Florida HB 3A: Florida Education Finance Program

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Florida Education Finance 2
Program; providing appropriations; providing for uses 3
of funds; providing an effective date. 4
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 6
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Section 1. The recurring sums of $197,655,678 from the 8
Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, $60,138,902 from the State 9
School Trust Fund, and $8,029,190,367 from the General Revenue 10
Fund, the nonrecurring sums of $206,900,000 from the Educational 11
Enhancement Trust Fund and $10,300,000 from the State School 12
Trust Fund, and a negative nonrecurring sum of $63,240,813 from 13
the General Revenue Fund are appropriated for the 2017-2018 14
Fiscal Year to the Department of Education in the Aid to Local 15
Governments Grants and Aids – Florida Education Finance Program 16
category. 17
Section 2. The recurring sums of $103,776,356 from the 18
Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, $86,161,098 from the State 19
School Trust Fund, and $2,907,797,252 from the General Revenue 20
Fund are appropriated for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year to the 21
Department of Education in the Aid to Local Governments Grants 22
and Aids - Class Size Reduction category. 23
Section 3. The recurring sum of $134,582,877 from the 24
Educational Enhancement Trust Fund is appropriated for the 2017-25

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2018 Fiscal Year to the Department of Education in the Aid to 26
Local Governments Grants and Aids – District Lottery and School 27
Recognition category. 28
Section 4. The calculations of the Florida Education 29
Finance Program (FEFP) for the 2017-2018 fiscal year are 30
incorporated by reference in this act. The calculations are the 31
basis for the appropriations made in sections 1, 2, and 3 of 32
this act. 33
Section 5. Notwithstanding sections 24.121, 1011.62, 34
1011.67, 1011.685, 1011.71, and 1012.71, Florida Statutes, 35
provisions of those sections which reference the General 36
Appropriations Act or the annual appropriations act shall be 37
governed by this act. 38
Section 6. (1) Funds provided in section 1 of this act 39
shall be allocated using a base student allocation of $4,203.95 40
for the FEFP. 41
(2)(a) Funds provided in section 1 of this act for the 42
supplemental allocation for juvenile justice education programs 43
shall be allocated pursuant to the formula provided in section 44
1011.62(10), Florida Statutes. The allocation factor shall be 45
$1,240.91. 46
(b) Juvenile justice education programs shall receive 47
funds as provided in section 1003.52(13), Florida Statutes. Up 48
to $341 per student may be used for high school equivalency 49
examination fees for juvenile justice students who pass the high 50

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school equivalency exam in full, or in part, while in a juvenile 51
justice education program and may be used for students in 52
juvenile justice education programs to support equipment, 53
specially designed curricula, and industry credentialing testing 54
fees for students enrolled in career and technical education 55
(CTE) courses that lead to industry recognized certifications. 56
(3) The Department of Education shall work with the 57
Washington County School District and the Okeechobee County 58
School District to determine, pursuant to section 1003.52(3), 59
Florida Statutes, which district shall be the educational 60
service provider for the full-time equivalent (FTE) students 61
currently associated with Washington Special. Effective with the 62
October 2017 FTE survey, the FTE associated with Washington 63
Special in the FEFP will be reported by either the Washington 64
County School District or the Okeechobee County School District. 65
The FTE changes required shall be incorporated into the 2017-66
2018 third FEFP Calculation as determined by the FEFP Allocation 67
Conference. 68
(4) The district cost differential for each district shall 69
be calculated pursuant to the provisions of section 1011.62(2), 70
Florida Statutes. 71
(5) From the funds provided in section 1 of this act, 72
$52,800,000 is provided for the Sparsity Supplement as defined 73
in section 1011.62(7), Florida Statutes, for school districts of 74
24,000 and fewer FTE in the 2017-2018 fiscal year. 75

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(6) Total Required Local Effort for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 76
shall be $7,603,850,013. The total amount shall include 77
adjustments made for the calculation requi