Bill Text: FL H0765 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Florida Education Finance Program

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee [H0765 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0765-Introduced.html

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HB 765

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Education Finance
3	Program; requiring that the Department of Education
4	enter into a contract with an entity located outside
5	the state to conduct a study and review of the Florida
6	Education Finance Program and recommend any
7	improvements that may be necessary; requiring that the
8	department submit a report to the Governor and the
9	Legislature by a specified date; providing an
10	appropriation and for carryforward of any unexpended
11	balance of funds; providing an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Education shall enter
16	into a contract with an entity located outside the state to
17	conduct a study that includes the review of the Florida
18	Education Finance Program. The entity shall review the current
19	funding distribution formula and recommend any improvements that
20	may be necessary to ensure equity among the school districts.
21	The entity shall consider each school district's varying
22	characteristics, such as poverty and overall student
23	populations.
24	(2)  The department shall submit a report containing the
25	results of the study to the Governor, the President of the
26	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
27	January 1, 2013.
28	Section 2.  For the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the sum of
29	$100,000 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General
30	Revenue Fund to the Department of Education for the purpose of
31	implementing section 1 of this act. Any unexpended funds from
32	this appropriation shall be reappropriated for the 2013-2014
33	fiscal year.
34	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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