2468         (b) Allocation funds are restricted in use as follows:
 2469         1. Each school district and charter school shall use its
 2470  share of the allocation to increase the minimum base salary for
 2471  full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a),
 2472  plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
 2473  Education Finance Program, to at least $47,500, or to the
 2474  maximum amount achievable based on the allocation and as
 2475  specified in the General Appropriations Act. The term “minimum
 2476  base salary” means the lowest annual base salary reported on the
 2477  salary schedule for a full-time classroom teacher. No full-time
 2478  classroom teacher shall receive a salary less than the minimum
 2479  base salary as adjusted by this subparagraph. This subparagraph
 2480  does not apply to substitute teachers.
 2481         2. In addition, each school district shall use its share of
 2482  the allocation to provide salary increases, as funding permits,
 2483  for the following personnel:
 2484         a. Full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s.
 2485  1012.01(2)(a), plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in
 2486  the Florida Education Finance Program, who did not receive an
 2487  increase or who received an increase of less than 2 percent
 2488  under subparagraph 1. or as specified in the General
 2489  Appropriations Act. This subparagraph does not apply to
 2490  substitute teachers.
 2491         b. Other full-time instructional personnel as defined in s.
 2492  1012.01(2)(b)-(d).
 2493         3. A school district or charter school may use funds
 2494  available after the requirements of subparagraph 1. are met to
 2495  provide salary increases pursuant to subparagraph 2.
 2496         4. A school district or charter school shall maintain the
 2497  minimum base salary achieved for classroom teachers provided
 2498  under subparagraph 1. and may not reduce the salary increases
 2499  provided under subparagraph 2. in any subsequent fiscal year,
 2500  unless specifically authorized in the General Appropriations
 2501  Act.
 2502         (c) Before distributing allocation funds received pursuant
 2503  to paragraph (a), each school district and each charter school
 2504  shall develop a salary distribution plan that clearly delineates
 2505  the planned distribution of funds pursuant to paragraph (b) in
 2506  accordance with modified salary schedules, as necessary, for the
 2507  implementation of this subsection.
 2508         1. Each school district superintendent and each charter
 2509  school administrator must submit its proposed salary
 2510  distribution plan to the district school board or the charter
 2511  school governing body, as appropriate, for approval.
 2512         2. Each school district shall submit the approved district
 2513  salary distribution plan and the approved salary distribution
 2514  plan for each charter school in the district to the department
 2515  by October 1 of each fiscal year.
 2516         (d) In a format specified by the department, provide as
 2517  follows:
 2518         1. By December 1, each school district shall provide a
 2519  preliminary report to the department that includes a detailed
 2520  summary explaining the school district’s planned expenditure of
 2521  the entire allocation for the district received pursuant to
 2522  paragraph (a), the amount of the increase to the minimum base
 2523  salary for classroom teachers pursuant to paragraph (b), and the
 2524  school district’s salary schedule for the prior fiscal year and
 2525  the fiscal year in which the base salary is increased. Each
 2526  charter school governing board shall submit the information
 2527  required under this subparagraph to the district school board
 2528  for inclusion in the school district’s preliminary report to the
 2529  department.
 2530         2. By February 1, the department shall submit to the
 2531  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 2532  House of Representatives a statewide report on the planned
 2533  expenditure of the teacher salary increase allocation, which
 2534  includes the detailed summary provided by each school district
 2535  and charter school.
 2536         3. By August 1, each school district shall provide a final
 2537  report to the department with the information required in
 2538  subparagraph 1. for the prior fiscal year. Each charter school
 2539  governing board shall submit the information required under this
 2540  subparagraph to the district school board for inclusion in the
 2541  school district’s final report to the department.
 2542         (e) Although district school boards and charter school
 2543  governing boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages,
 2544  the teacher salary increase allocation must be used solely to
 2545  comply with the requirements of this section. A district school
 2546  board or charter school governing board that is unable to meet
 2547  the reporting requirements specified in paragraph (c) or
 2548  paragraph (d) due to a collective bargaining impasse must
 2549  provide written notification to the department or the district
 2550  school board, as applicable, detailing the reasons for the
 2551  impasse with a proposed timeline and details for a resolution.
 2552         (15) TOTAL ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO EACH DISTRICT FOR
 2553  CURRENT OPERATION.—The total annual state allocation to each
 2554  district for current operation for the Florida Education Finance
 2555  Program FEFP shall be distributed periodically in the manner
 2556  prescribed in the General Appropriations Act.
 2557         (a) If the funds appropriated for current operation of the
 2558  Florida Education Finance Program, including funds appropriated
 2559  pursuant to subsection (18) FEFP are not sufficient to pay the
 2560  state requirement in full, the department shall prorate the
 2561  available state funds to each district in the following manner:
 2562         1. Determine the percentage of proration by dividing the
 2563  sum of the total amount for current operation, as provided in
 2564  this paragraph for all districts collectively, and the total
 2565  district required local effort into the sum of the state funds
 2566  available for current operation and the total district required
 2567  local effort.
 2568         2. Multiply the percentage so determined by the sum of the
 2569  total amount for current operation as provided in this paragraph
 2570  and the required local effort for each individual district.
 2571         3. From the product of such multiplication, subtract the
 2572  required local effort of each district; and the remainder shall
 2573  be the amount of state funds allocated to the district for
 2574  current operation. However, no calculation subsequent to the
 2575  appropriation shall result in negative state funds for any
 2576  district.
 2577         (16) STATE-FUNDED DISCRETIONARY SUPPLEMENT.—
 2578         (a) The state-funded discretionary supplement is created to
 2579  fund the nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant
 2580  to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) for students awarded a Family
 2581  Empowerment Scholarship in accordance with s. 1002.394. To
 2582  calculate the state-funded discretionary supplement for
 2583  inclusion in the amount of the scholarship funding:
 2584         1. For fiscal year 2023-2024, multiply the maximum
 2585  allowable nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant
 2586  to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of the
 2587  current year’s taxable value for school purposes for the school
 2588  district where the student is reported for purposes of the
 2589  Florida Education Finance Program as appropriated in the General
 2590  Appropriations Act; divide the result by the school district’s
 2591  total unweighted full-time equivalent membership as appropriated
 2592  in the General Appropriations Act; and multiply the result by
 2593  the total unweighted full-time equivalent membership associated
 2594  with the number of Family Empowerment Scholarship students
 2595  included in the school district’s total unweighted full-time
 2596  equivalent membership. A base amount as specified in the General
 2597  Appropriations Act shall be added to this amount for purposes of
 2598  calculating the total amount of the supplement.
 2599         2. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-2025 and thereafter,
 2600  multiply the maximum allowable nonvoted discretionary millage
 2601  for operations pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of
 2602  96 percent of the current year’s taxable value for school
 2603  purposes for the school district where the student is reported
 2604  for purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program as
 2605  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act; divide the
 2606  result by the school district’s total unweighted full-time
 2607  equivalent membership as appropriated in the General
 2608  Appropriations Act; and multiply the result by the total
 2609  unweighted full-time equivalent membership associated with the
 2610  number of Family Empowerment Scholarship students. The prior
 2611  year’s base amount shall be adjusted based on changes in the
 2612  eligible number of unweighted full-time equivalent membership
 2613  associated with the number of Family Empowerment Scholarship
 2614  students.
 2615         (b) The state-funded discretionary supplement shall be
 2616  recalculated during the fiscal year pursuant to paragraph
 2617  (1)(a). If the recalculated amount is greater than the amount
 2618  provided in the General Appropriations Act, the allocation shall
 2619  be prorated to the level provided to support the appropriation,
 2620  based on each school district’s proportionate share of the total
 2621  allocation.
 2622         (17) CATEGORICAL FUNDS.—
 2623         (a) If a district school board determines that some or all
 2624  of the funds received for any of the categorical programs
 2625  established in this section are needed to maintain or enhance
 2626  school board-specified academic classroom instruction, maintain
 2627  or expand career and technical education instruction, or improve
 2628  school safety, the school district may consider and approve an
 2629  amendment to the school district’s operating budget by
 2630  transferring the identified amount of the categorical funds to
 2631  the appropriate account for expenditure.
 2632         (b) Each school district shall include in its annual
 2633  financial report to the Department of Education the amount of
 2634  funds the school board transferred from each of the categorical
 2635  funds identified in this subsection and the specific academic
 2636  classroom instruction, maintain or expand career and technical
 2637  education instruction, or school safety need for which the
 2638  transferred funds were expended. The department shall provide
 2639  instructions and specify the format to be used in submitting
 2640  this required information as part of the district annual
 2641  financial report. The department shall annually submit a report
 2642  to the Legislature which identifies by school district and by
 2643  categorical fund the amount transferred and the specific
 2644  academic classroom activity, the maintained or expanded career
 2645  and technical education instruction, or the school safety need
 2646  for which the funds were expended.
 2647         (18) EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION PROGRAM.—
 2648         (a) The educational enrollment stabilization program is
 2649  created to provide supplemental state funds as needed to
 2650  maintain the stability of the operations of public schools in
 2651  each school district and to protect districts, including charter
 2652  schools, from financial instability as a result of changes in
 2653  full-time equivalent student enrollment throughout the school
 2654  year. This program shall be implemented to the extent funds are
 2655  available.
 2656         (b) The Legislature may annually appropriate funds in the
 2657  General Appropriations Act to the Department of Education for
 2658  this program. The Department of Education shall use funds as
 2659  appropriated to ensure that, based on each recalculation of the
 2660  Florida Education Finance Program pursuant to paragraph (1)(a),
 2661  a school district’s funds per unweighted full-time equivalent
 2662  student is not less than the greater of either the school
 2663  district’s funds per unweighted full-time equivalent student as
 2664  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act or the school
 2665  district’s funds per unweighted full-time equivalent student as
 2666  recalculated based upon the receipt of the certified taxable
 2667  value for school purposes pursuant to s. 1011.62(4).
 2668         (16) COMPUTATION OF PRIOR YEAR DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL
 2669  EFFORT.—Calculations required in this section shall be based on
 2670  95 percent of the taxable value for school purposes for fiscal
 2671  years prior to the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
 2672         (17) TURNAROUND SCHOOL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ALLOCATION.
 2673  The turnaround school supplemental services allocation is
 2674  created to provide district-managed turnaround schools, as
 2675  identified in s. 1008.33(4)(a), schools that earn three
 2676  consecutive grades below a “C,” as identified in s.
 2677  1008.33(4)(b)3., and schools that have improved to a “C” and are
 2678  no longer in turnaround status, as identified in s.
 2679  1008.33(4)(c), with funds to offer services designed to improve
 2680  the overall academic and community welfare of the schools’
 2681  students and their families.
 2682         (a)1. Services funded by the allocation may include, but
 2683  are not limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, student
 2684  counseling, nutrition education, parental counseling, and an
 2685  extended school day and school year. In addition, services may
 2686  include models that develop a culture that encourages students
 2687  to complete high school and to attend college or career
 2688  training, set high academic expectations, and inspire character
 2689  development.
 2690         2. A school district may enter into a formal agreement with
 2691  a nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under s.
 2692  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to implement an
 2693  integrated student support service model that provides students
 2694  and families with access to wrap-around services, including, but
 2695  not limited to, health services, after-school programs, drug
 2696  prevention programs, college and career readiness programs, and
 2697  food and clothing banks.
 2698         (b) Before distribution of the allocation, the school
 2699  district shall develop and submit a plan for implementation to
 2700  its school board for approval no later than August 1 of each
 2701  fiscal year.
 2702         (c) At a minimum, the plan required under paragraph (b)
 2703  must:
 2704         1. Establish comprehensive support services that develop
 2705  family and community partnerships;
 2706         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
 2707  and character standards;
 2708         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
 2709  child’s education;
 2710         4. Describe how instructional personnel will be identified,
 2711  recruited, retained, and rewarded;
 2712         5. Provide professional development that focuses on
 2713  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
 2714  and character standards;
 2715         6. Provide focused instruction to improve student academic
 2716  proficiency, which may include additional instruction time
 2717  beyond the normal school day or school year; and
 2718         7. Include a strategy for continuing to provide services
 2719  after the school is no longer in turnaround status by virtue of
 2720  achieving a grade of “C” or higher.
 2721         (d) Each school district shall submit its approved plans to
 2722  the commissioner by September 1 of each fiscal year.
 2723         (e) Subject to legislative appropriation, each school
 2724  district’s allocation must be based on the unweighted FTE
 2725  student enrollment at the eligible schools and a per-FTE funding
 2726  amount of $500 or as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
 2727  The supplement provided in the General Appropriations Act shall
 2728  be based on the most recent school grades and shall serve as a
 2729  proxy for the official calculation. Once school grades are
 2730  available for the school year immediately preceding the fiscal
 2731  year coinciding with the appropriation, the supplement shall be
 2732  recalculated for the official participating schools as part of
 2733  the subsequent FEFP calculation. The commissioner may prepare a
 2734  preliminary calculation so that districts may proceed with
 2735  timely planning and use of the funds. If the calculated funds
 2736  for the statewide allocation exceed the funds appropriated, the
 2737  allocation of funds to each school district must be prorated
 2738  based on each school district’s share of the total unweighted
 2739  FTE student enrollment for the eligible schools.
 2740         (f) Subject to legislative appropriation, each school shall
 2741  remain eligible for the allocation for a maximum of 4 continuous
 2742  fiscal years while implementing a turnaround option pursuant to
 2743  s. 1008.33(4). In addition, a school that improves to a grade of
 2744  “C” or higher shall remain eligible to receive the allocation
 2745  for a maximum of 2 continuous fiscal years after exiting
 2746  turnaround status.
 2747         Section 41. Section 1011.622, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2748  to read:
 2749         1011.622 Adjustments for students without a Florida student
 2750  identification number.—The Florida Education Finance Program
 2751  funding calculations, including the calculations authorized in
 2752  ss. 1011.62, 1011.67, 1011.68, and 1011.685, shall include
 2753  funding for a student only when all of the student’s records are
 2754  reported to the Department of Education under a Florida student
 2755  identification number. The State Board of Education may adopt
 2756  rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this
 2757  section.
 2758         Section 42. Section 1011.67, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 2759         Section 43. Subsection (4) of section 1011.69, Florida
 2760  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2761         1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act.—
 2762         (4) The following funds are excluded from the school-level
 2763  allocation under this section: Funds appropriated in the General
 2764  Appropriations Act for supplemental academic instruction to be
 2765  used for the purposes described in s. 1011.62(1)(f).
 2766         Section 44. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
 2767  1011.84, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2768         1011.84 Procedure for determining state financial support
 2769  and annual apportionment of state funds to each Florida College
 2770  System institution district.—The procedure for determining state
 2771  financial support and the annual apportionment to each Florida
 2772  College System institution district authorized to operate a
 2773  Florida College System institution under the provisions of s.
 2774  1001.61 shall be as follows:
 2775         (3) DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT FROM STATE FUNDS.—
 2776         (b) The apportionment to each Florida College System
 2777  institution from the Florida College System Program Fund shall
 2778  be determined annually in the General Appropriations Act. In
 2779  determining each college’s apportionment, the Legislature shall
 2780  consider the following components:
 2781         1. Base budget, which includes the state appropriation to
 2782  the Florida College System Program Fund in the current year plus
 2783  the related student tuition and out-of-state fees assigned in
 2784  the current General Appropriations Act.
 2785         2. The cost-to-continue allocation, which consists of
 2786  incremental changes to the base budget, including salaries,
 2787  price levels, and other related costs allocated through a
 2788  funding model approved by the Legislature which may recognize
 2789  differing economic factors arising from the individual
 2790  educational approaches of the various Florida College System
 2791  institutions, including, but not limited to:
 2792         a. Direct Instructional Funding, including class size,
 2793  faculty productivity factors, average faculty salary, ratio of
 2794  full-time to part-time faculty, costs of programs, and
 2795  enrollment factors.
 2796         b. Academic Support, including small colleges factor,
 2797  multicampus factor, and enrollment factor.
 2798         c. Student Services Support, including headcount of
 2799  students as well as FTE count and enrollment factors.
 2800         d. Library Support, including volume and other
 2801  materials/audiovisual requirements.
 2802         e. Special Projects.
 2803         f. Operations and Maintenance of Plant, including square
 2804  footage and utilization factors.
 2805         g. Comparable wage factor District Cost Differential.
 2806         3. Students enrolled in a recreation and leisure program
 2807  and students enrolled in a lifelong learning program who may not
 2808  be counted as full-time equivalent enrollments for purposes of
 2809  enrollment workload adjustments.
 2810         4. Operating costs of new facilities adjustments, which
 2811  shall be provided, from funds available, for each new facility
 2812  that is owned by the college and is recommended in accordance
 2813  with s. 1013.31.
 2814         5. New and improved program enhancements, which shall be
 2815  determined by the Legislature.
 2816  
 2817  Student fees in the base budget plus student fee revenues
 2818  generated by increases in fee rates shall be deducted from the
 2819  sum of the components determined in subparagraphs 1.-5. The
 2820  amount remaining shall be the net annual state apportionment to
 2821  each college.
 2822         Section 45. Section 1012.44, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2823  to read:
 2824         1012.44 Qualifications for certain persons providing
 2825  speech-language services.—The State Board of Education shall
 2826  adopt rules for speech-language services to school districts
 2827  that qualify for additional full-time equivalent membership
 2828  under s. 1011.62(1)(f) the sparsity supplement as described in
 2829  s. 1011.62(7). These services may be provided by baccalaureate
 2830  degree level persons for a period of 3 years. The rules shall
 2831  authorize the delivery of speech-language services by
 2832  baccalaureate degree level persons under the direction of a
 2833  certified speech-language pathologist with a master’s degree or
 2834  higher.
 2835         Section 46. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 1012.584,
 2836  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2837         1012.584 Continuing education and inservice training for
 2838  youth mental health awareness and assistance.—
 2839         (1) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, The
 2840  Department of Education shall establish an evidence-based youth
 2841  mental health awareness and assistance training program to help
 2842  school personnel identify and understand the signs of emotional
 2843  disturbance, mental illness, and substance use disorders and
 2844  provide such personnel with the skills to help a person who is
 2845  developing or experiencing an emotional disturbance, mental
 2846  health, or substance use problem.
 2847         (4) Each school district shall notify all school personnel
 2848  who have received training pursuant to this section of mental
 2849  health services that are available in the school district, and
 2850  the individual to contact if a student needs services. The term
 2851  “mental health services” includes, but is not limited to,
 2852  community mental health services, health care providers, and
 2853  services provided under ss. 1006.04 and 1006.041 ss. 1006.04 and
 2854  1011.62(13).
 2855         Section 47. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 2856  1012.586, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2857         1012.586 Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate
 2858  certificates; reading endorsement pathways.—
 2859         (2)
 2860         (b) As part of adopting a pathway pursuant to paragraph
 2861  (a), the department shall review the competencies for the
 2862  reading endorsement and subject area examinations for educator
 2863  certificates identified pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(f) for
 2864  alignment with evidence-based instructional and intervention
 2865  strategies rooted in the science of reading and identified
 2866  pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8) and recommend changes
 2867  to the State Board of Education. Recommended changes must
 2868  address identification of the characteristics of conditions such
 2869  as dyslexia, implementation of evidence-based classroom
 2870  instruction and interventions, including evidence-based reading
 2871  instruction and interventions specifically for students with
 2872  characteristics of dyslexia, and effective progress monitoring.
 2873  By July 1, 2023, each school district reading endorsement add-on
 2874  program must be resubmitted for approval by the department
 2875  consistent with this paragraph.
 2876         Section 48. Section 1012.71, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2877  to read:
 2878         1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
 2879  Program.—
 2880         (1) For purposes of the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply
 2881  Assistance Program, the term “classroom teacher” means a
 2882  certified teacher employed by a public school district or a
 2883  public charter school in that district on or before September 1
 2884  of each year whose full-time or job-share responsibility is the
 2885  classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten through
 2886  grade 12, including full-time media specialists and certified
 2887  school counselors serving students in prekindergarten through
 2888  grade 12, who are funded through the Florida Education Finance
 2889  Program. A “job-share” classroom teacher is one of two teachers
 2890  whose combined full-time equivalent employment for the same
 2891  teaching assignment equals one full-time classroom teacher.
 2892         (2) The amount of funds per classroom teacher for the
 2893  Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program shall be
 2894  specified The Legislature, in the General Appropriations Act,
 2895  shall determine funding for the Florida Teachers Classroom
 2896  Supply Assistance Program. Classroom teachers shall use the
 2897  funds appropriated are for classroom teachers to purchase, on
 2898  behalf of the school district or charter school, classroom
 2899  materials and supplies for the public school students assigned
 2900  to them and may not be used to purchase equipment. The funds
 2901  appropriated shall be used to supplement the materials and
 2902  supplies otherwise available to classroom teachers. From the
 2903  funds appropriated for the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply
 2904  Assistance Program, the Commissioner of Education shall
 2905  calculate an amount for each school district based upon each
 2906  school district’s proportionate share of the state’s total
 2907  unweighted FTE student enrollment and shall disburse the funds
 2908  to the school districts by July 15.
 2909         (3) From the funds allocated to each school district and
 2910  any funds received from local contributions for the Florida
 2911  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program, the district
 2912  school board shall calculate an identical amount for each
 2913  classroom teacher who is estimated to be employed by the school
 2914  district or a charter school in the district on September 1 of
 2915  each year, which is that teacher’s proportionate share of the
 2916  total amount allocated to the district from state funds and
 2917  funds received from local contributions. A job-share classroom
 2918  teacher may receive a prorated share of the amount provided to a
 2919  full-time classroom teacher. For a classroom teachers teacher
 2920  determined eligible on July 1, the district school board and
 2921  each charter school board shall may provide such classroom
 2922  teachers the teacher with their amount as specified in the
 2923  General Appropriations Act his or her total proportionate share
 2924  by August 1. For classroom teachers based on the estimate of the
 2925  number of teachers who will be employed on September 1. For a
 2926  classroom teacher determined eligible after July 1, the district
 2927  school board and each charter school board shall provide such
 2928  classroom teachers with their amount as specified in the General
 2929  Appropriations Act the teacher with his or her total
 2930  proportionate share by September 30. A job-share classroom
 2931  teacher may receive a prorated share of the amount provided to a
 2932  full-time classroom teacher The proportionate share may be
 2933  provided by any means determined appropriate by the district
 2934  school board or charter school board, including, but not limited
 2935  to, direct deposit, check, debit card, or purchasing card. If a
 2936  debit card is used, an identifier must be placed on the front of
 2937  the debit card which clearly indicates that the card has been
 2938  issued for the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
 2939  Program. Expenditures under the program are not subject to state
 2940  or local competitive bidding requirements. Funds received by a
 2941  classroom teacher do not affect wages, hours, or terms and
 2942  conditions of employment and, therefore, are not subject to
 2943  collective bargaining. Any classroom teacher may decline receipt
 2944  of or return the funds without explanation or cause.
 2945         (4) The Department of Education shall administer a
 2946  competitive procurement through which eligible classroom
 2947  teachers may purchase classroom materials and supplies.
 2948  Annually, by September 1, each school district shall submit to
 2949  the department:
 2950         (a) The name of each eligible classroom teacher.
 2951         (b) The proportionate share of the amount as specified in
 2952  the General Appropriations Act for each eligible job-share
 2953  classroom teacher.
 2954         (c) The name and Master School Identification Number of the
 2955  school in which the eligible classroom teacher is assigned.
 2956         (d) Any other information necessary for the administration
 2957  of the program as determined by the department.
 2958         (5)(4) Each classroom teacher must sign a statement
 2959  acknowledging receipt of the funds, keep receipts for no less
 2960  than 4 years to show that funds expended meet the requirements
 2961  of this section, and return any unused funds to the district
 2962  school board at the end of the regular school year. Any unused
 2963  funds that are returned to the district school board shall be
 2964  deposited into the school advisory council account of the school
 2965  at which the classroom teacher returning the funds was employed
 2966  when that teacher received the funds were made available to the
 2967  classroom teacher. If the school does not have a school advisory
 2968  council, the funds shall be expended for classroom materials and
 2969  supplies as determined by the school principal or deposited into
 2970  the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program account
 2971  of the school district in which a charter school is sponsored,
 2972  as applicable.
 2973         (5) The statement must be signed and dated by each
 2974  classroom teacher before receipt of the Florida Teachers
 2975  Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds and shall include the
 2976  wording: “I, ...(name of teacher)..., am employed by the
 2977  ....County District School Board or by the ....Charter School as
 2978  a full-time classroom teacher. I acknowledge that Florida
 2979  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds are
 2980  appropriated by the Legislature for the sole purpose of
 2981  purchasing classroom materials and supplies to be used in the
 2982  instruction of students assigned to me. In accepting custody of
 2983  these funds, I agree to keep the receipts for all expenditures
 2984  for no less than 4 years. I understand that if I do not keep the
 2985  receipts, it will be my personal responsibility to pay any
 2986  federal taxes due on these funds. I also agree to return any
 2987  unexpended funds to the district school board at the end of the
 2988  regular school year for deposit into the school advisory council
 2989  account of the school where I was employed at the time I
 2990  received the funds or for deposit into the Florida Teachers
 2991  Classroom Supply Assistance Program account of the school
 2992  district in which the charter school is sponsored, as
 2993  applicable.”
 2994         (6) The Department of Education and district school boards
 2995  may, and are encouraged to, enter into public-private
 2996  partnerships in order to increase the total amount of Florida
 2997  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Programs funds available to
 2998  classroom teachers.
 2999         Section 49. Section 1012.715, Florida Statutes, is created
 3000  to read:
 3001         1012.715 Heroes in the classroom sign-on bonus.—
 3002         (1) PURPOSE.—Subject to legislative appropriation, the
 3003  Department of Education shall provide a one-time sign-on bonus,
 3004  as provided in the General Appropriations Act, to honorably
 3005  discharged or retired military veterans and retired first
 3006  responders, as defined in s. 112.1815(1), who commit to joining
 3007  the teaching profession as a full-time classroom teacher. An
 3008  honorably discharged or retired military veteran or retired
 3009  first responder may receive an additional bonus for teaching a
 3010  course in a high-demand teacher need area, as identified by the
 3011  department pursuant to paragraph (3)(e).
 3012         (2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a sign-on bonus,
 3013  an applicant must be an honorably discharged or retired military
 3014  veteran or retired first responder and provide the following to
 3015  the department:
 3016         (a) Documentation of his or her honorable discharge or
 3017  retirement.
 3018         (b) Documentation that he or she was not subject to any
 3019  disciplinary action during the last 5 years of his or her
 3020  employment as a servicemember in the United States Armed Forces
 3021  or as a first responder. The term “disciplinary action” includes
 3022  suspensions, dismissals, and involuntary demotions that were
 3023  associated with disciplinary actions.
 3024         (c) A copy of his or her professional certificate or
 3025  temporary certificate issued pursuant to s. 1012.56(7).
 3026         (d) Documentation that he or she agrees to maintain
 3027  employment with the school district or charter school for a
 3028  minimum of 2 consecutive school years upon receipt of the sign
 3029  on bonus. An individual who accepts a sign-on bonus pursuant to
 3030  this section but fails to maintain his or her employment
 3031  pursuant to this paragraph must reimburse the department the
 3032  amount of the sign-on bonus in a manner prescribed by the
 3033  department.
 3034         (3) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES.—The
 3035  department shall distribute bonuses pursuant to this section
 3036  and, at a minimum, must:
 3037         (a) Establish a method for determining the estimated number
 3038  of eligible honorably discharged or retired military veterans
 3039  and retired first responders to be hired in the applicable
 3040  fiscal year.
 3041         (b) Establish additional minimum criteria necessary for an
 3042  individual to be eligible for a sign-on bonus.
 3043         (c) Establish an estimated cost to the department for
 3044  developing and administering the bonus program.
 3045         (d) Establish a method for an individual to reimburse the
 3046  department if he or she receives the sign-on bonus but does not
 3047  maintain employment for the required consecutive 2-year period.
 3048         (e) Identify courses that are in high-demand teacher need
 3049  areas in which honorably discharged or retired military veterans
 3050  or retired first responders may teach to be eligible for an
 3051  additional bonus.
 3052         (4) SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES.—A school district
 3053  that employs an eligible honorably discharged or retired
 3054  military veteran or retired first responder must:
 3055         (a) Provide any necessary information requested by the
 3056  department.
 3057         (b) In a manner established by the department, notify the
 3058  eligible honorably discharged or retired military veteran or
 3059  retired first responder that employment may impact his or her
 3060  pension from a previous employer.
 3061         (5) RULEMAKING.—The State Board of Education may adopt
 3062  rules to implement this section.
 3063         Section 50. The Division of Law Revision is directed to
 3064  revise the title of subpart D. of part I of chapter 1011,
 3065  Florida Statutes, consisting of ss. 1011.55-1011.59, Florida
 3066  Statutes, to read “Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and
 3067  Florida School for Competitive Academics: Preparation, Adoption,
 3068  and Implementation of Budgets” to conform to the amendments made
 3069  by this act. 
 3070         Section 51. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
 3071  
 3072  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 3073  And the title is amended as follows:
 3074         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 3075  and insert:
 3076                        A bill to be entitled                      
 3077         An act relating to education; amending s. 11.45, F.S.;
 3078         revising the duties of the Auditor General to conform
 3079         to changes made by the act; amending s. 110.1228,
 3080         F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s.
 3081         216.251, F.S.; providing the manner of setting
 3082         salaries for positions within the Florida School for
 3083         Competitive Academics; amending s. 402.22, F.S.;
 3084         conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 447.203,
 3085         F.S.; revising the definition of the terms “public
 3086         employer” or “employer” to include the Florida School
 3087         for Competitive Academics for purposes of part II of
 3088         ch. 447, F.S.; making technical changes; amending s.
 3089         1000.04, F.S.; revising the components of the delivery
 3090         of public education within the Florida Early Learning
 3091         20 education system to include the Florida School for
 3092         Competitive Academics; amending s. 1001.20, F.S.;
 3093         revising the powers of the Department of Education’s
 3094         Office of Inspector General to conform to changes made
 3095         by the act; amending s. 1001.215, F.S.; revising
 3096         duties of the Just Read, Florida! Office; reenacting
 3097         and amending s. 1001.26(1), F.S.; requiring the
 3098         department to provide funds to certain radio stations;
 3099         amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; providing an exemption from
 3100         collective bargaining requirements under specified
 3101         circumstances; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; authorizing
 3102         district school boards to adopt policies for an
 3103         enrollment fee for specified summer courses; providing
 3104         fee requirements; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; revising
 3105         funding requirements for developmental research
 3106         schools; conforming provisions to changes made by the
 3107         act; creating s. 1002.351, F.S.; providing for the
 3108         establishment of the Florida School for Competitive
 3109         Academics; providing for the purpose and mission of
 3110         the school; requiring the school to be included in a
 3111         certain online portal; requiring the portal to include
 3112         information for parents on submitting educational
 3113         records for admission purposes; providing for the
 3114         appointment of the board of trustees; prescribing the
 3115         powers and duties of the board of trustees; providing
 3116         sovereign immunity to the board of trustees;
 3117         specifying the board’s duties regarding the
 3118         maintenance of student and employee records; providing
 3119         requirements regarding background screening of school
 3120         personnel; specifying duties of the board regarding
 3121         personnel; requiring the Auditor General to conduct
 3122         audits of the school; authorizing the department’s
 3123         Office of Inspector General to conduct investigations,
 3124         as appropriate; exempting the school from specified
 3125         requirements in the Florida Early Learning-20
 3126         Education Code; providing exceptions; specifying
 3127         applicability of certain provisions of law; amending
 3128         s. 1002.37, F.S.; revising funding requirements for
 3129         the Florida Virtual School; conforming provisions to
 3130         changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.;
 3131         revising funding requirements for the Family
 3132         Empowerment Scholarship Program; conforming cross
 3133         references and provisions to changes made by the act;
 3134         amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; revising the enrollment
 3135         limitation on certain students; conforming cross
 3136         references and provisions to changes made by the act;
 3137         amending ss. 1002.59, 1002.71, 1002.84, and 1002.89,
 3138         F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to
 3139         changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.995, F.S.;
 3140         revising eligibility requirements for providing
 3141         incentives to school readiness personnel; amending s.
 3142         1003.03, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made
 3143         by the act; creating s. 1003.4201, F.S.; requiring
 3144         school districts to implement a system of
 3145         comprehensive reading instruction for specified
 3146         students that includes a specified plan; providing
 3147         plan requirements; providing school district and
 3148         department requirements; defining the term “evidence
 3149         based”; amending ss. 1003.485, 1003.621, and 1004.935,
 3150         F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to
 3151         changes made by the act; creating s. 1006.041, F.S.;
 3152         requiring school districts to implement a school-based
 3153         mental health assistance program for specified
 3154         students that includes a specified plan; providing
 3155         plan and school district requirements; amending s.
 3156         1006.07, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 3157         by the act; amending s. 1006.1493, F.S.; requiring
 3158         school districts to annually report specified
 3159         information relating to the Florida Safe Schools
 3160         Assessment Tool to the Office of Safe Schools;
 3161         amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; requiring district school
 3162         superintendents to annually certify specified
 3163         information to the Commissioner of Education;
 3164         exempting certain instructional materials from
 3165         specified procedures; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.;
 3166         revising requirements for the instructional materials
 3167         allocation and the purchase of instructional
 3168         materials; conforming provisions to changes made by
 3169         the act; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; requiring school
 3170         districts to pay for the cost of specified
 3171         instructional materials; amending ss. 1008.25 and
 3172         1008.345, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross
 3173         references to changes made by the act; amending s.
 3174         1008.365, F.S.; revising requirements for the Reading
 3175         Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence
 3176         Program; conforming cross-references; amending s.
 3177         1010.20, F.S.; conforming cross-references; creating
 3178         s. 1011.58, F.S.; prescribing procedures for the
 3179         Florida School for Competitive Academics submission of
 3180         legislative budget requests; requiring the school to
 3181         submit an implementation plan to the department;
 3182         requiring the Commissioner of Education to include the
 3183         school in the department’s legislative budget request,
 3184         subject to specified conditions; requiring the school
 3185         to submit its fixed capital outlay request to the
 3186         department; creating s. 1011.59, F.S.; prescribing
 3187         procedures and requirements governing the request and
 3188         the appropriation of funds for the operation of the
 3189         Florida School for Competitive Academics; requiring
 3190         the school’s board of trustees to develop an annual
 3191         operating budget; requiring the Chief Financial
 3192         Officer to transfer or reallocate funds, subject to
 3193         specified conditions; requiring the board to establish
 3194         authorized positions within funds appropriated to the
 3195         school; providing for the carryforward of any
 3196         unexpended funds; amending s. 1011.61, F.S.;
 3197         conforming cross-references; amending s. 1011.62,
 3198         F.S.; revising provisions relating to the Florida
 3199         Education Finance Program; revising the calculation of
 3200         the cost factor for secondary career education
 3201         programs, the annual allocation to each school
 3202         district, and the funding model for exceptional
 3203         student education programs; creating the calculation
 3204         of additional full-time equivalent membership for
 3205         small school district exceptional student education
 3206         and the small district factor; providing requirements
 3207         for such calculation and factor; deleting the
 3208         supplemental academic instruction allocation; renaming
 3209         the “district cost differential” as the “comparable
 3210         wage factor”; revising the calculation of such factor;
 3211         creating the state-funded discretionary contribution;
 3212         providing requirements for such contribution; creating
 3213         the educational enrichment allocation and the
 3214         exceptional student education guaranteed allocation;
 3215         providing requirements for such allocations; deleting
 3216         the categorical funds, determination of sparsity
 3217         supplement, evidence-based reading instruction
 3218         allocation, requirements for computation of prior year
 3219         district required local effort, and turnaround school
 3220         supplemental services allocation; revising the
 3221         calculation of the supplemental allocation for
 3222         juvenile justice education programs; revising
 3223         requirements for the safe schools allocation and the
 3224         mental health assistance allocation; renaming the
 3225         teacher salary increase allocation as the classroom
 3226         teacher and other instructional personnel salary
 3227         increase; revising the requirements for such funding;
 3228         creating the state-funded discretionary supplement,
 3229         the categorical funds, and the educational enrollment
 3230         stabilization program; providing requirements for the
 3231         supplement, funds, and program; deleting the
 3232         calculations for the computation of prior year
 3233         district required local effort and the turnaround
 3234         school supplemental services allocation; conforming
 3235         provisions and cross-references to changes made by the
 3236         act; amending s. 1011.622, F.S.; conforming a cross
 3237         reference; repealing s. 1011.67, F.S., relating to
 3238         funds for instructional materials; amending ss.
 3239         1011.69, 1011.84, 1012.44, 1012.584, and 1012.586,
 3240         F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to
 3241         changes made by the act; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.;
 3242         revising provisions for the calculation of Florida
 3243         Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds;
 3244         deleting provisions relating to the distribution of
 3245         program funds; requiring the department to administer
 3246         a competitive procurement through which eligible
 3247         classroom teachers may purchase classroom materials
 3248         and supplies; requiring school districts to provide
 3249         certain information to the department annually by a
 3250         specified date; deleting a requirement that classroom
 3251         teachers sign a specified statement; revising
 3252         requirements for unused funds; creating s. 1012.715,
 3253         F.S.; requiring the department to provide a one-time
 3254         sign-on bonus to honorably discharged and retired
 3255         military veterans and retired first responders who
 3256         join the teaching profession; providing eligibility
 3257         criteria; providing for an additional bonus under
 3258         certain circumstances; providing department and school
 3259         district responsibilities; authorizing the State Board
 3260         of Education to adopt rules; providing a directive to
 3261         the Division of Law Revision; providing an effective
 3262         date.