Bill Text: FL S2356 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Educational Plant Surveys [WPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Died on Calendar [S2356 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S2356-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2010 SB 2356 By Senator Sobel 31-01652A-10 20102356__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to educational plant surveys; amending 3 s. 1013.31, F.S.; authorizing an extension to a school 4 district educational plant survey submission deadline; 5 providing requirements for the submission of a request 6 for an extension to the Department of Education and 7 requiring department approval; providing restrictions 8 on school district construction during the extension 9 period; requiring the State Board of Education to 10 adopt rules; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of 15 section 1013.31, Florida Statutes, to read: 16 1013.31 Educational plant survey; localized need 17 assessment; PECO project funding.— 18 (1) At least every 5 years, each board shall arrange for an 19 educational plant survey, to aid in formulating plans for 20 housing the educational program and student population, faculty, 21 administrators, staff, and auxiliary and ancillary services of 22 the district or campus, including consideration of the local 23 comprehensive plan. The Department of Education shall document 24 the need for additional career and adult education programs and 25 the continuation of existing programs before facility 26 construction or renovation related to career or adult education 27 may be included in the educational plant survey of a school 28 district or community college that delivers career or adult 29 education programs. Information used by the Department of 30 Education to establish facility needs must include, but need not 31 be limited to, labor market data, needs analysis, and 32 information submitted by the school district or community 33 college. 34 (e) Request for extension.— 35 1. Upon request by a district school superintendent to the 36 Department of Education and upon approval by the department, an 37 extension to a survey submission deadline may be granted for up 38 to 180 days, not to exceed a total of four consecutive 39 extensions per survey. A request for an extension to a survey 40 submission deadline shall be submitted to the department no 41 later than 90 days prior to the current submission deadline. A 42 request shall contain the following: 43 a. A letter from the district school superintendent to the 44 department, submitted on behalf of the district school board and 45 on district school board letterhead, formally requesting an 46 extension which cites the specific need for the extension. 47 b. A formal application, developed by the department, that 48 includes sections for the following information: the purpose for 49 requesting the extension; data that clearly and objectively 50 supports the need for the extension; the signatures of all 51 current district school board members; and the signature of the 52 director of the department responsible for oversight of the 53 educational facility planning, design, and construction for the 54 school district, if one exists. 55 2. School districts shall not contract for new construction 56 projects, except for local bonded projects and those financed 57 with the voter-approved one-half-cent sales surtax for public 58 school capital outlay authorized by s. 212.055(6), during the 59 extension period. 60 3. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant 61 to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this paragraph. 62 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
