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 eachdistrict81school board member anddistrict 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 adistrict school board member ordistrict 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; 1261001.395;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.