Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 5101
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/25/2023           .                                
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                  Floor: NC            .                                
             05/03/2023 11:29 AM       .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (154606) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of subsection (2) of
    7  section 11.45, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.—
    9         (2) DUTIES.—The Auditor General shall:
   10         (d) Annually conduct financial audits of the accounts and
   11  records of all district school boards in counties with
   12  populations of fewer than 150,000, according to the most recent
   13  federal decennial statewide census, and the Florida School for
   14  the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida School for Competitive
   15  Academics.
   16         (f) At least every 3 years, conduct operational audits of
   17  the accounts and records of state agencies, state universities,
   18  state colleges, district school boards, the Florida Clerks of
   19  Court Operations Corporation, water management districts, and
   20  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida
   21  School for Competitive Academics.
   22  
   23  The Auditor General shall perform his or her duties
   24  independently but under the general policies established by the
   25  Legislative Auditing Committee. This subsection does not limit
   26  the Auditor General’s discretionary authority to conduct other
   27  audits or engagements of governmental entities as authorized in
   28  subsection (3).
   29         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   30  110.1228, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         110.1228 Participation by small counties, small
   32  municipalities, and district school boards located in small
   33  counties.—
   34         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   35         (a) “District school board” means a district school board
   36  located in a small county or a district school board that
   37  receives funding pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(f) s. 1011.62(7).
   38         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   39  216.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   40         216.251 Salary appropriations; limitations.—
   41         (2)(a) The salary for each position not specifically
   42  indicated in the appropriations acts shall be as provided in one
   43  of the following subparagraphs:
   44         1. Within the classification and pay plans provided for in
   45  chapter 110.
   46         2. Within the classification and pay plans established by
   47  the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for the Deaf and
   48  the Blind of the Department of Education and approved by the
   49  State Board of Education for academic and academic
   50  administrative personnel.
   51         3. Within the classification and pay plan approved and
   52  administered by the Board of Governors or the designee of the
   53  board for those positions in the State University System.
   54         4. Within the classification and pay plan approved by the
   55  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   56  Representatives, as the case may be, for employees of the
   57  Legislature.
   58         5. Within the approved classification and pay plan for the
   59  judicial branch.
   60         6.Within the classification and pay plans established by
   61  the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for Competitive
   62  Academics of the Department of Education and approved by the
   63  State Board of Education for academic and academic
   64  administrative personnel.
   65         Section 4. Subsection (6) of section 402.22, Florida
   66  Statutes, is amended to read:
   67         402.22 Education program for students who reside in
   68  residential care facilities operated by the Department of
   69  Children and Families or the Agency for Persons with
   70  Disabilities.—
   71         (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 1001.42(4)(m), the
   72  educational program at the Marianna Sunland Center in Jackson
   73  County shall be operated by the Department of Education, either
   74  directly or through grants or contractual agreements with other
   75  public educational agencies. The annual state allocation to any
   76  such agency shall be computed pursuant to s. 1011.62(1), (2),
   77  and (17) (6) and allocated in the amount that would have been
   78  provided the local school district in which the residential
   79  facility is located.
   80         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 447.203, Florida
   81  Statutes, is amended to read:
   82         447.203 Definitions.—As used in this part:
   83         (2) “Public employer” or “employer” means the state or any
   84  county, municipality, or special district or any subdivision or
   85  agency thereof which the commission determines has sufficient
   86  legal distinctiveness properly to carry out the functions of a
   87  public employer. With respect to all public employees determined
   88  by the commission as properly belonging to a statewide
   89  bargaining unit composed of State Career Service System
   90  employees or Selected Professional Service employees, the
   91  Governor is shall be deemed to be the public employer; and the
   92  Board of Governors of the State University System, or the
   93  board’s designee, is shall be deemed to be the public employer
   94  with respect to all public employees of each constituent state
   95  university. The board of trustees of a community college is
   96  shall be deemed to be the public employer with respect to all
   97  employees of the community college. The district school board is
   98  shall be deemed to be the public employer with respect to all
   99  employees of the school district. The Board of Trustees of the
  100  Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is shall be deemed to
  101  be the public employer with respect to the academic and academic
  102  administrative personnel of the Florida School for the Deaf and
  103  the Blind. The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for
  104  Competitive Academics is deemed to be the public employer with
  105  respect to the academic and academic administrative personnel of
  106  the Florida School for Competitive Academics. The Governor is
  107  shall be deemed to be the public employer with respect to all
  108  employees in the Correctional Education Program of the
  109  Department of Corrections established pursuant to s. 944.801.
  110         Section 6. Subsection (6) is added to section 1000.04,
  111  Florida Statutes, to read:
  112         1000.04 Components for the delivery of public education
  113  within the Florida Early Learning-20 education system.—Florida’s
  114  Early Learning-20 education system provides for the delivery of
  115  early learning and public education through publicly supported
  116  and controlled K-12 schools, Florida College System
  117  institutions, state universities and other postsecondary
  118  educational institutions, other educational institutions, and
  119  other educational services as provided or authorized by the
  120  Constitution and laws of the state.
  121         (6)THE FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR COMPETITIVE ACADEMICS.—The
  122  Florida School for Competitive Academics is a component of the
  123  delivery of public education within Florida’s Early Learning-20
  124  education system.
  125         Section 7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section
  126  1001.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  127         1001.20 Department under direction of state board.—
  128         (4) The Department of Education shall establish the
  129  following offices within the Office of the Commissioner of
  130  Education which shall coordinate their activities with all other
  131  divisions and offices:
  132         (e) Office of Inspector General.—Organized using existing
  133  resources and funds and responsible for promoting
  134  accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness and detecting
  135  fraud and abuse within school districts, the Florida School for
  136  the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida School for Competitive
  137  Academics, and Florida College System institutions in Florida.
  138  If the Commissioner of Education determines that a district
  139  school board, the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for
  140  the Deaf and the Blind, the Board of Trustees for the Florida
  141  School for Competitive Academics, or a Florida College System
  142  institution board of trustees is unwilling or unable to address
  143  substantiated allegations made by any person relating to waste,
  144  fraud, or financial mismanagement within the school district,
  145  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida
  146  School for Competitive Academics, or the Florida College System
  147  institution, the office must shall conduct, coordinate, or
  148  request investigations into such substantiated allegations. The
  149  office shall investigate allegations or reports of possible
  150  fraud or abuse against a district school board made by any
  151  member of the Cabinet; the presiding officer of either house of
  152  the Legislature; a chair of a substantive or appropriations
  153  committee with jurisdiction; or a member of the board for which
  154  an investigation is sought. The office shall have access to all
  155  information and personnel necessary to perform its duties and
  156  shall have all of its current powers, duties, and
  157  responsibilities authorized in s. 20.055.
  158         Section 8. Subsections (8) through (12) of section
  159  1001.215, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7)
  160  through (11), respectively, and subsections (1), (3), (4), and
  161  (6) and present subsection (7) of that section are amended, to
  162  read:
  163         1001.215 Just Read, Florida! Office.—There is created in
  164  the Department of Education the Just Read, Florida! Office. The
  165  office is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education and
  166  shall:
  167         (1) Provide training to reading coaches and school
  168  administrators on the evidence-based strategies identified
  169  pursuant to subsection (7) (8) for purposes of implementation,
  170  modeling, and classroom observations to support professional
  171  growth and inform performance evaluations of instructional
  172  personnel.
  173         (3) Work with the Lastinger Center for Learning at the
  174  University of Florida to develop training for K-12 teachers,
  175  reading coaches, and school administrators on effective content
  176  area-specific reading strategies; the coordinated integration of
  177  content-rich curriculum from other core subject areas into
  178  reading instruction, with an emphasis on civic literacy; and
  179  evidence-based reading strategies identified pursuant to
  180  subsection (7) (8) to improve student reading performance. For
  181  secondary teachers, emphasis shall be on technical text. These
  182  strategies must be developed for all content areas in the K-12
  183  curriculum.
  184         (4) Develop and provide access to sequenced, content-rich
  185  curriculum programming, instructional practices, and resources
  186  that help elementary schools use state-adopted instructional
  187  materials to increase students’ background knowledge and
  188  literacy skills, including student attainment of the Next
  189  Generation Sunshine State Standards for social studies, science,
  190  and the arts. The office shall, as part of the adoption cycle
  191  for English Language Arts instructional materials, assist in
  192  evaluating elementary grades instructional materials submitted
  193  for adoption consideration in order to identify those materials
  194  that are closely aligned to the content and evidence-based
  195  strategies identified pursuant to subsection (7) (8) and
  196  incorporate professional development to implement such
  197  strategies.
  198         (6) Provide technical assistance to school districts in the
  199  development and implementation of district plans required under
  200  s. 1003.4201 for use of the evidence-based reading instruction
  201  allocation provided in s. 1011.62(8) and annually review and
  202  approve such plans.
  203         (7)Review, evaluate, and provide technical assistance to
  204  school districts’ implementation of the comprehensive reading
  205  plan required in s. 1011.62(8).
  206         Section 9. Notwithstanding the expiration date in section 8
  207  of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, subsection (1) of section
  208  1001.26, Florida Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read:
  209         1001.26 Public broadcasting program system.—
  210         (1) There is created a public broadcasting program system
  211  for the state. The department shall provide funds, as
  212  specifically appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, to
  213  educational television and radio stations qualified by the
  214  Corporation for Public Broadcasting or public colleges and
  215  universities that are part of the public broadcasting program
  216  system. The program system must include:
  217         (a) Support for existing Corporation for Public
  218  Broadcasting qualified program system educational television
  219  stations.
  220         (b) Maintenance of quality broadcast capability for
  221  educational stations that are part of the program system.
  222         (c) Interconnection of all educational stations that are
  223  part of the program system for simultaneous broadcast and of
  224  such stations with all universities and other institutions as
  225  necessary for sharing of resources and delivery of programming.
  226         (d) Establishment and maintenance of a capability for
  227  statewide program distribution with facilities and staff,
  228  provided such facilities and staff complement and strengthen
  229  existing educational television stations.
  230         (e) Provision of both statewide programming funds and
  231  station programming support for educational television to meet
  232  statewide priorities. Priorities for station programming need
  233  not be the same as priorities for programming to be used
  234  statewide. Station programming may include, but shall not be
  235  limited to, citizens’ participation programs, music and fine
  236  arts programs, coverage of public hearings and governmental
  237  meetings, equal air time for political candidates, and other
  238  public interest programming.
  239         Section 10. Subsection (21) of section 1001.42, Florida
  240  Statutes, is amended to read:
  241         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  242  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  243  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  244         (21) EDUCATIONAL EMERGENCY.—Negotiate special provisions of
  245  its contract with the appropriate bargaining units To free
  246  schools with a school grade of “D” or “F” from contract
  247  restrictions that limit the school’s ability to implement
  248  programs and strategies needed to improve student performance, a
  249  district school board may adopt salary incentives or other
  250  strategies that address. The negotiations shall result in a
  251  memorandum of understanding that addresses the selection,
  252  placement, compensation, and expectations of instructional
  253  personnel and provide provides principals with the autonomy
  254  described in s. 1012.28(8). For purposes of this subsection, an
  255  educational emergency exists in a school district if one or more
  256  schools in the district have a school grade of “D” or “F.”
  257  Notwithstanding chapter 447, relating to collective bargaining,
  258  a district school board may:
  259         (a)Provide salary incentives that differentiate based on a
  260  teacher’s certification, subject area taught, or grade level
  261  taught. Such incentives are not subject to collective bargaining
  262  requirements.
  263         (b)Notwithstanding s. 1012.2315, relating to assignment of
  264  teachers, adopt strategies to assign high-quality teachers more
  265  equitably across schools in the district to low-performing
  266  schools as a management right. Such strategies are not subject
  267  to collective bargaining requirements.
  268         Section 11. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (2) of
  269  section 1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read:
  270         1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
  271  board.—The district school board may exercise the following
  272  supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
  273  State Board of Education rule.
  274         (2) FISCAL MANAGEMENT.—The district school board may adopt
  275  policies providing for fiscal management of the school district
  276  with respect to school purchasing, facilities, nonstate revenue
  277  sources, budgeting, fundraising, and other activities relating
  278  to the fiscal management of district resources, including, but
  279  not limited to, the policies governing:
  280         (h)Assessment of a kindergarten through grade 12 student
  281  fee for voluntary, noncredit summer school enrollment in basic
  282  program courses. The amount of any student fee shall be based on
  283  the ability of the student to pay such fee as determined by
  284  district school board policy.
  285         Section 12. Paragraphs (e) through (h) of subsection (9) of
  286  section 1002.32, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  287  paragraphs (d) through (g), respectively, and present paragraphs
  288  (a) and (d) of that subsection are amended, to read:
  289         1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
  290         (9) FUNDING.—Funding for a lab school, including a charter
  291  lab school, shall be provided as follows:
  292         (a) Each lab school shall receive state funds for operating
  293  purposes as provided in be allocated its proportional share of
  294  operating funds from the Florida Education Finance Program as
  295  defined provided in s. 1011.61(5) s. 1011.62 based on the county
  296  in which the lab school is located and as specified in the
  297  General Appropriations Act.
  298         1. The nonvoted required local effort millage established
  299  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) ad valorem millage that would
  300  otherwise be required for lab schools shall be allocated from
  301  state funds.
  302         2.An equivalent amount of funds for the operating
  303  discretionary millage authorized pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) shall
  304  be allocated to each lab school through a state-funded
  305  discretionary contribution established pursuant to s. 1011.62(6)
  306  The required local effort funds calculated pursuant to s.
  307  1011.62 shall be allocated from state funds to the schools as a
  308  part of the allocation of operating funds pursuant to s.
  309  1011.62. Each eligible lab school in operation as of September
  310  1, 2013, with a permanent high school center shall also receive
  311  a proportional share of the sparsity supplement as calculated
  312  pursuant to s. 1011.62. In addition, each lab school shall
  313  receive its proportional share of all categorical funds, with
  314  the exception of s. 1011.68, and new categorical funds enacted
  315  after July 1, 1994, for the purpose of elementary or secondary
  316  academic program enhancement. The sum of funds available as
  317  provided in this paragraph shall be included annually in the
  318  Florida Education Finance Program and appropriate categorical
  319  programs funded in the General Appropriations Act.
  320         (d)Each lab school shall receive funds for operating
  321  purposes in an amount determined as follows: multiply the
  322  maximum allowable nonvoted discretionary millage for operations
  323  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of
  324  the current year’s taxable value for school purposes for the
  325  district in which each lab school is located; divide the result
  326  by the total full-time equivalent membership of the district;
  327  and multiply the result by the full-time equivalent membership
  328  of the lab school. The amount thus obtained shall be
  329  discretionary operating funds and shall be appropriated from
  330  state funds in the General Appropriations Act to the Lab School
  331  Trust Fund.
  332         Section 13. Section 1002.351, Florida Statutes, is created
  333  to read:
  334         1002.351The Florida School for Competitive Academics.—
  335         (1)ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Florida School
  336  for Competitive Academics. The school shall be located in
  337  Alachua County and is a state-supported public school for
  338  Florida residents in grades 6-12. The primary purpose of the
  339  school is to provide a rigorous academic curriculum, and the
  340  secondary purpose is to prepare students for regional, state,
  341  and national academic competitions in all areas of study,
  342  including, but not limited to, science, technology, engineering,
  343  and mathematics. The school may admit students in grades 6-12
  344  beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.
  345         (2)MISSION.—
  346         (a)The mission of the Florida School for Competitive
  347  Academics is to provide students who meet selective admissions
  348  requirements an environment that will foster high academic
  349  engagement and advanced understanding of subject areas, develop
  350  productive work habits, build resiliency, connect students with
  351  industry leaders, and promote civic leadership.
  352         (b)To assist in the recruitment of students, the Florida
  353  School for Competitive Academics must be included in the school
  354  choice online portal established under s. 1001.10(10). The
  355  portal must include information about the opportunity for
  356  parents to submit their child’s educational records to the
  357  Florida School for Competitive Academics for consideration for
  358  admission.
  359         (3)BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—
  360         (a)1.The Florida School for Competitive Academics shall be
  361  governed by a board of trustees composed of seven members
  362  appointed by the Governor to 4-year terms and confirmed by the
  363  Senate. For purposes of staggering terms, four members,
  364  including the chair as designated by the Governor, shall be
  365  appointed to 4-year terms beginning July 1, 2023, and three
  366  members shall be appointed to 2-year terms beginning July 1,
  367  2023. After the initial 4-year term, the chair shall be elected
  368  by the board.
  369         2.No more than one employee of the school may serve on the
  370  board of trustees as a member or as chair.
  371         (b)Members of the board of trustees shall serve without
  372  compensation, but may be reimbursed for per diem and travel
  373  expenses pursuant to s. 112.061.
  374         (c)The board of trustees is a public agency entitled to
  375  sovereign immunity pursuant to s. 768.28, and board members are
  376  public officers who bear fiduciary responsibility for the
  377  Florida School for Competitive Academics.
  378         (d)The board of trustees is a body corporate with all the
  379  powers of a body corporate and with such authority as is needed
  380  for the proper operation and improvement of the Florida School
  381  for Competitive Academics. Title to any gift, donation, or
  382  bequest received by the board of trustees must vest in the board
  383  of trustees. Title to all other property and other assets of the
  384  Florida School for Competitive Academics must vest in the State
  385  Board of Education, but the board of trustees has complete
  386  jurisdiction over the management of the school.
  387         (e)The board of trustees has the full power and authority
  388  to:
  389         1.Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to
  390  implement provisions of law relating to operation of the Florida
  391  School for Competitive Academics. Such rules must be submitted
  392  to the State Board of Education for approval or disapproval.
  393  After a rule is approved by the State Board of Education, the
  394  rule must be filed immediately with the Department of State. The
  395  board of trustees shall act at all times in conjunction with the
  396  rules of the State Board of Education.
  397         2.Appoint a principal, administrators, teachers, and other
  398  employees.
  399         3.Remove principals, administrators, teachers, and other
  400  employees at the board’s discretion.
  401         4.Determine eligibility of students and procedures for
  402  admission.
  403         5.Provide for the proper keeping of accounts and records
  404  and for budgeting of funds.
  405         6.Receive gifts, donations, and bequests of money or
  406  property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, from any
  407  person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity for the use and
  408  benefit of the school.
  409         7.Recommend to the Legislature for the school to become a
  410  residential public school.
  411         8.Do and perform every other matter or thing requisite to
  412  the proper management, maintenance, support, and control of the
  413  school at the highest efficiency economically possible.
  414         (f)The board of trustees shall:
  415         1.Prepare and submit legislative budget requests for
  416  operations and fixed capital outlay, in accordance with chapter
  417  216 and ss. 1011.56 and 1013.60, to the Department of Education
  418  for review and approval. The department must analyze the amount
  419  requested for fixed capital outlay to determine if the request
  420  is consistent with the school’s campus master plan, educational
  421  plant survey, and facilities master plan.
  422         2.Approve and administer an annual operating budget in
  423  accordance with ss. 1011.56 and 1011.57.
  424         3.Require all purchases to be in accordance with chapter
  425  287 except for purchases made with funds received as gifts,
  426  donations, or bequests or funds raised by or belonging to
  427  student clubs or student organizations.
  428         4.Administer and maintain personnel programs for all
  429  employees of the board of trustees and the Florida School for
  430  Competitive Academics, who shall be school employees, including
  431  the personnel.
  432         5.Ensure that the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  433  complies with s. 1013.351 concerning the coordination of
  434  planning between the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  435  and local governing bodies.
  436         6.Ensure that the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  437  complies with s. 112.061 concerning per diem and travel
  438  expenses.
  439         7.Adopt a master plan that specifies the objectives of the
  440  Florida School for Competitive Academics. The plan must be for a
  441  period of 5 years and must be reviewed for needed modifications
  442  every 2 years. The board of trustees shall submit the initial
  443  plan and subsequent modifications to the President of the Senate
  444  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  445         (4)STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE RECORDS.—The board of trustees
  446  shall provide for the content and custody of student and
  447  employee personnel records. Student records are subject to s.
  448  1002.22. Employee records are subject to s. 1012.31.
  449         (5)PERSONNEL.—
  450         (a)The Florida School for Competitive Academics Board of
  451  Trustees shall require all employees and applicants for
  452  employment to undergo background screening as provided in s.
  453  1012.32 as a condition of employment and continued employment.
  454  Members of the board of trustees must also undergo background
  455  screening in accordance with the relevant provisions of s.
  456  1012.32. An individual may not be employed as an employee or
  457  contract personnel of the school or serve as a member of the
  458  board of trustees if the individual is on the disqualification
  459  list maintained by the department pursuant to s. 1001.10(4)(b).
  460         (b)In accordance with law and rules of the State Board of
  461  Education, the board of trustees shall administer and maintain
  462  personnel programs for all employees of the board of trustees
  463  and the Florida School for Competitive Academics. The board of
  464  trustees may adopt rules, policies, and procedures related to
  465  the appointment, employment, and removal of personnel.
  466         1.The board of trustees shall determine the compensation,
  467  including salaries and fringe benefits, and other conditions of
  468  employment for such personnel.
  469         2.Classroom teachers employed by the school must be
  470  certified pursuant to chapter 1012.
  471         3.Each person employed by the board of trustees in an
  472  academic, administrative, or instructional capacity with the
  473  Florida School for Competitive Academics is entitled to a
  474  contract as provided by rules of the board of trustees.
  475         4.All employees, except temporary, seasonal, and student
  476  employees, may be provided Florida Retirement System benefits
  477  from the school through operational costs.
  478         (6)FUNDING.—
  479         (a)The Florida School for Competitive Academics shall
  480  receive state funds for operating purposes as provided in the
  481  General Appropriations Act.
  482         (b)In addition to the funds provided in the General
  483  Appropriations Act, the Florida School for Competitive Academics
  484  may receive other funds from grants and donations.
  485         (7)AUDITS.—The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the
  486  accounts and records of the Florida School for Competitive
  487  Academics as provided in s. 11.45. The Department of Education’s
  488  Inspector General is authorized to conduct investigations at the
  489  school as provided in s. 1001.20(4)(e).
  490         (8)EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
  491         (a)The Florida School for Competitive Academics is exempt
  492  from all statutes in chapters 1000-1013. However, the Florida
  493  School for Competitive Academics shall be in compliance with the
  494  following statutes in chapters 1000-1013:
  495         1.This section.
  496         2.Those statutes pertaining to the student assessment
  497  program and school grading system.
  498         3.Those statutes pertaining to the provision of services
  499  to students with disabilities.
  500         4.Those statutes pertaining to civil rights, including,
  501  but not limited to, s. 1000.05, relating to discrimination.
  502         5.Those statutes pertaining to student health, safety, and
  503  welfare.
  504         (b)Additionally, the Florida School for Competitive
  505  Academics shall be in compliance with the following statutes:
  506         1.Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
  507  records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
  508         2.Chapter 119, relating to public records.
  509         3.Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
  510         4.Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat assessment teams.
  511         5.Section 1006.07(9), relating to school environmental
  512  safety incident reporting.
  513         6.Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
  514  involuntary examinations.
  515         7.Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
  516  Assessment Tool.
  517         8.Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting active
  518  assailant response plans.
  519         9.Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile suspicious
  520  activity reporting tool.
  521         10.Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
  522  awareness and assistance training.
  523         11.Section 1003.4282, relating to requirements for a
  524  standard high school diploma.
  525         12.Section 1003.03(1), relating to class size maximums.
  526         13.a.Section 1011.61, relating to instructional hours
  527  requirements.
  528         b.Notwithstanding sub-subparagraph a., the school may
  529  provide instruction that exceeds the minimum time requirements
  530  for the purposes of offering a summer program.
  531         (c)For purposes of this subsection:
  532         1.The duties assigned to a district school superintendent
  533  apply to the director of the Florida School for Competitive
  534  Academics.
  535         2.The duties assigned to a district school board apply to
  536  the board of trustees.
  537         Section 14. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (3) of
  538  section 1002.37, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  539         1002.37 The Florida Virtual School.—
  540         (3) Funding for the Florida Virtual School shall be
  541  provided as follows:
  542         (e) The comparable wage factor district cost differential
  543  as provided in s. 1011.62(2) shall be established as 1.000.
  544         (f) The Florida Virtual School shall receive state funds
  545  for operating purposes as provided in the General Appropriations
  546  Act. The calculation to determine the amount of state funds
  547  includes: the sum of the basic amount for current operations
  548  established in s. 1011.62(1)(s), the discretionary millage
  549  compression supplement established in s. 1011.62(5) base Florida
  550  Education Finance Program funding, the state-funded
  551  discretionary contribution established in s. 1011.62(6), and a
  552  per-full-time equivalent share of the discretionary millage
  553  compression supplement, the exceptional student education
  554  guaranteed allocation established in s. 1011.62(8), and the
  555  mental health assistance allocation established in s.
  556  1011.62(13) the instructional materials allocation, the
  557  evidence-based reading instruction allocation, the mental health
  558  assistance allocation, and the teacher salary increase
  559  allocation. For the purpose of calculating the state-funded
  560  discretionary contribution, multiply the maximum allowable
  561  nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant to s.
  562  1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of the current
  563  year’s taxable value for school purposes for the state; divide
  564  the result by the total full-time equivalent membership of the
  565  state; and multiply the result by the full-time equivalent
  566  membership of the school. Funds may not be provided for the
  567  purpose of fulfilling the class size requirements in ss. 1003.03
  568  and 1011.685.
  569         Section 15. Subsection (12) of section 1002.394, Florida
  570  Statutes, as amended by chapter 2023-16, Laws of Florida, is
  571  amended to read:
  572         1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.—
  573         (12) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  574         (a)1. Scholarships for students determined eligible
  575  pursuant to paragraph (3)(a) may be funded once all scholarships
  576  have been funded in accordance with s. 1002.395(6)(l)2. The
  577  calculated scholarship amount for a participating student
  578  determined eligible pursuant to paragraph (3)(a) shall be based
  579  upon the grade level and school district in which the student
  580  was assigned as 100 percent of the funds per unweighted full
  581  time equivalent in the Florida Education Finance Program for a
  582  student in the basic program established pursuant to s.
  583  1011.62(1)(c)1., plus a per-full-time equivalent share of funds
  584  for the all categorical programs established in s. 1011.62(5),
  585  (7)(a), and (16), as funded in the General Appropriations Act,
  586  except for the exceptional student education guaranteed
  587  allocation established pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(e).
  588         2. A scholarship of $750 or an amount equal to the school
  589  district expenditure per student riding a school bus, as
  590  determined by the department, whichever is greater, may be
  591  awarded to an eligible student who is enrolled in a Florida
  592  public school that is different from the school to which the
  593  student was assigned or in a lab school as defined in s. 1002.32
  594  if the school district does not provide the student with
  595  transportation to the school.
  596         3. The organization must provide the department with the
  597  documentation necessary to verify the student’s participation.
  598  Upon receiving the documentation, the department shall transfer,
  599  beginning August 1, from state funds only, the amount calculated
  600  pursuant to subparagraph 2. to the organization for quarterly
  601  disbursement to parents of participating students each school
  602  year in which the scholarship is in force. For a student exiting
  603  a Department of Juvenile Justice commitment program who chooses
  604  to participate in the scholarship program, the amount of the
  605  Family Empowerment Scholarship calculated pursuant to
  606  subparagraph 2. must be transferred from the school district in
  607  which the student last attended a public school before
  608  commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice. When a student
  609  enters the scholarship program, the organization must receive
  610  all documentation required for the student’s participation,
  611  including the private school’s and the student’s fee schedules,
  612  at least 30 days before the first quarterly scholarship payment
  613  is made for the student.
  614         4. The initial payment shall be made after the
  615  organization’s verification of admission acceptance, and
  616  subsequent payments shall be made upon verification of continued
  617  enrollment and attendance at the private school. Payment must be
  618  by funds transfer or any other means of payment that the
  619  department deems to be commercially viable or cost-effective. An
  620  organization shall ensure that the parent has approved a funds
  621  transfer before any scholarship funds are deposited.
  622         5. An organization may not transfer any funds to an account
  623  of a student determined eligible pursuant to paragraph (3)(a)
  624  which has a balance in excess of $24,000.
  625         (b)1. Scholarships for students determined eligible
  626  pursuant to paragraph (3)(b) are established for up to 26,500
  627  students annually beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.
  628  Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, the maximum number of
  629  students participating in the scholarship program under this
  630  section shall annually increase by 3.0 percent of the state’s
  631  total exceptional student education full-time equivalent student
  632  membership, not including gifted students. An eligible student
  633  who meets any of the following requirements shall be excluded
  634  from the maximum number of students if the student:
  635         a. Received specialized instructional services under the
  636  Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program pursuant to s.
  637  1002.66 during the previous school year and the student has a
  638  current IEP developed by the district school board in accordance
  639  with rules of the State Board of Education;
  640         b. Is a dependent child of a law enforcement officer or a
  641  member of the United States Armed Forces, a foster child, or an
  642  adopted child; or
  643         c. Spent the prior school year in attendance at a Florida
  644  public school or the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
  645  For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “prior school year
  646  in attendance” means that the student was enrolled and reported
  647  by:
  648         (I) A school district for funding during either the
  649  preceding October or February full-time equivalent student
  650  membership surveys in kindergarten through grade 12, which
  651  includes time spent in a Department of Juvenile Justice
  652  commitment program if funded under the Florida Education Finance
  653  Program;
  654         (II) The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind during
  655  the preceding October or February full-time equivalent student
  656  membership surveys in kindergarten through grade 12;
  657         (III) A school district for funding during the preceding
  658  October or February full-time equivalent student membership
  659  surveys, was at least 4 years of age when enrolled and reported,
  660  and was eligible for services under s. 1003.21(1)(e); or
  661         (IV) Received a John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with
  662  Disabilities in the 2021-2022 school year.
  663         2. For a student who has a Level I to Level III matrix of
  664  services or a diagnosis by a physician or psychologist, the
  665  calculated scholarship amount for a student participating in the
  666  program must be based upon the grade level and school district
  667  in which the student would have been enrolled as the total funds
  668  per unweighted full-time equivalent in the Florida Education
  669  Finance Program for a student in the basic exceptional student
  670  education program pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(c) and (d) s.
  671  1011.62(1)(c)1. and (e)1.c., plus a per full-time equivalent
  672  share of funds for the all categorical programs established in
  673  s. 1011.62(5), (7)(a), (8), and (16), as funded in the General
  674  Appropriations Act. For the categorical program established, as
  675  funded in the General Appropriations Act, except that for the
  676  exceptional student education guaranteed allocation, as provided
  677  in s. 1011.62(8) s. 1011.62(1)(e)1.c. and 2., the funds must be
  678  allocated based on the school district’s average exceptional
  679  student education guaranteed allocation funds per exceptional
  680  student education full-time equivalent student.
  681         3. For a student with a Level IV or Level V matrix of
  682  services, the calculated scholarship amount must be based upon
  683  the school district to which the student would have been
  684  assigned as the total funds per full-time equivalent for the
  685  Level IV or Level V exceptional student education program
  686  pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(c)2.a. or b., plus a per-full time
  687  equivalent share of funds for the all categorical programs
  688  established in s. 1011.62(5), (7)(a), and (16), as funded in the
  689  General Appropriations Act.
  690         4. For a student who received a Gardiner Scholarship
  691  pursuant to s. 1002.385 in the 2020-2021 school year, the amount
  692  shall be the greater of the amount calculated pursuant to
  693  subparagraph 2. or the amount the student received for the 2020
  694  2021 school year.
  695         5. For a student who received a John M. McKay Scholarship
  696  pursuant to s. 1002.39 in the 2020-2021 school year, the amount
  697  shall be the greater of the amount calculated pursuant to
  698  subparagraph 2. or the amount the student received for the 2020
  699  2021 school year.
  700         6. The organization must provide the department with the
  701  documentation necessary to verify the student’s participation.
  702         7. Upon receiving the documentation, the department shall
  703  release, from state funds only, the student’s scholarship funds
  704  to the organization, to be deposited into the student’s account
  705  in four equal amounts no later than September 1, November 1,
  706  February 1, and April 1 of each school year in which the
  707  scholarship is in force.
  708         8. Accrued interest in the student’s account is in addition
  709  to, and not part of, the awarded funds. Program funds include
  710  both the awarded funds and accrued interest.
  711         9. The organization may develop a system for payment of
  712  benefits by funds transfer, including, but not limited to, debit
  713  cards, electronic payment cards, or any other means of payment
  714  which the department deems to be commercially viable or cost
  715  effective. A student’s scholarship award may not be reduced for
  716  debit card or electronic payment fees. Commodities or services
  717  related to the development of such a system must be procured by
  718  competitive solicitation unless they are purchased from a state
  719  term contract pursuant to s. 287.056.
  720         10. An organization may not transfer any funds to an
  721  account of a student determined to be eligible pursuant to
  722  paragraph (3)(b) which has a balance in excess of $50,000.
  723         11. Moneys received pursuant to this section do not
  724  constitute taxable income to the qualified student or the parent
  725  of the qualified student.
  726         Section 16. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and paragraph
  727  (b) of subsection (6) of section 1002.45, Florida Statutes, are
  728  amended to read:
  729         1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.—
  730         (1) PROGRAM.—
  731         (e) Each school district shall:
  732         1. Provide to the department by each October 1, a copy of
  733  each contract and the amount paid per unweighted full-time
  734  equivalent virtual student for services procured pursuant to
  735  subparagraphs (c)1. and 2.
  736         2. Expend any difference in the amount of funds per
  737  unweighted full-time equivalent virtual student allocated to the
  738  school district pursuant to subsection (6) and the amount paid
  739  per unweighted full-time equivalent virtual student by the
  740  school district for a contract executed pursuant to subparagraph
  741  (c)1. or subparagraph (c)2. on acquiring computer and device
  742  hardware and associated operating system software that comply
  743  with the requirements of s. 1001.20(4)(a)1.b.
  744         3. Provide to the department by September 1 of each year an
  745  itemized list of items acquired in subparagraph 2.
  746         4. Limit the enrollment of full-time equivalent virtual
  747  students residing outside of the school district providing the
  748  virtual instruction pursuant to paragraph (c) to no more than
  749  those that can be funded from state Florida Education Finance
  750  Program funds 50 percent of the total enrolled full-time
  751  equivalent virtual students residing inside the school district
  752  providing the virtual instruction. This subparagraph applies to
  753  any virtual instruction contract or agreement that is entered
  754  into for the first time after June 30, 2021. However, a school
  755  district may not enroll more full-time equivalent virtual
  756  students residing outside of the school district than the total
  757  number of reported full-time equivalent students residing inside
  758  the school district.
  759         (6) VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL
  760  FUNDING.—
  761         (b) Students enrolled in a virtual instruction program
  762  shall be funded in the Florida Education Finance Program as
  763  provided in the General Appropriations Act. The calculation to
  764  determine the amount of funds for each student through the
  765  Florida Education Finance Program shall include the sum of the
  766  basic amount for current operations established in base Florida
  767  Education Finance Program pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(s) and all
  768  categorical programs except for the categorical programs
  769  established in ss. 1011.62(7), (12), and (14), 1011.68, and
  770  1011.685 pursuant to ss. 1011.62(1)(f), (7), and (13); 1011.68;
  771  1011.685; and 1012.71. Students residing outside of the school
  772  district reporting the full-time equivalent virtual student
  773  shall be funded from state funds only.
  774         Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 1002.59, Florida
  775  Statutes, is amended to read:
  776         1002.59 Emergent literacy and performance standards
  777  training courses.—
  778         (1) The department, in collaboration with the Just Read,
  779  Florida! Office, shall adopt minimum standards for courses in
  780  emergent literacy for prekindergarten instructors. Each course
  781  must comprise 5 clock hours and provide instruction in
  782  strategies and techniques to address the age-appropriate
  783  progress of prekindergarten students in developing emergent
  784  literacy skills, including oral communication, knowledge of
  785  print and letters, phonological and phonemic awareness, and
  786  vocabulary and comprehension development, consistent with the
  787  evidence-based content and strategies identified pursuant to s.
  788  1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8). The course standards must be
  789  reviewed as part of any review of subject coverage or
  790  endorsement requirements in the elementary, reading, and
  791  exceptional student educational areas conducted pursuant to s.
  792  1012.586. Each course must also provide resources containing
  793  strategies that allow students with disabilities and other
  794  special needs to derive maximum benefit from the Voluntary
  795  Prekindergarten Education Program. Successful completion of an
  796  emergent literacy training course approved under this section
  797  satisfies requirements for approved training in early literacy
  798  and language development under ss. 402.305(2)(e)5., 402.313(6),
  799  and 402.3131(5).
  800         Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  801  1002.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  802         1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—
  803         (3)
  804         (b) Each county’s allocation per full-time equivalent
  805  student in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program shall
  806  be calculated annually by multiplying the base student
  807  allocation provided in the General Appropriations Act by the
  808  county’s comparable wage factor district cost differential
  809  provided in s. 1011.62(2). Each private prekindergarten provider
  810  and public school shall be paid in accordance with the county’s
  811  allocation per full-time equivalent student.
  812         Section 19. Paragraph (a) of subsection (17) of section
  813  1002.84, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  814         1002.84 Early learning coalitions; school readiness powers
  815  and duties.—Each early learning coalition shall:
  816         (17)(a) Distribute the school readiness program funds as
  817  allocated in the General Appropriations Act to the eligible
  818  providers using the following methodology:
  819         1. For each county in the early learning coalition,
  820  multiply the cost of care by care level as provided in s.
  821  1002.90 by the county’s comparable wage factor district cost
  822  differential provided in s. 1011.62(2).
  823         2. If a county enacted a local ordinance before January 1,
  824  2022, that establishes the county’s staff-to-children ratio for
  825  licensed child care facilities below the ratio established in s.
  826  402.305(4), multiply the provider reimbursement rates for that
  827  county by the adjustment factor specified in the General
  828  Appropriations Act.
  829         3. Apply the weight established pursuant to s. 1002.90 for
  830  each provider type to calculate the minimum provider
  831  reimbursement rates by care level.
  832         4. Multiply the weighted provider reimbursement rates by 22
  833  percent to determine the amount of the school readiness
  834  allocation an early learning coalition is eligible to retain
  835  pursuant to s. 1002.89(4).
  836  
  837  Each early learning coalition with approved minimum provider
  838  reimbursement rates for the infant to age 5 care levels that are
  839  higher than the minimum provider reimbursement rates established
  840  in this subsection may continue to implement its approved
  841  minimum provider reimbursement rates until the rates established
  842  in this subsection exceed its approved rates.
  843         Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
  844  1002.89, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  845         1002.89 School readiness program; funding.—
  846         (1) DETERMINATION OF EARLY LEARNING COALITION SCHOOL
  847  READINESS PROGRAM FUNDING.—Funding for the school readiness
  848  program shall be used by the early learning coalitions in
  849  accordance with this part and the General Appropriations Act.
  850         (a) School readiness program allocation.—If the annual
  851  allocation for the school readiness program is not determined in
  852  the General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill
  853  implementing the General Appropriations Act, it shall be
  854  determined as follows:
  855         1. For each county in the early learning coalition, the
  856  total school readiness eligible population, as adopted by the
  857  Early Learning Programs Estimating Conference pursuant to s.
  858  216.136(8), shall be multiplied by the county’s comparable wage
  859  factor district cost differential provided in s. 1011.62(2).
  860         2. If a county passed a local ordinance before January 1,
  861  2022, that establishes the county’s staff-to-children ratio for
  862  licensed child care facilities below the ratio established in s.
  863  402.305(4), multiply the product calculated in subparagraph 1.
  864  by the adjustment factor specified in the General Appropriations
  865  Act.
  866         3. Each county’s school readiness allocation shall be based
  867  on the county’s proportionate share of the total adjusted
  868  eligible school readiness population.
  869         Section 21. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  870  1002.995, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  871         1002.995 Early learning professional development standards
  872  and career pathways.—
  873         (1) The department shall:
  874         (c) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the
  875  Legislature, provide incentives to school readiness personnel
  876  who meet the requirements of s. 1002.88(1)(e) and
  877  prekindergarten instructors who meet the requirements specified
  878  in s. 1002.55, s. 1002.61, or s. 1002.63 and who possess a
  879  reading certification or endorsement or a literacy micro
  880  credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and teach students in the
  881  school readiness program or the voluntary prekindergarten
  882  education program or work in the child care or early learning
  883  setting.
  884         Section 22. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
  885  1003.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  886         1003.03 Maximum class size.—
  887         (4) ACCOUNTABILITY.—
  888         (a) If the department determines that the number of
  889  students assigned to any individual class exceeds the class size
  890  maximum, as required in subsection (1), based upon the October
  891  student membership survey, the department shall:
  892         1. Identify, for each grade group, the number of classes in
  893  which the number of students exceeds the maximum and the total
  894  number of students which exceeds the maximum for all classes.
  895         2. Determine the number of FTE students which exceeds the
  896  maximum for each grade group.
  897         3. Multiply the total number of FTE students which exceeds
  898  the maximum for each grade group by the district’s FTE dollar
  899  amount of the class size categorical allocation for that year
  900  and calculate the total for all three grade groups.
  901         4. Multiply the total number of FTE students which exceeds
  902  the maximum for all classes by an amount equal to 50 percent of
  903  the base student allocation adjusted by the district cost
  904  differential for each of the 2010-2011 through 2013-2014 fiscal
  905  years and by an amount equal to the base student allocation
  906  adjusted by the comparable wage factor district cost
  907  differential in the 2014-2015 fiscal year and thereafter.
  908         5. Reduce the district’s class size categorical allocation
  909  by an amount equal to the sum of the calculations in
  910  subparagraphs 3. and 4.
  911         Section 23. Section 1003.4201, Florida Statutes, is created
  912  to read:
  913         1003.4201Comprehensive system of reading instruction.—Each
  914  school district must implement a system of comprehensive reading
  915  instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through
  916  grade 12 and certain students who exhibit a substantial
  917  deficiency in early literacy.
  918         (1)Each school district must develop, and submit to the
  919  district school board for approval, a detailed reading
  920  instruction plan that outlines the components of the district’s
  921  comprehensive system of reading instruction. The plan must
  922  include all district schools, including charter schools, unless
  923  a charter school elects to submit a plan independently from the
  924  school district. A charter school plan must comply with all of
  925  the provisions of this section and must be approved by the
  926  charter school’s governing body and provided to the charter
  927  school’s sponsor.
  928         (2)(a)Components of the reading instruction plan may
  929  include the following:
  930         1.Additional time per day of evidence-based intensive
  931  reading instruction for kindergarten through grade 12 students,
  932  which may be delivered during or outside of the regular school
  933  day.
  934         2.Highly qualified reading coaches, who must be endorsed
  935  in reading, to specifically support classroom teachers in making
  936  instructional decisions based on progress monitoring data
  937  collected pursuant to s. 1008.25(8) and improve classroom
  938  teacher delivery of effective reading instruction, reading
  939  intervention, and reading in the content areas based on student
  940  need.
  941         3.Professional development to help instructional personnel
  942  and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
  943  Education Finance Program earn a certification, a credential, an
  944  endorsement, or an advanced degree in scientifically researched
  945  and evidence-based reading instruction.
  946         4.Summer reading camps, using only classroom teachers or
  947  other district personnel who possess a micro-credential as
  948  specified in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
  949  consistent with s. 1008.25(7)(b)3., for all students in
  950  kindergarten through grade 5 exhibiting a reading deficiency as
  951  determined by district and state assessments.
  952         5.Incentives for instructional personnel and certified
  953  prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida Education Finance
  954  Program who possess a reading certification or endorsement or
  955  micro-credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and provide
  956  educational support to improve student literacy.
  957         6.Tutoring in reading.
  958         (b)Each school district must include in its reading
  959  instruction plan the planned school year expenditures for each
  960  component of such plan.
  961         (3)Each school district shall submit its approved reading
  962  instruction plan, including approved reading instruction plans
  963  for each charter school in the district, to the Department of
  964  Education by August 1 of each fiscal year.
  965         (4)The department shall evaluate the implementation of
  966  each school district reading instruction plan, including
  967  conducting site visits and collecting specific data on reading
  968  improvement results.
  969         (5)By February 1 of each year, the department shall report
  970  its findings to the Legislature and the State Board of
  971  Education, including any recommendations for improving
  972  implementation of evidence-based intensive reading and
  973  intervention strategies in the classroom.
  974         (6)For purposes of this section, the term “evidence-based”
  975  means demonstrating a statistically significant effect on
  976  improving student outcomes or other relevant outcomes as
  977  provided in 20 U.S.C. s. 8101(21)(A)(i).
  978         Section 24. Paragraphs (g) and (h) of subsection (4) of
  979  section 1003.485, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  980         1003.485 The New Worlds Reading Initiative.—
  981         (4) ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES.—The administrator
  982  shall:
  983         (g) Develop a micro-credential that requires teachers to
  984  demonstrate competency to:
  985         1. Diagnose literacy difficulties and determine the
  986  appropriate range of literacy interventions based upon the age
  987  and literacy deficiency of the student;
  988         2. Use evidence-based instructional and intervention
  989  practices, including strategies identified by the Just Read,
  990  Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8); and
  991         3. Effectively use progress monitoring and intervention
  992  materials.
  993         (h) Administer the early literacy micro-credential program
  994  established under this section, which must include components on
  995  content, student learning, pedagogy, and professional
  996  development and must build on a strong foundation of
  997  scientifically researched and evidence-based reading
  998  instructional and intervention programs that incorporate
  999  explicit, systematic, and sequential approaches to teaching
 1000  phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and text
 1001  comprehension and incorporate decodable or phonetic text
 1002  instructional strategies, as identified by the Just Read,
 1003  Florida! Office, pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8).
 1004         1. At a minimum, the micro-credential curriculum must be
 1005  designed specifically for instructional personnel in
 1006  prekindergarten through grade 3 based upon the strategies and
 1007  techniques identified in s. 1002.59 and address foundational
 1008  literacy skills of students in grades 4 through 12.
 1009         2. The micro-credential must be competency based and
 1010  designed for eligible instructional personnel to complete the
 1011  credentialing process in no more than 60 hours, in an online
 1012  format. The micro-credential may be delivered in an in-person
 1013  format. Eligible instructional personnel may receive the micro
 1014  credential once competency is demonstrated even if it is prior
 1015  to the completion of 60 hours.
 1016         3. The micro-credential must be available by December 31,
 1017  2022, at no cost, to instructional personnel as defined in s.
 1018  1012.01(2); prekindergarten instructors as specified in ss.
 1019  1002.55, 1002.61, and 1002.63; and child care personnel as
 1020  defined in ss. 402.302(3) and 1002.88(1)(e).
 1021         Section 25. Paragraphs (g) and (j) of subsection (2) of
 1022  section 1003.621, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1023         1003.621 Academically high-performing school districts.—It
 1024  is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and reward school
 1025  districts that demonstrate the ability to consistently maintain
 1026  or improve their high-performing status. The purpose of this
 1027  section is to provide high-performing school districts with
 1028  flexibility in meeting the specific requirements in statute and
 1029  rules of the State Board of Education.
 1030         (2) COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES AND RULES.—Each academically
 1031  high-performing school district shall comply with all of the
 1032  provisions in chapters 1000-1013, and rules of the State Board
 1033  of Education which implement these provisions, pertaining to the
 1034  following:
 1035         (g) Those statutes pertaining to planning and budgeting,
 1036  including chapter 1011, except s. 1003.4201 s. 1011.62(8)(e),
 1037  relating to the requirement for a comprehensive system of
 1038  reading instruction plan. A district that is exempt from
 1039  submitting a comprehensive reading plan shall be deemed approved
 1040  to receive the evidence-based reading instruction allocation.
 1041  Each academically high-performing school district may provide up
 1042  to 2 days of virtual instruction as part of the required 180
 1043  actual teaching days or the equivalent on an hourly basis each
 1044  school year, as specified by rules of the State Board of
 1045  Education. Virtual instruction that is conducted in accordance
 1046  with the plan approved by the department, is teacher-developed,
 1047  and is aligned with the standards for enrolled courses complies
 1048  with s. 1011.60(2). The day or days must be indicated on the
 1049  calendar approved by the school board. The district shall submit
 1050  a plan for each day of virtual instruction to the department for
 1051  approval, in a format prescribed by the department, with
 1052  assurances of alignment to statewide student standards as
 1053  described in s. 1003.41 before the start of each school year.
 1054         (j) Those statutes relating to instructional materials,
 1055  except that s. 1006.37, relating to the requisition of state
 1056  adopted materials from the depository under contract with the
 1057  publisher, and s. 1006.40(3)(b), relating to the purchase use of
 1058  50 percent of the instructional materials allocation, shall be
 1059  eligible for exemption.
 1060         Section 26. Subsection (7) of section 1004.935, Florida
 1061  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1062         1004.935 Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education
 1063  Program.—
 1064         (7) Funds for the scholarship shall be provided from the
 1065  appropriation from the school district’s Workforce Development
 1066  Fund in the General Appropriations Act for students who reside
 1067  in the Hardee County School District, the DeSoto County School
 1068  District, the Manatee County School District, or the Sarasota
 1069  County School District. The scholarship amount granted for an
 1070  eligible student with a disability shall be equal to the cost
 1071  per unit of a full-time equivalent adult general education
 1072  student, multiplied by the adult general education funding
 1073  factor, and multiplied by the comparable wage factor district
 1074  cost differential pursuant to the formula required by s.
 1075  1011.80(7)(a) for the district in which the student resides.
 1076         Section 27. Section 1006.041, Florida Statutes, is created
 1077  to read:
 1078         1006.041Mental health assistance program.—Each school
 1079  district must implement a school-based mental health assistance
 1080  program that includes training classroom teachers and other
 1081  school staff in detecting and responding to mental health issues
 1082  and connecting children, youth, and families who may experience
 1083  behavioral health issues with appropriate services.
 1084         (1)Each school district must develop, and submit to the
 1085  district school board for approval, a detailed plan outlining
 1086  the components and planned expenditures of the district’s mental
 1087  health assistance program. The plan must include all district
 1088  schools, including charter schools, unless a charter school
 1089  elects to submit a plan independently from the school district.
 1090  A charter school plan must comply with all of the provisions of
 1091  this section and must be approved by the charter school’s
 1092  governing body and provided to the charter school’s sponsor.
 1093         (2)A plan required under subsection (1) must be focused on
 1094  a multitiered system of supports to deliver evidence-based
 1095  mental health care assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
 1096  treatment, and recovery services to students with one or more
 1097  mental health or co-occurring substance abuse diagnoses and to
 1098  students at high risk of such diagnoses. The provision of these
 1099  services must be coordinated with a student’s primary mental
 1100  health care provider and with other mental health providers
 1101  involved in the student’s care. At a minimum, the plan must
 1102  include all of the following components:
 1103         (a)Direct employment of school-based mental health
 1104  services providers to expand and enhance school-based student
 1105  services and to reduce the ratio of students to staff in order
 1106  to better align with nationally recommended ratio models. The
 1107  providers shall include, but are not limited to, certified
 1108  school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers,
 1109  and other licensed mental health professionals. The plan must
 1110  also identify strategies to increase the amount of time that
 1111  school-based student services personnel spend providing direct
 1112  services to students, which may include the review and revision
 1113  of district staffing resource allocations based on school or
 1114  student mental health assistance needs.
 1115         (b)Contracts or interagency agreements with one or more
 1116  local community behavioral health providers or providers of
 1117  Community Action Team services to provide a behavioral health
 1118  staff presence and services at district schools. Services may
 1119  include, but are not limited to, mental health screenings and
 1120  assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group
 1121  counseling, psychiatric or psychological services, trauma
 1122  informed care, mobile crisis services, and behavior
 1123  modification. These behavioral health services may be provided
 1124  on or off the school campus and may be supplemented by
 1125  telehealth as defined in s. 456.47(1).
 1126         (c)Policies and procedures, including contracts with
 1127  service providers, which will ensure that:
 1128         1.Students referred to a school-based or community-based
 1129  mental health service provider for mental health screening for
 1130  the identification of mental health concerns and students at
 1131  risk for mental health disorders are assessed within 15 days
 1132  after referral. School-based mental health services must be
 1133  initiated within 15 days after identification and assessment,
 1134  and support by community-based mental health service providers
 1135  for students who are referred for community-based mental health
 1136  services must be initiated within 30 days after the school or
 1137  district makes a referral.
 1138         2.Parents of a student receiving services under this
 1139  subsection are provided information about other behavioral
 1140  health services available through the student’s school or local
 1141  community-based behavioral health services providers. A school
 1142  may meet this requirement by providing information about and
 1143  Internet addresses for web-based directories or guides for local
 1144  behavioral health services.
 1145         3.Individuals living in a household with a student
 1146  receiving services under this subsection are provided
 1147  information about behavioral health services available through
 1148  other delivery systems or payors for which such individuals may
 1149  qualify, if such services appear to be needed or enhancements in
 1150  such individuals’ behavioral health would contribute to the
 1151  improved well-being of the student.
 1152         (d)Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at
 1153  risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health
 1154  problems, depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal tendencies, or
 1155  substance use disorders.
 1156         (e)Strategies to improve the early identification of
 1157  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
 1158  disorders, to improve the provision of early intervention
 1159  services, and to assist students in dealing with trauma and
 1160  violence.
 1161         (f)Procedures to assist a mental health services provider
 1162  or a behavioral health provider as described in paragraph (a) or
 1163  paragraph (b), respectively, or a school resource officer or
 1164  school safety officer who has completed mental health crisis
 1165  intervention training in attempting to verbally de-escalate a
 1166  student’s crisis situation before initiating an involuntary
 1167  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such procedures must include
 1168  strategies to de-escalate a crisis situation for a student with
 1169  a developmental disability as defined in s. 393.063.
 1170         (g)Policies of the school district which must require that
 1171  in a student crisis situation, school or law enforcement
 1172  personnel must make a reasonable attempt to contact a mental
 1173  health professional who may initiate an involuntary examination
 1174  pursuant to s. 394.463, unless the child poses an imminent
 1175  danger to themselves or others, before initiating an involuntary
 1176  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such contact may be in
 1177  person or through telehealth. The mental health professional may
 1178  be available to the school district either by a contract or
 1179  interagency agreement with the managing entity, one or more
 1180  local community-based behavioral health providers, or the local
 1181  mobile response team, or be a direct or contracted school
 1182  district employee.
 1183         (3)Each school district shall submit its approved plan,
 1184  including approved plans of each charter school in the district,
 1185  to the Department of Education by August 1 of each fiscal year.
 1186         (4)Annually by September 30, each school district shall
 1187  submit to the Department of Education a report on its program
 1188  outcomes and expenditures for the previous fiscal year that, at
 1189  a minimum, must include the total number of each of the
 1190  following:
 1191         (a)Students who receive screenings or assessments.
 1192         (b)Students who are referred to school-based or community
 1193  based providers for services or assistance.
 1194         (c)Students who receive school-based or community-based
 1195  interventions, services, or assistance.
 1196         (d)School-based and community-based mental health
 1197  providers, including licensure type.
 1198         (e)Contract-based or interagency agreement-based
 1199  collaborative efforts or partnerships with community-based
 1200  mental health programs, agencies, or providers.
 1201         Section 28. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
 1202  1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1203         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
 1204  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
 1205  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
 1206  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
 1207  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
 1208  welfare of students, including:
 1209         (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each district
 1210  school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures
 1211  for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the
 1212  assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior
 1213  poses a threat to the safety of the school community.
 1214         (b) Mental health coordinator.—Each district school board
 1215  shall identify a mental health coordinator for the district. The
 1216  mental health coordinator shall serve as the district’s primary
 1217  point of contact regarding the district’s coordination,
 1218  communication, and implementation of student mental health
 1219  policies, procedures, responsibilities, and reporting,
 1220  including:
 1221         1. Coordinating with the Office of Safe Schools,
 1222  established pursuant to s. 1001.212.
 1223         2. Maintaining records and reports regarding student mental
 1224  health as it relates to the mental health assistance program
 1225  under s. 1006.041 and school safety and the mental health
 1226  assistance allocation under s. 1011.62(14).
 1227         3. Facilitating the implementation of school district
 1228  policies relating to the respective duties and responsibilities
 1229  of the school district, the superintendent, and district school
 1230  principals.
 1231         4. Coordinating with the school safety specialist on the
 1232  staffing and training of threat assessment teams and
 1233  facilitating referrals to mental health services, as
 1234  appropriate, for students and their families.
 1235         5. Coordinating with the school safety specialist on the
 1236  training and resources for students and school district staff
 1237  relating to youth mental health awareness and assistance.
 1238         6. Reviewing annually the school district’s policies and
 1239  procedures related to student mental health for compliance with
 1240  state law and alignment with current best practices and making
 1241  recommendations, as needed, for amending such policies and
 1242  procedures to the superintendent and the district school board.
 1243         Section 29. Subsection (3) of section 1006.1493, Florida
 1244  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1245         1006.1493 Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool.—
 1246         (3) The Office of Safe Schools shall make the FSSAT
 1247  available no later than May 1 of each year.
 1248         (a) The office must provide annual training to each
 1249  district’s school safety specialist and other appropriate school
 1250  district personnel on the assessment of physical site security
 1251  and completing the FSSAT.
 1252         (b)Each school district must annually report to the office
 1253  by October 15 that all public schools within the school district
 1254  have completed the FSSAT.
 1255         Section 30. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3) of
 1256  section 1006.28, Florida Statutes, and paragraph (a) of
 1257  subsection (1) of that section, is amended, to read:
 1258         1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school
 1259  superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12
 1260  instructional materials.—
 1261         (1) DEFINITIONS.—
 1262         (a) As used in this section, the term:
 1263         1. “Adequate instructional materials” means a sufficient
 1264  number of student or site licenses or sets of materials that are
 1265  available in bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may
 1266  consist of hardbacked or softbacked textbooks, electronic
 1267  content, consumables, learning laboratories, manipulatives,
 1268  electronic media, and computer courseware or software that serve
 1269  as the basis for instruction for each student in the core
 1270  subject areas of mathematics, language arts, social studies,
 1271  science, reading, and literature.
 1272         2. “Instructional materials” has the same meaning as in s.
 1273  1006.29(2).
 1274         3. “Library media center” means any collection of books,
 1275  ebooks, periodicals, and videos maintained and accessible on the
 1276  site of a school, including classrooms.
 1277         (3) DISTRICT SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.—
 1278         (c)Annually by August 1, each district school
 1279  superintendent shall certify to the Commissioner of Education
 1280  that the district school board has approved a comprehensive
 1281  staff development plan that supports fidelity of implementation
 1282  of instructional materials programs, including verification that
 1283  training was provided, that the materials are being implemented
 1284  as designed, and that core reading materials and reading
 1285  intervention materials used in kindergarten through grade 5 meet
 1286  the requirements of s. 1001.215(8). Such instructional
 1287  materials, as evaluated and identified pursuant to s.
 1288  1001.215(4), may be purchased by school districts without
 1289  undergoing the adoption procedures in s. 1006.40(4)(b).
 1290         Section 31. Section 1006.40, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1291  to read:
 1292         1006.40 Purchase Use of instructional materials allocation;
 1293  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;
 1294  repair of books.—
 1295         (1) On or before July 1 each year, the commissioner shall
 1296  certify to each district school superintendent shall certify to
 1297  the Commissioner of Education the estimated allocation of state
 1298  funds for instructional materials, computed pursuant to the
 1299  provisions of s. 1011.67 for the ensuing fiscal year.
 1300         (2) Each district school board must purchase current
 1301  instructional materials to provide each student in kindergarten
 1302  through grade 12 with a major tool of instruction in core
 1303  courses of the subject areas of mathematics, language arts,
 1304  science, social studies, reading, and literature. Such purchase
 1305  must be made within the first 3 years after the effective date
 1306  of the adoption cycle unless a district school board or a
 1307  consortium of school districts has implemented an instructional
 1308  materials program pursuant to s. 1006.283.
 1309         (3)(a) Except for a school district or a consortium of
 1310  school districts that implements an instructional materials
 1311  program pursuant to s. 1006.283, each district school board
 1312  shall use the annual allocation only for the purchase of
 1313  instructional materials that align with state standards and are
 1314  included on the state-adopted list, except as otherwise
 1315  authorized in paragraphs (b) and (c).
 1316         (b) Up to 50 percent of the amount the school district has
 1317  budgeted for instructional materials annual allocation may be
 1318  used for:
 1319         1. The purchase of library and reference books and nonprint
 1320  materials.
 1321         2. The purchase of other materials having intellectual
 1322  content which assist in the instruction of a subject or course.
 1323  These materials may be available in bound, unbound, kit, or
 1324  package form and may consist of hardbacked or softbacked
 1325  textbooks, novels, electronic content, consumables, learning
 1326  laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, computer
 1327  courseware or software, and other commonly accepted
 1328  instructional tools as prescribed by district school board rule.
 1329         3. The repair and renovation of textbooks and library books
 1330  and replacements for items which were part of previously
 1331  purchased instructional materials.
 1332         (c)District school boards may use 100 percent of that
 1333  portion of the annual allocation designated for the purchase of
 1334  instructional materials for kindergarten, and 75 percent of that
 1335  portion of the annual allocation designated for the purchase of
 1336  instructional materials for first grade, to purchase materials
 1337  not on the state-adopted list.
 1338         (c)(d) Any materials purchased pursuant to this section
 1339  must be:
 1340         1. Free of pornography and material prohibited under s.
 1341  847.012.
 1342         2. Suited to student needs and their ability to comprehend
 1343  the material presented.
 1344         3. Appropriate for the grade level and age group for which
 1345  the materials are used or made available.
 1346         (4) Each district school board is responsible for the
 1347  content of all materials used in a classroom or otherwise made
 1348  available to students. Each district school board shall adopt
 1349  rules, and each district school superintendent shall implement
 1350  procedures, that:
 1351         (a) Maximize student use of the district-approved
 1352  instructional materials.
 1353         (b) Provide a process for public review of, public comment
 1354  on, and the adoption of materials, including those used to
 1355  provide instruction required by s. 1003.42, which satisfies the
 1356  requirements of s. 1006.283(2)(b)8., 9., and 11.
 1357         (5)District school boards may issue purchase orders
 1358  subsequent to February 1 in an aggregate amount which does not
 1359  exceed 20 percent of the current year’s allocation, and
 1360  subsequent to April 1 in an aggregate amount which does not
 1361  exceed 90 percent of the current year’s allocation, for the
 1362  purpose of expediting the delivery of instructional materials
 1363  which are to be paid for from the ensuing year’s allocation.
 1364  This subsection does not apply to a district school board or a
 1365  consortium of school districts that implements an instructional
 1366  materials program pursuant to s. 1006.283.
 1367         (6)In any year in which the total instructional materials
 1368  allocation for a school district has not been expended or
 1369  obligated prior to June 30, the district school board shall
 1370  carry forward the unobligated amount and shall add it to the
 1371  next year’s allocation.
 1372         (5)(7) A district school board or a consortium of school
 1373  districts that implements an instructional materials program
 1374  pursuant to s. 1006.283 may use the annual allocation to
 1375  purchase instructional materials not on the state-adopted list.
 1376  However, instructional materials purchased pursuant to this
 1377  section which are not included on the state-adopted list must
 1378  meet the criteria of s. 1006.31(2), align with state standards
 1379  adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to s. 1003.41,
 1380  and be consistent with course expectations based on the
 1381  district’s comprehensive plan for student progression and course
 1382  descriptions adopted in state board rule.
 1383         Section 32. Paragraph (n) of subsection (21) of section
 1384  1007.271, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1385         1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.—
 1386         (21) Each district school superintendent and each public
 1387  postsecondary institution president shall develop a
 1388  comprehensive dual enrollment articulation agreement for the
 1389  respective school district and postsecondary institution. The
 1390  superintendent and president shall establish an articulation
 1391  committee for the purpose of developing the agreement. Each
 1392  state university president may designate a university
 1393  representative to participate in the development of a dual
 1394  enrollment articulation agreement. A dual enrollment
 1395  articulation agreement shall be completed and submitted annually
 1396  by the postsecondary institution to the Department of Education
 1397  on or before August 1. The agreement must include, but is not
 1398  limited to:
 1399         (n) A funding provision that delineates costs incurred by
 1400  each entity.
 1401         1. School districts shall pay public postsecondary
 1402  institutions the standard tuition rate per credit hour from
 1403  funds provided in the Florida Education Finance Program when
 1404  dual enrollment course instruction takes place on the
 1405  postsecondary institution’s campus and the course is taken
 1406  during the fall or spring term. When dual enrollment is provided
 1407  on the high school site by postsecondary institution faculty,
 1408  the school district shall reimburse the costs associated with
 1409  the postsecondary institution’s proportion of salary and
 1410  benefits to provide the instruction. When dual enrollment course
 1411  instruction is provided on the high school site by school
 1412  district faculty, the school district is not responsible for
 1413  payment to the postsecondary institution. A postsecondary
 1414  institution may enter into an agreement with the school district
 1415  to authorize teachers to teach dual enrollment courses at the
 1416  high school site or the postsecondary institution. A school
 1417  district may not deny a student access to dual enrollment unless
 1418  the student is ineligible to participate in the program subject
 1419  to provisions specifically outlined in this section.
 1420         2.School districts shall pay for the cost of instructional
 1421  materials for public high school students who are earning credit
 1422  toward high school graduation under the dual enrollment program.
 1423         3.2. Subject to annual appropriation in the General
 1424  Appropriations Act, a public postsecondary institution shall
 1425  receive an amount of funding equivalent to the standard tuition
 1426  rate per credit hour for each dual enrollment course taken by a
 1427  student during the summer term.
 1428         Section 33. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
 1429  1008.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1430         1008.25 Public school student progression; student support;
 1431  coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting
 1432  requirements.—
 1433         (5) READING DEFICIENCY AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.—
 1434         (b) A Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program student
 1435  who exhibits a substantial deficiency in early literacy skills
 1436  in accordance with the standards under s. 1002.67(1)(a) and
 1437  based upon the results of the administration of the final
 1438  coordinated screening and progress monitoring under subsection
 1439  (8) shall be referred to the local school district and may be
 1440  eligible to receive intensive reading interventions before
 1441  participating in kindergarten. Such intensive reading
 1442  interventions shall be paid for using funds from the district’s
 1443  evidence-based reading instruction allocation in accordance with
 1444  s. 1011.62(8).
 1445         Section 34. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
 1446  1008.345, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1447         1008.345 Implementation of state system of school
 1448  improvement and education accountability.—
 1449         (5) The commissioner shall annually report to the State
 1450  Board of Education and the Legislature and recommend changes in
 1451  state policy necessary to foster school improvement and
 1452  education accountability. The report shall include:
 1453         (d) Based upon a review of each school district’s reading
 1454  instruction plan submitted pursuant to s. 1003.4201 s.
 1455  1011.62(8), intervention and support strategies used by school
 1456  districts that were effective in improving the reading
 1457  performance of students, as indicated by student performance
 1458  data, who are identified as having a substantial reading
 1459  deficiency pursuant to s. 1008.25(5)(a).
 1460  
 1461  School reports shall be distributed pursuant to this subsection
 1462  and s. 1001.42(18)(c) and according to rules adopted by the
 1463  State Board of Education.
 1464         Section 35. Subsections (2), (3), and (5) of section
 1465  1008.365, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1466         1008.365 Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic
 1467  Excellence Act.—
 1468         (2) The Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic
 1469  Excellence (RAISE) Program is established within the Department
 1470  of Education to provide instructional supports to school
 1471  districts, school administrators, and instructional personnel in
 1472  implementing:
 1473         (a) Evidence-based reading instruction proven to accelerate
 1474  progress of students exhibiting a reading deficiency.
 1475         (b)Differentiated instruction based on screening,
 1476  diagnostic, progress monitoring, or student assessment data to
 1477  meet students’ specific reading needs.
 1478         (c)Explicit and systematic reading strategies to develop
 1479  phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
 1480  comprehension with more extensive opportunities for guided
 1481  practice, error correction, and feedback and interventions in
 1482  order to improve student reading achievement.
 1483         (3) The department shall establish at least 20 literacy
 1484  support regions and regional support teams, at the direction of
 1485  a regional literacy support director appointed by the
 1486  Commissioner of Education, to assist schools with improving low
 1487  reading scores as provided in this section.
 1488         (a) A regional literacy support director must successfully
 1489  demonstrate competence on the evidence-based strategies
 1490  identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8) and have
 1491  the experience and credentials necessary, as determined by the
 1492  department, to:
 1493         1. Effectively monitor student reading growth and
 1494  achievement data;
 1495         2. Oversee districtwide and schoolwide professional
 1496  development and planning to establish evidence-based practices
 1497  among school administrators and instructional personnel;
 1498         3. Evaluate implementation of evidence-based practices; and
 1499         4. Manage a regional support team.
 1500         (b) A regional support team shall report to its regional
 1501  literacy support director and must consist of individuals who:
 1502         1. Successfully demonstrate competence on the evidence
 1503  based strategies identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s.
 1504  1001.215(8);
 1505         2. Have substantial experience in literacy coaching and
 1506  monitoring student progress data in reading; and
 1507         3. Have received training necessary to assist with the
 1508  delivery of professional development and site-based supports,
 1509  including modeling evidence-based practices and providing
 1510  feedback to instructional personnel.
 1511         (5) The department shall provide progress monitoring data
 1512  to regional support teams regarding the implementation of
 1513  supports. Such supports must include:
 1514         (a) Professional development, aligned to evidence-based
 1515  strategies identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8),
 1516  for appropriate instructional personnel and school
 1517  administrators identified by the regional support team.
 1518         (b) Assistance with implementing:
 1519         1. Data-informed instructional decisionmaking using
 1520  progress monitoring and other appropriate data.
 1521         2. Selection and consistent, coordinated use of
 1522  scientifically researched and evidence-based high-quality
 1523  instructional materials and supplemental materials as identified
 1524  by the Just Read, Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(8).
 1525         3. Reading instruction in other core subject area
 1526  curricula, with an emphasis on civic literacy.
 1527         4. A multitiered system of supports in order to provide
 1528  students effective interventions and identify students who may
 1529  require an evaluation for special educational services,
 1530  including identifying characteristics of conditions that affect
 1531  phonological processing, such as dyslexia.
 1532         (c) Evaluating a school’s improvement plan for alignment
 1533  with the school district’s K-12 comprehensive reading
 1534  instruction plan under s. 1003.4201 s. 1011.62(8)(d) and the
 1535  school district’s allocation of resources as required by s.
 1536  1008.25(3)(a). If the regional support team determines that the
 1537  school district’s reading instruction plan does not address the
 1538  school’s need to improve student outcomes, the regional literacy
 1539  support director, the district school superintendent, or his or
 1540  her designee, and the director of the Just Read, Florida! Office
 1541  shall convene a meeting to rectify the deficiencies of the
 1542  reading instruction plan.
 1543         Section 36. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
 1544  (b) of subsection (3) of section 1010.20, Florida Statutes, are
 1545  amended to read:
 1546         1010.20 Cost accounting and reporting for school
 1547  districts.—
 1548         (2) COST REPORTING.—
 1549         (a) Each district shall report on a district-aggregate
 1550  basis expenditures for inservice training pursuant to s.
 1551  1011.62(3) and for categorical programs as provided in s.
 1552  1011.62(17) s. 1011.62(6).
 1553         (3) PROGRAM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS.—
 1554         (b) Funds for inservice training established in s.
 1555  1011.62(3) and for categorical programs established in s.
 1556  1011.62(17) s. 1011.62(6) shall be expended for the costs of the
 1557  identified programs as provided by law and in accordance with
 1558  the rules of the State Board of Education.
 1559         Section 37. Section 1011.58, Florida Statutes, is created
 1560  to read:
 1561         1011.58Procedures for legislative budget requests for the
 1562  Florida School for Competitive Academics.—
 1563         (1)(a)The legislative budget request of the Florida School
 1564  for Competitive Academics established in s. 1002.351 must be
 1565  prepared using the same format, procedures, and timelines
 1566  required for the submission of the legislative budget request of
 1567  the Department of Education.
 1568         (b)The Florida School for Competitive Academics shall
 1569  submit its legislative budget request to the Department of
 1570  Education for review and approval. The school must create and
 1571  submit to the department an implementation plan before the
 1572  department may approve the budget request.
 1573         (c)Subsequent to the Department of Education’s approval,
 1574  the Commissioner of Education shall include the Florida School
 1575  for Competitive Academics in the department’s legislative budget
 1576  request to the State Board of Education, the Governor, and the
 1577  Legislature. The legislative budget request and the
 1578  appropriation for the Florida School for Competitive Academics
 1579  must be a separate identifiable sum in the public schools budget
 1580  entity of the Department of Education.
 1581         (d)The annual appropriation for the school shall be
 1582  distributed monthly, without using the Florida Education Finance
 1583  Program, in payments as nearly equal as possible. Appropriations
 1584  for textbooks, instructional technology, and school buses may be
 1585  released and distributed as necessary to serve the instructional
 1586  program for the students. Transportation of students shall be
 1587  provided by the school consistent with the requirements of
 1588  subpart E. of part I of chapter 1006 and s. 1012.45.
 1589         (2)The school shall submit its fixed capital outlay
 1590  request to the Department of Education for review and approval
 1591  in accordance with s. 1002.36(4)(f)1. Subsequent to the
 1592  department’s approval, the school’s request must be included
 1593  within the department’s public education capital outlay
 1594  legislative budget request.
 1595         Section 38. Section 1011.59, Florida Statutes, is created
 1596  to read:
 1597         1011.59Florida School for Competitive Academics; board of
 1598  trustees; management flexibility.—
 1599         (1)Notwithstanding ss. 216.031, 216.181, and 216.262 and
 1600  pursuant to s. 216.351, but subject to any guidelines imposed in
 1601  the General Appropriations Act, funds for the operation of the
 1602  Florida School for Competitive Academics shall be requested and
 1603  appropriated within budget entities, program components, program
 1604  categories, lump sums, or special categories. Funds appropriated
 1605  to the Florida School for Competitive Academics for each program
 1606  category, lump sum, or special category may be transferred to
 1607  traditional categories for expenditure by the board of trustees
 1608  of the school. The board of trustees shall develop an annual
 1609  operating budget that allocates funds by program component and
 1610  traditional expenditure category.
 1611         (2)Notwithstanding s. 216.181 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
 1612  but subject to any requirements imposed in the General
 1613  Appropriations Act, a lump-sum plan is not required to implement
 1614  the special categories, program categories, or lump-sum
 1615  appropriations. Upon release of the special categories, program
 1616  categories, or lump-sum appropriations to the board of trustees,
 1617  the Chief Financial Officer shall, upon the request of the board
 1618  of trustees, transfer or reallocate funds to or among accounts
 1619  established for disbursement purposes. The board of trustees
 1620  shall maintain records to account for the original
 1621  appropriation.
 1622         (3)Notwithstanding ss. 216.031, 216.181, 216.251, and
 1623  216.262 and pursuant to s. 216.351, but subject to any
 1624  requirements imposed in the General Appropriations Act, the
 1625  board of trustees shall establish the authorized positions and
 1626  may amend such positions within the total funds authorized
 1627  annually in the General Appropriations Act.
 1628         (4)Notwithstanding s. 216.301, all unexpended funds
 1629  appropriated for the Florida School for Competitive Academics
 1630  shall be carried forward and included as the balance forward for
 1631  that fund in the approved operating budget for the following
 1632  year.
 1633         Section 39. Subsection (5) of section 1011.61, Florida
 1634  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1635         1011.61 Definitions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
 1636  1000.21, the following terms are defined as follows for the
 1637  purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program:
 1638         (5) The “Florida Education Finance Program” includes all
 1639  programs and costs as provided in ss. 1003.03, 1011.62, 1011.68,
 1640  and 1011.685 s. 1011.62.
 1641         Section 40. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
 1642  1011.62, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (d),
 1643  present paragraphs (c) through (f) and (s) of subsection (1) and
 1644  subsections (2), (3), (5) through (9), and (11) through (17) are
 1645  amended, and new paragraphs (e) and (f) are added to subsection
 1646  (1) and new subsections (6) through (8) and (16) through (18)
 1647  are added to that section, to read:
 1648         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
 1649  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
 1650  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
 1651  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
 1652  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
 1653  follows:
 1654         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
 1655  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
 1656  determining the annual allocation to each district for
 1657  operation:
 1658         (c) Determination of programs.—Cost factors based on
 1659  desired relative cost differences between the following programs
 1660  shall be established in the annual General Appropriations Act.
 1661  The cost factor for secondary career education programs must be
 1662  greater than the cost factor for and basic programs grade 9
 1663  through 12 shall be equal. The Commissioner of Education shall
 1664  specify a matrix of services and intensity levels to be used by
 1665  districts in the determination of the two weighted cost factors
 1666  for exceptional students with the highest levels of need. For
 1667  these students, the funding support level shall fund the
 1668  exceptional students’ education program, with the exception of
 1669  extended school year services for students with disabilities.
 1670         1. Basic programs.—
 1671         a. Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3.
 1672         b. Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
 1673         c. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
 1674         2. Programs for exceptional students.—
 1675         a. Support Level IV.
 1676         b. Support Level V.
 1677         3. Secondary career education programs.
 1678         4. English for Speakers of Other Languages.
 1679         (d)Annual allocation calculation.
 1680         1.The Department of Education is authorized and directed
 1681  to review all district programs and enrollment projections and
 1682  calculate a maximum total weighted full-time equivalent student
 1683  enrollment for each district for the K-12 FEFP.
 1684         2.Maximum enrollments calculated by the department shall
 1685  be derived from enrollment estimates used by the Legislature to
 1686  calculate the FEFP. If two or more districts enter into an
 1687  agreement under the provisions of s. 1001.42(4)(d), after the
 1688  final enrollment estimate is agreed upon, the amount of FTE
 1689  specified in the agreement, not to exceed the estimate for the
 1690  specific program as identified in paragraph (c), may be
 1691  transferred from the participating districts to the district
 1692  providing the program.
 1693         3.As part of its calculation of each district’s maximum
 1694  total weighted full-time equivalent student enrollment, the
 1695  department shall establish separate enrollment ceilings for each
 1696  of two program groups. Group 1 shall be composed of basic
 1697  programs for grades K-3, grades 4-8, and grades 9-12. Group 2
 1698  shall be composed of students in exceptional student education
 1699  programs support levels IV and V, English for Speakers of Other
 1700  Languages programs, and all career programs in grades 9-12.
 1701         a.For any calculation of the FEFP, the enrollment ceiling
 1702  for group 1 shall be calculated by multiplying the actual
 1703  enrollment for each program in the program group by its
 1704  appropriate program weight.
 1705         b.The weighted enrollment ceiling for group 2 programs
 1706  shall be calculated by multiplying the enrollment for each
 1707  program by the appropriate program weight as provided in the
 1708  General Appropriations Act. The weighted enrollment ceiling for
 1709  program group 2 shall be the sum of the weighted enrollment
 1710  ceilings for each program in the program group, plus the
 1711  increase in weighted full-time equivalent student membership
 1712  from the prior year for clients of the Department of Children
 1713  and Families and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
 1714         c.If, for any calculation of the FEFP, the weighted
 1715  enrollment for program group 2, derived by multiplying actual
 1716  enrollments by appropriate program weights, exceeds the
 1717  enrollment ceiling for that group, the following procedure shall
 1718  be followed to reduce the weighted enrollment for that group to
 1719  equal the enrollment ceiling:
 1720         (I)The weighted enrollment ceiling for each program in the
 1721  program group shall be subtracted from the weighted enrollment
 1722  for that program derived from actual enrollments.
 1723         (II)If the difference calculated under sub-sub
 1724  subparagraph (I) is greater than zero for any program, a
 1725  reduction proportion shall be computed for the program by
 1726  dividing the absolute value of the difference by the total
 1727  amount by which the weighted enrollment for the program group
 1728  exceeds the weighted enrollment ceiling for the program group.
 1729         (III)The reduction proportion calculated under sub-sub
 1730  subparagraph (II) shall be multiplied by the total amount of the
 1731  program group’s enrollment over the ceiling as calculated under
 1732  sub-sub-subparagraph (I).
 1733         (IV)The prorated reduction amount calculated under sub
 1734  sub-subparagraph (III) shall be subtracted from the program’s
 1735  weighted enrollment to produce a revised program weighted
 1736  enrollment.
 1737         (V)The prorated reduction amount calculated under sub-sub
 1738  subparagraph (III) shall be divided by the appropriate program
 1739  weight, and the result shall be added to the revised program
 1740  weighted enrollment computed in sub-sub-subparagraph (IV).
 1741         (d)(e)Funding model for exceptional student education
 1742  programs.The funding model for exceptional student education
 1743  programs shall include all of the following:
 1744         1.1.a.For programs for exceptional students in The funding
 1745  model uses basic, at-risk, support levels IV and V as
 1746  established in paragraph (c), the funding model shall include
 1747  program for exceptional students and career Florida Education
 1748  Finance Program cost factors, and a guaranteed allocation for
 1749  exceptional student education programs.
 1750         a. Exceptional education cost factors are determined by
 1751  using a matrix of services to document the services that each
 1752  support level IV and support level V exceptional student will
 1753  receive. The nature and intensity of the services indicated on
 1754  the matrix shall be consistent with the services described in
 1755  each exceptional student’s individual educational plan. The
 1756  Department of Education shall review and revise the descriptions
 1757  of the services and supports included in the matrix of services
 1758  for exceptional students and shall implement those revisions
 1759  before the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.
 1760         b. In order to generate funds using one of the two weighted
 1761  cost factors, a matrix of services must be completed at the time
 1762  of the student’s initial placement into an exceptional student
 1763  education program and at least once every 3 years by personnel
 1764  who have received approved training. Nothing listed in the
 1765  matrix shall be construed as limiting the services a school
 1766  district must provide in order to ensure that exceptional
 1767  students are provided a free, appropriate public education.
 1768         c.Students identified as exceptional, in accordance with
 1769  chapter 6A-6, Florida Administrative Code, who do not have a
 1770  matrix of services as specified in sub-subparagraph b. shall
 1771  generate funds on the basis of full-time-equivalent student
 1772  membership in the Florida Education Finance Program at the same
 1773  funding level per student as provided for basic students.
 1774  Additional funds for these exceptional students will be provided
 1775  through the guaranteed allocation designated in subparagraph 2.
 1776         2. For students identified as exceptional in accordance
 1777  with chapter 6A-6, Florida Administrative Code, who do not have
 1778  a matrix of services as specified in subparagraph 1. and for
 1779  students who are gifted in grades kindergarten K through 8, the
 1780  funding model shall include the funds generated on the basis of
 1781  full-time equivalent student membership in the Florida Education
 1782  Finance Program at the same funding level per student as
 1783  provided for a basic student and additional funds provided by
 1784  the exceptional student education guaranteed allocation
 1785  established pursuant to subsection (8).
 1786         (e)Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
 1787  membership for small school district exceptional student
 1788  education.—An additional value per full-time equivalent student
 1789  membership is provided to school districts with a full-time
 1790  equivalent student membership of fewer than 10,000 and fewer
 1791  than three full-time equivalent students in exceptional student
 1792  education support levels IV and V. The Department of Education
 1793  shall set the amount of the additional value based on documented
 1794  evidence of the difference between the cost of the school
 1795  district’s exceptional student education support levels IV and V
 1796  services and the applicable Florida Education Finance Program
 1797  funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act. The total
 1798  statewide value may not exceed a value per weighted full-time
 1799  equivalent student as specified in the General Appropriations
 1800  Act. The additional value for an eligible school district shall
 1801  not exceed three full-time equivalent students for each of the
 1802  exceptional student education support levels IV and V there is
 1803  created a guaranteed allocation to provide these students with a
 1804  free appropriate public education, in accordance with s.
 1805  1001.42(4)(l) and rules of the State Board of Education, which
 1806  shall be allocated initially to each school district in the
 1807  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
 1808  shall be supplemental to the funds appropriated for the basic
 1809  funding level, and the amount allocated for each school district
 1810  shall be recalculated during the year, based on actual student
 1811  membership from FTE surveys. Upon recalculation, if the
 1812  generated allocation is greater than the amount provided in the
 1813  General Appropriations Act, the total shall be prorated to the
 1814  level of the appropriation based on each district’s share of the
 1815  total recalculated amount. These funds shall be used to provide
 1816  special education and related services for exceptional students
 1817  and students who are gifted in grades K through 8. A district’s
 1818  expenditure of funds from the guaranteed allocation for students
 1819  in grades 9 through 12 who are gifted may not be greater than
 1820  the amount expended during the 2006-2007 fiscal year for gifted
 1821  students in grades 9 through 12.
 1822         (f)Small district factor.—An additional value per full
 1823  time equivalent student membership is provided to each school
 1824  district with a full-time equivalent student membership of fewer
 1825  than 20,000 full-time equivalent students which is in a fiscally
 1826  constrained county as described in s. 218.67(1). The amount of
 1827  the additional value shall be specified in the General
 1828  Appropriations Act.
 1829         (f)Supplemental academic instruction allocation.
 1830         1.There is created the supplemental academic instruction
 1831  allocation to provide supplemental academic instruction to
 1832  students in kindergarten through grade 12.
 1833         2.The supplemental academic instruction allocation shall
 1834  be provided annually in the Florida Education Finance Program as
 1835  specified in the General Appropriations Act. These funds are in
 1836  addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of FTE student
 1837  membership in the Florida Education Finance Program and shall be
 1838  included in the total potential funds of each district.
 1839  Beginning with the 2018-2019 fiscal year, each school district
 1840  that has a school earning a grade of “D” or “F” pursuant to s.
 1841  1008.34 must use that school’s portion of the supplemental
 1842  academic instruction allocation to implement intervention and
 1843  support strategies for school improvement pursuant to s. 1008.33
 1844  and for salary incentives pursuant to s. 1012.2315(3) or salary
 1845  supplements pursuant to s. 1012.22(1)(c)5.c. that are provided
 1846  through a memorandum of understanding between the collective
 1847  bargaining agent and the school board that addresses the
 1848  selection, placement, and expectations of instructional
 1849  personnel and school administrators. For all other schools, the
 1850  school district’s use of the supplemental academic instruction
 1851  allocation may include, but is not limited to, the use of a
 1852  modified curriculum; reading instruction; after-school
 1853  instruction; tutoring; mentoring; a reduction in class size;
 1854  extended school year; intensive skills development in summer
 1855  school; dropout prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52
 1856  and 1003.53(1)(a), (b), and (c); and other methods of improving
 1857  student achievement. Supplemental academic instruction may be
 1858  provided to a student in any manner and at any time during or
 1859  beyond the regular 180-day term identified by the school as
 1860  being the most effective and efficient way to best help that
 1861  student progress from grade to grade and to graduate.
 1862         3.The supplemental academic instruction allocation shall
 1863  consist of a base amount that has a workload adjustment based on
 1864  changes in unweighted FTE. The supplemental academic instruction
 1865  allocation shall be recalculated during the fiscal year. Upon
 1866  recalculation of funding for the supplemental academic
 1867  instruction allocation, if the total allocation is greater than
 1868  the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act, the
 1869  allocation shall be prorated to the level provided to support
 1870  the appropriation, based on each district’s share of the total.
 1871         4.Funding on the basis of FTE membership beyond the 180
 1872  day regular term shall be provided in the FEFP only for students
 1873  enrolled in juvenile justice education programs or in education
 1874  programs for juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs
 1875  under s. 985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180
 1876  day school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
 1877  through the supplemental academic instruction allocation and
 1878  other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
 1879  flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
 1880  assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
 1881  graduating.
 1882         (s) Determination of the basic amount for current
 1883  operation.—The basic amount for current operation to be included
 1884  in the Florida Education Finance Program for kindergarten
 1885  through grade 12 for each district shall be the product of the
 1886  following:
 1887         1. The full-time equivalent student membership in each
 1888  program, multiplied by
 1889         2. The cost factor for each program, adjusted for the
 1890  maximum as provided by paragraph (c), multiplied by
 1891         3. The comparable wage factor district cost differential,
 1892  multiplied by
 1893         4. The base student allocation.
 1894         (2) DETERMINATION OF COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR DISTRICT COST
 1895  DIFFERENTIALS.—
 1896         (a) The Commissioner of Education shall annually compute
 1897  for each district the current year’s comparable wage factor
 1898  district cost differential. The comparable wage factor district
 1899  cost differential shall be calculated by adding each district’s
 1900  price level index as published in the Florida Price Level Index
 1901  for the most recent 3 years and dividing the resulting sum by 3.
 1902  The result for each district shall be multiplied by 0.008 and to
 1903  the resulting product shall be added 0.200; the sum thus
 1904  obtained shall be the comparable wage factor cost differential
 1905  for that district for that year.
 1906         (b)The comparable wage factor for each school district is
 1907  used in the calculation of the basic amount for current
 1908  operation pursuant to subsection (1) if the comparable wage
 1909  factor is greater than 1.000.
 1910         (c)The limitation authorized in paragraph (b) applies to
 1911  any categorical funding provided in the Florida Education
 1912  Finance Program that has a calculation methodology that includes
 1913  the comparable wage factor.
 1914         (3) INSERVICE EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL TRAINING EXPENDITURE.
 1915  Of the amount computed in subsection (1) subsections (1) and
 1916  (2), a percentage of the basic amount for current operation base
 1917  student allocation per full-time equivalent student or other
 1918  funds shall be expended for educational training programs as
 1919  determined by the district school board as provided in s.
 1920  1012.98.
 1921         (5) DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE COMPRESSION SUPPLEMENT.—The
 1922  Legislature shall prescribe in the General Appropriations Act,
 1923  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1), the rate of nonvoted current
 1924  operating discretionary millage that shall be used to calculate
 1925  a discretionary millage compression supplement. If the
 1926  prescribed millage generates an amount of funds per unweighted
 1927  full-time equivalent student FTE for the district that is less
 1928  than the state average, the district shall receive an amount per
 1929  full-time equivalent student FTE that, when added to the funds
 1930  per full-time equivalent student FTE generated by the designated
 1931  levy, shall equal the state average.
 1932         (6)STATE-FUNDED DISCRETIONARY CONTRIBUTION.—The state
 1933  funded discretionary contribution is created to fund the
 1934  nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant to s.
 1935  1011.71(1) and (3) for developmental research schools (lab
 1936  schools) established in s. 1002.32 and the Florida Virtual
 1937  School established in s. 1002.37.
 1938         (a)To calculate the state-funded discretionary
 1939  contribution for lab schools, multiply the maximum allowable
 1940  nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant to s.
 1941  1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of the current
 1942  year’s taxable value for school purposes for the school district
 1943  in which the lab school is located; divide the result by the
 1944  total full-time equivalent membership of the school district;
 1945  and multiply the result by the full-time equivalent membership
 1946  of the lab school. The amount obtained shall be appropriated in
 1947  the General Appropriations Act to the Lab School Trust Fund
 1948  established pursuant to s. 1002.32(9).
 1949         (b)To calculate the state-funded discretionary
 1950  contribution for the Florida Virtual School, multiply the
 1951  maximum allowable nonvoted discretionary millage for operations
 1952  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of
 1953  the current year’s taxable value for school purposes for the
 1954  state; divide the result by the total full-time equivalent
 1955  membership of the state; and multiply the result by the full
 1956  time equivalent membership of the Florida Virtual School.
 1957         (7)EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT ALLOCATION.—
 1958         (a)The educational enrichment allocation is created to
 1959  assist school districts in providing educational enrichment
 1960  activities and services that support and increase the academic
 1961  achievement of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
 1962  Educational enrichment activities and services may be provided
 1963  in a manner and at any time during or beyond the regular 180-day
 1964  term identified by the school district as being the most
 1965  effective and efficient way to best help the student progress
 1966  from grade to grade and graduate from high school. For fiscal
 1967  year 2023-2024, the educational enrichment allocation shall
 1968  consist of a base amount as specified in the General
 1969  Appropriations Act. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-2025, the
 1970  educational enrichment allocation shall consist of the base
 1971  amount that includes a workload adjustment based on changes in
 1972  the unweighted full-time equivalent membership.
 1973         (b)For district-managed turnaround schools as identified
 1974  in s. 1008.33(4)(a), schools that earn three consecutive grades
 1975  below a “C,” as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(b)3., and schools
 1976  that have improved to a “C” and are no longer in turnaround
 1977  status, as identified in s. 1008.33(4)(c), a supplemental amount
 1978  shall be added to their educational enrichment allocation for
 1979  purposes of implementing the intervention and support strategies
 1980  identified in the turnaround plan submitted pursuant to s.
 1981  1008.33.
 1982         1.The supplemental amount shall be based on the unweighted
 1983  full-time equivalent student enrollment at the eligible schools
 1984  and a per full-time equivalent funding amount of $500 or as
 1985  provided in the General Appropriations Act.
 1986         2.Services funded by the allocation may include, but are
 1987  not limited to, tutorial and afterschool programs, student
 1988  counseling, nutrition education, parental counseling, and an
 1989  extended school day and school year. In addition, services may
 1990  include models that develop a culture that encourages students
 1991  to complete high school and to attend college or career
 1992  training, set high academic expectations, and inspire character
 1993  development.
 1994         3.A school district may enter into a formal agreement with
 1995  a nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under s.
 1996  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to implement an
 1997  integrated student support service model that provides students
 1998  and families with access to wrap-around services, including, but
 1999  not limited to, health services, after-school programs, drug
 2000  prevention programs, college and career readiness programs, and
 2001  food and clothing banks.
 2002         (c)The educational enrichment allocation, to include the
 2003  supplemental amount, shall be recalculated during the fiscal
 2004  year pursuant to paragraph (1)(a). If the recalculated amount is
 2005  greater than the amount provided in the General Appropriations
 2006  Act, the allocation shall be prorated to the level provided to
 2007  support the appropriation, based on each school district’s
 2008  proportionate share of the total allocation.
 2009         (d)Funding on the basis of full-time equivalent membership
 2010  beyond the 180-day regular term shall be provided in the Florida
 2011  Education Finance Program only for students enrolled in juvenile
 2012  justice education programs or in education programs for
 2013  juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs pursuant to s.
 2014  985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
 2015  school year for all other kindergarten through grade 12 students
 2016  shall be provided through the educational enrichment allocation
 2017  and other state, federal, and local funding sources with
 2018  flexibility for schools to provide educational enrichment
 2019  activities and services to assist students in grades
 2020  kindergarten through 12.
 2021         (8)EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION GUARANTEED ALLOCATION.
 2022  The exceptional student education guaranteed allocation is
 2023  created to fund the additional costs of programs for exceptional
 2024  students specified in subparagraph (1)(d)2. and shall be
 2025  supplemental to the funds appropriated in the Florida Education
 2026  Finance Program for the basic student funding level.
 2027         (a)The amount of each school district’s exceptional
 2028  student education guaranteed allocation shall be the greater of
 2029  either the school district’s prior year exceptional student
 2030  education guaranteed allocation funds per eligible full-time
 2031  equivalent student or the exceptional student education
 2032  guaranteed allocation factor as specified in the General
 2033  Appropriations Act multiplied by the school district’s total
 2034  number of eligible full-time equivalent students.
 2035         (b)The exceptional student education guaranteed allocation
 2036  shall be recalculated during the fiscal year based on actual
 2037  full-time equivalent student membership. If the recalculated
 2038  amount is greater than the amount provided in the General
 2039  Appropriations Act, the total shall be prorated to the level of
 2040  the appropriation based on each school district’s share of the
 2041  total recalculated allocation amount.
 2042         (6)CATEGORICAL FUNDS.—
 2043         (a)In addition to the basic amount for current operations
 2044  for the FEFP as determined in subsection (1), the Legislature
 2045  may appropriate categorical funding for specified programs,
 2046  activities, or purposes.
 2047         (b)If a district school board finds and declares in a
 2048  resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the school board that
 2049  the funds received for any of the following categorical
 2050  appropriations are urgently needed to maintain school board
 2051  specified academic classroom instruction or improve school
 2052  safety, the school board may consider and approve an amendment
 2053  to the school district operating budget transferring the
 2054  identified amount of the categorical funds to the appropriate
 2055  account for expenditure:
 2056         1.Funds for student transportation.
 2057         2.Funds for instructional materials if all instructional
 2058  material purchases necessary to provide updated materials that
 2059  are aligned with applicable state standards and course
 2060  descriptions and that meet statutory requirements of content and
 2061  learning have been completed for that fiscal year, but no sooner
 2062  than March 1. Funds available after March 1 may be used to
 2063  purchase computers and device hardware for student instruction
 2064  that comply with the requirements of s. 1001.20(4)(a)1.b.
 2065         3.Funds for the guaranteed allocation as provided in
 2066  subparagraph (1)(e)2.
 2067         4.Funds for the supplemental academic instruction
 2068  allocation as provided in paragraph (1)(f).
 2069         5.Funds for the federally connected student supplement as
 2070  provided in subsection (10).
 2071         6.Funds for class size reduction as provided in s.
 2072  1011.685.
 2073         (c)Each district school board shall include in its annual
 2074  financial report to the Department of Education the amount of
 2075  funds the school board transferred from each of the categorical
 2076  funds identified in this subsection and the specific academic
 2077  classroom instruction or school safety need for which the
 2078  transferred funds were expended.The Department of Education
 2079  shall provide instructions and specify the format to be used in
 2080  submitting this required information as a part of the district
 2081  annual financial report.The Department of Education shall
 2082  submit a report to the Legislature that identifies by district
 2083  and by categorical fund the amount transferred and the specific
 2084  academic classroom activity or school safety need for which the
 2085  funds were expended.
 2086         (7)DETERMINATION OF SPARSITY SUPPLEMENT.—
 2087         (a)Annually, in an amount to be determined by the
 2088  Legislature through the General Appropriations Act, there shall
 2089  be added to the basic amount for current operation of the FEFP
 2090  qualified districts a sparsity supplement which shall be
 2091  computed as follows:
 2092  
 2093  
 2094    Sparsity Factor =      1101.8918       – 0.1101           
 2095                      2700 + districtsparsityindex
 2096  
 2097  
 2098  except that districts with a sparsity index of 1,000 or less
 2099  shall be computed as having a sparsity index of 1,000, and
 2100  districts having a sparsity index of 7,308 and above shall be
 2101  computed as having a sparsity factor of zero. A qualified
 2102  district’s full-time equivalent student membership shall equal
 2103  or be less than that prescribed annually by the Legislature in
 2104  the appropriations act. The amount prescribed annually by the
 2105  Legislature shall be no less than 17,000, but no more than
 2106  30,000.
 2107         (b) The district sparsity index shall be computed by
 2108  dividing the total number of full-time equivalent students in
 2109  all programs in the district by the number of senior high school
 2110  centers in the district, not in excess of three, which centers
 2111  are approved as permanent centers by a survey made by the
 2112  Department of Education. For districts with a full-time
 2113  equivalent student membership of at least 20,000, but no more
 2114  than 30,000, the index shall be computed by dividing the total
 2115  number of full-time equivalent students in all programs by the
 2116  number of permanent senior high school centers in the district,
 2117  not in excess of four.
 2118         (c) If the sparsity supplement calculated in paragraphs (a)
 2119  and (b) for an eligible district is less than $100 per full-time
 2120  equivalent student, the district’s supplement shall be increased
 2121  to $100 per FTE or to the minimum amount per FTE designated in
 2122  the General Appropriations Act.
 2123         (d) Each district’s allocation of sparsity supplement funds
 2124  shall be adjusted in the following manner:
 2125         1. A maximum discretionary levy per FTE value for each
 2126  district shall be calculated by dividing the value of each
 2127  district’s maximum discretionary levy by its FTE student count.
 2128         2. A state average discretionary levy value per FTE shall
 2129  be calculated by dividing the total maximum discretionary levy
 2130  value for all districts by the state total FTE student count.
 2131         3. A total potential funds per FTE for each district shall
 2132  be calculated by dividing the total potential funds, not
 2133  including Florida School Recognition Program funds and the
 2134  minimum guarantee funds, for each district by its FTE student
 2135  count.
 2136         4. A state average total potential funds per FTE shall be
 2137  calculated by dividing the total potential funds, not including
 2138  Florida School Recognition Program funds and the minimum
 2139  guarantee funds, for all districts by the state total FTE
 2140  student count.
 2141         5. For districts that have a levy value per FTE as
 2142  calculated in subparagraph 1. higher than the state average
 2143  calculated in subparagraph 2., a sparsity wealth adjustment
 2144  shall be calculated as the product of the difference between the
 2145  state average levy value per FTE calculated in subparagraph 2.
 2146  and the district’s levy value per FTE calculated in subparagraph
 2147  1. and the district’s FTE student count and -1. However, no
 2148  district shall have a sparsity wealth adjustment that, when
 2149  applied to the total potential funds calculated in subparagraph
 2150  3., would cause the district’s total potential funds per FTE to
 2151  be less than the state average calculated in subparagraph 4.
 2152         6. Each district’s sparsity supplement allocation shall be
 2153  calculated by adding the amount calculated as specified in
 2154  paragraphs (a) and (b) and the wealth adjustment amount
 2155  calculated in this paragraph.
 2156         (8) EVIDENCE-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
 2157         (a) The evidence-based reading instruction allocation is
 2158  created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
 2159  in prekindergarten through grade 12.
 2160         (b) Intensive reading instruction for students who have
 2161  reading deficiencies must include evidence-based reading
 2162  instruction proven to accelerate progress of students exhibiting
 2163  a reading deficiency; differentiated instruction based on
 2164  screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, or student
 2165  assessment data to meet students’ specific reading needs;
 2166  explicit and systematic reading strategies to develop phonemic
 2167  awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, with
 2168  more extensive opportunities for guided practice, error
 2169  correction, and feedback; and the coordinated integration of
 2170  civic literacy, science, and mathematics-text reading, text
 2171  discussion, and writing in response to reading.
 2172         (c) Funds for comprehensive, evidence-based reading
 2173  instruction shall be allocated annually to each school district
 2174  in the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. Each
 2175  eligible school district shall receive the same minimum amount
 2176  as specified in the General Appropriations Act, and any
 2177  remaining funds shall be distributed to eligible school
 2178  districts based on each school district’s proportionate share of
 2179  K-12 base funding.
 2180         (d) Funds allocated under this subsection must be used to
 2181  provide a system of comprehensive reading instruction to
 2182  students enrolled in the prekindergarten-12 programs and certain
 2183  students who exhibit a substantial deficiency in early literacy,
 2184  which may include the following:
 2185         1. Additional time per day of evidence-based intensive
 2186  reading instruction to students, which may be delivered during
 2187  or outside of the regular school day.
 2188         2. Kindergarten through grade 12 evidence-based intensive
 2189  reading interventions.
 2190         3. Highly qualified reading coaches, who must be endorsed
 2191  in reading, to specifically support teachers in making
 2192  instructional decisions based on student data, and improve
 2193  teacher delivery of effective reading instruction, intervention,
 2194  and reading in the content areas based on student need.
 2195         4. Professional development to help instructional personnel
 2196  and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
 2197  Education Finance Program earn a certification, a credential, an
 2198  endorsement, or an advanced degree in scientifically researched
 2199  and evidence-based reading instruction.
 2200         5. Summer reading camps, using only teachers or other
 2201  district personnel who possess a micro-credential as specified
 2202  in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
 2203  consistent with s. 1008.25(7)(b)3., for all students in
 2204  kindergarten through grade 5 who demonstrate a reading
 2205  deficiency as determined by district and state assessments.
 2206         6. Scientifically researched and evidence-based
 2207  supplemental instructional materials as identified by the Just
 2208  Read, Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(8).
 2209         7. Incentives for instructional personnel and certified
 2210  prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida Education Finance
 2211  Program who possess a reading certification or endorsement or
 2212  micro-credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and provide
 2213  educational support to improve student literacy.
 2214         8. Tutoring in reading.
 2215         (e)1. Annually, by a date determined by the Department of
 2216  Education, each school district shall submit a comprehensive
 2217  reading plan approved by the applicable district school board,
 2218  charter school governing board, or lab school board of trustees,
 2219  for the specific use of the evidence-based reading instruction
 2220  allocation, based upon a root-cause analysis. The State Regional
 2221  Literacy Director may assist in the development of the plan. The
 2222  department shall provide a plan format. A district school board
 2223  may use the format developed by the department or a format
 2224  developed by the district school board.
 2225         2. Intensive reading interventions must be delivered by
 2226  instructional personnel who possess the micro-credential as
 2227  provided in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
 2228  and must incorporate evidence-based strategies identified by the
 2229  Just Read, Florida! Office pursuant to s. 1001.215(8).
 2230  Instructional personnel who possess a micro-credential as
 2231  specified in s. 1003.485 and are delivering intensive reading
 2232  interventions must be supervised by an individual certified or
 2233  endorsed in reading. For the purposes of this subsection, the
 2234  term “supervision” means the ability to communicate by way of
 2235  telecommunication with or physical presence of the certified or
 2236  endorsed personnel for consultation and direction of the actions
 2237  of the personnel with the micro-credential.
 2238         3. By July 1 of each year, the department shall release to
 2239  each school district its allocation of appropriated funds. The
 2240  department shall evaluate the implementation of each district
 2241  plan, including conducting site visits and collecting specific
 2242  data on expenditures and reading improvement results. By
 2243  February 1 of each year, the department shall report its
 2244  findings to the Legislature and the State Board of Education,
 2245  including any recommendations for improving implementation of
 2246  evidence-based reading and intervention strategies in
 2247  classrooms.
 2248  
 2249  For purposes of this subsection, the term “evidence-based” means
 2250  demonstrating a statistically significant effect on improving
 2251  student outcomes or other relevant outcomes as provided in 20
 2252  U.S.C. s. 8101(21)(A)(i).
 2253         (9) CALCULATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOCATION FOR JUVENILE
 2254  JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—
 2255         (a) The total kindergarten through grade 12 K-12 weighted
 2256  full-time equivalent student membership in juvenile justice
 2257  education programs in each school district shall be multiplied
 2258  by the amount of the state average class-size-reduction factor
 2259  multiplied by the comparable wage factor for the school district
 2260  established in subsection (2) district’s cost differential. An
 2261  amount equal to the sum of this calculation shall be allocated
 2262  in the Florida Education Finance Program FEFP to each school
 2263  district to supplement other sources of funding for students in
 2264  juvenile justice education programs.
 2265         (b) Funds allocated under this subsection shall be used to
 2266  provide the juvenile justice education programs pursuant to s.
 2267  1003.52 and may be used to pay for the high school equivalency
 2268  examination fees for juvenile justice students who pass the high
 2269  school equivalency examination in full, or in part, while in a
 2270  juvenile justice education program, the industry credentialing
 2271  testing fees for such students, and the costs associated with
 2272  such juvenile justice students enrolled in career and technical
 2273  education courses that lead to industry-recognized
 2274  certifications.
 2275         (11) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
 2276  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
 2277  percentage increase in funds per kindergarten through grade 12
 2278  K-12 unweighted full-time equivalent student FTE as a minimum
 2279  guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall be
 2280  calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted full-time
 2281  equivalent FTE student which shall include the adjusted full
 2282  time equivalent FTE dollars as provided in subsection (15),
 2283  quality guarantee funds, and actual nonvoted discretionary local
 2284  effort from taxes. From the base funding per unweighted full
 2285  time equivalent student FTE, the increase shall be calculated
 2286  for the current year. The current year funds from which the
 2287  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted full
 2288  time equivalent FTE dollars as provided in subsection (15) and
 2289  potential nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A
 2290  comparison of current year funds per unweighted full-time
 2291  equivalent student FTE to prior year funds per unweighted full
 2292  time equivalent student FTE shall be computed. For those school
 2293  districts which have less than the legislatively assigned
 2294  percentage increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the
 2295  assigned percentage increase in funds per unweighted full-time
 2296  equivalent FTE student. Should appropriated funds be less than
 2297  the sum of this calculated amount for all districts, the
 2298  commissioner shall prorate each district’s allocation. This
 2299  provision shall be implemented to the extent specifically
 2300  funded.
 2301         (12) SAFE SCHOOLS ALLOCATION.—A safe schools allocation is
 2302  created to provide funding to assist school districts in their
 2303  compliance with ss. 1006.07-1006.12, with priority given to
 2304  safe-school officers pursuant to s. 1006.12. Each school
 2305  district shall receive a minimum safe schools allocation in an
 2306  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. Of the
 2307  remaining balance of the safe schools allocation, one-third
 2308  shall be allocated to school districts based on the most recent
 2309  official Florida Crime Index provided by the Department of Law
 2310  Enforcement and two-thirds shall be allocated based on each
 2311  school district’s proportionate share of the state’s total
 2312  unweighted full-time equivalent student enrollment. Each school
 2313  district must report to the Department of Education by October
 2314  15 that all public schools within the school district have
 2315  completed the school security risk assessment using the Florida
 2316  Safe Schools Assessment Tool developed pursuant to s. 1006.1493.
 2317  If a district school board is required by s. 1006.12 to assign a
 2318  school resource officer or school safety officer to a charter
 2319  school, the charter school’s share of costs for such officer may
 2320  not exceed the amount of funds allocated to the charter school
 2321  under this subsection.
 2322         (13) MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION.—The mental health
 2323  assistance allocation is created to provide funding to assist
 2324  school districts in their implementation of their establishing
 2325  or expanding school-based mental health assistance program
 2326  pursuant to s. 1006.041 care; train educators and other school
 2327  staff in detecting and responding to mental health issues; and
 2328  connect children, youth, and families who may experience
 2329  behavioral health issues with appropriate services. These funds
 2330  shall be allocated annually in the General Appropriations Act or
 2331  other law to each eligible school district. Each school district
 2332  shall receive a minimum of $100,000, with the remaining balance
 2333  allocated based on each school district’s proportionate share of
 2334  the state’s total unweighted full-time equivalent student
 2335  enrollment. Charter schools that submit a plan separate from the
 2336  school district are entitled to a proportionate share of
 2337  district funding. The allocated funds may not supplant funds
 2338  that are provided for this purpose from other operating funds
 2339  and may not be used to increase salaries or provide bonuses.
 2340  School districts are encouraged to maximize third-party health
 2341  insurance benefits and Medicaid claiming for services, where
 2342  appropriate.
 2343         (a) Before the distribution of the allocation:
 2344         1. The school district must develop and submit a detailed
 2345  plan outlining the local program and planned expenditures to the
 2346  district school board for approval. This plan must include all
 2347  district schools, including charter schools, unless a charter
 2348  school elects to submit a plan independently from the school
 2349  district pursuant to subparagraph 2.
 2350         2. A charter school may develop and submit a detailed plan
 2351  outlining the local program and planned expenditures to its
 2352  governing body for approval. After the plan is approved by the
 2353  governing body, it must be provided to the charter school’s
 2354  sponsor.
 2355         (b) The plans required under paragraph (a) must be focused
 2356  on a multitiered system of supports to deliver evidence-based
 2357  mental health care assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
 2358  treatment, and recovery services to students with one or more
 2359  mental health or co-occurring substance abuse diagnoses and to
 2360  students at high risk of such diagnoses. The provision of these
 2361  services must be coordinated with a student’s primary mental
 2362  health care provider and with other mental health providers
 2363  involved in the student’s care. At a minimum, the plans must
 2364  include the following elements:
 2365         1. Direct employment of school-based mental health services
 2366  providers to expand and enhance school-based student services
 2367  and to reduce the ratio of students to staff in order to better
 2368  align with nationally recommended ratio models. These providers
 2369  include, but are not limited to, certified school counselors,
 2370  school psychologists, school social workers, and other licensed
 2371  mental health professionals. The plan also must identify
 2372  strategies to increase the amount of time that school-based
 2373  student services personnel spend providing direct services to
 2374  students, which may include the review and revision of district
 2375  staffing resource allocations based on school or student mental
 2376  health assistance needs.
 2377         2. Contracts or interagency agreements with one or more
 2378  local community behavioral health providers or providers of
 2379  Community Action Team services to provide a behavioral health
 2380  staff presence and services at district schools. Services may
 2381  include, but are not limited to, mental health screenings and
 2382  assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, group
 2383  counseling, psychiatric or psychological services, trauma
 2384  informed care, mobile crisis services, and behavior
 2385  modification. These behavioral health services may be provided
 2386  on or off the school campus and may be supplemented by
 2387  telehealth.
 2388         3. Policies and procedures, including contracts with
 2389  service providers, which will ensure that:
 2390         a. Students referred to a school-based or community-based
 2391  mental health service provider for mental health screening for
 2392  the identification of mental health concerns and students at
 2393  risk for mental health disorders are assessed within 15 days of
 2394  referral. School-based mental health services must be initiated
 2395  within 15 days after identification and assessment, and support
 2396  by community-based mental health service providers for students
 2397  who are referred for community-based mental health services must
 2398  be initiated within 30 days after the school or district makes a
 2399  referral.
 2400         b. Parents of a student receiving services under this
 2401  subsection are provided information about other behavioral
 2402  health services available through the student’s school or local
 2403  community-based behavioral health services providers. A school
 2404  may meet this requirement by providing information about and
 2405  Internet addresses for web-based directories or guides for local
 2406  behavioral health services.
 2407         c. Individuals living in a household with a student
 2408  receiving services under this subsection are provided
 2409  information about behavioral health services available through
 2410  other delivery systems or payors for which such individuals may
 2411  qualify, if such services appear to be needed or enhancements in
 2412  those individuals’ behavioral health would contribute to the
 2413  improved well-being of the student.
 2414         4. Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at
 2415  risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health
 2416  problems, depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal tendencies, or
 2417  substance use disorders.
 2418         5. Strategies to improve the early identification of
 2419  social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use
 2420  disorders, to improve the provision of early intervention
 2421  services, and to assist students in dealing with trauma and
 2422  violence.
 2423         6. Procedures to assist a mental health services provider
 2424  or a behavioral health provider as described in subparagraph 1.
 2425  or subparagraph 2., respectively, or a school resource officer
 2426  or school safety officer who has completed mental health crisis
 2427  intervention training in attempting to verbally de-escalate a
 2428  student’s crisis situation before initiating an involuntary
 2429  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such procedures must include
 2430  strategies to de-escalate a crisis situation for a student with
 2431  a developmental disability as that term is defined in s.
 2432  393.063.
 2433         7. Policies of the school district which must require that
 2434  in a student crisis situation, school or law enforcement
 2435  personnel must make a reasonable attempt to contact a mental
 2436  health professional who may initiate an involuntary examination
 2437  pursuant to s. 394.463, unless the child poses an imminent
 2438  danger to themselves or others, before initiating an involuntary
 2439  examination pursuant to s. 394.463. Such contact may be in
 2440  person or using telehealth as defined in s. 456.47. The mental
 2441  health professional may be available to the school district
 2442  either by contracts or interagency agreements with the managing
 2443  entity, one or more local community behavioral health providers,
 2444  or the local mobile response team or be a direct or contracted
 2445  school district employee.
 2446         (c) School districts shall submit approved plans, including
 2447  approved plans of each charter school in the district, to the
 2448  commissioner by August 1 of each fiscal year.
 2449         (d) Beginning September 30, 2019, and annually by September
 2450  30 thereafter, each school district shall submit to the
 2451  Department of Education a report on its program outcomes and
 2452  expenditures for the previous fiscal year that, at a minimum,
 2453  must include the number of each of the following:
 2454         1. Students who receive screenings or assessments.
 2455         2. Students who are referred to either school-based or
 2456  community-based providers for services or assistance.
 2457         3. Students who receive either school-based or community
 2458  based interventions, services, or assistance.
 2459         4. School-based and community-based mental health
 2460  providers, including licensure type, paid for from funds
 2461  provided through the allocation.
 2462         5. Contract-based collaborative efforts or partnerships
 2463  with community mental health programs, agencies, or providers.
 2464         (14) CLASSROOM TEACHER AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL
 2465  SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION.—The Legislature may annually
 2466  apportion an amount of funds provided provide in the Florida
 2467  Education Finance Program to assist school districts and charter
 2468  schools in their compliance with the requirement that the
 2469  minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers, as defined
 2470  in s. 1012.01(2)(a), and certified prekindergarten teachers
 2471  funded in the Florida Education Finance Program is at least
 2472  $47,500 a teacher salary increase allocation to assist school
 2473  districts in their recruitment and retention of classroom
 2474  teachers and other instructional personnel. The amount and
 2475  distribution methodology for the funding of the allocation shall
 2476  be specified in the General Appropriations Act.
 2477         (a) Each school district shall receive an allocation based
 2478  on the school district’s proportionate share of the base FEFP
 2479  allocation. Each school district shall provide each charter
 2480  school within its district its proportionate share calculated
 2481  pursuant to s. 1002.33(17)(b). If a district school board has
 2482  not received its allocation due to its failure to submit an
 2483  approved district salary distribution plan, the district school
 2484  board must still provide each charter school that has submitted
 2485  a salary distribution plan within its district its proportionate
 2486  share of the allocation.
 2487         (b) Allocation funds are restricted in use as follows:
 2488         1. Each school district and charter school shall use its
 2489  share of the allocation to increase the minimum base salary for
 2490  full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a),
 2491  plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
 2492  Education Finance Program, to at least $47,500, or to the
 2493  maximum amount achievable based on the allocation and as
 2494  specified in the General Appropriations Act. The term “minimum
 2495  base salary” means the lowest annual base salary reported on the
 2496  salary schedule for a full-time classroom teacher. No full-time
 2497  classroom teacher shall receive a salary less than the minimum
 2498  base salary as adjusted by this subparagraph. This subparagraph
 2499  does not apply to substitute teachers.
 2500         2. In addition, each school district shall use its share of
 2501  the allocation to provide salary increases, as funding permits,
 2502  for the following personnel:
 2503         a. Full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s.
 2504  1012.01(2)(a), plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in
 2505  the Florida Education Finance Program, who did not receive an
 2506  increase or who received an increase of less than 2 percent
 2507  under subparagraph 1. or as specified in the General
 2508  Appropriations Act. This subparagraph does not apply to
 2509  substitute teachers.
 2510         b. Other full-time instructional personnel as defined in s.
 2511  1012.01(2)(b)-(d).
 2512         3. A school district or charter school may use funds
 2513  available after the requirements of subparagraph 1. are met to
 2514  provide salary increases pursuant to subparagraph 2.
 2515         4. A school district or charter school shall maintain the
 2516  minimum base salary achieved for classroom teachers provided
 2517  under subparagraph 1. and may not reduce the salary increases
 2518  provided under subparagraph 2. in any subsequent fiscal year,
 2519  unless specifically authorized in the General Appropriations
 2520  Act.
 2521         (c) Before distributing allocation funds received pursuant
 2522  to paragraph (a), each school district and each charter school
 2523  shall develop a salary distribution plan that clearly delineates
 2524  the planned distribution of funds pursuant to paragraph (b) in
 2525  accordance with modified salary schedules, as necessary, for the
 2526  implementation of this subsection.
 2527         1. Each school district superintendent and each charter
 2528  school administrator must submit its proposed salary
 2529  distribution plan to the district school board or the charter
 2530  school governing body, as appropriate, for approval.
 2531         2. Each school district shall submit the approved district
 2532  salary distribution plan and the approved salary distribution
 2533  plan for each charter school in the district to the department
 2534  by October 1 of each fiscal year.
 2535         (d) In a format specified by the department, provide as
 2536  follows:
 2537         1. By December 1, each school district shall provide a
 2538  preliminary report to the department that includes a detailed
 2539  summary explaining the school district’s planned expenditure of
 2540  the entire allocation for the district received pursuant to
 2541  paragraph (a), the amount of the increase to the minimum base
 2542  salary for classroom teachers pursuant to paragraph (b), and the
 2543  school district’s salary schedule for the prior fiscal year and
 2544  the fiscal year in which the base salary is increased. Each
 2545  charter school governing board shall submit the information
 2546  required under this subparagraph to the district school board
 2547  for inclusion in the school district’s preliminary report to the
 2548  department.
 2549         2. By February 1, the department shall submit to the
 2550  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 2551  House of Representatives a statewide report on the planned
 2552  expenditure of the teacher salary increase allocation, which
 2553  includes the detailed summary provided by each school district
 2554  and charter school.
 2555         3. By August 1, each school district shall provide a final
 2556  report to the department with the information required in
 2557  subparagraph 1. for the prior fiscal year. Each charter school
 2558  governing board shall submit the information required under this
 2559  subparagraph to the district school board for inclusion in the
 2560  school district’s final report to the department.
 2561         (e) Although district school boards and charter school
 2562  governing boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages,
 2563  the teacher salary increase allocation must be used solely to
 2564  comply with the requirements of this section. A district school
 2565  board or charter school governing board that is unable to meet
 2566  the reporting requirements specified in paragraph (c) or
 2567  paragraph (d) due to a collective bargaining impasse must
 2568  provide written notification to the department or the district
 2569  school board, as applicable, detailing the reasons for the
 2570  impasse with a proposed timeline and details for a resolution.
 2571         (15) TOTAL ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO EACH DISTRICT FOR
 2572  CURRENT OPERATION.—The total annual state allocation to each
 2573  district for current operation for the Florida Education Finance
 2574  Program FEFP shall be distributed periodically in the manner
 2575  prescribed in the General Appropriations Act.
 2576         (a) If the funds appropriated for current operation of the
 2577  Florida Education Finance Program, including funds appropriated
 2578  pursuant to subsection (18) FEFP are not sufficient to pay the
 2579  state requirement in full, the department shall prorate the
 2580  available state funds to each district in the following manner:
 2581         1. Determine the percentage of proration by dividing the
 2582  sum of the total amount for current operation, as provided in
 2583  this paragraph for all districts collectively, and the total
 2584  district required local effort into the sum of the state funds
 2585  available for current operation and the total district required
 2586  local effort.
 2587         2. Multiply the percentage so determined by the sum of the
 2588  total amount for current operation as provided in this paragraph
 2589  and the required local effort for each individual district.
 2590         3. From the product of such multiplication, subtract the
 2591  required local effort of each district; and the remainder shall
 2592  be the amount of state funds allocated to the district for
 2593  current operation. However, no calculation subsequent to the
 2594  appropriation shall result in negative state funds for any
 2595  district.
 2596         (16) STATE-FUNDED DISCRETIONARY SUPPLEMENT.—
 2597         (a) The state-funded discretionary supplement is created to
 2598  fund the nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant
 2599  to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) for students awarded a Family
 2600  Empowerment Scholarship in accordance with s. 1002.394. To
 2601  calculate the state-funded discretionary supplement for
 2602  inclusion in the amount of the scholarship funding:
 2603         1. For fiscal year 2023-2024, multiply the maximum
 2604  allowable nonvoted discretionary millage for operations pursuant
 2605  to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of 96 percent of the
 2606  current year’s taxable value for school purposes for the school
 2607  district where the student is reported for purposes of the
 2608  Florida Education Finance Program as appropriated in the General
 2609  Appropriations Act; divide the result by the school district’s
 2610  total unweighted full-time equivalent membership as appropriated
 2611  in the General Appropriations Act; and multiply the result by
 2612  the total unweighted full-time equivalent membership associated
 2613  with the number of Family Empowerment Scholarship students
 2614  included in the school district’s total unweighted full-time
 2615  equivalent membership. A base amount as specified in the General
 2616  Appropriations Act shall be added to this amount for purposes of
 2617  calculating the total amount of the supplement.
 2618         2. Beginning in fiscal year 2024-2025 and thereafter,
 2619  multiply the maximum allowable nonvoted discretionary millage
 2620  for operations pursuant to s. 1011.71(1) and (3) by the value of
 2621  96 percent of the current year’s taxable value for school
 2622  purposes for the school district where the student is reported
 2623  for purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program as
 2624  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act; divide the
 2625  result by the school district’s total unweighted full-time
 2626  equivalent membership as appropriated in the General
 2627  Appropriations Act; and multiply the result by the total
 2628  unweighted full-time equivalent membership associated with the
 2629  number of Family Empowerment Scholarship students. The prior
 2630  year’s base amount shall be adjusted based on changes in the
 2631  eligible number of unweighted full-time equivalent membership
 2632  associated with the number of Family Empowerment Scholarship
 2633  students.
 2634         (b) The state-funded discretionary supplement shall be
 2635  recalculated during the fiscal year pursuant to paragraph
 2636  (1)(a). If the recalculated amount is greater than the amount
 2637  provided in the General Appropriations Act, the allocation shall
 2638  be prorated to the level provided to support the appropriation,
 2639  based on each school district’s proportionate share of the total
 2640  allocation.
 2641         (17) CATEGORICAL FUNDS.—
 2642         (a) If a district school board determines that some or all
 2643  of the funds received for any of the categorical programs
 2644  established in this section are needed to maintain or enhance
 2645  school board-specified academic classroom instruction, maintain
 2646  or expand career and technical education instruction, or improve
 2647  school safety, the school district may consider and approve an
 2648  amendment to the school district’s operating budget by
 2649  transferring the identified amount of the categorical funds to
 2650  the appropriate account for expenditure.
 2651         (b) Each school district shall include in its annual
 2652  financial report to the Department of Education the amount of
 2653  funds the school board transferred from each of the categorical
 2654  funds identified in this subsection and the specific academic
 2655  classroom instruction, maintain or expand career and technical
 2656  education instruction, or school safety need for which the
 2657  transferred funds were expended. The department shall provide
 2658  instructions and specify the format to be used in submitting
 2659  this required information as part of the district annual
 2660  financial report. The department shall annually submit a report
 2661  to the Legislature which identifies by school district and by
 2662  categorical fund the amount transferred and the specific
 2663  academic classroom activity, the maintained or expanded career
 2664  and technical education instruction, or the school safety need
 2665  for which the funds were expended.
 2666         (18) EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT STABILIZATION PROGRAM.—
 2667         (a) The educational enrollment stabilization program is
 2668  created to provide supplemental state funds as needed to
 2669  maintain the stability of the operations of public schools in
 2670  each school district and to protect districts, including charter
 2671  schools, from financial instability as a result of changes in
 2672  full-time equivalent student enrollment throughout the school
 2673  year. This program shall be implemented to the extent funds are
 2674  available.
 2675         (b) The Legislature may annually appropriate funds in the
 2676  General Appropriations Act to the Department of Education for
 2677  this program. The Department of Education shall use funds as
 2678  appropriated to ensure that, based on each recalculation of the
 2679  Florida Education Finance Program pursuant to paragraph (1)(a),
 2680  a school district’s funds per unweighted full-time equivalent
 2681  student is not less than the greater of either the school
 2682  district’s funds per unweighted full-time equivalent student as
 2683  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act or the school
 2684  district’s funds per unweighted full-time equivalent student as
 2685  recalculated based upon the receipt of the certified taxable
 2686  value for school purposes pursuant to s. 1011.62(4).
 2687         (16) COMPUTATION OF PRIOR YEAR DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL
 2688  EFFORT.—Calculations required in this section shall be based on
 2689  95 percent of the taxable value for school purposes for fiscal
 2690  years prior to the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
 2691         (17) TURNAROUND SCHOOL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ALLOCATION.
 2692  The turnaround school supplemental services allocation is
 2693  created to provide district-managed turnaround schools, as
 2694  identified in s. 1008.33(4)(a), schools that earn three
 2695  consecutive grades below a “C,” as identified in s.
 2696  1008.33(4)(b)3., and schools that have improved to a “C” and are
 2697  no longer in turnaround status, as identified in s.
 2698  1008.33(4)(c), with funds to offer services designed to improve
 2699  the overall academic and community welfare of the schools’
 2700  students and their families.
 2701         (a)1. Services funded by the allocation may include, but
 2702  are not limited to, tutorial and after-school programs, student
 2703  counseling, nutrition education, parental counseling, and an
 2704  extended school day and school year. In addition, services may
 2705  include models that develop a culture that encourages students
 2706  to complete high school and to attend college or career
 2707  training, set high academic expectations, and inspire character
 2708  development.
 2709         2. A school district may enter into a formal agreement with
 2710  a nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under s.
 2711  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to implement an
 2712  integrated student support service model that provides students
 2713  and families with access to wrap-around services, including, but
 2714  not limited to, health services, after-school programs, drug
 2715  prevention programs, college and career readiness programs, and
 2716  food and clothing banks.
 2717         (b) Before distribution of the allocation, the school
 2718  district shall develop and submit a plan for implementation to
 2719  its school board for approval no later than August 1 of each
 2720  fiscal year.
 2721         (c) At a minimum, the plan required under paragraph (b)
 2722  must:
 2723         1. Establish comprehensive support services that develop
 2724  family and community partnerships;
 2725         2. Establish clearly defined and measurable high academic
 2726  and character standards;
 2727         3. Increase parental involvement and engagement in the
 2728  child’s education;
 2729         4. Describe how instructional personnel will be identified,
 2730  recruited, retained, and rewarded;
 2731         5. Provide professional development that focuses on
 2732  academic rigor, direct instruction, and creating high academic
 2733  and character standards;
 2734         6. Provide focused instruction to improve student academic
 2735  proficiency, which may include additional instruction time
 2736  beyond the normal school day or school year; and
 2737         7. Include a strategy for continuing to provide services
 2738  after the school is no longer in turnaround status by virtue of
 2739  achieving a grade of “C” or higher.
 2740         (d) Each school district shall submit its approved plans to
 2741  the commissioner by September 1 of each fiscal year.
 2742         (e) Subject to legislative appropriation, each school
 2743  district’s allocation must be based on the unweighted FTE
 2744  student enrollment at the eligible schools and a per-FTE funding
 2745  amount of $500 or as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
 2746  The supplement provided in the General Appropriations Act shall
 2747  be based on the most recent school grades and shall serve as a
 2748  proxy for the official calculation. Once school grades are
 2749  available for the school year immediately preceding the fiscal
 2750  year coinciding with the appropriation, the supplement shall be
 2751  recalculated for the official participating schools as part of
 2752  the subsequent FEFP calculation. The commissioner may prepare a
 2753  preliminary calculation so that districts may proceed with
 2754  timely planning and use of the funds. If the calculated funds
 2755  for the statewide allocation exceed the funds appropriated, the
 2756  allocation of funds to each school district must be prorated
 2757  based on each school district’s share of the total unweighted
 2758  FTE student enrollment for the eligible schools.
 2759         (f) Subject to legislative appropriation, each school shall
 2760  remain eligible for the allocation for a maximum of 4 continuous
 2761  fiscal years while implementing a turnaround option pursuant to
 2762  s. 1008.33(4). In addition, a school that improves to a grade of
 2763  “C” or higher shall remain eligible to receive the allocation
 2764  for a maximum of 2 continuous fiscal years after exiting
 2765  turnaround status.
 2766         Section 41. Section 1011.622, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2767  to read:
 2768         1011.622 Adjustments for students without a Florida student
 2769  identification number.—The Florida Education Finance Program
 2770  funding calculations, including the calculations authorized in
 2771  ss. 1011.62, 1011.67, 1011.68, and 1011.685, shall include
 2772  funding for a student only when all of the student’s records are
 2773  reported to the Department of Education under a Florida student
 2774  identification number. The State Board of Education may adopt
 2775  rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this
 2776  section.
 2777         Section 42. Section 1011.67, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 2778         Section 43. Subsection (4) of section 1011.69, Florida
 2779  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2780         1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act.—
 2781         (4) The following funds are excluded from the school-level
 2782  allocation under this section: Funds appropriated in the General
 2783  Appropriations Act for supplemental academic instruction to be
 2784  used for the purposes described in s. 1011.62(1)(f).
 2785         Section 44. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
 2786  1011.84, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2787         1011.84 Procedure for determining state financial support
 2788  and annual apportionment of state funds to each Florida College
 2789  System institution district.—The procedure for determining state
 2790  financial support and the annual apportionment to each Florida
 2791  College System institution district authorized to operate a
 2792  Florida College System institution under the provisions of s.
 2793  1001.61 shall be as follows:
 2794         (3) DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT FROM STATE FUNDS.—
 2795         (b) The apportionment to each Florida College System
 2796  institution from the Florida College System Program Fund shall
 2797  be determined annually in the General Appropriations Act. In
 2798  determining each college’s apportionment, the Legislature shall
 2799  consider the following components:
 2800         1. Base budget, which includes the state appropriation to
 2801  the Florida College System Program Fund in the current year plus
 2802  the related student tuition and out-of-state fees assigned in
 2803  the current General Appropriations Act.
 2804         2. The cost-to-continue allocation, which consists of
 2805  incremental changes to the base budget, including salaries,
 2806  price levels, and other related costs allocated through a
 2807  funding model approved by the Legislature which may recognize
 2808  differing economic factors arising from the individual
 2809  educational approaches of the various Florida College System
 2810  institutions, including, but not limited to:
 2811         a. Direct Instructional Funding, including class size,
 2812  faculty productivity factors, average faculty salary, ratio of
 2813  full-time to part-time faculty, costs of programs, and
 2814  enrollment factors.
 2815         b. Academic Support, including small colleges factor,
 2816  multicampus factor, and enrollment factor.
 2817         c. Student Services Support, including headcount of
 2818  students as well as FTE count and enrollment factors.
 2819         d. Library Support, including volume and other
 2820  materials/audiovisual requirements.
 2821         e. Special Projects.
 2822         f. Operations and Maintenance of Plant, including square
 2823  footage and utilization factors.
 2824         g. Comparable wage factor District Cost Differential.
 2825         3. Students enrolled in a recreation and leisure program
 2826  and students enrolled in a lifelong learning program who may not
 2827  be counted as full-time equivalent enrollments for purposes of
 2828  enrollment workload adjustments.
 2829         4. Operating costs of new facilities adjustments, which
 2830  shall be provided, from funds available, for each new facility
 2831  that is owned by the college and is recommended in accordance
 2832  with s. 1013.31.
 2833         5. New and improved program enhancements, which shall be
 2834  determined by the Legislature.
 2835  
 2836  Student fees in the base budget plus student fee revenues
 2837  generated by increases in fee rates shall be deducted from the
 2838  sum of the components determined in subparagraphs 1.-5. The
 2839  amount remaining shall be the net annual state apportionment to
 2840  each college.
 2841         Section 45. Section 1012.44, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2842  to read:
 2843         1012.44 Qualifications for certain persons providing
 2844  speech-language services.—The State Board of Education shall
 2845  adopt rules for speech-language services to school districts
 2846  that qualify for additional full-time equivalent membership
 2847  under s. 1011.62(1)(f) the sparsity supplement as described in
 2848  s. 1011.62(7). These services may be provided by baccalaureate
 2849  degree level persons for a period of 3 years. The rules shall
 2850  authorize the delivery of speech-language services by
 2851  baccalaureate degree level persons under the direction of a
 2852  certified speech-language pathologist with a master’s degree or
 2853  higher.
 2854         Section 46. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 1012.584,
 2855  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2856         1012.584 Continuing education and inservice training for
 2857  youth mental health awareness and assistance.—
 2858         (1) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, The
 2859  Department of Education shall establish an evidence-based youth
 2860  mental health awareness and assistance training program to help
 2861  school personnel identify and understand the signs of emotional
 2862  disturbance, mental illness, and substance use disorders and
 2863  provide such personnel with the skills to help a person who is
 2864  developing or experiencing an emotional disturbance, mental
 2865  health, or substance use problem.
 2866         (4) Each school district shall notify all school personnel
 2867  who have received training pursuant to this section of mental
 2868  health services that are available in the school district, and
 2869  the individual to contact if a student needs services. The term
 2870  “mental health services” includes, but is not limited to,
 2871  community mental health services, health care providers, and
 2872  services provided under ss. 1006.04 and 1006.041 ss. 1006.04 and
 2873  1011.62(13).
 2874         Section 47. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 2875  1012.586, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2876         1012.586 Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate
 2877  certificates; reading endorsement pathways.—
 2878         (2)
 2879         (b) As part of adopting a pathway pursuant to paragraph
 2880  (a), the department shall review the competencies for the
 2881  reading endorsement and subject area examinations for educator
 2882  certificates identified pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(f) for
 2883  alignment with evidence-based instructional and intervention
 2884  strategies rooted in the science of reading and identified
 2885  pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) s. 1001.215(8) and recommend changes
 2886  to the State Board of Education. Recommended changes must
 2887  address identification of the characteristics of conditions such
 2888  as dyslexia, implementation of evidence-based classroom
 2889  instruction and interventions, including evidence-based reading
 2890  instruction and interventions specifically for students with
 2891  characteristics of dyslexia, and effective progress monitoring.
 2892  By July 1, 2023, each school district reading endorsement add-on
 2893  program must be resubmitted for approval by the department
 2894  consistent with this paragraph.
 2895         Section 48. Section 1012.71, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2896  to read:
 2897         1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
 2898  Program.—
 2899         (1) For purposes of the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply
 2900  Assistance Program, the term “classroom teacher” means a
 2901  certified teacher employed by a public school district or a
 2902  public charter school in that district on or before September 1
 2903  of each year whose full-time or job-share responsibility is the
 2904  classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten through
 2905  grade 12, including full-time media specialists and certified
 2906  school counselors serving students in prekindergarten through
 2907  grade 12, who are funded through the Florida Education Finance
 2908  Program. A “job-share” classroom teacher is one of two teachers
 2909  whose combined full-time equivalent employment for the same
 2910  teaching assignment equals one full-time classroom teacher.
 2911         (2) The amount of funds per classroom teacher for the
 2912  Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program shall be
 2913  specified The Legislature, in the General Appropriations Act,
 2914  shall determine funding for the Florida Teachers Classroom
 2915  Supply Assistance Program. Classroom teachers shall use the
 2916  funds appropriated are for classroom teachers to purchase, on
 2917  behalf of the school district or charter school, classroom
 2918  materials and supplies for the public school students assigned
 2919  to them and may not be used to purchase equipment. The funds
 2920  appropriated shall be used to supplement the materials and
 2921  supplies otherwise available to classroom teachers. From the
 2922  funds appropriated for the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply
 2923  Assistance Program, the Commissioner of Education shall
 2924  calculate an amount for each school district based upon each
 2925  school district’s proportionate share of the state’s total
 2926  unweighted FTE student enrollment and shall disburse the funds
 2927  to the school districts by July 15.
 2928         (3) From the funds allocated to each school district and
 2929  any funds received from local contributions for the Florida
 2930  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program, the district
 2931  school board shall calculate an identical amount for each
 2932  classroom teacher who is estimated to be employed by the school
 2933  district or a charter school in the district on September 1 of
 2934  each year, which is that teacher’s proportionate share of the
 2935  total amount allocated to the district from state funds and
 2936  funds received from local contributions. A job-share classroom
 2937  teacher may receive a prorated share of the amount provided to a
 2938  full-time classroom teacher. For a classroom teachers teacher
 2939  determined eligible on July 1, the district school board and
 2940  each charter school board shall may provide such classroom
 2941  teachers the teacher with their amount as specified in the
 2942  General Appropriations Act his or her total proportionate share
 2943  by August 1. For classroom teachers based on the estimate of the
 2944  number of teachers who will be employed on September 1. For a
 2945  classroom teacher determined eligible after July 1, the district
 2946  school board and each charter school board shall provide such
 2947  classroom teachers with their amount as specified in the General
 2948  Appropriations Act the teacher with his or her total
 2949  proportionate share by September 30. A job-share classroom
 2950  teacher may receive a prorated share of the amount provided to a
 2951  full-time classroom teacher The proportionate share may be
 2952  provided by any means determined appropriate by the district
 2953  school board or charter school board, including, but not limited
 2954  to, direct deposit, check, debit card, or purchasing card. If a
 2955  debit card is used, an identifier must be placed on the front of
 2956  the debit card which clearly indicates that the card has been
 2957  issued for the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
 2958  Program. Expenditures under the program are not subject to state
 2959  or local competitive bidding requirements. Funds received by a
 2960  classroom teacher do not affect wages, hours, or terms and
 2961  conditions of employment and, therefore, are not subject to
 2962  collective bargaining. Any classroom teacher may decline receipt
 2963  of or return the funds without explanation or cause.
 2964         (4) The Department of Education shall administer a
 2965  competitive procurement through which eligible classroom
 2966  teachers may purchase classroom materials and supplies.
 2967  Annually, by September 1, each school district shall submit to
 2968  the department:
 2969         (a) The name of each eligible classroom teacher.
 2970         (b) The proportionate share of the amount as specified in
 2971  the General Appropriations Act for each eligible job-share
 2972  classroom teacher.
 2973         (c) The name and Master School Identification Number of the
 2974  school in which the eligible classroom teacher is assigned.
 2975         (d) Any other information necessary for the administration
 2976  of the program as determined by the department.
 2977         (5)(4) Each classroom teacher must sign a statement
 2978  acknowledging receipt of the funds, keep receipts for no less
 2979  than 4 years to show that funds expended meet the requirements
 2980  of this section, and return any unused funds to the district
 2981  school board at the end of the regular school year. Any unused
 2982  funds that are returned to the district school board shall be
 2983  deposited into the school advisory council account of the school
 2984  at which the classroom teacher returning the funds was employed
 2985  when that teacher received the funds were made available to the
 2986  classroom teacher. If the school does not have a school advisory
 2987  council, the funds shall be expended for classroom materials and
 2988  supplies as determined by the school principal or deposited into
 2989  the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program account
 2990  of the school district in which a charter school is sponsored,
 2991  as applicable.
 2992         (5) The statement must be signed and dated by each
 2993  classroom teacher before receipt of the Florida Teachers
 2994  Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds and shall include the
 2995  wording: “I, ...(name of teacher)..., am employed by the
 2996  ....County District School Board or by the ....Charter School as
 2997  a full-time classroom teacher. I acknowledge that Florida
 2998  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds are
 2999  appropriated by the Legislature for the sole purpose of
 3000  purchasing classroom materials and supplies to be used in the
 3001  instruction of students assigned to me. In accepting custody of
 3002  these funds, I agree to keep the receipts for all expenditures
 3003  for no less than 4 years. I understand that if I do not keep the
 3004  receipts, it will be my personal responsibility to pay any
 3005  federal taxes due on these funds. I also agree to return any
 3006  unexpended funds to the district school board at the end of the
 3007  regular school year for deposit into the school advisory council
 3008  account of the school where I was employed at the time I
 3009  received the funds or for deposit into the Florida Teachers
 3010  Classroom Supply Assistance Program account of the school
 3011  district in which the charter school is sponsored, as
 3012  applicable.”
 3013         (6) The Department of Education and district school boards
 3014  may, and are encouraged to, enter into public-private
 3015  partnerships in order to increase the total amount of Florida
 3016  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Programs funds available to
 3017  classroom teachers.
 3018         Section 49. Section 1012.715, Florida Statutes, is created
 3019  to read:
 3020         1012.715 Heroes in the classroom sign-on bonus.—
 3021         (1) PURPOSE.—Subject to legislative appropriation, the
 3022  Department of Education shall provide a one-time sign-on bonus,
 3023  as provided in the General Appropriations Act, to honorably
 3024  discharged or retired military veterans and retired first
 3025  responders, as defined in s. 112.1815(1), who commit to joining
 3026  the teaching profession as a full-time classroom teacher. An
 3027  honorably discharged or retired military veteran or retired
 3028  first responder may receive an additional bonus for teaching a
 3029  course in a high-demand teacher need area, as identified by the
 3030  department pursuant to paragraph (3)(e).
 3031         (2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a sign-on bonus,
 3032  an applicant must be an honorably discharged or retired military
 3033  veteran or retired first responder and provide the following to
 3034  the department:
 3035         (a) Documentation of his or her honorable discharge or
 3036  retirement.
 3037         (b) Documentation that he or she was not subject to any
 3038  disciplinary action during the last 5 years of his or her
 3039  employment as a servicemember in the United States Armed Forces
 3040  or as a first responder. The term “disciplinary action” includes
 3041  suspensions, dismissals, and involuntary demotions that were
 3042  associated with disciplinary actions.
 3043         (c) A copy of his or her professional certificate or
 3044  temporary certificate issued pursuant to s. 1012.56(7).
 3045         (d) Documentation that he or she agrees to maintain
 3046  employment with the school district or charter school for a
 3047  minimum of 2 consecutive school years upon receipt of the sign
 3048  on bonus. An individual who accepts a sign-on bonus pursuant to
 3049  this section but fails to maintain his or her employment
 3050  pursuant to this paragraph must reimburse the department the
 3051  amount of the sign-on bonus in a manner prescribed by the
 3052  department.
 3053         (3) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES.—The
 3054  department shall distribute bonuses pursuant to this section
 3055  and, at a minimum, must:
 3056         (a) Establish a method for determining the estimated number
 3057  of eligible honorably discharged or retired military veterans
 3058  and retired first responders to be hired in the applicable
 3059  fiscal year.
 3060         (b) Establish additional minimum criteria necessary for an
 3061  individual to be eligible for a sign-on bonus.
 3062         (c) Establish an estimated cost to the department for
 3063  developing and administering the bonus program.
 3064         (d) Establish a method for an individual to reimburse the
 3065  department if he or she receives the sign-on bonus but does not
 3066  maintain employment for the required consecutive 2-year period.
 3067         (e) Identify courses that are in high-demand teacher need
 3068  areas in which honorably discharged or retired military veterans
 3069  or retired first responders may teach to be eligible for an
 3070  additional bonus.
 3071         (4) SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES.—A school district
 3072  that employs an eligible honorably discharged or retired
 3073  military veteran or retired first responder must:
 3074         (a) Provide any necessary information requested by the
 3075  department.
 3076         (b) In a manner established by the department, notify the
 3077  eligible honorably discharged or retired military veteran or
 3078  retired first responder that employment may impact his or her
 3079  pension from a previous employer.
 3080         (5) RULEMAKING.—The State Board of Education may adopt
 3081  rules to implement this section.
 3082         Section 50. The Division of Law Revision is directed to
 3083  revise the title of subpart D. of part I of chapter 1011,
 3084  Florida Statutes, consisting of ss. 1011.55-1011.59, Florida
 3085  Statutes, to read “Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and
 3086  Florida School for Competitive Academics: Preparation, Adoption,
 3087  and Implementation of Budgets” to conform to the amendments made
 3088  by this act. 
 3089         Section 51. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
 3090  
 3091  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 3092  And the title is amended as follows:
 3093         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 3094  and insert:
 3095                        A bill to be entitled                      
 3096         An act relating to education; amending s. 11.45, F.S.;
 3097         revising the duties of the Auditor General to conform
 3098         to changes made by the act; amending s. 110.1228,
 3099         F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s.
 3100         216.251, F.S.; providing the manner of setting
 3101         salaries for positions within the Florida School for
 3102         Competitive Academics; amending s. 402.22, F.S.;
 3103         conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 447.203,
 3104         F.S.; revising the definition of the terms “public
 3105         employer” or “employer” to include the Florida School
 3106         for Competitive Academics for purposes of part II of
 3107         ch. 447, F.S.; making technical changes; amending s.
 3108         1000.04, F.S.; revising the components of the delivery
 3109         of public education within the Florida Early Learning
 3110         20 education system to include the Florida School for
 3111         Competitive Academics; amending s. 1001.20, F.S.;
 3112         revising the powers of the Department of Education’s
 3113         Office of Inspector General to conform to changes made
 3114         by the act; amending s. 1001.215, F.S.; revising
 3115         duties of the Just Read, Florida! Office; reenacting
 3116         and amending s. 1001.26(1), F.S.; requiring the
 3117         department to provide funds to certain radio stations;
 3118         amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; providing an exemption from
 3119         collective bargaining requirements under specified
 3120         circumstances; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; authorizing
 3121         district school boards to adopt policies for an
 3122         enrollment fee for specified summer courses; providing
 3123         fee requirements; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; revising
 3124         funding requirements for developmental research
 3125         schools; conforming provisions to changes made by the
 3126         act; creating s. 1002.351, F.S.; providing for the
 3127         establishment of the Florida School for Competitive
 3128         Academics; providing for the purpose and mission of
 3129         the school; requiring the school to be included in a
 3130         certain online portal; requiring the portal to include
 3131         information for parents on submitting educational
 3132         records for admission purposes; providing for the
 3133         appointment of the board of trustees; prescribing the
 3134         powers and duties of the board of trustees; providing
 3135         sovereign immunity to the board of trustees;
 3136         specifying the board’s duties regarding the
 3137         maintenance of student and employee records; providing
 3138         requirements regarding background screening of school
 3139         personnel; specifying duties of the board regarding
 3140         personnel; requiring the Auditor General to conduct
 3141         audits of the school; authorizing the department’s
 3142         Office of Inspector General to conduct investigations,
 3143         as appropriate; exempting the school from specified
 3144         requirements in the Florida Early Learning-20
 3145         Education Code; providing exceptions; specifying
 3146         applicability of certain provisions of law; amending
 3147         s. 1002.37, F.S.; revising funding requirements for
 3148         the Florida Virtual School; conforming provisions to
 3149         changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.;
 3150         revising funding requirements for the Family
 3151         Empowerment Scholarship Program; conforming cross
 3152         references and provisions to changes made by the act;
 3153         amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; revising the enrollment
 3154         limitation on certain students; conforming cross
 3155         references and provisions to changes made by the act;
 3156         amending ss. 1002.59, 1002.71, 1002.84, and 1002.89,
 3157         F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to
 3158         changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.995, F.S.;
 3159         revising eligibility requirements for providing
 3160         incentives to school readiness personnel; amending s.
 3161         1003.03, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made
 3162         by the act; creating s. 1003.4201, F.S.; requiring
 3163         school districts to implement a system of
 3164         comprehensive reading instruction for specified
 3165         students that includes a specified plan; providing
 3166         plan requirements; providing school district and
 3167         department requirements; defining the term “evidence
 3168         based”; amending ss. 1003.485, 1003.621, and 1004.935,
 3169         F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to
 3170         changes made by the act; creating s. 1006.041, F.S.;
 3171         requiring school districts to implement a school-based
 3172         mental health assistance program for specified
 3173         students that includes a specified plan; providing
 3174         plan and school district requirements; amending s.
 3175         1006.07, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 3176         by the act; amending s. 1006.1493, F.S.; requiring
 3177         school districts to annually report specified
 3178         information relating to the Florida Safe Schools
 3179         Assessment Tool to the Office of Safe Schools;
 3180         amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; defining the term “library
 3181         media center”; requiring district school
 3182         superintendents to annually certify specified
 3183         information to the Commissioner of Education;
 3184         exempting certain instructional materials from
 3185         specified procedures; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.;
 3186         revising requirements for the instructional materials
 3187         allocation and the purchase of instructional
 3188         materials; conforming provisions to changes made by
 3189         the act; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; requiring school
 3190         districts to pay for the cost of specified
 3191         instructional materials; amending ss. 1008.25 and
 3192         1008.345, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross
 3193         references to changes made by the act; amending s.
 3194         1008.365, F.S.; revising requirements for the Reading
 3195         Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence
 3196         Program; conforming cross-references; amending s.
 3197         1010.20, F.S.; conforming cross-references; creating
 3198         s. 1011.58, F.S.; prescribing procedures for the
 3199         Florida School for Competitive Academics submission of
 3200         legislative budget requests; requiring the school to
 3201         submit an implementation plan to the department;
 3202         requiring the Commissioner of Education to include the
 3203         school in the department’s legislative budget request,
 3204         subject to specified conditions; requiring the school
 3205         to submit its fixed capital outlay request to the
 3206         department; creating s. 1011.59, F.S.; prescribing
 3207         procedures and requirements governing the request and
 3208         the appropriation of funds for the operation of the
 3209         Florida School for Competitive Academics; requiring
 3210         the school’s board of trustees to develop an annual
 3211         operating budget; requiring the Chief Financial
 3212         Officer to transfer or reallocate funds, subject to
 3213         specified conditions; requiring the board to establish
 3214         authorized positions within funds appropriated to the
 3215         school; providing for the carryforward of any
 3216         unexpended funds; amending s. 1011.61, F.S.;
 3217         conforming cross-references; amending s. 1011.62,
 3218         F.S.; revising provisions relating to the Florida
 3219         Education Finance Program; revising the calculation of
 3220         the cost factor for secondary career education
 3221         programs, the annual allocation to each school
 3222         district, and the funding model for exceptional
 3223         student education programs; creating the calculation
 3224         of additional full-time equivalent membership for
 3225         small school district exceptional student education
 3226         and the small district factor; providing requirements
 3227         for such calculation and factor; deleting the
 3228         supplemental academic instruction allocation; renaming
 3229         the “district cost differential” as the “comparable
 3230         wage factor”; revising the calculation of such factor;
 3231         creating the state-funded discretionary contribution;
 3232         providing requirements for such contribution; creating
 3233         the educational enrichment allocation and the
 3234         exceptional student education guaranteed allocation;
 3235         providing requirements for such allocations; deleting
 3236         the categorical funds, determination of sparsity
 3237         supplement, evidence-based reading instruction
 3238         allocation, requirements for computation of prior year
 3239         district required local effort, and turnaround school
 3240         supplemental services allocation; revising the
 3241         calculation of the supplemental allocation for
 3242         juvenile justice education programs; revising
 3243         requirements for the safe schools allocation and the
 3244         mental health assistance allocation; renaming the
 3245         teacher salary increase allocation as the classroom
 3246         teacher and other instructional personnel salary
 3247         increase; revising the requirements for such funding;
 3248         creating the state-funded discretionary supplement,
 3249         the categorical funds, and the educational enrollment
 3250         stabilization program; providing requirements for the
 3251         supplement, funds, and program; deleting the
 3252         calculations for the computation of prior year
 3253         district required local effort and the turnaround
 3254         school supplemental services allocation; conforming
 3255         provisions and cross-references to changes made by the
 3256         act; amending s. 1011.622, F.S.; conforming a cross
 3257         reference; repealing s. 1011.67, F.S., relating to
 3258         funds for instructional materials; amending ss.
 3259         1011.69, 1011.84, 1012.44, 1012.584, and 1012.586,
 3260         F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to
 3261         changes made by the act; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.;
 3262         revising provisions for the calculation of Florida
 3263         Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds;
 3264         deleting provisions relating to the distribution of
 3265         program funds; requiring the department to administer
 3266         a competitive procurement through which eligible
 3267         classroom teachers may purchase classroom materials
 3268         and supplies; requiring school districts to provide
 3269         certain information to the department annually by a
 3270         specified date; deleting a requirement that classroom
 3271         teachers sign a specified statement; revising
 3272         requirements for unused funds; creating s. 1012.715,
 3273         F.S.; requiring the department to provide a one-time
 3274         sign-on bonus to honorably discharged and retired
 3275         military veterans and retired first responders who
 3276         join the teaching profession; providing eligibility
 3277         criteria; providing for an additional bonus under
 3278         certain circumstances; providing department and school
 3279         district responsibilities; authorizing the State Board
 3280         of Education to adopt rules; providing a directive to
 3281         the Division of Law Revision; providing an effective
 3282         date.