Bill Text: FL S0258 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Withdrawn from further consideration [S0258 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S0258-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 258
       
       
        
       By Senator Hutson
       
       7-00209-17                                             2017258__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 1011.62,
    3         F.S.; authorizing a maximum bonus of $3,000 for
    4         Advanced International Certificate of Education
    5         teachers under certain circumstances; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section
   11  1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
   13  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
   14  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
   15  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
   16  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
   17  follows:
   18         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
   19  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
   20  determining the annual allocation to each district for
   21  operation:
   22         (m) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
   23  membership based on Advanced International Certificate of
   24  Education examination scores of students.—A value of 0.16 full
   25  time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
   26  student enrolled in a full-credit Advanced International
   27  Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
   28  higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.08 full-time
   29  equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
   30  student enrolled in a half-credit Advanced International
   31  Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
   32  higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.3 full-time
   33  equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
   34  student who receives an Advanced International Certificate of
   35  Education diploma. Such value shall be added to the total full
   36  time equivalent student membership in basic programs for grades
   37  9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. The school district
   38  shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided Advanced
   39  International Certificate of Education instruction:
   40         1. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
   41  the Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher in
   42  each full-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
   43  course who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
   44  International Certificate of Education examination. A bonus in
   45  the amount of $25 for each student taught by the Advanced
   46  International Certificate of Education teacher in each half
   47  credit Advanced International Certificate of Education course
   48  who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
   49  International Certificate of Education examination.
   50         2. An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced
   51  International Certificate of Education teacher in a school
   52  designated with a grade of “D” or “F” who has at least one
   53  student scoring E or higher on the full-credit Advanced
   54  International Certificate of Education examination, regardless
   55  of the number of classes taught or of the number of students
   56  scoring an E or higher on the full-credit Advanced International
   57  Certificate of Education examination.
   58         3. Additional bonuses of $250 each to teachers of half
   59  credit Advanced International Certificate of Education classes
   60  in a school designated with a grade of “D” or “F” which has at
   61  least one student scoring an E or higher on the half-credit
   62  Advanced International Certificate of Education examination in
   63  that class. The maximum additional bonus for a teacher awarded
   64  in accordance with this subparagraph shall not exceed $500 in
   65  any given school year. Teachers receiving an award under
   66  subparagraph 2. are not eligible for a bonus under this
   67  subparagraph.
   68  
   69  Bonuses awarded to a teacher under according to this paragraph
   70  may shall not exceed $2,000 in any given school year unless at
   71  least 50 percent of the students enrolled in that teacher’s
   72  Advanced International Certificate of Education course at a
   73  school that received a school grade of “A,” “B,” or “C” earn a
   74  score of E or higher on the Advanced Level or Advanced
   75  Subsidiary Level examination, or at least 25 percent of the
   76  students enrolled in that teacher’s Advanced International
   77  Certificate of Education course at a school that received a
   78  school grade of "D" or "F" earn a score of E or higher on the
   79  Advanced Level or Advanced Subsidiary Level examination, in
   80  which case the maximum bonus is $3,000. For such courses, the
   81  teacher shall earn an additional bonus of $50 for each student
   82  who has a qualifying score, up to the maximum of $3,000. Bonuses
   83  awarded under this paragraph are in addition to any regular wage
   84  or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to receive
   85  and shall be in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the
   86  teacher received or is scheduled to receive.
   87         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.