Bill Text: FL S1434 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: K-12 Education Enhancements
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Appropriations [S1434 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1434-Introduced.html
Bill Title: K-12 Education Enhancements
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Appropriations [S1434 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1434-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1434 By Senator Passidomo 28-00984E-18 20181434__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to K-12 education enhancements; 3 amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; creating the mental health 4 assistance allocation and providing the purpose of the 5 allocation; providing for the allocation of funds; 6 requiring each entity that receives funds to annually 7 submit a plan for the use of such funds to the 8 district school board or other governing body which 9 must include certain elements; requiring districts to 10 submit approved plans to the Commissioner of Education 11 by a specified date; requiring an annual final report 12 to the commissioner by a specified date; conforming 13 cross-references; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; 14 increasing the amount that a school district may 15 expend from a specified millage levy for certain 16 expenses; amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; prohibiting a 17 charter school from being eligible for capital outlay 18 funds unless the chair of the governing board and the 19 chief administrative officer of the charter school 20 annually certify certain information; revising the 21 Department of Education’s calculation methodology for 22 a school district’s distribution of discretionary 23 millage to its eligible charter schools; providing an 24 effective date. 25 26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27 28 Section 1. Present subsections (16) and (17) of section 29 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (17) 30 and (18), respectively, a new subsection (16) is added to that 31 section, and subsection (14) of that section is amended, to 32 read: 33 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual 34 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 35 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 36 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 37 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 38 follows: 39 (14) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may 40 annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a 41 percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a 42 minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall 43 be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE 44 student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided 45 in subsection (17)(16), quality guarantee funds, and actual 46 nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base 47 funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for 48 the current year. The current year funds from which the 49 guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE 50 dollars as provided in subsection (17)(16)and potential 51 nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of 52 current year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per 53 unweighted FTE shall be computed. For those school districts 54 which have less than the legislatively assigned percentage 55 increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the assigned 56 percentage increase in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should 57 appropriated funds be less than the sum of this calculated 58 amount for all districts, the commissioner shall prorate each 59 district’s allocation. This provision shall be implemented to 60 the extent specifically funded. 61 (16) MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION.—The mental health 62 assistance allocation is created to provide supplemental funding 63 to assist school districts in establishing or expanding 64 comprehensive school-based mental health programs that increase 65 awareness of mental health issues among children and school-age 66 youth; train educators and other school staff in detecting and 67 responding to mental health issues; and connect children, youth, 68 and families who may experience behavioral health issues with 69 appropriate services. These funds shall be allocated annually to 70 each eligible school district and developmental research school 71 based on each entity’s proportionate share of Florida Education 72 Finance Program base funding. The district funding allocation 73 must include a minimum amount as specified in the General 74 Appropriations Act. Upon submission and approval of a plan that 75 includes the elements specified in paragraph (b), charter 76 schools are also entitled to a proportionate share of district 77 funding for this program. The allocated funds may not supplant 78 funds that are provided from other operating funds for this 79 purpose and may not be used to increase salaries or provide 80 bonuses. 81 (a) To be eligible for the allocation: 82 1. The district must annually develop and submit a detailed 83 plan outlining the local program and planned expenditures to the 84 district school board for approval. 85 2. A charter school must annually develop and submit a 86 detailed plan outlining the local program and planned 87 expenditures of the funds in the plan to its governing body for 88 approval. After the plan is approved by the governing body, it 89 must be provided to its school district for submission to the 90 commissioner. 91 (b) A plan required under paragraph (a) must include, at a 92 minimum, all of the following elements: 93 1. A collaborative effort or partnership between the school 94 district and at least one local community program or agency 95 involved in mental health to provide or to improve prevention, 96 diagnosis, and treatment services for students; 97 2. Programs to assist students in dealing with bullying, 98 trauma, and violence; 99 3. Strategies or programs to reduce the likelihood of at 100 risk students developing social, emotional, or behavioral health 101 problems or substance use disorders; 102 4. Strategies to improve the early identification of 103 social, emotional, or behavioral problems or substance use 104 disorders and to improve the provision of early intervention 105 services; 106 5. Strategies to enhance the availability of school-based 107 crisis intervention services and appropriate referrals for 108 students in need of mental health services; and 109 6. Training opportunities for school personnel in the 110 techniques and supports needed to identify students who have 111 trauma histories and who have or are at risk of having a mental 112 illness, and in the use of referral mechanisms that effectively 113 link such students to appropriate treatment and intervention 114 services in the school and in the community. 115 (c) The districts shall submit approved plans to the 116 commissioner by August 1 of each fiscal year. 117 (d) Beginning September 30, 2019, and by each September 30 118 thereafter, each entity that receives an allocation under this 119 subsection shall submit to the commissioner a final report, in a 120 format prescribed by the department, on its program outcomes and 121 its expenditures for each element of the program. 122 Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 1011.71, Florida 123 Statutes, is amended to read: 124 1011.71 District school tax.— 125 (5)Effective July 1, 2008,A school district may expend, 126 subject tothe provisions ofs. 200.065, up to $150$100per 127 unweighted full-time equivalent student from the revenue 128 generated by the millage levy authorized by subsection (2) to 129 fund, in addition to expenditures authorized in paragraphs 130 (2)(a)-(j), expenses for the following: 131 (a) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of driver’s 132 education vehicles; motor vehicles used for the maintenance or 133 operation of plants and equipment; security vehicles; or 134 vehicles used in storing or distributing materials and 135 equipment. 136 (b) Payment of the cost of premiums, as defined in s. 137 627.403, for property and casualty insurance necessary to insure 138 school district educational and ancillary plants. As used in 139 this paragraph, casualty insurance has the same meaning as in s. 140 624.605(1)(d), (f), (g), (h), and (m). Operating revenues that 141 are made available through the payment of property and casualty 142 insurance premiums from revenues generated under this subsection 143 may be expended only for nonrecurring operational expenditures 144 of the school district. 145 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection 146 (3) of section 1013.62, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 147 1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.— 148 (1) Charter school capital outlay funding shall consist of 149 revenue resulting from the discretionary millage authorized in 150 s. 1011.71(2) and state funds when such funds are appropriated 151 in the General Appropriations Act. 152 (b) A charter school is not eligible to receive capital 153 outlay funds if: 154 1. It was created by the conversion of a public school and 155 operates in facilities provided by the charter school’s sponsor 156 for a nominal fee, or at no charge, or if it is directly or 157 indirectly operated by the school district; or.158 2. The chair of the governing board and the chief 159 administrative officer of the charter school do not annually 160 certify under oath that the funds will be used solely and 161 exclusively for constructing, renovating, or improving charter 162 school facilities that are: 163 a. Owned by a school district, a political subdivision of 164 the state, a municipality, a Florida College System institution, 165 or a state university; or 166 b. Owned by an organization that is qualified as an exempt 167 organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 168 whose articles of incorporation specify that, upon the 169 organization’s dissolution, the subject property will be 170 transferred to a school district, a political subdivision of the 171 state, a municipality, a Florida College System institution, or 172 a state university. 173 (3) If the school board levies the discretionary millage 174 authorized in s. 1011.71(2), the department shall use the 175 following calculation methodology to determine the amount of 176 revenue that a school district must distribute to each eligible 177 charter school: 178 (a) Reduce the total discretionary millage revenue by the 179 school district’s annual debt service obligation incurred as of 180 March 1, 2017, and any amount of participation requirement 181 pursuant to s. 1013.64(2)(a)8. that is being satisfied by 182 revenues raised by the discretionary millage. 183 (b) Divide the school district’s adjusted discretionary 184 millage revenue by the district’s total capital outlay full-time 185 equivalent membership and the total number of unweighted full 186 time equivalent students of each eligible charter school to 187 determine a capital outlay allocation per full-time equivalent 188 student. 189 (c) Multiply the capital outlay allocation per full-time 190 equivalent student by the total number of full-time equivalent 191 students for allof eacheligible charter schools within the 192 districtschoolto determine the total charter school capital 193 outlay allocation for each districtcharter school. 194 (d) If applicable, reduce the capital outlay allocation 195 identified in paragraph (c) by the total amount of state funds 196 allocated pursuant to subsection (2) to alleacheligible 197 charter schools within a districtschoolin subsection (2)to 198 determine the net totalmaximumcalculated capital outlay 199 allocation from local funds. If state funds are not allocated 200 pursuant to subsection (2), the amount determined in paragraph 201 (c) is equal to the net total calculated capital outlay 202 allocation from local funds for each district. 203 (e) For each charter school within each district, the net 204 capital outlay amount from local funds shall be calculated in 205 the same manner as the state funds in paragraphs (2)(a)-(d), 206 except that the base charter school per weighted FTE allocation 207 amount shall be determined by dividing the net total capital 208 outlay amount from local funds by the total weighted FTE for all 209 eligible charter schools within the district. The per weighted 210 FTE allocation amount from local funds shall be multiplied by 211 the weighted FTE for each charter school to determine each 212 charter school’s capital outlay allocation from local funds. 213 (f)(e)School districts shall distribute capital outlay 214 funds to charter schools no later than February 1 of each year,215beginning on February 1, 2018, for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. 216 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.