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2012 Legislative Presentation Scott D. Howat, Senior Director Labor and Legislative Relations General Budget Information (State) The Legislature appropriated $1.068 billion more in state revenue for 2012-13. The revenue replaced:


  1. 2012 Legislative Presentation Scott D. Howat, Senior Director Labor and Legislative Relations

  2. General Budget Information (State) • The Legislature appropriated $1.068 billion more in state revenue for 2012-13. • The revenue replaced:  $224 million trust fund transfers in the FY 2011-12 budget.  $246.8 million in local funds lost due to declining property values in the FY 2011-12.  $196.8 million to cover the cost 30,874 new students for FY 2012-13.  $554.8 million in federal Education Jobs money.  $99 million for the increase in Florida Retirement System rates. • The total amount not covered for FY 2012-13 is $253.4 million from not $1.068 billion increase. 2

  3. General Budget Information (Orange) • The projected increase in total FEFP funds for Orange County Public Schools in FY 2012-13 is approximately $20 million more than was budgeted for FY 2011-12. • The increase will not cover the cost of:  $41 million for 6,425 new students for FY 2011-12 & 2012-13.  $3 million projected decrease in value of the additional 1 mill.  $2 million for the increase in FRS rates. • The shortfall for FY 2012-13 is $26 million not an overall increase of $20 million . • The increase in students plus the decline in value of the additional 1 mill, will result in a per student funding decrease of $134 for FY 2012-13. 3

  4. OCPS Budgeted Funding per Student Conference FEFP Calculation + Edu Jobs+ Special Millage 7,400.00 7,200.00 7,000.00 123.53 6,800.00 360.11 468.97 Special Millage 339.16 6,600.00 436.32 Edu Jobs 7,309.23 Critical Needs Millage 6,400.00 Stabilization 210.64 6,988.29 Regular Funding - 6,200.00 6,530.42 6,447.36 6,000.00 6,337.10 6,228.17 5,800.00 5,600.00 July 2007 July 2008 July 2009 July 2010 July 2011 July 2012

  5. House Bill 5001 General Appropriations Act • School recognition is $100 per student to qualified schools and up to $5 per student per school for the SAC. • PECO Funds:  Public Schools received $0.  Charter Schools received $55,209,106. • Teacher Lead money was maintained. • Virtual education is up $400 to $5,200 per student. • SAI and Reading categoricals are increased by $15 million each for an additional hour of instruction for the lowest 100 schools in reading. 5

  6. House Bill 5101 PK-12 Budget Conforming Bill • Changes to School Board employment contracts and severance pay. • Requires interlocal agreements for school district purchasing consortiums (Florida Education Purchasing Consortium). • Establishes K-12 Public School Facility Funding Task Force. • Pre- and post-testing for public and private VPK providers. • Delays the purchase of mathematics instructional materials. • Creates the Digital Instructional Materials Workgroup. • Authority for districts to exceed the ¾ limit on the 1.5 capital outlay millage. 6

  7. House Bill 5103 School Readiness Programs • Expands the legislative intent of school readiness programs. • Expands and revises the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Early Learning (OEL). • OEL must establish the minimum number of children to be served. • Revises eligibility priorities for children in the Program. • Revises Program funding for the early learning coalitions. • Establishes the School Readiness Allocation Conference to make recommendations for the allocation formula. 7

  8. House Bill 5201 Postsecondary Education Funding • Establishes the Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Program to be piloted for 2 years. • Modifies when Bright Futures Scholarship Program initial award can be accepted or renewed. • Requires that an entity with an audit containing a significant finding must conduct an overview during a public meeting. • Provides for co-enrollment for 2 years for students who are co-enrolled in core-curricula courses for credit recovery (2 courses per student per year). 8

  9. House Bill 5005 Florida Retirement System Rate Bill • No increase in the FRS assessment to employees . • The FRS employer rate for Regular Class employees is proposed increase of .27%. • No action was taken during the legislative session related to the recent court decision involving the FRS changes from last year. 9

  10. Teaching & Learning HB 7059 by Rep. Stargel relating to Acceleration Options in Public Education (ACCEL) • Amends the law related to acceleration in public education. • ACCEL Options : Options that provide academically challenging curriculum or accelerated instruction to eligible students. • Early Graduation : Provides a student the option once a student meets the standard graduation requirements. • End-of-Course Assessments : Establishes performance based funding for specific courses. • Dual Enrollment Program : Clarifies eligibility requirements. • Career-Themed Courses : Defines a career-themed course and clarifies that any school can offer career-themed courses. 10

  11. Teaching & Learning HB 7063 by K-20 Innovation relating to Digital Learning • Expands digital learning options for students in public schools, allows Florida Virtual School Full Time (FLVS FT), full-time district virtual instruction programs, and full-time virtual charter schools. • Authorizes FLVS full-time students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities at home school. • Requires FLVS to provide ESE services and ELL program to eligible students and receive the funding. • Part-time district virtual instruction is expanded to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8. 11

  12. Teaching & Learning HB 7127 by Rep. Fresen relating to Accountability in Public Schools • On February 9, 2012, the USDOE approved Florida’s ESEA/NCLB Flexibility Waiver. • Eliminates existing criteria for identifying public schools for intervention and classification. • The most intense strategies must be provided to schools that earn a grade of “F” or three consecutive “D’s”. • A charter school’s sponsor must terminate for two consecutive grades of “F,” with certain exceptions. • Provides eligibility for Opportunity Scholarships to students attending schools earning an “F” or three consecutive “D’s.” • Provided some Supplemental Education Services flexibilty. 12

  13. Teaching & Learning HB 1403 by Rep. Stargel relating to High School Athletics • Establishes new due process standards that the FHSAA must follow when making student eligibility. • Reforms recruiting sanctions and investigations by the FHSAA:  School pay a fine and participate in a higher division;  Establish sanctions for coaches;  Require coaches to reimburse a school for a violation;  Prevent punishment of students for the violations of adults;  Prevent student ineligibility for violating recruiting rules; and  Regulates investigators conducting investigations. • FHSAA membership is not mandatory for any school and allows competition between members and non-members. 13

  14. Teaching & Learning HB 1351 by Rep. Glorioso relating to Homeless Youth • Defines term “certified homeless youth”. • Provides that minor who is “certified homeless youth” may obtain certified copy of his or her birth certificate. • Provides that unaccompanied youths who are “certified homeless youths” shall have court costs waived. • Requires court to advance such cases on calendar. 14

  15. Teaching & Learning HB 859 by Rep. Corcoran relating to Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program • Removes the prior public requirement for students. • Increases the monetary cap on the program. • Authorizes private schools to administer the FCAT. • Requires the DOE and districts to provide assessments and support to private schools. • Authorizes the Commissioner to deny, suspend, or revoke a private school’s participation in the program. 15

  16. Budget & Finance HB 285 by Rep. Harrell relating to Sick Leave for District Employees • School boards may approve a policy under which a district employee may authorize any district employee to use accrued sick leave of the authorizing employee. • The district policy must:  Require that the recipient provide documentation, by the treating physician.  Establish a minimum sick leave days needed to participate.  Require that any unused transferred sick leave shall be returned.  Establish the minimum number of sick leave days an authorizing employee must retain. 16

  17. HR & Executive Services HB 7087 by Finance & Tax relating to Economic Development • Provides tax incentives for various Florida industries and for additional distributions of tax revenue for various purposes.  Corporate Tax Exemption increases from $25,000 to $50,000.  Sales Tax Holiday provides for a 3-day holiday on clothing, shoes, and textbooks valued $75 or less and school supplies valued $15 or less, August 3-5. • Preference for Florida Businesses grants a 5% preference to Florida vendors for purchases of printing services and purchases of tangible personal property by state agencies, universities, colleges, school districts. • Reduces General Revenue by $77.9 million in 2012-13, and a recurring reduction of $119.6 million. 17

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