Bill Text: FL S0088 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Task Force on Workforce Housing for Teachers and Expansion of Schools

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Community Affairs [S0088 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0088-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2023                                      SB 88
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       34-00324-23                                             202388__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Task Force on Workforce Housing
    3         for Teachers and Expansion of Schools; providing
    4         legislative findings; creating the task force adjunct
    5         to the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring
    6         the department to provide administrative and staff
    7         support; specifying the purpose and the composition of
    8         the task force; defining the term “workforce housing”;
    9         specifying the duties of the task force; requiring the
   10         task force to submit a report to the Governor and the
   11         Legislature by a specified date; requiring state
   12         agencies to assist and cooperate with the task force;
   13         encouraging local governments to assist and cooperate
   14         with the task force; providing for expiration of the
   15         task force; providing an effective date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   18  
   19         Section 1. (1)The Legislature finds that recent rapid
   20  increases in the median purchase price of homes and the cost of
   21  rental housing have far outpaced the income of teachers in this
   22  state, preventing essential teachers from living in the
   23  communities where they serve and thereby creating the need for
   24  innovative solutions for the provision of housing opportunities
   25  for teachers. The Legislature further finds that there is a need
   26  for additional classrooms and instructional space for children.
   27  To this end, the Legislature finds that the establishment of the
   28  Task Force on Workforce Housing for Teachers and Expansion of
   29  Schools is an appropriate measure to identify ways to fulfill
   30  this need in communities throughout the state.
   31         (2)The Task Force on Workforce Housing for Teachers and
   32  Expansion of Schools, a task force as defined in s. 20.03(8),
   33  Florida Statutes, is created adjunct to the Department of
   34  Economic Opportunity to study issues related to the need for
   35  affordable housing for teachers and for additional classrooms
   36  and instructional space and to identify the best means of
   37  meeting those needs. Except as otherwise provided in this
   38  section, the task force shall operate in a manner consistent
   39  with s. 20.052, Florida Statutes. The department shall provide
   40  administrative and staff support relating to the functions of
   41  the task force.
   42         (3)The task force is composed of the following members,
   43  who shall be appointed no later than August 1, 2023:
   44         (a)The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
   45  House of Representatives shall each appoint five members, none
   46  of whom may be a member of the Legislature at the time of his or
   47  her appointment, as follows:
   48         1.One member of a board of county commissioners;
   49         2.One member of a governing body of a municipality;
   50         3.One member of a district school board;
   51         4.A developer; and
   52         5.A homebuilder.
   53         (b)The Governor shall appoint two members, one of whom is
   54  an affordable housing advocate who may not have a current or
   55  past direct business relationship with any local government,
   56  district school board, developer, or homebuilder. The Governor
   57  shall designate one of his or her appointees as chair of the
   58  task force.
   59         (c) One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of
   60  the Senate.
   61         (d)One member of the House of Representatives, appointed
   62  by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   63         (e)The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee.
   64         (f)The Secretary of Environmental Protection or his or her
   65  designee.
   66         (g)The Secretary of Economic Opportunity or his or her
   67  designee.
   68         (h)The Secretary of Management Services or his or her
   69  designee.
   70  
   71  The chair of the task force may request that representatives of
   72  appropriate federal agencies participate as ex officio,
   73  nonvoting members.
   74         (4)For purposes of this section, the term “workforce
   75  housing” means housing affordable to natural persons or families
   76  whose total annual household income does not exceed 80 percent
   77  of the area median income, adjusted for household size.
   78         (5)The task force shall:
   79         (a)Study the feasibility of using surplus, state-owned
   80  land and buildings for workforce housing for teachers and
   81  classroom and instructional space for students.
   82         (b)Identify the costs associated with the development of
   83  surplus, state-owned land and buildings for workforce housing
   84  for teachers and additional classroom and instructional space,
   85  including costs arising out of potential partnerships between
   86  state government, local governments, and the private sector.
   87         (c)Identify the need and availability of grants for
   88  workforce housing for teachers and additional classroom and
   89  instructional space for students.
   90         (d)Identify the areas of this state which have the
   91  greatest need for workforce housing for teachers and additional
   92  classroom and instructional space for students.
   93         (e)Study the use of mixed-use developments in addressing
   94  the need for workforce housing for teachers and additional
   95  classroom and instructional space for students.
   96         (f)Study the need for comprehensive planning that
   97  addresses the need for workforce housing for teachers and
   98  additional classroom and instructional space for students.
   99         (g)Determine whether the creation of a pilot program is
  100  necessary and appropriate to achieve the objectives of the task
  101  force.
  102         (h)Identify any statutory changes necessary to achieve the
  103  objectives of the task force.
  104         (6) The task force shall submit a report of its findings
  105  and recommendations to the Governor, the President of the
  106  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
  107  February 1, 2024.
  108         (7) All state agencies shall cooperate with and assist the
  109  task force to the fullest extent possible. All local governments
  110  are encouraged to assist and cooperate with the task force, as
  111  necessary.
  112         (8)This section expires July 1, 2024.
  113         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

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