Bill Text: FL S1180 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: District School Board Member Salaries
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Education [S1180 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1180-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1180
By Senator Rodrigues
27-01461-21 20211180__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to district school board member
3 salaries; amending s. 145.19, F.S.; requiring that the
4 salaries of certain officials elected on or before
5 July 1, 2021, be adjusted until the official completes
6 his or her 8th year of total service; providing for
7 future repeal; amending s. 1001.395, F.S.; requiring a
8 member of a district school board elected on or before
9 July 1, 2021, to receive a salary until he or she
10 completes 8 years of total service on the district
11 school board; prohibiting a member of a district
12 school board elected after July 1, 2021, from
13 receiving a salary; providing for future repeal;
14 amending s. 1011.10, F.S.; conforming provisions to
15 changes made by the act; providing for future repeal;
16 amending ss. 1001.39 and 1002.32, F.S.; conforming
17 provisions to changes made by the act; providing an
18 effective date.
19
20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
21
22 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 145.19, Florida
23 Statutes, is amended to read:
24 145.19 Annual percentage increases based on increase for
25 state career service employees; limitation.—
26 (2)(a) Each fiscal year, the salaries of all officials
27 listed in this chapter, s. 1001.395, and s. 1001.47 shall be
28 adjusted. The adjusted salary rate shall be the product, rounded
29 to the nearest dollar, of the salary rate granted by the
30 appropriate section of this chapter, s. 1001.395, or s. 1001.47
31 multiplied first by the initial factor, then by the cumulative
32 annual factor, and finally by the annual factor. The Department
33 of Management Services shall certify the annual factor and the
34 cumulative annual factors. Any special qualification salary
35 received under this chapter, s. 1001.47, or the annual
36 performance salary incentive available to elected
37 superintendents under s. 1001.47 shall be added to such adjusted
38 salary rate. The special qualification salary shall be $2,000,
39 but shall not exceed $2,000.
40 (b)1. The salary of an official listed in s. 1001.395
41 elected on or before July 1, 2021, shall be adjusted until the
42 official completes his or her 8th year of total service.
43 2. This paragraph is repealed on July 1, 2029.
44 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1001.395, Florida
45 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (4) and (5) are added to
46 that section, to read:
47 1001.395 District school board members; compensation.—
48 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each
49 member of the district school board shall receive a base salary,
50 the amounts indicated in this section, based on the population
51 of the county the district school board member serves. In
52 addition, compensation shall be made for population increments
53 over the minimum for each population group, which shall be
54 determined by multiplying the population in excess of the
55 minimum for the group times the group rate. The product of such
56 calculation shall be added to the base salary to determine the
57 adjusted base salary. The adjusted base salaries of district
58 school board members shall be increased annually as provided for
59 in s. 145.19.
60
61 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate
62 Minimum Maximum
63 I -0- 9,999 $5,000 $0.08330
64 II 10,000 49,999 5,833 0.020830
65 III 50,000 99,999 6,666 0.016680
66 IV 100,000 199,999 7,500 0.008330
67 V 200,000 399,999 8,333 0.004165
68 VI 400,000 999,999 9,166 0.001390
69 VII 1,000,000 10,000 0.000000
70 (4)(a) A member of the district school board elected on or
71 before July 1, 2021, shall receive a salary until he or she
72 completes 8 years of total service on the district school board.
73 (b) A member of the district school board elected after
74 July 1, 2021, may not receive a salary.
75 (5) This section is repealed on July 1, 2029.
76 Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 1011.10, Florida
77 Statutes, is amended to read:
78 1011.10 Penalty.—
79 (3)(a) If any of the conditions identified in s. 218.503(1)
80 exist within a school district, the salary of each district
81 school board member and district superintendent, calculated
82 pursuant to ss. 1001.395 and 1001.47, shall be withheld until
83 the conditions are corrected. This subsection does not apply to
84 a district school board member or district superintendent
85 elected or appointed within 1 year after the identification of
86 the conditions in s. 218.503(1) if he or she did not participate
87 in the approval or preparation of the final school district
88 budget adopted before the identification of such conditions.
89 (b)1. If any of the conditions identified in s. 218.503(1)
90 exist within a school district, the salary of each district
91 school board member, calculated pursuant to ss. 1001.395 and
92 1001.47, shall be withheld until the conditions are corrected.
93 This subsection does not apply to a district school board member
94 elected or appointed within 1 year after the identification of
95 the conditions in s. 218.503(1) if he or she did not participate
96 in the approval or preparation of the final school district
97 budget adopted before the identification of such conditions.
98 2. This paragraph is repealed on July 1, 2029.
99 Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 1001.39, Florida
100 Statutes, is amended to read:
101 1001.39 District school board members; travel expenses.—
102 (1) In addition to the salary provided in s. 1001.395, Each
103 member of a district school board shall be allowed, from the
104 district school fund, reimbursement of travel expenses as
105 authorized in s. 112.061, provided that any travel outside the
106 district that exceeds $500 requires prior approval by the
107 district school board to confirm that such travel is for
108 official business of the school district and complies with rules
109 of the State Board of Education. Any request for travel outside
110 the state must include an itemized list detailing all
111 anticipated travel expenses, including, but not limited to, the
112 anticipated costs of all means of travel, lodging, and
113 subsistence. Immediately preceding a request, the public must
114 have an opportunity to speak on the specific travel agenda item.
115 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section
116 1002.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
117 1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
118 (10) EXCEPTIONS TO LAW.—To encourage innovative practices
119 and facilitate the mission of the lab schools, in addition to
120 the exceptions to law specified in s. 1001.23(2), the following
121 exceptions shall be permitted for lab schools:
122 (a) The methods and requirements of the following statutes
123 shall be held in abeyance: ss. 316.75; 1001.30; 1001.31;
124 1001.32; 1001.33; 1001.34; 1001.35; 1001.36; 1001.361; 1001.362;
125 1001.363; 1001.37; 1001.371; 1001.372; 1001.38; 1001.39;
126 1001.395; 1001.40; 1001.41; 1001.44; 1001.453; 1001.46;
127 1001.461; 1001.462; 1001.463; 1001.464; 1001.47; 1001.48;
128 1001.49; 1001.50; 1001.51; 1006.12(2); 1006.21(3), (4); 1006.23;
129 1010.07(2); 1010.40; 1010.41; 1010.42; 1010.43; 1010.44;
130 1010.45; 1010.46; 1010.47; 1010.48; 1010.49; 1010.50; 1010.51;
131 1010.52; 1010.53; 1010.54; 1010.55; 1011.02(1)-(3), (5);
132 1011.04; 1011.20; 1011.21; 1011.22; 1011.23; 1011.71; 1011.72;
133 1011.73; and 1011.74.
134 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
