Bill Text: FL H1451 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida House Bill 1451 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Study of School District Costs

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on PreK-12 Policy (EPC) [H1451 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1451-Introduced.html

HB 1451

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to a study of school district costs;
3	requiring the Department of Education to contract with an
4	out-of-state postsecondary educational institution to
5	conduct a study to analyze Florida's district cost
6	differential amenities index and to develop a cost-of-
7	education index; requiring a report and submission of the
8	report to the Legislature and the Governor; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. (1) The Department of Education shall contract
14	with a qualified third party to conduct a study to analyze the
15	state's current school district cost differential amenities
16	index and to develop a cost-of-education index that focuses on
17	the cost differences integral to K-12 public school district
18	operations.
19	(2) For purposes of the study, the cost-of-education index
20	shall be a tool used to adjust state education calculations to
21	compensate for regional variations in costs of education beyond
22	the control of school districts and may include, but not be
23	limited to, costs for teacher salaries, costs for health
24	insurance for employees, and property insurance and
25	transportation costs per full-time equivalent student.
26	(3) The third party contracted to conduct the study shall
27	be an out-of-state postsecondary educational institution. The
28	report prepared by the postsecondary educational institution
29	shall be submitted by the Department of Education to the
30	President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
31	Representatives, and the Governor by January 1, 2011.
32	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.