FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION The voice of education in Florida 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARY Part I: Education Appropriations Part II: Education Legislation (Revised to reflect vetoes and Special Session 2017A) 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARY Part I: Education Appropriations 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARY Part I: Education Appropriations TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPIC PAGE 2017-2018 Education Appropriations Highlights . 1 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act (Selected Sections). 9 2017-2018 Appropriations Implementing Bill (Selected Sections). 43 District-by-District FEFP Funding Summary 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Unweighted FTE & Total Funds. 45 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Total Funds & Total Funds Per FTE. 46 2017-2018 FEFP Funding Allocation Summary . 47 EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS HIGHLIGHTS 2017-2018 EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS HIGHLIGHTS (Revised to reflect 2017 vetoes and 2017A amendments) LINE # / ISSUE 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 PAGE # APPROPRIATION APPROPRIATION EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT “LOTTERY” TRUST FUND 1 / 9 Classrooms First & $155,786,420 $170,305,246 1997 Bond Programs 2 / 10 Class Size – Capital $151,265,624 $143,845,811 Outlay Debt Service 4 / 10 Bright Futures $217,300,000 $397,282,030 Scholarships Awards funds per credit hour with Provides 100% of tuition and fees for additional stipend for Top Scholars at 2018 summer term and for fall and the same levels as 2015-16 spring semesters plus $300 per semester for textbooks for fall and spring semesters to Academic Scholars; Creates separate awards for Gold Seal CAPE Vocational Scholars in specified BS degree programs; Awards per credit hour for Medallion Scholars, for Gold Seal and CAPE Vocational Scholars, for the additional stipend for Top Scholars at 2017-18 levels 7 / 11 Florida Education $276,772,458 $404,555,678 Finance Program (Funds allocated in FEFP Line Item) (Funds allocated in FEFP Line Item) 8 / 11 Class Size Reduction $103,776,356 $103,776,356 (Funds allocated in CSR Line Item) (Funds allocated in CSR Line Item) 9 / 12 District Lottery & $134,582,877 $134,582,877 School Recognition Recognition Awards of $100 per FTE; Recognition Awards of $100 per FTE; Program From remaining funds, districts must From remaining funds, districts must provide up to $5 per FTE to SACs provide up to $5 per FTE to SACs 10 / 12 Workforce $88,496,600 $74,906,943 Development (Funds allocated in Workforce (Funds allocated in Workforce Development Line Item) Development Line Item) FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS 18 / 13 Maintenance, Repair, $247,960,038 $183,628,759 Renovation, Charter Schools. $75,000,000 Charter Schools. $50,000,000 Remodeling Public Schools. $75,000,000 Public Schools. $50,000,000 FCS . $36,155,369 FCS . $38,066,518 SUS . $61,804,669 SUS . $45,572,241 19 / 13 Survey of $5,293,588 $13,254,897 Recommended Needs Funds to be distributed among Earmarks $5,754,897 for approved approved lab schools based on FTE lab schools based on FTE; Balance for an FSU facilities project 1 LINE # / ISSUE 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 PAGE # APPROPRIATION APPROPRIATION 22 / 14 Special Facility $75,370,357 $57,049,600 Construction Account Washington . $9,226,361 Dixie. $8,900,000 Levy. $11,471,707 Hamilton . $10,128,694 Calhoun . $8,419,842 Taylor. $6,662,873 Holmes . $18,733,115 Liberty . $6,060,895 Dixie. $6,693,200 Jackson . $19,059,808 Hamilton . $10,128,694 Bradford. $6,237,330 Jefferson . $4,816,261 Taylor. $5,881,177 26A / 15 Fixed Capital Outlay $4,000,000 $1,800,000 Public School Projects Funds for Osceola school district Funds for City of Hialeah Educational Academy VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 30 / 16 Adults With Disabilities $5,260,646 $6,924,676 Funds for various programs for Funds for various programs for Adults with Disabilities Adults with Disabilities EARLY LEARNING AND VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION 83 / 18 Partnership for School $62,676,143 $37,808,747 $38,118,847 Readiness 84 / 19 School Readiness $570,727,220 $608,427,228 Services 85 / 20 Early Learning $2,000,000 $1,800,000 Standards Funding for VPK pre- and post- Funding for VPK pre- and post- assessments, to support continued assessments, to support continued implementation of the VPK Progress implementation of the VPK Progress Monitoring Assessment, and for Monitoring Assessment, and for professional development for VPK professional development for VPK providers that is focused on emergent providers that is focused on emergent literacy and mathematical thinking literacy and mathematical thinking 87 / 20 Voluntary Pre-K $395,180,396 $396,812,611 Programs School Year BSA. $2,437 School Year BSA. $2,437 Summer School BSA. $2,080 Summer School BSA. $2,080 Administrative Costs . 4% Administrative Costs . 4% FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL FINANCE PROGRAM (2017-2018 figures amended in 2017A Special Session are marked with an asterisk*) 91 / 22 Base Student $4,160.71 $4,203.95* Allocation Base Funding . $12,651,239,972 Base Funding . $12,949,995,469* 91 / 22 Juvenile Justice $7,610,925 $7,456,003 Supplemental Allocation Factor . $1,243.90 Allocation Factor . $1,240.91 Allocation Up to $341 per student may be used Up to $341 per student may be used for high school equivalency exam for high school equivalency exam fees, for equipment, curricula, and fees, for equipment, curricula, and industry credentialing testing fees industry credentialing testing fees 2 LINE # / ISSUE 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 PAGE # APPROPRIATION APPROPRIATION 91 / 22 District Cost Statutory Statutory Differential 91 / 22 Sparsity Supplement $52,800,000 $52,800,000 Provides a minimum of $100/FTE in Provides a minimum of $100/FTE in districts with 24,000 or fewer FTE districts with 24,000 or fewer FTE 91 / 22 Required Local Effort $7,605,418,567 $7,603,850,013* Millage Rate. 4.694 mills Millage Rate. 4.316 mills* 91 / 23 Discretionary Millage & $1,272,283,473 . 0.748 mills $1,364,693,386 . 0.748 mills State Compression State Average/FTE . $459.76 State Average/FTE . $488.97 Compression . $210,055,192 Compression . $226,344,663 Districts must levy the full 0.748 mills Districts must levy the full 0.748 mills to be eligible for compression to be eligible for compression 91 / 23 State Discretionary $17,360,,486 $18,577,829 Contribution to Lab Schools & FLVS 91 / 23 Program Cost Factors K - 3 Basic . 1.103 K - 3 Basic . 1.107 4 - 8 Basic . 1.000 4 - 8 Basic . 1.000 9 - 12 Basic . 1.001 9 - 12 Basic . 1.001 ESE Level 4 . 3.607 ESE Level 4 . 3.619 ESE Level 5 . 5.376 ESE Level 5 . 5.526 ESOL . 1.194 ESOL . 1.212 9 - 12 Career Ed . 1.001 9 - 12 Career Ed . 1.001 91 / 23 ESE Guaranteed $1,055,304,496 $1,060,770,374 Allocation (Proviso deletes provision that the (Proviso deletes requirement that allocation will not be recalculated) gifted programs focus on advanced math and science curriculum) 91 / 23 Declining Enrollment $2,456,907 $2,211,841 Allocation Hold harmless for 25% of the decline Hold harmless for 25% of the decline between prior and current year FTE between prior and current year FTE 91 / 23 Safe Schools $64,456,019 $64,456,019 Minimum Allocation . $62,660 Minimum Allocation . $62,660 Funds may be used for 9 specified Funds to be used in their compliance purposes; DOE to withhold and with ss. 1006.07-1006.148, F.S., with redistribute funds if district fails to priority given to establishing a school comply resource officer program 91 / 24 Supplemental $706,662,699 $712,207,631 Academic Instruction Earmarks $75,000,000 to be used Earmarks $75,000,000 to be used with the reading allocation and other with the reading allocation and other funds to provide an additional hour of funds to provide an additional hour of reading instruction in the 300 lowest reading instruction in the 300 lowest performing elementary schools; Funds performing elementary schools; Funds shall consist of a base amount and an shall consist of a base amount and an additional amount for districts with one additional amount for districts with one or more of the 300 lowest performing or more of the 300 lowest performing schools; Funding will be recalculated schools; Funding will be recalculated once based on updated designation of based on updated designation of 300 300 schools and the October FTE schools and each FTE survey survey 3 LINE # / ISSUE 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 PAGE # APPROPRIATION APPROPRIATION 91 / 24 Reading Instruction $130,000,000 $130,000,000 Minimum allocation of $115,000 to Minimum allocation of $115,000 to each district with balance distributed each district with balance distributed based on base funding; Earmarks based on base funding; Earmarks $15,000,000 and funds specified in $15,000,000 and funds specified in the SAI allocation to provide the the SAI allocation to provide the additional instruction to the lowest additional instruction to the lowest performing schools described above performing schools described above 91 / 25 Instructional Materials $228,792,422 $230,743,258 Growth Allocation . $301.12 Growth Allocation . $303.69 Library Media. $12,081,475 Library Media. $12,184.490 Science Lab. $3,302,270 Science Lab. $3,330,427 Dual Enrollment. $10,242,163 Dual Enrollment. $10,329,494 ESE Digital Materials. $3,088,652 ESE Digital Materials. $3,114,988 Earmarks $165,000,000 for purchase Earmarks $165,000,000 for purchase of instructional content, electronic of instructional content, electronic devices, technology equipment, and devices, technology equipment, and infrastructure; Release of funds is infrastructure; Release of funds is contingent on district certifications contingent on district certifications and/or district expenditure plan and/or district expenditure plan 91 / 25 Student Transportation $435,164,782 $438,875,286 91 / 25 Teachers Classroom $45,286,750 $45,286,750 Supply Assistance 91 / 25 Federally Connected $12,136,893 $12,883,871* Student Supplement Student Allocation .