Bill Text: FL S0474 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allocation/Expenditure of State Lottery Revenues [WPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Regulated Industries [S0474 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0474-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 474 
 
By Senator Sobel 
31-00512-10                                            2010474__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to the allocation and expenditure of 
3         state lottery revenues; amending s. 24.121, F.S.; 
4         requiring a portion of Powerball net revenues to be 
5         allocated to voluntary prekindergarten education 
6         programs; providing for the use of funds; providing an 
7         effective date. 
8 
9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
10 
11         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 24.121, Florida 
12  Statutes, is amended to read: 
13         24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for 
14  public education.— 
15         (5)(a) Public educational programs and purposes funded by 
16  the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund may include, but are not 
17  limited to, endowment, scholarship, matching funds, direct 
18  grants, research and economic development related to education, 
19  salary enhancement, contracts with independent institutions to 
20  conduct programs consistent with the state master plan for 
21  postsecondary education, or any other educational program or 
22  purpose deemed desirable by the Legislature. Prior to the 
23  expenditure of these funds, each school district shall establish 
24  policies and procedures that define enhancement and the types of 
25  expenditures consistent with that definition. 
26         (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), and 
27  (f), the Legislature shall equitably apportion moneys in the 
28  trust fund among public schools, community colleges, and 
29  universities. 
30         (c) A portion of such net revenues, as determined annually 
31  by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each school district 
32  and shall be made available to each public school in the 
33  district for enhancing school performance through development 
34  and implementation of a school improvement plan pursuant to s. 
35  1001.42(18). A portion of these moneys, as determined annually 
36  in the General Appropriations Act, must be allocated to each 
37  school in an equal amount for each student enrolled. These 
38  moneys may be expended only on programs or projects selected by 
39  the school advisory council or by a parent advisory committee 
40  created pursuant to this paragraph. If a school does not have a 
41  school advisory council, the district advisory council must 
42  appoint a parent advisory committee composed of parents of 
43  students enrolled in that school, which is representative of the 
44  ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school, to 
45  advise the school’s principal on the programs or projects to be 
46  funded. Neither school district staff nor principals may 
47  override the recommendations of the school advisory council or 
48  the parent advisory committee. These moneys may not be used for 
49  capital improvements or for any project or program that has a 
50  duration of more than 1 year; however, a school advisory council 
51  or parent advisory committee may independently determine that a 
52  program or project formerly funded under this paragraph should 
53  receive funds in a subsequent year. 
54         (d) No funds shall be released for any purpose from the 
55  Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any school district in 
56  which one or more schools do not have an approved school 
57  improvement plan pursuant to s. 1001.42(18) or do not comply 
58  with school advisory council membership composition requirements 
59  pursuant to s. 1001.452(1). The Commissioner of Education shall 
60  withhold disbursements from the trust fund to any school 
61  district that fails to adopt the performance-based salary 
62  schedule required by s. 1012.22(1). 
63         (e) All components of the Florida Bright Futures 
64  Scholarship Program shall be funded annually from the 
65  Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Funds shall be allocated to 
66  this program prior to application of the formula for equitable 
67  distribution to public schools, community colleges, and state 
68  universities. If shortages require reductions in estimated 
69  distributions from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, funds 
70  for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program shall be 
71  reduced only after reductions in all other distributions are 
72  made. 
73         (f) A portion of Powerball net revenues, as determined 
74  annually by the Legislature, shall be distributed to enhance 
75  voluntary prekindergarten education programs. Such funds shall 
76  be allocated to each voluntary prekindergarten education program 
77  in an equal amount for each student enrolled. Such funds must be 
78  used for direct classroom expenditures and may not be used for 
79  administrative costs. 
80         (g)(f) Each school district shall, on a quarterly basis, 
81  make available to the public and distribute, in an easy to 
82  understand format, the expenditures of lottery funds allocated 
83  to the school district. 
84         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.