Bill Text: FL H0073 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Educational Plant Surveys

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-02 - Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 12 [H0073 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0073-Introduced.html

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HB 73

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to educational plant surveys; amending
3	s. 1013.31, F.S.; authorizing an extension to a school
4	district educational plant survey submission deadline;
5	providing restrictions; providing requirements for the
6	submission of a request for an extension to the
7	Department of Education and requiring department
8	approval; providing restrictions on school district
9	construction during the extension period; requiring
10	the State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing
11	an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
16	section 1013.31, Florida Statutes, to read:
17	1013.31  Educational plant survey; localized need
18	assessment; PECO project funding.-
19	(1)  At least every 5 years, each board shall arrange for
20	an educational plant survey, to aid in formulating plans for
21	housing the educational program and student population, faculty,
22	administrators, staff, and auxiliary and ancillary services of
23	the district or campus, including consideration of the local
24	comprehensive plan. The Department of Education shall document
25	the need for additional career and adult education programs and
26	the continuation of existing programs before facility
27	construction or renovation related to career or adult education
28	may be included in the educational plant survey of a school
29	district or Florida College System institution that delivers
30	career or adult education programs. Information used by the
31	Department of Education to establish facility needs must
32	include, but need not be limited to, labor market data, needs
33	analysis, and information submitted by the school district or
34	Florida College System institution.
35	(e)  Request for extension.-
36	1.  Upon request by a district school superintendent to the
37	Department of Education and upon approval by the department, an
38	extension to a survey submission deadline may be granted for up
39	to 180 days, not to exceed four consecutive extensions per
40	survey. A request for an extension to a survey submission
41	deadline must be submitted to the department no later than 90
42	days prior to the current submission deadline. A request shall
43	contain the following:
44	a.  A letter from the district school superintendent to the
45	department, submitted on behalf of the district school board and
46	on district school board letterhead, formally requesting an
47	extension which cites the specific need for the extension.
48	b.  A formal application, developed by the department, that
49	includes sections for the following information: the purpose for
50	requesting the extension; data that clearly and objectively
51	supports the need for the extension; the signatures of all
52	current district school board members; and the signature of the
53	director of the department responsible for oversight of the
54	educational facility planning, design, and construction for the
55	school district, if one exists.
56	2.  School districts may not contract for new construction
57	projects, except for local bonded projects and those financed
58	with the voter-approved one-half-cent cent sales surtax for
59	public school capital outlay authorized by s. 212.055(6), during
60	an extension period.
61	3.  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant
62	to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this paragraph.
63	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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