Bill Text: FL S0474 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allocation/Expenditure of State Lottery Revenues [WPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Regulated Industries [S0474 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S0474-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2010 SB 474 By Senator Sobel 31-00512-10 2010474__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the allocation and expenditure of 3 state lottery revenues; amending s. 24.121, F.S.; 4 requiring a portion of Powerball net revenues to be 5 allocated to voluntary prekindergarten education 6 programs; providing for the use of funds; providing an 7 effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 24.121, Florida 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 13 24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for 14 public education.— 15 (5)(a) Public educational programs and purposes funded by 16 the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund may include, but are not 17 limited to, endowment, scholarship, matching funds, direct 18 grants, research and economic development related to education, 19 salary enhancement, contracts with independent institutions to 20 conduct programs consistent with the state master plan for 21 postsecondary education, or any other educational program or 22 purpose deemed desirable by the Legislature. Prior to the 23 expenditure of these funds, each school district shall establish 24 policies and procedures that define enhancement and the types of 25 expenditures consistent with that definition. 26 (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d),and(e), and 27 (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the 28 trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and 29 universities. 30 (c) A portion of such net revenues, as determined annually 31 by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each school district 32 and shall be made available to each public school in the 33 district for enhancing school performance through development 34 and implementation of a school improvement plan pursuant to s. 35 1001.42(18). A portion of these moneys, as determined annually 36 in the General Appropriations Act, must be allocated to each 37 school in an equal amount for each student enrolled. These 38 moneys may be expended only on programs or projects selected by 39 the school advisory council or by a parent advisory committee 40 created pursuant to this paragraph. If a school does not have a 41 school advisory council, the district advisory council must 42 appoint a parent advisory committee composed of parents of 43 students enrolled in that school, which is representative of the 44 ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school, to 45 advise the school’s principal on the programs or projects to be 46 funded. Neither school district staff nor principals may 47 override the recommendations of the school advisory council or 48 the parent advisory committee. These moneys may not be used for 49 capital improvements or for any project or program that has a 50 duration of more than 1 year; however, a school advisory council 51 or parent advisory committee may independently determine that a 52 program or project formerly funded under this paragraph should 53 receive funds in a subsequent year. 54 (d) No funds shall be released for any purpose from the 55 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any school district in 56 which one or more schools do not have an approved school 57 improvement plan pursuant to s. 1001.42(18) or do not comply 58 with school advisory council membership composition requirements 59 pursuant to s. 1001.452(1). The Commissioner of Education shall 60 withhold disbursements from the trust fund to any school 61 district that fails to adopt the performance-based salary 62 schedule required by s. 1012.22(1). 63 (e) All components of the Florida Bright Futures 64 Scholarship Program shall be funded annually from the 65 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Funds shall be allocated to 66 this program prior to application of the formula for equitable 67 distribution to public schools, community colleges, and state 68 universities. If shortages require reductions in estimated 69 distributions from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, funds 70 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program shall be 71 reduced only after reductions in all other distributions are 72 made. 73 (f) A portion of Powerball net revenues, as determined 74 annually by the Legislature, shall be distributed to enhance 75 voluntary prekindergarten education programs. Such funds shall 76 be allocated to each voluntary prekindergarten education program 77 in an equal amount for each student enrolled. Such funds must be 78 used for direct classroom expenditures and may not be used for 79 administrative costs. 80 (g)(f)Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis, 81 make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to 82 understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated 83 to the school district. 84 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.
