Bill Text: FL H0085 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allocation/Expenditure/State Lottery Revenues

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Government Operations Appropriations (CGHC) [H0085 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0085-Introduced.html

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HB 85

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the allocation and expenditure of state
3	lottery revenues; amending s. 24.121, F.S.; requiring a
4	portion of Powerball net revenues to be allocated to
5	voluntary prekindergarten education programs; providing
6	for the use of funds; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 24.121, Florida
11	Statutes, is amended to read:
12	24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
13	public education.--
14	(5)(a) Public educational programs and purposes funded by
15	the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund may include, but are not
16	limited to, endowment, scholarship, matching funds, direct
17	grants, research and economic development related to education,
18	salary enhancement, contracts with independent institutions to
19	conduct programs consistent with the state master plan for
20	postsecondary education, or any other educational program or
21	purpose deemed desirable by the Legislature. Prior to the
22	expenditure of these funds, each school district shall establish
23	policies and procedures that define enhancement and the types of
24	expenditures consistent with that definition.
25	(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e),
26	and (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the
27	trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and
28	universities.
29	(c) A portion of such net revenues, as determined annually
30	by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each school district
31	and shall be made available to each public school in the
32	district for enhancing school performance through development
33	and implementation of a school improvement plan pursuant to s.
34	1001.42(18). A portion of these moneys, as determined annually
35	in the General Appropriations Act, must be allocated to each
36	school in an equal amount for each student enrolled. These
37	moneys may be expended only on programs or projects selected by
38	the school advisory council or by a parent advisory committee
39	created pursuant to this paragraph. If a school does not have a
40	school advisory council, the district advisory council must
41	appoint a parent advisory committee composed of parents of
42	students enrolled in that school, which is representative of the
43	ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school, to
44	advise the school's principal on the programs or projects to be
45	funded. Neither school district staff nor principals may
46	override the recommendations of the school advisory council or
47	the parent advisory committee. These moneys may not be used for
48	capital improvements or for any project or program that has a
49	duration of more than 1 year; however, a school advisory council
50	or parent advisory committee may independently determine that a
51	program or project formerly funded under this paragraph should
52	receive funds in a subsequent year.
53	(d) No funds shall be released for any purpose from the
54	Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any school district in
55	which one or more schools do not have an approved school
56	improvement plan pursuant to s. 1001.42(18) or do not comply
57	with school advisory council membership composition requirements
58	pursuant to s. 1001.452(1). The Commissioner of Education shall
59	withhold disbursements from the trust fund to any school
60	district that fails to adopt the performance-based salary
61	schedule required by s. 1012.22(1).
62	(e) All components of the Florida Bright Futures
63	Scholarship Program shall be funded annually from the
64	Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Funds shall be allocated to
65	this program prior to application of the formula for equitable
66	distribution to public schools, community colleges, and state
67	universities. If shortages require reductions in estimated
68	distributions from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, funds
69	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program shall be
70	reduced only after reductions in all other distributions are
71	made.
72	(f) A portion of Powerball net revenues, as determined
73	annually by the Legislature, shall be distributed to enhance
74	voluntary prekindergarten education programs. Such funds shall
75	be allocated to each voluntary prekindergarten education program
76	in an equal amount for each student enrolled. Such funds must be
77	used for direct classroom expenditures and may not be used for
78	administrative costs.
79	(g)(f) Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis,
80	make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to
81	understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated
82	to the school district.
83	Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.

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