HB 963 full text · Session Watch

1 A bill to be entitled

2 An act relating to administrative efficiency in public

3 schools; amending s. 120.81, F.S.; exempting district

4 school boards from requirements for adopting certain

5 rules; amending s. 1001.23, F.S.; requiring the

6 Department of Education to annually inform district

7 school superintendents by a specified date that they

8 are authorized to petition to receive a specified

9 declaratory statement; requiring the department to

10 annually maintain and provide school districts with a

11 list of certain statutory and rule requirements;

12 specifying requirements for such list; amending s.

13 1001.42, F.S.; deleting a requirement for a district

14 school board to employ an internal auditor in certain

15 circumstances; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; deleting a

16 requirement that the school financial report be

17 included in the student handbook; requiring the

18 department to produce specified reports relating to

19 school accountability and make them available on the

20 department's website; requiring each school district

21 to provide a link to such reports; amending s.

22 1002.33, F.S.; conforming a provision relating to a 5-

23 year facilities plan; amending s. 1002.451, F.S.;

24 requiring innovation schools of technology to comply

25 with specified provisions relating to instructional

26 multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts,

27 for instructional personnel; amending s. 1002.61,

28 F.S.; deleting public schools from a requirement for

29 early learning coalitions to verify compliance with

30 certain law; amending s. 1002.63, F.S.; deleting a

31 requirement for an early learning coalition to verify

32 that certain public schools comply with specified

33 provisions; amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; revising

34 requirements relating to district school board

35 attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten

36 Education Programs; requiring a school district to

37 certify its attendance records for a Voluntary

38 Prekindergarten Education Program; amending s.

39 1006.40, F.S.; revising the timeframe within which

40 certain instructional materials must be purchased;

41 authorizing the State Board of Education to modify the

42 timeframe; amending s. 1008.212, F.S.; providing that

43 certain assessments are not subject to specified

44 requirements; specifying the assessments from which

45 IEP teams are authorized to submit requests for

46 extraordinary exemptions; amending s. 1008.22, F.S.;

47 requiring the Commissioner of Education to notify

48 school districts of the assessment schedule for a

49 specified time interval and to publish such schedule

50 on the department's website; deleting requirements

51 relating to a uniform calendar that must be published

52 by the commissioner each year; revising an annual

53 timeframe for each school district to establish

54 schedules for the administration of statewide,

55 standardized assessments; requiring each school

56 district to publish certain information regarding such

57 schedules on its website; conforming provisions to

58 changes made by the act; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.;

59 conforming cross-references; amending s. 1008.33,

60 F.S.; prohibiting a school from being required to use

61 a certain parameter as the sole determining factor to

62 recruit instructional personnel; specifying

63 requirements for a rule adopted by the State Board of

64 Education; amending s. 1010.20, F.S.; requiring

65 charter schools to respond to monitoring questions

66 from the department; amending s. 1011.035, F.S.;

67 deleting a requirement that each district school board

68 budget posted on the school board's website include a

69 graphical representation of specified information;

70 revising website requirements; amending s. 1011.14,

71 F.S.; revising the types of facilities for which

72 district school boards may incur certain financial

73 obligations; amending s. 1011.60, F.S.; revising

74 circumstances under which the State Board of Education

75 may alter the length of school terms for certain

76 school districts; amending s. 1011.6202, F.S.;

77 requiring schools participating in the Principal

78 Autonomy Program Initiative to comply with specified

79 provisions relating to instructional multiyear

80 contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for

81 instructional personnel; amending s. 1011.69, F.S.;

82 deleting a requirement relating to Title I fund

83 allocations to schools; providing a new category of

84 funding school districts are authorized to withhold;

85 revising a category of funding a school district is

86 authorized to withhold; requiring the department to

87 make certain funds available to local education

88 agencies; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; revising how

89 specified revenue may be expended by a district school

90 board; deleting a penalty for violating specified

91 provisions; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; specifying

92 requirements for advanced degrees that may be used to

93 set salary schedules for instructional personnel and

94 school administrators hired after a specified date;

95 specifying district school board activities that may

96 not be precluded by collective bargaining; amending s.

97 1012.335, F.S.; defining the term "instructional

98 multiyear contract"; providing requirements for the

99 award of an instructional multiyear contract;

100 requiring that an employee awarded an instructional

101 multiyear contract be returned to an annual contract

102 under certain conditions; specifying district school

103 superintendent authority; making conforming and

104 technical changes; amending s. 1012.39, F.S.; revising

105 an occupational experience qualification requirement

106 for nondegreed teachers of career programs; deleting a

107 training requirement for full-time nondegreed teachers

108 of career programs; amending s. 1012.555, F.S.;

109 revising eligibility requirements for individuals to

110 participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program;

111 amending employment requirements for paraprofessionals

112 to serve as an apprentice teacher; conforming a cross-

113 reference; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; specifying

114 individuals who must demonstrate mastery of general

115 knowledge for educator certification; authorizing

116 school districts and consortia of school districts to

117 issue temporary certificates under certain conditions;

118 specifying Education Practices Commission authority;

119 conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1012.585,

120 F.S.; revising the validity period for professional

121 certificates; providing eligibility requirements for

122 5-year and 10-year professional certificates;

123 establishing requirements for the renewal of a 10-year

124 professional certificate; amending s. 1013.19, F.S.;

125 requiring that proceeds from certain sales or leases

126 of property be used for specified purposes by boards

127 of trustees for Florida College System institutions or

128 state universities; amending s. 1013.35, F.S.;

129 deleting definitions; revising requirements for the

130 contents of such plan; deleting provisions relating to

131 district school boards coordinating with local

132 governments to ensure consistency between school

133 district and local government plans; authorizing,

134 rather than requiring, local governments to review

135 tentative district educational facilities plans;

136 requiring a district school board to submit a revised

137 facilities plan to the department; making conforming

138 changes; amending s. 1013.41, F.S.; revising

139 requirements for an educational facilities plan;

140 revising the duties of the Office of Educational

141 Facilities; amending s. 1013.45, F.S.; specifying that

142 Florida College System institution and state

143 university boards of trustees are required to use an

144 architect for the development of certain plans;

145 deleting district school board requirements for

146 certain construction plans; repealing s. 1013.451,

147 F.S., relating to life-cycle costs comparisons;

148 amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; revising district school

149 board requirements relating to educational plant

150 construction; conforming a provision to changes made

151 by the act; amending ss. 163.3180, 200.065, 1002.68,

152 1003.631, 1004.04, 1004.85, 1012.552, 1012.586,

153 1012.98, and 1013.62, F.S.; conforming cross-

154 references and provisions to changes made by the act;

155 providing an effective date.

157 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

159 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

160 120.81, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

161 120.81 Exceptions and special requirements; general

162 areas.—

163 (1) EDUCATIONAL UNITS.—

164 (a) District school boards are not subject to the

165 requirements for rules in this chapter when making and adopting

166 rules with public input at a public meeting. Notwithstanding s.

167 120.536(1) and the flush left provisions of s. 120.52(8),

168 district school boards may adopt rules to implement their

169 general powers under s. 1001.41.

170 Section 2. Subsections (5) and (6) are added to section

171 1001.23, Florida Statutes, to read:

172 1001.23 Specific powers and duties of the Department of

173 Education.—In addition to all other duties assigned to it by law

174 or by rule of the State Board of Education, the department

175 shall:

176 (5) Annually by August 1, inform district school

177 superintendents that pursuant to s. 120.565, the superintendents

178 may receive a declaratory statement, within 90 days after

179 submitting a petition to receive such statement, regarding the

180 department's opinion as to the applicability of a statutory or

181 rule provision to a school district as it applies to the

182 district's particular set of circumstances.

183 (6) Annually maintain and make available to school

184 districts a list of all requirements in statute and rule

185 relating to required actions by district school boards or

186 district school superintendents. The list must include, but is

187 not limited to, required parent notifications; information that

188 must be posted on the district website; and reporting, filing,

189 and certification requirements. Section 3. Paragraph (l) of subsection (12) of section

191 1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

192 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The

193 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all

194 powers and perform all duties listed below:

195 (12) FINANCE.—Take steps to assure students adequate

196 educational facilities through the financial procedure

197 authorized in chapters 1010 and 1011 and as prescribed below:

198 ~~(l) Internal auditor.—May or, in the case of a school~~

199 ~~district receiving annual federal, state, and local funds in~~

200 ~~excess of $500 million, shall employ an internal auditor. The~~

201 ~~scope of the internal auditor shall not be restricted and shall~~

202 ~~include every functional and program area of the school system.~~

203 ~~1. The internal auditor shall perform ongoing financial~~

204 ~~verification of the financial records of the school district, a~~

205 ~~comprehensive risk assessment of all areas of the school system~~

206 ~~every 5 years, and other audits and reviews as the district~~

207 ~~school board directs for determining:~~

208 ~~a. The adequacy of internal controls designed to prevent~~

209 ~~and detect fraud, waste, and abuse as defined in s. 11.45(1).~~

210 ~~b. Compliance with applicable laws, rules, contracts,~~

211 ~~grant agreements, district school board-approved policies, and~~

212 ~~best practices.~~

213 ~~c. The efficiency of operations.~~

214 ~~d. The reliability of financial records and reports.~~

215 ~~e. The safeguarding of assets.~~

216 ~~f. Financial solvency.~~

217 ~~g. Projected revenues and expenditures.~~

218 ~~h. The rate of change in the general fund balance.~~

219 ~~2. The internal auditor shall prepare audit reports of his~~

220 ~~or her findings and report directly to the district school board~~

221 ~~or its designee.~~

222 ~~3. Any person responsible for furnishing or producing any~~

223 ~~book, record, paper, document, data, or sufficient information~~

224 ~~necessary to conduct a proper audit or examination which the~~

225 ~~internal auditor is by law authorized to perform is subject to~~

226 ~~the provisions of s. 11.47(3) and (4).~~

227 Section 4. Subsection (16) of section 1002.20, Florida

228 Statutes, is amended to read:

229 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public

230 school students must receive accurate and timely information

231 regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed

232 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12

233 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory

234 rights including, but not limited to, the following:

235 (16) SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATING

236 REPORTS; FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.—Parents of public school students

237 have the right to an easy-to-read report card about the school's

238 grade designation or, if applicable under s. 1008.341, the

239 school's improvement rating, and the school's accountability

240 report, including the school financial report as required under

241 s. 1010.215. The school financial report must be provided to the

242 parents and indicate the average amount of money expended per

243 student in the school. The department shall produce the reports

244 required under this subsection and make the reports for each

245 school available on the department's website in a prominent

246 location. Each public school district shall provide a link on

247 its website to such reports for parent access, ~~which must also~~

248 ~~be included in the student handbook or a similar publication.~~

249 Section 5. Paragraph (g) of subsection (18) of section

250 1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

251 1002.33 Charter schools.—

252 (18) FACILITIES.—

253 (g) Each school district shall annually provide to the

254 Department of Education ~~as part of its 5-year work plan~~ the

255 number of existing vacant classrooms in each school that the

256 district does not intend to use or does not project will be

257 needed for educational purposes for the following school year.

258 The department may recommend that a district make such space

259 available to an appropriate charter school.

260 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section

261 1002.451, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

262 1002.451 District innovation school of technology

263 program.—

264 (5) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—

265 (a) An innovation school of technology is exempt from

266 chapters 1000-1013. However, an innovation school of technology

267 shall comply with the following provisions of those chapters:

268 1. Laws pertaining to the following:

269 a. Schools of technology, including this section.

270 b. Student assessment program and school grading system.

271 c. Services to students who have disabilities.

272 d. Civil rights, including s. 1000.05, relating to

273 discrimination.

274 e. Student health, safety, and welfare.

275 2. Laws governing the election and compensation of

276 district school board members and election or appointment and

277 compensation of district school superintendents.

278 3. Section 1003.03, governing maximum class size, except

279 that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s. 1003.03 is

280 the average at the school level.

281 4. Sections 1012.22(1)(c) and 1012.27(2), relating to

282 compensation and salary schedules.

283 5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions,

284 for annual contracts for instructional personnel. This

285 subparagraph does not apply to at-will employees.

286 6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with

287 instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011, for

288 annual or instructional multiyear contracts for instructional

289 personnel. This subparagraph does not apply to at-will

290 employees.

291 7. Section 1012.34, relating to requirements for

292 performance evaluations of instructional personnel and school

293 administrators.

294 Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section

295 1002.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

296 1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public

297 schools and private prekindergarten providers.—

298 (10)(a) Each early learning coalition shall verify that

299 each private prekindergarten provider ~~and public school~~

300 delivering the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program

301 within the coalition's county or multicounty region complies

302 with this part.

303 Section 8. Subsection (9) of section 1002.63, Florida

304 Statutes, is amended to read:

305 1002.63 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by

306 public schools.—

307 ~~(9)(a) Each early learning coalition shall verify that~~

308 ~~each public school delivering the Voluntary Prekindergarten~~

309 ~~Education Program within the coalition's service area complies~~

310 ~~with this part.~~

311 ~~(b)~~ If a public school fails or refuses to comply with

312 this part or engages in misconduct, the department must ~~shall~~

313 require that the school district to remove the school from

314 eligibility to deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education

315 Program and receive state funds under this part for a period of

316 at least 2 years but no more than 5 years.

317 Section 9. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) and subsection

318 (7) of section 1002.71, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

319 1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—

320 (6)

321 (b)1. Each private prekindergarten provider's ~~and district~~

322 ~~school board's~~ attendance policy must require the parent of each

323 student in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to

324 verify, each month, the student's attendance on the prior

325 month's certified student attendance.

326 2. The parent must submit the verification of the

327 student's attendance to the private prekindergarten provider or

328 ~~public school~~ on forms prescribed by the department. The forms

329 must include, in addition to the verification of the student's

330 attendance, a certification, in substantially the following

331 form, that the parent continues to choose the private

332 prekindergarten provider or public school in accordance with s.

333 1002.53 and directs that payments for the program be made to the

334 provider or school:

336 VERIFICATION OF STUDENT'S ATTENDANCE

337 AND CERTIFICATION OF PARENTAL CHOICE

339 I, ...(Name of Parent)..., swear (or affirm) that my child,

340 ...(Name of Student)..., attended the Voluntary Prekindergarten

341 Education Program on the days listed above and certify that I

342 continue to choose ...(Name of Provider or School)... to deliver

343 the program for my child and direct that program funds be paid

344 to the provider or school for my child.

345 ...(Signature of Parent)...

346 ...(Date)...

348 3. The private prekindergarten provider ~~or public school~~

349 must keep each original signed form for at least 2 years. Each

350 private prekindergarten provider must permit the early learning

351 coalition, ~~and each public school must permit the school~~

352 ~~district,~~ to inspect the original signed forms during normal

353 business hours. The department shall adopt procedures for early

354 learning coalitions ~~and school districts~~ to review the original

355 signed forms against the certified student attendance. The

356 review procedures must ~~shall~~ provide for the use of selective

357 inspection techniques, including, but not limited to, random

358 sampling. Each early learning coalition ~~and the school districts~~

359 must comply with the review procedures.

360 (7) The department shall require that administrative

361 expenditures be kept to the minimum necessary for efficient and

362 effective administration of the Voluntary Prekindergarten

363 Education Program. Administrative policies and procedures must

364 ~~shall be revised,~~ to the maximum extent practicable, be revised

365 to incorporate the use of automation and electronic submission

366 of forms, including those required for child eligibility and

367 enrollment, provider and class registration, and monthly

368 certification of attendance for payment. A school district may

369 use its automated daily attendance reporting system for the

370 purpose of maintaining and transmitting attendance records to

371 the early learning coalition in a mutually agreed-upon format.

372 Each school district shall certify the correctness of attendance

373 data submitted to the single point of entry system described in

374 paragraph (5)(a) as required by the department. In addition,

375 actions must ~~shall~~ be taken to reduce paperwork, eliminate the

376 duplication of reports, and eliminate other duplicative

377 activities. Each early learning coalition may retain and expend

378 no more than 5.0 percent of the funds paid by the coalition to

379 private prekindergarten providers and public schools under

380 paragraph (5)(b). Funds retained by an early learning coalition

381 under this subsection may be used only for administering the

382 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program and may not be used

383 for the school readiness program or other programs.

384 Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 1006.40, Florida

385 Statutes, is amended to read:

386 1006.40 Purchase of instructional materials.—

387 (2) Each district school board must purchase current

388 instructional materials to provide each student in kindergarten

389 through grade 12 with a major tool of instruction in core

390 courses of the subject areas of mathematics, language arts,

391 science, social studies, reading, and literature. Such purchase

392 must be made within the first 5 3 years after the effective date

393 of the adoption cycle, subject to state board requirement for an

394 earlier purchase date for a specific subject area, unless a

395 district school board or a consortium of school districts has

396 implemented an instructional materials program pursuant to s.

397 1006.283.

398 Section 11. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 1008.212,

399 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

400 1008.212 Students with disabilities; extraordinary

401 exemption.—

402 (2) A student with a disability for whom the individual

403 education plan (IEP) team determines is prevented by a

404 circumstance or condition from physically demonstrating the

405 mastery of skills that have been acquired and are measured by

406 the statewide standardized assessment, a statewide standardized

407 end-of-course assessment, or an alternate assessment pursuant to

408 s. 1008.22(3)(d) shall be granted an extraordinary exemption

409 from the administration of the assessment. A learning,

410 emotional, behavioral, or significant cognitive disability, or

411 the receipt of services through the homebound or hospitalized

412 program in accordance with rule 6A-6.03020, Florida

413 Administrative Code, is not, in and of itself, an adequate

414 criterion for the granting of an extraordinary exemption. The

415 first two administrations of the coordinated screening and

416 progress monitoring system under s. 1008.25(9) or any alternate

417 assessments used in lieu of such administrations are not subject

418 to the requirements of this section.

419 (3) The IEP team, which must include the parent, may

420 submit to the district school superintendent a written request

421 for an extraordinary exemption from the end-of-year or end-of-

422 course statewide, standardized assessment at any time during the

423 school year, but not later than 60 days before the current

424 year's assessment administration for which the request is made.

425 A request must include all of the following:

426 (a) A written description of the student's disabilities,

427 including a specific description of the student's impaired

428 sensory, manual, or speaking skills.

429 (b) Written documentation of the most recent evaluation

430 data.

431 (c) Written documentation, if available, of the most

432 recent administration of the statewide standardized assessment,

433 an end-of-course assessment, or an alternate assessment.

434 (d) A written description of the condition's effect on the

435 student's participation in the statewide standardized

436 assessment, an end-of-course assessment, or an alternate

437 assessment.

438 (e) Written evidence that the student has had the

439 opportunity to learn the skills being tested.

440 (f) Written evidence that the student has been provided

441 appropriate instructional accommodations.

442 (g) Written evidence as to whether the student has had the

443 opportunity to be assessed using the instructional

444 accommodations on the student's IEP which are allowable in the

445 administration of the statewide standardized assessment, an end-

446 of-course assessment, or an alternate assessment in prior

447 assessments.

448 (h) Written evidence of the circumstance or condition as

449 defined in subsection (1).

450 Section 12. Paragraphs (c) through (i) of section 1008.22,

451 Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraphs (b) through

452 (h), respectively, and paragraph (a) and present paragraphs (b)

453 and (d) of subsection (7) are amended, to read:

454 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.—

455 (7) ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTING OF RESULTS.—

456 (a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish

457 schedules for the administration of statewide, standardized

458 assessments and the reporting of student assessment results. The

459 commissioner shall consider the observance of religious and

460 school holidays when developing the schedules. By January 1 of

461 each year, the commissioner shall notify each school district in

462 writing and publish on the department's website the assessment

463 schedule for, at a minimum, the next 2 school years. The

464 assessment and reporting schedules must provide the earliest

465 possible reporting of student assessment results to the school

466 districts. Assessment results for the statewide, standardized

467 ELA and Mathematics assessments and all statewide, standardized

468 EOC assessments must be made available no later than June 30,

469 except for results for the grade 3 statewide, standardized ELA

470 assessment, which must be made available no later than May 31.

471 Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, assessment results for

472 the statewide, standardized ELA and Mathematics assessments must

473 be available no later than May 31. School districts shall

474 administer statewide, standardized assessments in accordance

475 with the schedule established by the commissioner.

476 ~~(b) By January of each year, the commissioner shall~~

477 ~~publish on the department's website a uniform calendar that~~

478 ~~includes the assessment and reporting schedules for, at a~~

479 ~~minimum, the next 2 school years. The uniform calendar must be~~

480 ~~provided to school districts in an electronic format that allows~~

481 ~~each school district and public school to populate the calendar~~

482 ~~with, at minimum, the following information for reporting the~~

483 ~~district assessment schedules under paragraph (d):~~

484 ~~1. Whether the assessment is a district-required~~

485 ~~assessment or a state-required assessment.~~

486 ~~2. The specific date or dates that each assessment will be~~

487 ~~administered, including administrations of the coordinated~~

488 ~~screening and progress monitoring system under s. 1008.25(9)(b).~~

489 ~~3. The time allotted to administer each assessment.~~

490 ~~4. Whether the assessment is a computer-based assessment~~

491 ~~or a paper-based assessment.~~

492 ~~5. The grade level or subject area associated with the~~

493 ~~assessment.~~

494 ~~6. The date that the assessment results are expected to be~~

495 ~~available to teachers and parents.~~

496 ~~7. The type of assessment, the purpose of the assessment,~~

497 ~~and the use of the assessment results.~~

498 ~~8. A glossary of assessment terminology.~~

499 ~~9. Estimates of average time for administering state-~~

500 ~~required and district-required assessments, by grade level.~~

501 (c)(d) Each school district shall, by November 1 of each

502 year, establish schedules for the administration of any

503 statewide, standardized assessments and district-required

504 assessments and approve the schedules as an agenda item at a

505 district school board meeting. Each school district shall

506 publish ~~the~~ testing schedules on its website which specify

507 whether an assessment is a state-required or district-required

508 assessment and the grade bands or subject areas associated with

509 the assessments ~~using the uniform calendar, including all~~

510 ~~information required under paragraph (b), and submit the~~

511 ~~schedules to the Department of Education by October 1 of each~~

512 ~~year.~~ Each public school shall publish schedules for statewide,

513 standardized assessments and district-required assessments on

514 its website ~~using the uniform calendar, including all~~

515 ~~information required under paragraph (b).~~ The school board-

516 approved assessment ~~uniform~~ calendar must be included in the

517 parent guide required by s. 1002.23(5).

518 Section 13. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (9)

519 of section 1008.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

520 1008.25 Public school student progression; student

521 support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring;

522 reporting requirements.—

523 (9) COORDINATED SCREENING AND PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEM.—

524 (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, private

525 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program providers and public

526 schools must participate in the coordinated screening and

527 progress monitoring system pursuant to this paragraph.

528 1. For students in the school-year Voluntary

529 Prekindergarten Education Program through grade 2, the

530 coordinated screening and progress monitoring system must be

531 administered at least three times within a school year, with the

532 first administration occurring no later than the first 30

533 instructional days after a student's enrollment or the start of

534 the school year, the second administration occurring midyear,

535 and the third administration occurring within the last 30 days

536 of the school year pursuant to state board rule. The state board

537 may adopt alternate timeframes to address nontraditional school

538 year calendars to ensure the coordinated screening and progress

539 monitoring program is administered a minimum of three times

540 within a year.

541 2. For students in the summer prekindergarten program, the

542 coordinated screening and progress monitoring system must be

543 administered two times, with the first administration occurring

544 no later than the first 10 instructional days after a student's

545 enrollment or the start of the summer prekindergarten program,

546 and the final administration occurring within the last 10 days

547 of the summer prekindergarten program pursuant to state board

548 rule.

549 3. For grades 3 through 10 English Language Arts and

550 grades 3 through 8 Mathematics, the coordinated screening and

551 progress monitoring system must be administered at the

552 beginning, middle, and end of the school year pursuant to state

553 board rule. The end-of-year administration of the coordinated

554 screening and progress monitoring system must be a comprehensive

555 progress monitoring assessment administered in accordance with

556 the scheduling requirements under s. 1008.22(7)(b) s.

557 ~~1008.22(7)(c).~~

558 (c) To facilitate timely interventions and supports

559 pursuant to subsection (4), the system must provide results from

560 the first two administrations of the progress monitoring to a

561 student's teacher or prekindergarten instructor within 1 week

562 and to the student's parent within 2 weeks after the

563 administration of the progress monitoring. Delivery of results

564 from the comprehensive, end-of-year progress monitoring ELA

565 assessment for grades 3 through 10 and Mathematics assessment

566 for grades 3 through 8 must be in accordance with s.

567 1008.22(7)(g) ~~s. 1008.22(7)(h).~~

568 1. A student's results from the coordinated screening and

569 progress monitoring system must be recorded in a written, easy-

570 to-comprehend individual student report. Each school district

571 shall provide a parent secure access to his or her child's

572 individual student reports through a web-based portal as part of

573 its student information system. Each early learning coalition

574 shall provide parents the individual student report in a format

575 determined by state board rule.

576 2. In addition to the information under subparagraph

577 (a)5., the report must also include parent resources that

578 explain the purpose of progress monitoring, assist the parent in

579 interpreting progress monitoring results, and support informed

580 parent involvement. Parent resources may include personalized

581 video formats.

582 3. The department shall annually update school districts

583 and early learning coalitions on new system features and

584 functionality and collaboratively identify with school districts

585 and early learning coalitions strategies for meaningfully

586 reporting to parents results from the coordinated screening and

587 progress monitoring system. The department shall develop ways to

588 increase the utilization, by instructional staff and parents, of

589 student assessment data and resources.

590 4. An individual student report must be provided in a

591 printed format upon a parent's request.

592 (d) Screening and progress monitoring system results,

593 including the number of students who demonstrate characteristics

594 of dyslexia and dyscalculia, shall be reported to the department

595 pursuant to state board rule and maintained in the department's

596 Education Data Warehouse. Results must be provided to a

597 student's teacher and parent in a timely manner as required in

598 s. 1008.22(7)(f) ~~s. 1008.22(7)(g).~~

599 Section 14. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and subsection

600 (5) of section 1008.33, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

601 1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement.—

602 (3)

603 (c) The state board shall adopt by rule a differentiated

604 matrix of intervention and support strategies for assisting

605 traditional public schools identified under this section and

606 rules for implementing s. 1002.33(9)(n), relating to charter

607 schools. The intervention and support strategies must address

608 student performance and may include improvement planning;

609 leadership quality improvement; educator quality improvement;

610 professional learning; curriculum review, pacing, and alignment

611 across grade levels to improve background knowledge in social

612 studies, science, and the arts; and the use of continuous

613 improvement and monitoring plans and processes. In addition, the

614 state board may prescribe reporting requirements to review and

615 monitor the progress of the schools. The rule must define the

616 intervention and support strategies for school improvement for

617 schools earning a grade of "D" or "F" and the roles for the

618 district and department. A school may not be required to use the

619 measure of student learning growth in s. 1012.34(7) as the sole

620 determinant to recruit instructional personnel. The rule must

621 create a timeline for a school district's school improvement

622 plan or district-managed turnaround plan to be approved and for

623 the school improvement funds under Title I to be released to the

624 school district. The timeline established in rule for the

625 release of school improvement funding under Title I may not

626 exceed 20 calendar days after the approval of the school

627 improvement plan or district-managed turnaround plan.

628 (5) The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to ss.

629 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section. The rules

630 shall include timelines for submission of implementation plans,

631 approval criteria for implementation plans, timelines for

632 releasing Title I funding, timelines for implementing

633 intervention and support strategies, a standard charter school

634 turnaround contract, a standard facility lease, and a mutual

635 management agreement. The state board shall consult with

636 education stakeholders in developing the rules.

637 Section 15. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of

638 section 1010.20, Florida Statutes, to read:

639 1010.20 Cost accounting and reporting for school

640 districts.—

641 (2) COST REPORTING.—

642 (e) Each charter school shall receive and respond to

643 monitoring questions from the department.

644 Section 16. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 1011.035,

645 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

646 1011.035 School district fiscal transparency.—

647 (2) Each district school board shall post on its website:

648 (a) A plain language version of each proposed, tentative,

649 and official budget which describes each budget item in terms

650 that are easily understandable to the public ~~and includes:~~

651 ~~(a) Graphical representations, for each public school~~

652 ~~within the district and for the school district, of the~~

653 ~~following:~~

654 ~~1. Summary financial efficiency data.~~

655 ~~2. Fiscal trend information for the previous 3 years on:~~

656 ~~a. The ratio of full-time equivalent students to full-time~~

657 ~~equivalent instructional personnel.~~

658 ~~b. The ratio of full-time equivalent students to full-time~~

659 ~~equivalent administrative personnel.~~

660 ~~c. The total operating expenditures per full-time~~

661 ~~equivalent student.~~

662 ~~d. The total instructional expenditures per full-time~~

663 ~~equivalent student.~~

664 ~~e. The general administrative expenditures as a percentage~~

665 ~~of total budget.~~

666 ~~f. The rate of change in the general fund's ending fund~~

667 ~~balance not classified as restricted.~~

668 (b) A link to the web-based fiscal transparency tool

669 developed by the department pursuant to s. 1010.20 to enable

670 taxpayers to evaluate the financial efficiency of the school

671 district and compare the financial efficiency of the school

672 district with other similarly situated school districts.

674 This information must be prominently posted on the school

675 district's website in a manner that is readily accessible to the

676 public.

677 (4) The website should contain links to:

678 ~~(a) Help explain or provide background information on~~

679 ~~various budget items that are required by state or federal law.~~

680 ~~(b) Allow users to navigate to related sites to view~~

681 ~~supporting details.~~

682 ~~(c)~~ enable taxpayers, parents, and education advocates to

683 send e-mails asking questions about the budget and enable others

684 to view the questions and responses.

685 Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 1011.14, Florida

686 Statutes, is amended to read:

687 1011.14 Obligations for a period of 1 year.—District

688 school boards are authorized only under the following conditions

689 to create obligations by way of anticipation of budgeted

690 revenues accruing on a current basis without pledging the credit

691 of the district or requiring future levy of taxes for certain

692 purposes for a period of 1 year; however, such obligations may

693 be extended from year to year with the consent of the lender for

694 a period not to exceed 4 years, or for a total of 5 years

695 including the initial year of the loan:

696 (1) PURPOSES.—The purposes for which such obligations may

697 be incurred within the intent of this section shall include only

698 the purchase of school buses, land, and equipment for

699 educational purposes; the erection of, alteration to, or

700 addition to educational plants, ancillary plants, and auxiliary

701 facilities; and the adjustment of insurance on educational

702 property on a 5-year plan, as provided by rules of the State

703 Board of Education.

704 Section 18. Subsection (2) of section 1011.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

706 1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education

707 Finance Program.—Each district which participates in the state

708 appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program shall

709 provide evidence of its effort to maintain an adequate school

710 program throughout the district and shall meet at least the

711 following requirements:

712 (2) MINIMUM TERM.—Operate all schools for a term of 180

713 actual teaching days or the equivalent on an hourly basis as

714 specified by rules of the State Board of Education each school

715 year. The State Board of Education may prescribe procedures for

716 altering, and, upon written application, may alter, this

717 requirement during a national, state, or local emergency as it

718 may apply to an individual school or schools in any district or

719 districts if the district school board certifies to the

720 Commissioner of Education that, ~~in the opinion of the board,~~ it

721 is not necessary ~~feasible~~ to make up lost days or hours, and the

722 apportionment may, at the discretion of the Commissioner of

723 Education and if the board determines that the reduction of

724 school days or hours is caused by the existence of a bona fide

725 emergency, be reduced for such district or districts in

726 proportion to the decrease in the length of term in any such

727 school or schools. A strike, as defined in s. 447.203(6), by

728 employees of the school district may not be considered an

729 emergency. Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

731 1011.6202, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

732 1011.6202 Principal Autonomy Program Initiative.—The

733 Principal Autonomy Program Initiative is created within the

734 Department of Education. The purpose of the program is to

735 provide a highly effective principal of a participating school

736 with increased autonomy and authority to operate his or her

737 school, as well as other schools, in a way that produces

738 significant improvements in student achievement and school

739 management while complying with constitutional requirements. The

740 State Board of Education may, upon approval of a principal

741 autonomy proposal, enter into a performance contract with the

742 district school board for participation in the program.

743 (3) EXEMPTION FROM LAWS.—

744 (b) A participating school or a school operated by a

745 principal pursuant to subsection (5) shall comply with ~~the~~

746 ~~provisions of~~ chapters 1000-1013, and rules of the state board

747 that implement those provisions, pertaining to the following:

748 1. Those laws relating to the election and compensation of

749 district school board members, the election or appointment and

750 compensation of district school superintendents, public meetings

751 and public records requirements, financial disclosure, and

752 conflicts of interest.

753 2. Those laws relating to the student assessment program

754 and school grading system, including chapter 1008.

755 3. Those laws relating to the provision of services to

756 students with disabilities.

757 4. Those laws relating to civil rights, including s.

758 1000.05, relating to discrimination.

759 5. Those laws relating to student health, safety, and

760 welfare.

761 6. Section 1001.42(4)(f), relating to the uniform opening

762 date for public schools.

763 7. Section 1003.03, governing maximum class size, except

764 that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s. 1003.03 is

765 the average at the school level for a participating school.

766 8. Sections 1012.22(1)(c) and 1012.27(2), relating to

767 compensation and salary schedules.

768 9. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions

769 for annual contracts for instructional personnel. This

770 subparagraph does not apply to at-will employees.

771 10. Section 1012.335, relating to annual or instructional

772 multiyear contracts for instructional personnel hired on or

773 after July 1, 2011. This subparagraph does not apply to at-will

774 employees.

775 11. Section 1012.34, relating to personnel evaluation

776 procedures and criteria.

777 12. Those laws pertaining to educational facilities,

778 including chapter 1013, except that s. 1013.20, relating to

779 covered walkways for relocatables, is eligible for exemption.

780 13. Those laws pertaining to participating school

781 districts, including this section and ss. 1011.69(2) and

782 1012.28(8).

783 Section 20. Subsection (4) of section 1011.69, Florida

784 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (5) is added to that

785 section, to read:

786 1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act.—

787 (4) After providing Title I, Part A, Basic funds to

788 schools above the 75 percent poverty threshold, which may

789 include high schools above the 50 percent threshold as permitted

790 by federal law, school districts shall provide any remaining

791 Title I, Part A, Basic funds directly to all eligible schools as

792 provided in this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, an

793 eligible school is a school that is eligible to receive Title I

794 funds, including a charter school. ~~The threshold for identifying~~

795 ~~eligible schools may not exceed the threshold established by a~~

796 ~~school district for the 2016-2017 school year or the statewide~~

797 ~~percentage of economically disadvantaged students, as determined~~

798 ~~annually.~~

799 (a) Prior to the allocation of Title I funds to eligible

800 schools, a school district may withhold funds only as follows:

801 1. One percent for parent involvement, in addition to the

802 one percent the district must reserve under federal law for

803 allocations to eligible schools for parent involvement;

804 2. A necessary and reasonable amount for administration

805 which includes the district's indirect cost rate, not to exceed

806 a total of 10 percent;

807 3. A reasonable and necessary amount to provide:

808 a. Homeless programs;

809 b. Delinquent and neglected programs;

810 c. Prekindergarten programs and activities;

811 d. Private school equitable services; and

812 e. Transportation for foster care children to their school

813 of origin or choice programs;

814 4. Up to 5 percent to provide financial incentives and

815 rewards to teachers who serve students in eligible schools,

816 including charter schools, identified for comprehensive support

817 and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement

818 activities, for the purpose of attracting and retaining

819 qualified and effective teachers, including teachers of any

820 subject or grade level for whom a measurement under s.

821 1012.34(7) or a state-approved Alternative Student Growth Model

822 is unavailable; and

823 5.4. A necessary and reasonable amount, ~~not to exceed 1~~

824 ~~percent,~~ for eligible schools, including charter schools, to

825 provide educational services in accordance with the approved

826 Title I plan. Such educational services may include the

827 provision of STEM curricula, instructional materials, and

828 related learning technologies that support academic achievement

829 in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Title I

830 schools, including, but not limited to, technologies related to

831 drones, coding, animation, artificial intelligence,

832 cybersecurity, data science, the engineering design process,

833 mobile development, and robotics. Funds may be reserved under

834 this subparagraph only to the extent that all required

835 reservations under federal law have been met and that such

836 reservation does not reduce school-level allocations below the

837 levels required under federal law.

838 (b) All remaining Title I funds shall be distributed to

839 all eligible schools in accordance with federal law and

840 regulation. An eligible school may use funds under this

841 subsection to participate in discretionary educational services

842 provided by the school district. Any funds provided by an

843 eligible school to participate in discretionary educational

844 services provided by the school district are not subject to the

845 requirements of this subsection.

846 (c) Any funds carried forward by the school district are

847 not subject to the requirements of this subsection.

848 (5) The Department of Education shall make funds from

849 Title I, Title II, and Title III programs available to local

850 education agencies for the full period of availability provided

851 in federal law.

852 Section 21. Subsections (7) through (9) of section

853 1011.71, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5)

854 through (7), respectively and present subsections (2) through (6) are amended to read:

856 1011.71 District school tax.—

857 (2) In addition to the maximum millage levy as provided in

858 subsection (1), each school board may levy not more than 1.5

859 mills against the taxable value for school purposes for charter

860 schools pursuant to s. 1013.62(1) and (3) and for district

861 schools for operational or capital purposes. ~~to fund:~~

862 ~~(a) New construction, remodeling projects, sites and site~~

863 ~~improvement or expansion to new sites, existing sites, auxiliary~~

864 ~~facilities, athletic facilities, or ancillary facilities.~~

865 ~~(b) Maintenance, renovation, and repair of existing school~~

866 ~~plants or of leased facilities to correct deficiencies pursuant~~

867 ~~to s. 1013.15(2).~~

868 ~~(c) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of school~~

869 ~~buses.~~

870 ~~(d) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of new and~~

871 ~~replacement equipment; computer and device hardware and~~

872 ~~operating system software necessary for gaining access to or~~

873 ~~enhancing the use of electronic and digital instructional~~

874 ~~content and resources; and enterprise resource software~~

875 ~~applications that are classified as capital assets in accordance~~

876 ~~with definitions of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board,~~

877 ~~have a useful life of at least 5 years, and are used to support~~

878 ~~districtwide administration or state-mandated reporting~~

879 ~~requirements. Enterprise resource software may be acquired by~~

880 ~~annual license fees, maintenance fees, or lease agreements.~~

881 ~~(e) Payments for educational facilities and sites due~~

882 ~~under a lease-purchase agreement entered into by a district~~

883 ~~school board pursuant to s. 1003.02(1)(f) or s. 1013.15(2), not~~

884 ~~exceeding, in the aggregate, an amount equal to three-fourths of~~

885 ~~the proceeds from the millage levied by a district school board~~

886 ~~pursuant to this subsection. The three-fourths limit is waived~~

887 ~~for lease-purchase agreements entered into before June 30, 2009,~~

888 ~~by a district school board pursuant to this paragraph. If~~

889 ~~payments under lease-purchase agreements in the aggregate,~~

890 ~~including lease-purchase agreements entered into before June 30,~~

891 ~~2009, exceed three-fourths of the proceeds from the millage~~

892 ~~levied pursuant to this subsection, the district school board~~

893 ~~may not withhold the administrative fees authorized by s.~~

894 ~~1002.33(20) from any charter school operating in the school~~

895 ~~district.~~

896 ~~(f) Payment of loans approved pursuant to ss. 1011.14 and~~

897 ~~1011.15.~~

898 ~~(g) Payment of costs directly related to complying with~~

899 ~~state and federal environmental statutes, rules, and regulations~~

900 ~~governing school facilities.~~

901 ~~(h) Payment of costs of leasing relocatable educational~~

902 ~~facilities, of renting or leasing educational facilities and~~

903 ~~sites pursuant to s. 1013.15(2), or of renting or leasing~~

904 ~~buildings or space within existing buildings pursuant to s.~~

905 ~~1013.15(4).~~

906 ~~(i) Payment of the cost of school buses when a school~~

907 ~~district contracts with a private entity to provide student~~

908 ~~transportation services if the district meets the requirements~~

909 ~~of this paragraph.~~

910 ~~1. The district's contract must require that the private~~

911 ~~entity purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, and operate and~~

912 ~~maintain, one or more school buses of a specific type and size~~

913 ~~that meet the requirements of s. 1006.25.~~

914 ~~2. Each such school bus must be used for the daily~~

915 ~~transportation of public school students in the manner required~~

916 ~~by the school district.~~

917 ~~3. Annual payment for each such school bus may not exceed~~

918 ~~10 percent of the purchase price of the state pool bid.~~

919 ~~4. The proposed expenditure of the funds for this purpose~~

920 ~~must have been included in the district school board's notice of~~

921 ~~proposed tax for school capital outlay as provided in s.~~

922 ~~200.065(10).~~

923 ~~(j) Payment of the cost of the opening day collection for~~

924 ~~the library media center of a new school.~~

925 ~~(k) Payment of salaries and benefits for employees whose~~

926 ~~job duties support activities funded by this subsection.~~

927 (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the revenue from

928 1.5 mills is insufficient to meet the payments due under a

929 lease-purchase agreement entered into before June 30, 2009, by a

930 district school board ~~pursuant to paragraph (2)(e),~~ or to meet

931 other critical district fixed capital outlay needs, the board,

932 in addition to the 1.5 mills, may levy up to 0.25 mills for

933 fixed capital outlay in lieu of levying an equivalent amount of

934 the discretionary mills for operations as provided in the

935 General Appropriations Act. Millage levied pursuant to this

936 subsection is subject to the provisions of s. 200.065 and,

937 combined with the 1.5 mills authorized in subsection (2), may

938 not exceed 1.75 mills. If the district chooses to use up to 0.25

939 mills for fixed capital outlay, the compression adjustment

940 pursuant to s. 1011.62(5) shall be calculated for the standard

941 discretionary millage that is not eligible for transfer to

942 capital outlay.

943 (4) If the revenue from the millage authorized in

944 subsection (2) is insufficient to make payments due under a

945 lease-purchase agreement entered into prior to June 30, 2008, by

946 a district school ~~board pursuant to paragraph (2)(e),~~ an amount

947 up to 0.5 mills of the taxable value for school purposes within

948 the school district shall be legally available for such

949 payments, notwithstanding other restrictions on the use of such

950 revenues imposed by law.

951 ~~(5) A school district may expend, subject to s. 200.065,~~

952 ~~up to $200 per unweighted full-time equivalent student from the~~

953 ~~revenue generated by the millage levy authorized by subsection~~

954 ~~(2) to fund, in addition to expenditures authorized in~~

955 ~~paragraphs (2)(a)-(j), expenses for the following:~~

956 ~~(a) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of driver's~~

957 ~~education vehicles; motor vehicles used for the maintenance or~~

958 ~~operation of plants and equipment; security vehicles; or~~

959 ~~vehicles used in storing or distributing materials and~~

960 ~~equipment.~~

961 ~~(b) Payment of the cost of premiums, as defined in s.~~

962 ~~627.403, for property and casualty insurance necessary to insure~~

963 ~~school district educational and ancillary plants. As used in~~

964 ~~this paragraph, casualty insurance has the same meaning as in s.~~

965 ~~624.605(1)(b), (d), (f), (g), (h), and (m). Operating revenues~~

966 ~~that are made available through the payment of property and~~

967 ~~casualty insurance premiums from revenues generated under this~~

968 ~~subsection may be expended only for nonrecurring operational~~

969 ~~expenditures of the school district.~~

970 ~~(6) Violations of the expenditure provisions in subsection~~

971 ~~(2) or subsection (5) shall result in an equal dollar reduction~~

972 ~~in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) funds for the~~

973 ~~violating district in the fiscal year following the audit~~

974 ~~citation.~~

975 Section 22. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and paragraph

976 (a) of subsection (3) of section 1012.22, Florida Statutes, are

977 amended to read:

978 1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the

979 district school board.—The district school board shall:

980 (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe

981 qualifications for those positions, and provide for the

982 appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal

983 of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this

984 chapter:

985 (c) Compensation and salary schedules.—

986 1. Definitions.—As used in this paragraph:

987 a. "Adjustment" means an addition to the base salary

988 schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employee's

989 permanent base salary and shall be considered compensation under

990 s. 121.021(22).

991 b. "Grandfathered salary schedule" means the salary

992 schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before

993 July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph 4.

994 c. "Instructional personnel" means instructional personnel

995 as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), excluding substitute

996 teachers.

997 d. "Performance salary schedule" means the salary schedule

998 or schedules adopted by a district school board pursuant to

999 subparagraph 5.

1000 e. "Salary schedule" means the schedule or schedules used

1001 to provide the base salary for district school board personnel.

1002 f. "School administrator" means a school administrator as

1003 defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c).

1004 g. "Supplement" means an annual addition to the base

1005 salary for the term of the negotiated supplement as long as the

1006 employee continues his or her employment for the purpose of the

1007 supplement. A supplement does not become part of the employee's

1008 continuing base salary but shall be considered compensation

1009 under s. 121.021(22).

1010 2. Cost-of-living adjustment.—A district school board may

1011 provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment if the adjustment:

1012 a. Does not discriminate among comparable classes of

1013 employees based upon the salary schedule under which they are

1014 compensated.

1015 b. Does not exceed 50 percent of the annual adjustment

1016 provided to instructional personnel rated as effective.

1017 3. Advanced degrees.—A district school board may use

1018 advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructional

1019 personnel or school administrators if the advanced degree is

1020 held in the individual's area of certification, a field related

1021 to his or her teaching assignment, or a related field of study.

1022 For the purposes of the salary schedule, an advanced degree may

1023 include a master's degree or higher in the area of certification

1024 or teaching assignment, or an advanced degree in another field

1025 with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours related to the area

1026 of certification or teaching assignment.

1027 4. Grandfathered salary schedule.—

1028 a. The district school board shall adopt a salary schedule

1029 or salary schedules to be used as the basis for paying all

1030 school employees hired before July 1, 2014. Instructional

1031 personnel on annual contract as of July 1, 2014, shall be placed

1032 on the performance salary schedule adopted under subparagraph 4.

1033 5. Instructional personnel on continuing contract or

1034 professional service contract may opt into the performance

1035 salary schedule if the employee relinquishes such contract and

1036 agrees to be employed on an annual contract under s. 1012.335.

1037 Such an employee shall be placed on the performance salary

1038 schedule and may not return to continuing contract or

1039 professional service contract status. Any employee who opts into

1040 the performance salary schedule may not return to the

1041 grandfathered salary schedule.

1042 b. In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for

1043 instructional personnel, a district school board must base a

1044 portion of each employee's compensation upon performance

1045 demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated

1046 pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators

1047 based upon district-determined factors, including, but not

1048 limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics,

1049 high-demand teacher needs areas, and level of job performance

1050 difficulties.

1051 5. Performance salary schedule.—By July 1, 2014, the

1052 district school board shall adopt a performance salary schedule

1053 that provides annual salary adjustments for instructional

1054 personnel and school administrators based upon performance

1055 determined under s. 1012.34. Employees hired on or after July 1,

1056 2014, or employees who choose to move from the grandfathered

1057 salary schedule to the performance salary schedule shall be

1058 compensated pursuant to the performance salary schedule once

1059 they have received the appropriate performance evaluation for

1060 this purpose.

1061 a. Base salary.—The base salary shall be established as

1062 follows:

1063 (I) The base salary for instructional personnel or school

1064 administrators who opt into the performance salary schedule

1065 shall be the salary paid in the prior year, including

1066 adjustments only.

1067 (II) Instructional personnel or school administrators new

1068 to the district, returning to the district after a break in

1069 service without an authorized leave of absence, or appointed for

1070 the first time to a position in the district in the capacity of

1071 instructional personnel or school administrator shall be placed

1072 on the performance salary schedule.

1073 b. Salary adjustments.—Salary adjustments for highly

1074 effective or effective performance shall be established as

1075 follows:

1076 (I) The annual salary adjustment under the performance

1077 salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must

1078 be at least 25 percent greater than the highest annual salary

1079 adjustment available to an employee of the same classification

1080 through any other salary schedule adopted by the district.

1081 (II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance

1082 salary schedule for an employee rated as effective must be equal

1083 to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual

1084 adjustment provided for a highly effective employee of the same

1085 classification.

1086 (III) A salary schedule may ~~shall~~ not provide an annual

1087 salary adjustment for an employee who receives a rating other

1088 than highly effective or effective for the year.

1089 c. Salary supplements.—In addition to the salary

1090 adjustments, each district school board shall provide for salary

1091 supplements for activities that must include, but are not

1092 limited to:

1093 (I) Assignment to a Title I eligible school.

1094 (II) Assignment to a school that earned a grade of "F" or

1095 three consecutive grades of "D" pursuant to s. 1008.34 such that

1096 the supplement remains in force for at least 1 year following

1097 improved performance in that school.

1098 (III) Certification and teaching in high-demand teacher

1099 needs areas. Statewide high-demand teacher needs areas shall be

1100 identified by the State Board of Education under s. 1012.07.

1101 However, the district school board may identify other areas of

1102 high-demand needs within the school district for purposes of

1103 this sub-sub-subparagraph and may remove areas identified by the

1104 state board which do not apply within the school district.

1105 (IV) Assignment of additional academic responsibilities.

1107 If budget constraints in any given year limit a district school

1108 board's ability to fully fund all adopted salary schedules, the

1109 performance salary schedule may ~~shall~~ not be reduced on the

1110 basis of total cost or the value of individual awards in a

1111 manner that is proportionally greater than reductions to any

1112 other salary schedules adopted by the district. Any compensation

1113 for longevity of service awarded to instructional personnel who

1114 are on any other salary schedule must be included in calculating

1115 the salary adjustments required by sub-subparagraph b.

1116 (3)(a) Collective bargaining.—Notwithstanding provisions

1117 of chapter 447 related to district school board collective

1118 bargaining, collective bargaining may not preclude a district

1119 school board from carrying out its constitutional and statutory

1120 duties related to the following:

1121 1. Providing incentives to effective and highly effective

1122 teachers.

1123 2. Implementing intervention and support strategies under

1124 s. 1008.33 to address the causes of low student performance and

1125 improve student academic performance and attendance.

1126 3. Implementing student discipline provisions required by

1127 law, including a review of a student's abilities, past

1128 performance, behavior, and needs.

1129 4. Implementing school safety plans and requirements.

1130 5. Implementing staff and student recognition programs.

1131 6. Distributing correspondence to parents, teachers, and

1132 community members related to the daily operation of schools and

1133 the district.

1134 7. Providing any required notice or copies of information

1135 related to the district school board or district operations

1136 which is readily available on the school district's website.

1137 8. The school district's calendar.

1138 9. Providing salary supplements pursuant to sub-sub-

1139 subparagraph (1)(c)5.c.(III). Section 23. Present paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection

1141 (1) of section 1012.335, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

1142 paragraphs (c) and (d), respectively, a new paragraph (b) is

1143 added to that subsection, paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) are added

1144 to subsection (2) of that section, and subsections (3) and (4)

1145 of that section are amended, to read:

1146 1012.335 Contracts with instructional personnel hired on

1147 or after July 1, 2011.—

1148 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:

1149 (b) "Instructional multiyear contract," beginning July 1,

1150 2026, means an employment contract for a period not to exceed 3

1151 years which the district school board may choose to award to

1152 instructional personnel upon completion of a probationary

1153 contract and at least one annual contract.

1154 (2) EMPLOYMENT.—

1155 (d) An instructional multiyear contract may be awarded,

1156 beginning July 1, 2026, only if the employee:

1157 1. Holds an active professional certificate issued

1158 pursuant to s. 1012.56 and rules of the State Board of

1159 Education;

1160 2. Has been recommended by the district school

1161 superintendent for the instructional multiyear contract based

1162 upon the individual's evaluation under s. 1012.34 and approved

1163 by the district school board; and

1164 3. Has not received an annual performance evaluation

1165 rating of unsatisfactory or needs improvement in the past 3

1166 years under s. 1012.34.

1167 (e) An employee awarded an instructional multiyear

1168 contract who receives an annual performance evaluation rating of

1169 unsatisfactory or needs improvement under s. 1012.34 must be

1170 returned to an annual contract in the following school year.

1171 Such evaluation rating must be included with the evaluation

1172 ratings under subsequent annual contracts for determinations of

1173 just cause under s. 1012.33.

1174 (f) The award of an instructional multiyear contract does

1175 not remove the authority of the district school superintendent

1176 to reassign a teacher during the term of the contract.

1177 (3) VIOLATION OF ANNUAL OR INSTRUCTIONAL MULTIYEAR

1178 CONTRACT.—Instructional personnel who accept a written offer

1179 from the district school board and who leave their positions

1180 without prior release from the district school board are subject

1181 to the jurisdiction of the Education Practices Commission.

1182 (4) SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL ON

1183 ANNUAL OR INSTRUCTIONAL MULTIYEAR CONTRACT.—Any instructional

1184 personnel with an annual or instructional multiyear contract may

1185 be suspended or dismissed at any time during the term of the

1186 contract for just cause as provided in subsection (5). The

1187 district school board shall notify the employee in writing

1188 whenever charges are made and may suspend such person without

1189 pay. However, if the charges are not sustained, the employee

1190 must ~~shall~~ be immediately reinstated and his or her back pay

1191 must ~~shall~~ be paid. If the employee wishes to contest the

1192 charges, he or she must, within 15 days after receipt of the

1193 written notice, submit a written request for a hearing to the

1194 district school board. A direct hearing must ~~shall~~ be conducted

1195 by the district school board or a subcommittee thereof within 60

1196 days after receipt of the written appeal. The hearing must ~~shall~~

1197 be conducted in accordance with ss. 120.569 and 120.57. A

1198 majority vote of the membership of the district school board

1199 shall be required to sustain the district school

1200 superintendent's recommendation. The district school board's

1201 determination is final as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of

1202 the grounds for suspension without pay or dismissal. Any such

1203 decision adverse to the employee may be appealed by the employee

1204 pursuant to s. 120.68. Section 24. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section

1206 1012.39, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

1207 1012.39 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of

1208 adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and

1209 career specialists and nondegreed teachers of fine and

1210 performing arts; students performing clinical field experience.—

1211 (1) Notwithstanding ss. 1012.32, 1012.55, 1012.56, and

1212 1012.57, or any other provision of law or rule to the contrary,

1213 each district school board shall establish the minimal

1214 qualifications for:

1215 (c) Part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of career

1216 programs. Qualifications must be established for nondegreed

1217 teachers of career and technical education courses for program

1218 clusters that are recognized in the state and are based

1219 primarily on successful occupational experience rather than

1220 academic training. The qualifications for such teachers must

1221 require:

1222 1. The filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the

1223 same manner as required by s. 1012.32. Faculty employed solely

1224 to conduct postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this

1225 requirement.

1226 2. Documentation of education and successful occupational

1227 experience, including documentation of:

1228 a. A high school diploma or the equivalent.

1229 b. Completion of a minimum level, established by the

1230 district school board, ~~3 years~~ of full-time successful

1231 occupational experience or the equivalent of part-time

1232 experience in the teaching specialization area. The district

1233 school board may establish alternative qualifications for

1234 teachers with an industry certification in the career area in

1235 which they teach.

1236 c. ~~For full-time teachers, completion of professional~~

1237 ~~education training in teaching methods, course construction,~~

1238 ~~lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs~~

1239 ~~students. This training may be completed through coursework from~~

1240 ~~an accredited or approved institution or an approved district~~

1241 ~~teacher education program, or the local school district~~

1242 ~~inservice master plan.~~

1243 d. Documentation of industry certification when state or

1244 national industry certifications are available and applicable.

1245 Section 25. Paragraphs (a), (b), (d), and (e) of

1246 subsection (2) of section 1012.555, Florida Statutes, are

1247 amended to read:

1248 1012.555 Teacher Apprenticeship Program.—

1249 (2)(a) An individual must meet the following minimum

1250 eligibility requirements to participate in the apprenticeship

1251 program:

1252 1. Be enrolled in or have completed ~~Have received~~ an

1253 associate degree program at ~~from~~ an accredited postsecondary

1254 institution.

1255 2. Have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 in

1256 that degree program.

1257 3. Have successfully passed a background screening as

1258 provided in s. 1012.32.

1259 4. Have received a temporary apprenticeship certificate as

1260 provided in s. 1012.56(7)(d).

1261 (b) As a condition of participating in the program, an

1262 apprentice teacher must commit to spending at least the first 2

1263 years in the classroom of a mentor teacher using team teaching

1264 strategies identified in s. 1003.03(4)(b) ~~s. 1003.03(5)(b)~~ and

1265 fulfilling the on-the-job training component of the registered

1266 apprenticeship and its associated standards.

1267 (d) An apprentice teacher must be appointed by the

1268 district school board or work in the district as an education

1269 paraprofessional and must be paid in accordance with s. 446.032

1270 and rules adopted by the State Board of Education.

1271 (e) An apprentice teacher may change schools or districts

1272 after the first year of his or her apprenticeship if the

1273 receiving ~~hiring~~ school or district has agreed to fund the

1274 remaining year of the apprenticeship.

1275 Section 26. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2), subsection

1276 (7), and paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section 1012.56,

1277 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

1278 1012.56 Educator certification requirements.—

1279 (2) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—To be eligible to seek

1280 certification, a person must:

1281 (g) Demonstrate mastery of general knowledge pursuant to

1282 subsection (3), if the person serves as a classroom teacher as

1283 defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a).

1284 (7) TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.—

1285 (a) The Department of Education shall issue a professional

1286 certificate for a period not to exceed 5 years to any applicant

1287 who fulfills one of the following:

1288 1. Meets all the applicable requirements outlined in

1289 subsection (2).

1290 2. For a professional certificate covering grades 6

1291 through 12:

1292 a. Meets the applicable requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-

1293 (h).

1294 b. Holds a master's or higher degree in the area of

1295 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

1296 c. Teaches a high school course in the subject of the

1297 advanced degree.

1298 d. Is rated highly effective as determined by the

1299 teacher's performance evaluation under s. 1012.34, based in part

1300 on student performance as measured by a statewide, standardized

1301 assessment or an Advanced Placement, Advanced International

1302 Certificate of Education, or International Baccalaureate

1303 examination.

1304 e. Achieves a passing score on the Florida professional

1305 education competency examination required by state board rule.

1306 3. Meets the applicable requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-

1307 (h) and completes a professional learning certification program

1308 approved by the department pursuant to paragraph (8)(c) or an

1309 educator preparation institute approved by the department

1310 pursuant to s. 1004.85. An applicant who completes one of these

1311 programs and is rated highly effective as determined by his or

1312 her performance evaluation under s. 1012.34 is not required to

1313 take or achieve a passing score on the professional education

1314 competency examination in order to be awarded a professional

1315 certificate.

1316 (b) The department shall issue a temporary certificate to

1317 any applicant who:

1318 1. Completes the requirements outlined in paragraphs

1319 (2)(a)-(f) and completes the subject area content requirements

1320 specified in state board rule or demonstrates mastery of subject

1321 area knowledge pursuant to subsection (5) and holds an

1322 accredited degree or a degree approved by the Department of

1323 Education at the level required for the subject area

1324 specialization in state board rule;

1325 2. For a subject area specialization for which the state

1326 board otherwise requires a bachelor's degree, documents 48

1327 months of active-duty military service with an honorable

1328 discharge or a medical separation; completes the requirements

1329 outlined in paragraphs (2)(a), (b), and (d)-(f); completes the

1330 subject area content requirements specified in state board rule

1331 or demonstrates mastery of subject area knowledge pursuant to

1332 subsection (5); and documents completion of 60 college credits

1333 with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0

1334 scale, as provided by one or more accredited institutions of

1335 higher learning or a nonaccredited institution of higher

1336 learning identified by the Department of Education as having a

1337 quality program resulting in a bachelor's degree or higher; or

1338 3. Is enrolled in a state-approved teacher preparation

1339 program under s. 1004.04; is actively completing the required

1340 program field experience or internship at a public school;

1341 completes the requirements outlined in paragraphs (2)(a), (b),

1342 and (d)-(f); completes the subject area content requirements

1343 specified in state board rule or demonstrates mastery of subject

1344 area knowledge pursuant to subsection (5); and documents

1345 completion of 60 college credits with a minimum cumulative grade

1346 point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, as provided by one or more

1347 accredited institutions of higher learning or a nonaccredited

1348 institution of higher learning identified by the Department of

1349 Education as having a quality program resulting in a bachelor's

1350 degree or higher.

1351 (c) The department shall issue one nonrenewable 2-year

1352 temporary certificate and one nonrenewable 5-year professional

1353 certificate to a qualified applicant who holds a bachelor's

1354 degree in the area of speech-language impairment to allow for

1355 completion of a master's degree program in speech-language

1356 impairment.

1357 (d) The department shall issue a temporary apprenticeship

1358 certificate to any applicant who meets the requirements of

1359 paragraphs (2)(a), (b), and (d)-(f).

1360 (e) A person who is issued a temporary certificate under

1361 paragraph (b) must be assigned a teacher mentor for a minimum of

1362 2 school years after commencing employment. Each teacher mentor

1363 selected by the school district, charter school, or charter

1364 management organization must:

1365 1. Hold a valid professional certificate issued pursuant

1366 to this section;

1367 2. Have earned at least 3 years of teaching experience in

1368 prekindergarten through grade 12; and

1369 3. Have earned an effective or highly effective rating on

1370 the prior year's performance evaluation under s. 1012.34.

1371 (f)1. A temporary certificate is valid for 5 school fiscal

1372 years, is limited to a one-time issuance, and is nonrenewable.

1373 2. A temporary apprenticeship certificate issued under

1374 paragraph (d) is valid for 5 school years, may be issued only

1375 once, and is nonrenewable.

1376 (g) A certificateholder may request that her or his

1377 certificate be placed in an inactive status. A certificate that

1378 has been inactive may be reactivated upon application to the

1379 department. The department shall prescribe, by rule,

1380 professional learning requirements as a condition of

1381 reactivating a certificate that has been inactive for more than

1382 1 year.

1383 (h) A school district or a regional education consortium

1384 may issue temporary certificates, based on the requirements in

1385 paragraph (b). School districts and regional education consortia

1386 shall report the number of such certificates issued, and any

1387 additional information, to the department, based on reporting

1388 requirements adopted by the State Board of Education. Such

1389 certificates are subject to the authority of the Education

1390 Practices Commission under s. 1012.795.

1392 At least 1 year before an individual's department-issued

1393 temporary certificate is set to expire, the department shall

1394 electronically notify the individual of the date on which his or

1395 her certificate will expire and provide a list of each method by

1396 which the qualifications for a professional certificate can be

1397 completed.

1398 (8) PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.—

1399 (a) The Department of Education shall develop and each

1400 school district, charter school, and charter management

1401 organization may provide a cohesive competency-based

1402 professional learning certification program by which

1403 instructional staff may satisfy the mastery of professional

1404 preparation and education competence requirements specified in

1405 subsection (6) and rules of the State Board of Education.

1406 Participants must hold a state-issued temporary certificate. A

1407 school district, charter school, or charter management

1408 organization that implements the program shall provide a

1409 competency-based certification program developed by the

1410 Department of Education or developed by the district, charter

1411 school, or charter management organization and approved by the

1412 Department of Education. These entities may collaborate with

1413 other supporting agencies or educational entities for

1414 implementation. The program shall include the following:

1415 1. A teacher mentorship and induction component.

1416 a. Each individual selected by the district, charter

1417 school, or charter management organization as a mentor:

1418 (I) Must hold a valid professional certificate issued

1419 pursuant to this section;

1420 (II) Must have earned at least 3 years of teaching

1421 experience in prekindergarten through grade 12;

1422 (III) Must have completed training in clinical supervision

1423 and participate in ongoing mentor training provided through the

1424 coordinated system of professional learning under s. 1012.98(4);

1425 (IV) Must have earned an effective or highly effective

1426 rating on the prior year's performance evaluation; and

1427 (V) May be a peer evaluator under the district's

1428 evaluation system approved under s. 1012.34.

1429 b. The teacher mentorship and induction component must, at

1430 a minimum, provide routine opportunities for mentoring and

1431 induction activities, including ongoing professional learning as

1432 described in s. 1012.98 targeted to a teacher's needs,

1433 opportunities for a teacher to observe other teachers, co-

1434 teaching experiences, and reflection and follow-up ~~followup~~

1435 discussions. Professional learning must meet the criteria

1436 established in s. 1012.98(3). Mentorship and induction

1437 activities must be provided for an applicant's first year in the

1438 program and may be provided until the applicant attains his or

1439 her professional certificate in accordance with this section.

1440 2. An assessment of teaching performance aligned to the

1441 district's, charter school's, or charter management

1442 organization's system for personnel evaluation under s. 1012.34

1443 which provides for:

1444 a. An initial evaluation of each educator's competencies

1445 to determine an appropriate individualized professional learning

1446 plan.

1447 b. A summative evaluation to assure successful completion

1448 of the program.

1449 3. Professional education preparation content knowledge,

1450 which must be included in the mentoring and induction activities

1451 under subparagraph 1., that includes, but is not limited to, the

1452 following:

1453 a. The state academic standards provided under s. 1003.41,

1454 including scientifically researched and evidence-based reading

1455 instructional strategies grounded in the science of reading,

1456 content literacy, and mathematical practices, for each subject

1457 identified on the temporary certificate. Reading instructional

1458 strategies for foundational skills shall include phonics

1459 instruction for decoding and encoding as the primary

1460 instructional strategy for word reading. Instructional

1461 strategies may not employ the three-cueing system model of

1462 reading or visual memory as a basis for teaching word reading.

1463 Instructional strategies may include visual information and

1464 strategies which improve background and experiential knowledge,

1465 add context, and increase oral language and vocabulary to

1466 support comprehension, but may not be used to teach word

1467 reading.

1468 b. The educator-accomplished practices approved by the

1469 state board.

1470 4. Required achievement of passing scores on the subject

1471 area and professional education competency examination required

1472 by State Board of Education rule. Mastery of general knowledge

1473 must be demonstrated as described in subsection (3).

1474 5. Beginning with candidates entering a program in the

1475 2022-2023 school year, a candidate for certification in a

1476 coverage area identified pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(g) s.

1477 ~~1012.585(3)(f)~~ must successfully complete all competencies for a

1478 reading endorsement, including completion of the endorsement

1479 practicum. Section 27. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), subsection

1481 (3), and paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 1012.585,

1482 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

1483 1012.585 Process for renewal of professional

1484 certificates.—

1485 (2)(a) All professional certificates, except a

1486 nonrenewable professional certificate, are ~~shall be~~ renewable

1487 for successive periods not to exceed 10 5 years after the date

1488 of submission of documentation of completion of the requirements

1489 for renewal provided in subsection (3). Only one renewal may be

1490 granted during each 5-year or 10-year validity period of a

1491 professional certificate.

1492 1. An applicant who is rated highly effective, pursuant to

1493 s. 1012.34, in the first 4 years of the 5-year validity period

1494 of his or her professional certificate is eligible for a

1495 professional certificate valid for 10 years. An applicant must

1496 be issued at least one 5-year professional certificate to be

1497 eligible for a 10-year professional certificate. An applicant

1498 who does not meet the requirement of this subparagraph is

1499 eligible only to renew his or her 5-year professional

1500 certificate.

1501 2. An applicant who is rated effective or highly

1502 effective, pursuant to s. 1012.34, for the first 9 years of the

1503 10-year validity period of his or her professional certificate

1504 is eligible to renew a professional certificate valid for 10

1505 years. An applicant issued a 10-year professional certificate

1506 who does not meet the requirement of this subparagraph is

1507 eligible only for renewal of a professional certificate valid

1508 for 5 years.

1509 (3) For the renewal of a professional certificate, the

1510 following requirements must be met:

1511 (a) The applicant must:

1512 1. Earn a minimum of 6 college credits or 120 inservice

1513 points or a combination thereof for a certificate valid for 5

1514 years.

1515 2. Earn a minimum of 12 college credits or 240 inservice

1516 points or a combination thereof for a professional certificate

1517 valid for 10 years. A minimum of 5 college credits or 100

1518 inservice points or a combination thereof must be earned within

1519 the first 5 years of a professional certificate valid for 10

1520 years.

1521 (b) For each area of specialization to be retained on a

1522 certificate, the applicant must earn at least 3 of the required

1523 credit hours or equivalent inservice points in the

1524 specialization area. Education in "clinical educator" training

1525 pursuant to s. 1004.04(5)(b); participation in mentorship and

1526 induction activities, including as a mentor, pursuant to s.

1527 1012.56(8)(a); credits or points that provide training in the

1528 knowledge and skills required to support students with autism;

1529 and credits or points that provide training in the area of

1530 scientifically researched, knowledge-based reading literacy

1531 grounded in the science of reading, including explicit,

1532 systematic, and sequential approaches to reading instruction,

1533 developing phonemic awareness, and implementing multisensory

1534 intervention strategies, and computational skills acquisition,

1535 exceptional student education, normal child development, and the

1536 disorders of development may be applied toward any

1537 specialization area. Credits or points that provide training in

1538 the areas of drug abuse, child abuse and neglect, strategies in

1539 teaching students having limited proficiency in English, or

1540 dropout prevention, or training in areas identified in the

1541 educational goals and performance standards adopted pursuant to

1542 ss. 1000.03(5) and 1008.345 may be applied toward any

1543 specialization area, except specialization areas identified by

1544 State Board of Education rule that include reading instruction

1545 or intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade

1546 6. Each district school board shall include in its inservice

1547 master plan the ability for teachers to receive inservice points

1548 for supporting students in extracurricular career and technical

1549 education activities, such as career and technical student

1550 organization activities outside of regular school hours and

1551 training related to supervising students participating in a

1552 career and technical student organization. Credits or points

1553 earned through approved summer institutes may be applied toward

1554 the fulfillment of these requirements. Inservice points may also

1555 be earned by participation in professional growth components

1556 approved by the State Board of Education and specified pursuant

1557 to s. 1012.98 in the district's approved master plan for

1558 inservice educational training; however, such points may not be

1559 used to satisfy the specialization requirements of this

1560 paragraph.

1561 (c)(b) In lieu of college course credit or inservice

1562 points, the applicant may renew a subject area specialization by

1563 passage of a state board approved Florida-developed subject area

1564 examination or, if a Florida subject area examination has not

1565 been developed, a standardized examination specified in state

1566 board rule.

1567 (d)(c) If an applicant wishes to retain more than two

1568 specialization areas on the certificate, the applicant must

1569 ~~shall~~ be permitted two successive validity periods for renewal

1570 of all specialization areas, but must earn no fewer than 6

1571 college course credit hours or the equivalent inservice points

1572 in any one validity period.

1573 (e)(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for

1574 the expanded use of training for renewal of the professional

1575 certificate for educators who are required to complete training

1576 in teaching students of limited English proficiency or students

1577 with disabilities and training in the teaching of reading as

1578 follows:

1579 1. A teacher who holds a professional certificate may use

1580 college credits or inservice points earned through training in

1581 teaching students of limited English proficiency or students

1582 with disabilities and training in the teaching of reading in

1583 excess of 6 semester hours during one certificate-validity

1584 period toward renewal of the professional certificate during the

1585 subsequent validity periods.

1586 2. A teacher who holds a temporary certificate may use

1587 college credits or inservice points earned through training in

1588 teaching students of limited English proficiency or students

1589 with disabilities and training in the teaching of reading toward

1590 renewal of the teacher's first professional certificate. Such

1591 training must not have been included within the degree program,

1592 and the teacher's temporary and professional certificates must

1593 be issued for consecutive school years.

1594 (f)(e) Beginning July 1, 2014, an applicant for renewal of

1595 a professional certificate must earn a minimum of one college

1596 credit or the equivalent inservice points in the area of

1597 instruction for teaching students with disabilities. The

1598 requirement in this paragraph may not add to the total hours

1599 required by the department for continuing education or inservice

1600 training.

1601 (g)(f) An applicant for renewal of a professional

1602 certificate in any area of certification identified by State

1603 Board of Education rule that includes reading instruction or

1604 intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade 6,

1605 with a beginning validity date of July 1, 2020, or thereafter,

1606 must earn a minimum of 2 college credits or the equivalent

1607 inservice points in evidence-based instruction and interventions

1608 grounded in the science of reading specifically designed for

1609 students with characteristics of dyslexia, including the use of

1610 explicit, systematic, and sequential approaches to reading

1611 instruction, developing phonological and phonemic awareness,

1612 decoding, and implementing multisensory intervention strategies.

1613 Such training must be provided by teacher preparation programs

1614 under s. 1004.04 or s. 1004.85 or approved school district

1615 professional learning systems under s. 1012.98. The requirements

1616 in this paragraph may not add to the total hours required by the

1617 department for continuing education or inservice training.

1618 (h)(g) An applicant for renewal of a professional

1619 certificate in educational leadership from a Level I program

1620 under s. 1012.562(2) or Level II program under s. 1012.562(3),

1621 with a beginning validity date of July 1, 2025, or thereafter,

1622 must earn a minimum of 1 college credit or 20 inservice points

1623 in Florida's educational leadership standards, as established in

1624 rule by the State Board of Education. The requirement in this

1625 paragraph may not add to the total hours required by the

1626 department for continuing education or inservice training.

1627 (i)(h) A teacher may earn inservice points only once

1628 during each 5-year validity period for any mandatory training

1629 topic that is not linked to student learning or professional

1630 growth.

1631 (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to

1632 allow the reinstatement of expired professional certificates.

1633 The department may reinstate an expired professional certificate

1634 if the certificateholder:

1635 (b) Documents completion of 6 college credits during the 5

1636 years immediately preceding reinstatement of the expired

1637 certificate, completion of 120 inservice points, or a

1638 combination thereof, in an area specified in paragraph (3)(b)

1639 ~~(3)(a)~~ to include the credit required under paragraph (3)(f)

1640 ~~(3)(e).~~

1642 The requirements of this subsection may not be satisfied by

1643 subject area examinations or college credits completed for

1644 issuance of the certificate that has expired.

1645 Section 28. Section 1013.19, Florida Statutes, is amended

1646 to read:

1647 1013.19 Purchase, conveyance, or encumbrance of property

1648 interests above surface of land; joint-occupancy structures.—For

1649 the purpose of implementing jointly financed construction

1650 project agreements, or for the construction of combined

1651 occupancy structures, any board may purchase, own, convey, sell,

1652 lease, or encumber airspace or any other interests in property

1653 above the surface of the land, provided the lease of airspace

1654 for nonpublic use is for such reasonable rent, length of term,

1655 and conditions as the board in its discretion may determine. All

1656 proceeds from such sale or lease shall be used by a ~~the~~ board of

1657 trustees for a Florida College System institution or state

1658 university ~~or boards~~ receiving the proceeds solely for fixed

1659 capital outlay purposes. These purposes may include the

1660 renovation or remodeling of existing facilities owned by the

1661 board or the construction of new facilities; however, for a

1662 Florida College System institution board or university board,

1663 such new facility must be authorized by the Legislature. It is

1664 declared that the use of such rental by the board for public

1665 purposes in accordance with its statutory authority is a public

1666 use. Airspace or any other interest in property held by the

1667 Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund or the

1668 State Board of Education may not be divested or conveyed without

1669 approval of the respective board. Any building, including any

1670 building or facility component that is common to both nonpublic

1671 and educational portions thereof, constructed in airspace that

1672 is sold or leased for nonpublic use pursuant to this section is

1673 subject to all applicable state, county, and municipal

1674 regulations pertaining to land use, zoning, construction of

1675 buildings, fire protection, health, and safety to the same

1676 extent and in the same manner as such regulations would be

1677 applicable to the construction of a building for nonpublic use

1678 on the appurtenant land beneath the subject airspace. Any

1679 educational facility constructed or leased as a part of a joint-

1680 occupancy facility is subject to all rules and requirements of

1681 the respective boards or departments having jurisdiction over

1682 educational facilities. Any contract executed by a university

1683 board of trustees pursuant to this section is subject to ~~the~~

1684 ~~provisions of~~ s. 1010.62.

1685 Section 29. Section 1013.35, Florida Statutes, is amended

1686 to read:

1687 1013.35 School district educational facilities plan;

1688 ~~definitions;~~ preparation, adoption, and amendment; long-term

1689 work programs.—

1690 (1) ~~DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:~~

1691 ~~(a) "Adopted educational facilities plan" means the~~

1692 ~~comprehensive planning document that is adopted annually by the~~

1693 ~~district school board as provided in subsection (2) and that~~

1694 ~~contains the educational plant survey.~~

1695 ~~(b) "District facilities work program" means the 5-year~~

1696 ~~listing of capital outlay projects adopted by the district~~

1697 ~~school board as provided in subparagraph (2)(a)2. and paragraph~~

1698 ~~(2)(b) as part of the district educational facilities plan,~~

1699 ~~which is required in order to:~~

1700 ~~1. Properly maintain the educational plant and ancillary~~

1701 ~~facilities of the district.~~

1702 ~~2. Provide an adequate number of satisfactory student~~

1703 ~~stations for the projected student enrollment of the district in~~

1704 ~~K-12 programs.~~

1705 ~~(c) "Tentative educational facilities plan" means the~~

1706 ~~comprehensive planning document prepared annually by the~~

1707 ~~district school board and submitted to the Office of Educational~~

1708 ~~Facilities and the affected general-purpose local governments.~~

1709 ~~(2) PREPARATION OF TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL~~

1710 ~~FACILITIES PLAN.—~~

1711 ~~(a)~~ Annually, before ~~prior to~~ the adoption of the district

1712 school budget, each district school board shall prepare a

1713 tentative district educational facilities plan that includes

1714 long-range planning for facilities needs. The district school

1715 board shall submit the tentative facilities plan to the

1716 department ~~over 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year periods. The plan~~

1717 ~~must be developed in coordination with the general-purpose local~~

1718 ~~governments and be consistent with the local government~~

1719 ~~comprehensive plans. The school board's plan for provision of~~

1720 ~~new schools must meet the needs of all growing communities in~~

1721 ~~the district, ranging from small rural communities to large~~

1722 ~~urban cities. The plan must include:~~

1723 ~~1. Projected student populations apportioned~~

1724 ~~geographically at the local level. The projections must be based~~

1725 ~~on information produced by the demographic, revenue, and~~

1726 ~~education estimating conferences pursuant to s. 216.136, where~~

1727 ~~available, as modified by the district based on development data~~

1728 ~~and agreement with the local governments and the Office of~~

1729 ~~Educational Facilities. The projections must be apportioned~~

1730 ~~geographically with assistance from the local governments using~~

1731 ~~local development trend data and the school district student~~

1732 ~~enrollment data.~~

1733 ~~2. An inventory of existing school facilities. Any~~

1734 ~~anticipated expansions or closures of existing school sites over~~

1735 ~~the 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year periods must be identified. The~~

1736 ~~inventory must include an assessment of areas proximate to~~

1737 ~~existing schools and identification of the need for improvements~~

1738 ~~to infrastructure, safety, including safe access routes, and~~

1739 ~~conditions in the community. The plan must also provide a~~

1740 ~~listing of major repairs and renovation projects anticipated~~

1741 ~~over the period of the plan.~~

1742 ~~3. Projections of facilities space needs, which may not~~

1743 ~~exceed the norm space and occupant design criteria established~~

1744 ~~in the State Requirements for Educational Facilities.~~

1745 ~~4. Information on leased, loaned, and donated space and~~

1746 ~~relocatables used for conducting the district's instructional~~

1747 ~~programs.~~

1748 ~~5. The general location of public schools proposed to be~~

1749 ~~constructed over the 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year time periods,~~

1750 ~~including a listing of the proposed schools' site acreage needs~~

1751 ~~and anticipated capacity and maps showing the general locations.~~

1752 ~~The school board's identification of general locations of future~~

1753 ~~school sites must be based on the school siting requirements of~~

1754 ~~s. 163.3177(6)(a) and policies in the comprehensive plan which~~

1755 ~~provide guidance for appropriate locations for school sites.~~

1756 ~~6. The identification of options deemed reasonable and~~

1757 ~~approved by the school board which reduce the need for~~

1758 ~~additional permanent student stations. Such options may include,~~

1759 ~~but need not be limited to:~~

1760 ~~a. Acceptable capacity;~~

1761 ~~b. Redistricting;~~

1762 ~~c. Busing;~~

1763 ~~d. Year-round schools;~~

1764 ~~e. Charter schools;~~

1765 ~~f. Magnet schools; and~~

1766 ~~g. Public-private partnerships.~~

1767 ~~7. The criteria and method, jointly determined by the~~

1768 ~~local government and the school board, for determining the~~

1769 ~~impact of proposed development to public school capacity.~~

1770 ~~(b) The plan must also include a financially feasible~~

1771 ~~district facilities work program for a 5-year period. The work~~

1772 ~~program must include:~~

1773 ~~1. A schedule of major repair and renovation projects~~

1774 ~~necessary to maintain the educational facilities and ancillary~~

1775 ~~facilities of the district.~~

1776 ~~2. A schedule of capital outlay projects necessary to~~

1777 ~~ensure the availability of satisfactory student stations for the~~

1778 ~~projected student enrollment in K-12 programs. This schedule~~

1779 ~~shall consider:~~

1780 ~~a. The locations, capacities, and planned utilization~~

1781 ~~rates of current educational facilities of the district. The~~

1782 ~~capacity of existing satisfactory facilities, as reported in the~~

1783 ~~Florida Inventory of School Houses must be compared to the~~

1784 ~~capital outlay full-time-equivalent student enrollment as~~

1785 ~~determined by the department, including all enrollment used in~~

1786 ~~the calculation of the distribution formula in s. 1013.64.~~

1787 ~~b. The proposed locations of planned facilities, whether~~

1788 ~~those locations are consistent with the comprehensive plans of~~

1789 ~~all affected local governments, and recommendations for~~

1790 ~~infrastructure and other improvements to land adjacent to~~

1791 ~~existing facilities. The provisions of ss. 1013.33(6), (7), and~~

1792 ~~(8) and 1013.36 must be addressed for new facilities planned~~

1793 ~~within the first 3 years of the work plan, as appropriate.~~

1794 ~~c. Plans for the use and location of relocatable~~

1795 ~~facilities, leased facilities, and charter school facilities.~~

1796 ~~d. Plans for multitrack scheduling, grade level~~

1797 ~~organization, block scheduling, or other alternatives that~~

1798 ~~reduce the need for additional permanent student stations.~~

1799 ~~e. Information concerning average class size and~~

1800 ~~utilization rate by grade level within the district which will~~

1801 ~~result if the tentative district facilities work program is~~

1802 ~~fully implemented.~~

1803 ~~f. The number and percentage of district students planned~~

1804 ~~to be educated in relocatable facilities during each year of the~~

1805 ~~tentative district facilities work program. For determining~~

1806 ~~future needs, student capacity may not be assigned to any~~

1807 ~~relocatable classroom that is scheduled for elimination or~~

1808 ~~replacement with a permanent educational facility in the current~~

1809 ~~year of the adopted district educational facilities plan and in~~

1810 ~~the district facilities work program adopted under this section.~~

1811 ~~Those relocatable classrooms clearly identified and scheduled~~

1812 ~~for replacement in a school-board-adopted, financially feasible,~~

1813 ~~5-year district facilities work program shall be counted at zero~~

1814 ~~capacity at the time the work program is adopted and approved by~~

1815 ~~the school board. However, if the district facilities work~~

1816 ~~program is changed and the relocatable classrooms are not~~

1817 ~~replaced as scheduled in the work program, the classrooms must~~

1818 ~~be reentered into the system and be counted at actual capacity.~~

1819 ~~Relocatable classrooms may not be perpetually added to the work~~

1820 ~~program or continually extended for purposes of circumventing~~

1821 ~~this section. All relocatable classrooms not identified and~~

1822 ~~scheduled for replacement, including those owned, lease-~~

1823 ~~purchased, or leased by the school district, must be counted at~~

1824 ~~actual student capacity. The district educational facilities~~

1825 ~~plan must identify the number of relocatable student stations~~

1826 ~~scheduled for replacement during the 5-year survey period and~~

1827 ~~the total dollar amount needed for that replacement.~~

1828 ~~g. Plans for the closure of any school, including plans~~

1829 ~~for disposition of the facility or usage of facility space, and~~

1830 ~~anticipated revenues.~~

1831 ~~h. Projects for which capital outlay and debt service~~

1832 ~~funds accruing under s. 9(d), Art. XII of the State Constitution~~

1833 ~~are to be used shall be identified separately in priority order~~

1834 ~~on a project priority list within the district facilities work~~

1835 ~~program.~~

1836 ~~3. The projected cost for each project identified in the~~

1837 ~~district facilities work program. For proposed projects for new~~

1838 ~~student stations, a schedule shall be prepared comparing the~~

1839 ~~planned cost and square footage for each new student station, by~~

1840 ~~elementary, middle, and high school levels, to the low, average,~~

1841 ~~and high cost of facilities constructed throughout the state~~

1842 ~~during the most recent fiscal year for which data is available~~

1843 ~~from the Department of Education.~~

1844 ~~4. A schedule of estimated capital outlay revenues from~~

1845 ~~each currently approved source which is estimated to be~~

1846 ~~available for expenditure on the projects included in the~~

1847 ~~district facilities work program.~~

1848 ~~5. A schedule indicating which projects included in the~~

1849 ~~district facilities work program will be funded from current~~

1850 ~~revenues projected in subparagraph 4.~~

1851 ~~6. A schedule of options for the generation of additional~~

1852 ~~revenues by the district for expenditure on projects identified~~

1853 ~~in the district facilities work program which are not funded~~

1854 ~~under subparagraph 5. Additional anticipated revenues may~~

1855 ~~include Classrooms First funds.~~

1856 ~~(c) To the extent available, the tentative district~~

1857 ~~educational facilities plan shall be based on information~~

1858 ~~produced by the demographic, revenue, and education estimating~~

1859 ~~conferences pursuant to s. 216.136.~~

1860 (2)(d) Provision must ~~shall~~ be made for public comment

1861 concerning the tentative district educational facilities plan.

1862 ~~(e) The district school board shall coordinate with each~~

1863 ~~affected local government to ensure consistency between the~~

1864 ~~tentative district educational facilities plan and the local~~

1865 ~~government comprehensive plans of the affected local governments~~

1866 ~~during the development of the tentative district educational~~

1867 ~~facilities plan.~~

1868 (3)(f) Not less than once every 5 years, the district

1869 school board shall have an audit conducted of the district's

1870 educational planning and construction activities. An operational

1871 audit conducted by the Auditor General pursuant to s. 11.45

1872 satisfies this requirement.

1873 (4)(3) ~~SUBMITTAL OF TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL~~

1874 ~~FACILITIES PLAN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The~~ district school board

1875 shall submit a copy of its tentative district educational

1876 facilities plan to all affected local governments before ~~prior~~

1877 to adoption by the board. The affected local governments may

1878 ~~shall~~ review the tentative district educational facilities plan

1879 and comment to the district school board on the consistency of

1880 the plan with the local comprehensive plan, whether a

1881 comprehensive plan amendment will be necessary for any proposed

1882 educational facility, and whether the local government supports

1883 a necessary comprehensive plan amendment. If the local

1884 government does not support a comprehensive plan amendment for a

1885 proposed educational facility, the matter must ~~shall~~ be resolved

1886 pursuant to the interlocal agreement when required by ss.

1887 163.3177(6)(h), 163.31777, and 1013.33(2). The process for the

1888 submittal and review must ~~shall~~ be detailed in the interlocal

1889 agreement when required pursuant to ss. 163.3177(6)(h),

1890 163.31777, and 1013.33(2).

1891 (5)(4) ~~ADOPTED DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN.—~~

1892 Annually, the district school board shall consider and adopt the

1893 tentative district educational facilities plan ~~completed~~

1894 ~~pursuant to subsection (2).~~ Upon giving proper notice to the

1895 public and local governments and opportunity for public comment,

1896 the district school board may amend the plan to revise the

1897 priority of projects, to add or delete projects, to reflect the

1898 impact of change orders, or to reflect the approval of new

1899 revenue sources which may become available. The district school

1900 board shall submit the revised plan to the department. The

1901 adopted district educational facilities plan must ~~shall:~~

1902 (a) Be a complete, balanced, and financially feasible

1903 capital outlay financial plan for the district.

1904 (b) Set forth the proposed commitments and planned

1905 expenditures of the district to address the educational

1906 facilities needs of its students and to adequately provide for

1907 the maintenance of the educational plant and ancillary

1908 facilities, including safe access ways from neighborhoods to

1909 schools.

1910 (6)(5) ~~EXECUTION OF ADOPTED DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL~~

1911 ~~FACILITIES PLAN.—The~~ first year of the adopted district

1912 educational facilities plan constitutes ~~shall constitute~~ the

1913 capital outlay budget required in s. 1013.61. ~~The adopted~~

1914 ~~district educational facilities plan shall include the~~

1915 ~~information required in subparagraphs (2)(b)1., 2., and 3.,~~

1916 ~~based upon projects actually funded in the plan.~~

1917 Section 30. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 1013.41,

1918 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

1919 1013.41 SMART schools; Classrooms First; legislative

1920 purpose.—

1921 (3) SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN.—It is the

1922 purpose of the Legislature to create s. 1013.35, requiring each

1923 school district annually to adopt an educational facilities plan

1924 that provides an integrated long-range facilities plan,

1925 ~~including the survey of projected needs and the 5-year work~~

1926 ~~program.~~ The purpose of the educational facilities plan is to

1927 keep the district school board, local governments, and the

1928 public fully informed as to whether the district is using sound

1929 policies and practices that meet the essential needs of students

1930 and that warrant public confidence in district operations. The

1931 educational facilities plan will be monitored by the Office of

1932 Educational Facilities, which will also apply performance

1933 standards pursuant to s. 1013.04.

1934 (4) OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.—It is the purpose of

1935 the Legislature to require the Office of Educational Facilities

1936 to assist school districts in building SMART schools utilizing

1937 functional and frugal practices. The Office of Educational

1938 Facilities shall ~~must~~ review district facilities ~~work programs~~

1939 ~~and~~ projects and identify opportunities to maximize design and

1940 construction savings; ~~develop school district facilities work~~

1941 ~~program performance standards;~~ and provide for review and

1942 recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and the State

1943 Board of Education.

1944 Section 31. Subsection (4) of section 1013.45, Florida

1945 Statutes, is amended to read:

1946 1013.45 Educational facilities contracting and

1947 construction techniques for school districts and Florida College

1948 System institutions.—

1949 (4) Except as otherwise provided in this section and s.

1950 481.229, the services of a registered architect must be used by

1951 Florida College System institution and state university boards

1952 of trustees for the development of plans for the erection,

1953 enlargement, or alteration of any educational facility. The

1954 services of a registered architect are not required for a minor

1955 renovation project for which the construction cost is less than

1956 $50,000 or for the placement or hookup of relocatable

1957 educational facilities that conform to standards adopted under

1958 s. 1013.37. However, boards must provide compliance with

1959 building code requirements and ensure that these structures are

1960 adequately anchored for wind resistance as required by law. A

1961 ~~district school board shall reuse existing construction~~

1962 ~~documents or design criteria packages if such reuse is feasible~~

1963 ~~and practical. If a school district's 5-year educational~~

1964 ~~facilities work plan includes the construction of two or more~~

1965 ~~new schools for students in the same grade group and program,~~

1966 ~~such as elementary, middle, or high school, the district school~~

1967 ~~board must require that prototype design and construction be~~

1968 ~~used for the construction of these schools.~~ Notwithstanding s.

1969 287.055, a board may purchase the architectural services for the

1970 design of educational or ancillary facilities under an existing

1971 contract agreement for professional services held by a district

1972 school board in the State of Florida, provided that the purchase

1973 is to the economic advantage of the purchasing board, the

1974 services conform to the standards prescribed by rules of the

1975 State Board of Education, and such reuse is not without notice

1976 to, and permission from, the architect of record whose plans or

1977 design criteria are being reused. Plans must be reviewed for

1978 compliance with the State Requirements for Educational

1979 Facilities. Rules adopted under this section must establish

1980 uniform prequalification, selection, bidding, and negotiation

1981 procedures applicable to construction management contracts and

1982 the design-build process. This section does not supersede any

1983 small, woman-owned, or minority-owned business enterprise

1984 preference program adopted by a board. Except as otherwise

1985 provided in this section, the negotiation procedures applicable

1986 to construction management contracts and the design-build

1987 process must conform to the requirements of s. 287.055. A board

1988 may not modify any rules regarding construction management

1989 contracts or the design-build process.

1990 Section 1013.451, Florida Statutes, is Section 32.

1991 repealed.

1992 Section 33. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and paragraph

1993 (b) of subsection (6) of section 1013.64, Florida Statutes, are

1994 amended to read:

1995 1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;

1996 construction cost maximums for school district capital

1997 projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay

1998 and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital

1999 outlay projects shall be determined as follows:

2000 (1)

2001 (e) Remodeling projects must ~~shall~~ be based on the

2002 recommendations of a survey pursuant to s. 1013.31, or, for

2003 district school boards, as indicated by the relative need as

2004 determined by the Florida Inventory of School Houses and the

2005 capital outlay full-time equivalent enrollment in the district.

2006 (6)

2007 (b)1. A district school board may not use funds from the

2008 following sources: Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt

2009 Service Trust Fund; School District and Community College

2010 District Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund; Classrooms

2011 First Program funds provided in s. 1013.68; nonvoted 1.5-mill

2012 levy of ad valorem property taxes provided in s. 1011.71(2);

2013 Classrooms for Kids Program funds provided in s. 1013.735;

2014 District Effort Recognition Program funds provided in s.

2015 1013.736; or High Growth District Capital Outlay Assistance

2016 Grant Program funds provided in s. 1013.738 to pay for any

2017 portion of the cost of any new construction of educational plant

2018 space with a total cost per student station, including change

2019 orders, which exceeds:

2020 a. $17,952 for an elementary school;

2021 b. $19,386 for a middle school; or

2022 c. $25,181 for a high school,

2024 (January 2006) as adjusted annually to reflect increases or

2025 decreases in the Consumer Price Index. The department, in

2026 conjunction with the Office of Economic and Demographic

2027 Research, shall review and adjust the cost per student station

2028 limits to reflect actual construction costs by January 1, 2020,

2029 and annually thereafter. The adjusted cost per student station

2030 shall be used by the department for computation of the statewide

2031 average costs per student station for each instructional level

2032 pursuant to paragraph (d). The department shall also collaborate

2033 with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to select

2034 an industry-recognized construction index to replace the

2035 Consumer Price Index by January 1, 2020, adjusted annually to

2036 reflect changes in the construction index.

2037 2. School districts shall maintain accurate documentation

2038 related to the costs of all new construction of educational

2039 plant space reported to the Department of Education pursuant to

2040 paragraph (d). The Auditor General shall review the

2041 documentation maintained by the school districts and verify

2042 compliance with the limits under this paragraph during its

2043 scheduled operational audits of the school district.

2044 3. Except for educational facilities and sites subject to

2045 a lease-purchase agreement ~~entered pursuant to s. 1011.71(2)(e)~~

2046 or funded solely through local impact fees, in addition to the

2047 funding sources listed in subparagraph 1., a district school

2048 board may not use funds from any sources for new construction of

2049 educational plant space with a total cost per student station,

2050 including change orders, which equals more than the current

2051 adjusted amounts provided in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c. However,

2052 if a contract has been executed for architectural and design

2053 services or for construction management services before July 1,

2054 2017, a district school board may use funds from any source for

2055 the new construction of educational plant space and such funds

2056 are exempt from the total cost per student station requirements.

2057 4. A district school board must not use funds from the

2058 Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or

2059 the School District and Community College District Capital

2060 Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for any new construction of

2061 an ancillary plant that exceeds 70 percent of the average cost

2062 per square foot of new construction for all schools.

2063 Section 34. Paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of section

2064 163.3180, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2065 163.3180 Concurrency.—

2066 (6)

2067 (e) A school district that includes relocatable facilities

2068 in its inventory of student stations shall include the capacity

2069 of such relocatable facilities ~~as provided in s.~~

2070 ~~1013.35(2)(b)2.f.,~~ provided the relocatable facilities were

2071 purchased after 1998 and the relocatable facilities meet the

2072 standards for long-term use pursuant to s. 1013.20.

2073 Section 35. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section

2074 200.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2075 200.065 Method of fixing millage.—

2076 (10)(a) In addition to the notice required in subsection

2077 (3), a district school board shall publish a second notice of

2078 intent to levy additional taxes under s. 1011.71(2) or (3). The

2079 notice shall specify the projects or number of school buses

2080 anticipated to be funded by the additional taxes and shall be

2081 published in the size, within the time periods, adjacent to, and

2082 in substantial conformity with the advertisement required under

2083 subsection (3). The projects shall be listed in priority within

2084 each category as follows: construction and remodeling;

2085 maintenance, renovation, and repair; motor vehicle purchases;

2086 new and replacement equipment; payments for educational

2087 facilities and sites due under a lease-purchase agreement;

2088 payments for renting and leasing educational facilities and

2089 sites; payments of loans approved pursuant to ss. 1011.14 and

2090 1011.15; payment of costs of compliance with environmental

2091 statutes and regulations; payment of premiums for property and

2092 casualty insurance necessary to insure the educational and

2093 ancillary plants of the school district; payment of costs of

2094 leasing relocatable educational facilities; and payments to

2095 private entities to offset the cost of school buses ~~pursuant to~~

2096 ~~s. 1011.71(2)(i).~~ The additional notice shall be in the

2097 following form, except that if the district school board is

2098 proposing to levy the same millage under s. 1011.71(2) or (3)

2099 which it levied in the prior year, the words "continue to" shall

2100 be inserted before the word "impose" in the first sentence, and

2101 except that the second sentence of the second paragraph shall be

2102 deleted if the district is advertising pursuant to paragraph

2103 (3)(e):

2105 NOTICE OF TAX FOR SCHOOL

2106 CAPITAL OUTLAY

2108 The ...(name of school district)... will soon consider a

2109 measure to impose a ...(number)... mill property tax for the

2110 capital outlay projects listed herein.

2111 This tax is in addition to the school board's proposed tax

2112 of ...(number)... mills for operating expenses and is proposed

2113 solely at the discretion of the school board. THE PROPOSED

2114 COMBINED SCHOOL BOARD TAX INCREASE FOR BOTH OPERATING EXPENSES

2115 AND CAPITAL OUTLAY IS SHOWN IN THE ADJACENT NOTICE.

2116 The capital outlay tax will generate approximately

2117 $...(amount)..., to be used for the following projects:

2119 ...(list of capital outlay projects)...

2121 All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing to

2122 be held on ...(date and time)... at ...(meeting place)....

2123 A DECISION on the proposed CAPITAL OUTLAY TAXES will be

2124 made at this hearing.

2126 Section 36. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section

2127 1002.68, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2128 1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program

2129 accountability.—

2130 (5)(a) If a public school's or private prekindergarten

2131 provider's program assessment composite score for its

2132 prekindergarten classrooms fails to meet the minimum program

2133 assessment composite score for contracting adopted in rule by

2134 the department, the private prekindergarten provider or public

2135 school may not participate in the Voluntary Prekindergarten

2136 Education Program beginning in the consecutive program year and

2137 thereafter until the public school or private prekindergarten

2138 provider meets the minimum composite score for contracting. A

2139 public school or private prekindergarten provider may request

2140 one program assessment per program year in order to requalify

2141 for participation in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education

2142 Program, provided that the public school or private

2143 prekindergarten provider is not excluded from participation

2144 under s. 1002.55(6), s. 1002.61(10)(b), s. 1002.63(9) ~~ss.~~

2145 ~~1002.55(6), 1002.61(10)(b), 1002.63(9)(b),~~ or paragraph (5)(b)

2146 of this section. If a public school or private prekindergarten

2147 provider would like an additional program assessment completed

2148 within the same program year, the public school or private

2149 prekindergarten provider is ~~shall be~~ responsible for the cost of

2150 the program assessment.

2151 Section 37. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section

2152 1003.631, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2153 1003.631 Schools of Excellence.—The Schools of Excellence

2154 Program is established to provide administrative flexibility to

2155 the state's top schools so that the instructional personnel and

2156 administrative staff at such schools can continue to serve their

2157 communities and increase student learning to the best of their

2158 professional ability.

2159 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITIES.—A School of Excellence

2160 must be provided the following administrative flexibilities:

2161 (c) For instructional personnel, the substitution of 1

2162 school year of employment at a School of Excellence for 20

2163 inservice points toward the renewal of a professional

2164 certificate, up to 60 inservice points in a 5-year cycle,

2165 ~~pursuant to s. 1012.585(3).~~

2166 Section 38. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and paragraph

2167 (b) of subsection (5) of section 1004.04, Florida Statutes, are

2168 amended to read:

2169 1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for

2170 teacher preparation programs.—

2171 (2) UNIFORM CORE CURRICULA AND CANDIDATE ASSESSMENT.—

2172 (c) Each candidate must receive instruction and be

2173 assessed on the uniform core curricula in the candidate's area

2174 or areas of program concentration during course work and field

2175 experiences. Beginning with candidates entering a teacher

2176 preparation program in the 2022-2023 school year, a candidate

2177 for certification in a coverage area identified pursuant to s.

2178 1012.585(3)(g) ~~s. 1012.585(3)(f)~~ must successfully complete all

2179 competencies for a reading endorsement, including completion of

2180 the endorsement practicum through the candidate's field

2181 experience under subsection (5), in order to graduate from the

2182 program.

2183 (5) PRESERVICE FIELD EXPERIENCE.—All postsecondary

2184 instructors, school district personnel and instructional

2185 personnel, and school sites preparing instructional personnel

2186 through preservice field experience courses and internships

2187 shall meet special requirements. District school boards may pay

2188 student teachers during their internships.

2189 (b)1. All school district personnel and instructional

2190 personnel who supervise or direct teacher preparation students

2191 during field experience courses or internships taking place in

2192 this state in which candidates demonstrate an impact on student

2193 learning growth must have:

2194 a. Evidence of "clinical educator" training;

2195 b. A valid professional certificate issued pursuant to s.

2196 1012.56;

2197 c. At least 3 years of teaching experience in

2198 prekindergarten through grade 12;

2199 d. Earned an effective or highly effective rating on the

2200 prior year's performance evaluation under s. 1012.34 or be a

2201 peer evaluator under the district's evaluation system approved

2202 under s. 1012.34; and

2203 e. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, for all such

2204 personnel who supervise or direct teacher preparation students

2205 during internships in kindergarten through grade 3 or who are

2206 enrolled in a teacher preparation program for a certificate area

2207 identified pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(g) ~~s. 1012.585(3)(f),~~ a

2208 certificate or endorsement in reading.

2210 The State Board of Education shall approve the training

2211 requirements.

2212 2. All instructional personnel who supervise or direct

2213 teacher preparation students during field experience courses or

2214 internships in another state, in which a candidate demonstrates

2215 his or her impact on student learning growth, through a Florida

2216 online or distance program must have received "clinical

2217 educator" training or its equivalent in that state, hold a valid

2218 professional certificate issued by the state in which the field

2219 experience takes place, and have at least 3 years of teaching

2220 experience in prekindergarten through grade 12.

2221 3. All instructional personnel who supervise or direct

2222 teacher preparation students during field experience courses or

2223 internships, in which a candidate demonstrates his or her impact

2224 on student learning growth, on a United States military base in

2225 another country through a Florida online or distance program

2226 must have received "clinical educator" training or its

2227 equivalent, hold a valid professional certificate issued by the

2228 United States Department of Defense or a state or territory of

2229 the United States, and have at least 3 years teaching experience

2230 in prekindergarten through grade 12.

2231 Section 39. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

2232 1004.85, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2233 1004.85 Postsecondary educator preparation institutes.—

2234 (3) Educator preparation institutes approved pursuant to

2235 this section may offer competency-based certification programs

2236 specifically designed for noneducation major baccalaureate

2237 degree holders to enable program participants to meet the

2238 educator certification requirements of s. 1012.56. An educator

2239 preparation institute choosing to offer a competency-based

2240 certification program pursuant to the provisions of this section

2241 must implement a program developed by the institute and approved

2242 by the department for this purpose. Approved programs shall be

2243 available for use by other approved educator preparation

2244 institutes.

2245 (b) Each program participant must:

2246 1. Meet certification requirements pursuant to s.

2247 1012.56(1) by obtaining a statement of status of eligibility in

2248 the certification subject area of the educational plan and meet

2249 the requirements of s. 1012.56(2)(a)-(f) before participating in

2250 field experiences.

2251 2. Demonstrate competency and participate in field

2252 experiences that are appropriate to his or her educational plan

2253 prepared under paragraph (a). Beginning with candidates entering

2254 an educator preparation institute in the 2022-2023 school year,

2255 a candidate for certification in a coverage area identified

2256 pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(g) ~~s. 1012.585(3)(f)~~ must

2257 successfully complete all competencies for a reading

2258 endorsement, including completion of the endorsement practicum

2259 through the candidate's field experience, in order to graduate

2260 from the program.

2261 3. Before completion of the program, fully demonstrate his

2262 or her ability to teach the subject area for which he or she is

2263 seeking certification by documenting a positive impact on

2264 student learning growth in a prekindergarten through grade 12

2265 setting and, except as provided in s. 1012.56(7)(a)3., achieving

2266 a passing score on the professional education competency

2267 examination, the basic skills examination, and the subject area

2268 examination for the subject area certification which is required

2269 by state board rule.

2270 Section 40. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section

2271 1012.552, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2272 1012.552 The Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching

2273 (CERT) Certification Program.—

2274 (2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A CERT program must include all

2275 of the following:

2276 (e) Required successful completion of all competencies for

2277 a reading endorsement, including completion of the endorsement

2278 practicum, for a candidate certification in a coverage area

2279 identified pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(g) ~~s. 1012.585(3)(f).~~ Section 41. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

2281 1012.586, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2282 1012.586 Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate

2283 certificates; reading endorsement pathways.—

2284 (2)

2285 (b) As part of adopting a pathway pursuant to paragraph

2286 (a), the department shall review the competencies for the

2287 reading endorsement and subject area examinations for educator

2288 certificates identified pursuant to s. 1012.585(3)(g) s.

2289 ~~1012.585(3)(f)~~ for alignment with evidence-based instructional

2290 and intervention strategies rooted in the science of reading and

2291 identified pursuant to s. 1001.215(7) and recommend changes to

2292 the State Board of Education. Recommended changes must address

2293 identification of the characteristics of conditions such as

2294 dyslexia, implementation of evidence-based classroom instruction

2295 and interventions, including evidence-based reading instruction

2296 and interventions specifically for students with characteristics

2297 of dyslexia, and effective progress monitoring. By July 1, 2023,

2298 each school district reading endorsement add-on program must be

2299 resubmitted for approval by the department consistent with this

2300 paragraph.

2301 Section 42. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section

2302 1012.98, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

2303 1012.98 School Community Professional Learning Act.—

2304 (5) The Department of Education, school districts,

2305 schools, Florida College System institutions, and state

2306 universities share the responsibilities described in this

2307 section. These responsibilities include the following:

2308 (b) Each school district shall develop a professional

2309 learning system as specified in subsection (4). The system shall

2310 be developed in consultation with teachers, teacher-educators of

2311 Florida College System institutions and state universities,

2312 business and community representatives, and local education

2313 foundations, consortia, and professional organizations. The

2314 professional learning system must:

2315 1. Be reviewed and approved by the department for

2316 compliance with s. 1003.42(3) and this section. Effective March

2317 1, 2024, the department shall establish a calendar for the

2318 review and approval of all professional learning systems. A

2319 professional learning system must be reviewed and approved every

2320 5 years. Any substantial revisions to the system must be

2321 submitted to the department for review and approval. The

2322 department shall establish a format for the review and approval

2323 of a professional learning system.

2324 2. Be based on analyses of student achievement data and

2325 instructional strategies and methods that support rigorous,

2326 relevant, and challenging curricula for all students. Schools

2327 and districts, in developing and refining the professional

2328 learning system, shall also review and monitor school discipline

2329 data; school environment surveys; assessments of parental

2330 satisfaction; performance appraisal data of teachers, managers,

2331 and administrative personnel; and other performance indicators

2332 to identify school and student needs that can be met by improved

2333 professional performance.

2334 3. Provide inservice activities coupled with follow-up

2335 ~~followup~~ support appropriate to accomplish district-level and

2336 school-level improvement goals and standards. The inservice

2337 activities for instructional and school administrative personnel

2338 shall focus on analysis of student achievement data; ongoing

2339 formal and informal assessments of student achievement;

2340 identification and use of enhanced and differentiated

2341 instructional strategies that emphasize rigor, relevance, and

2342 reading in the content areas; enhancement of subject content

2343 expertise; integrated use of classroom technology that enhances

2344 teaching and learning; classroom management; parent involvement;

2345 and school safety.

2346 4. Provide inservice activities and support targeted to

2347 the individual needs of new teachers participating in the

2348 professional learning certification and education competency

2349 program under s. 1012.56(8)(a).

2350 5. Include a professional learning catalog for inservice

2351 activities, pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education,

2352 for all district employees from all fund sources. The catalog

2353 must be updated annually by September 1, must be based on input

2354 from teachers and district and school instructional leaders, and

2355 must use the latest available student achievement data and

2356 research to enhance rigor and relevance in the classroom. Each

2357 district inservice catalog must be aligned to and support the

2358 school-based inservice catalog and school improvement plans

2359 pursuant to s. 1001.42(18). Each district inservice catalog must

2360 provide a description of the training that middle grades

2361 instructional personnel and school administrators receive on the

2362 district's code of student conduct adopted pursuant to s.

2363 1006.07; integrated digital instruction and competency-based

2364 instruction and CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE industry

2365 certifications; classroom management; student behavior and

2366 interaction; extended learning opportunities for students; and

2367 instructional leadership. District plans must be approved by the

2368 district school board annually in order to ensure compliance

2369 with subsection (1) and to allow for dissemination of research-

2370 based best practices to other districts. District school boards

2371 shall submit verification of their approval to the Commissioner

2372 of Education no later than October 1, annually. Each school

2373 principal may establish and maintain an individual professional

2374 learning plan for each instructional employee assigned to the

2375 school as a seamless component to the school improvement plans

2376 developed pursuant to s. 1001.42(18). An individual professional

2377 learning plan must be related to specific performance data for

2378 the students to whom the teacher is assigned, define the

2379 inservice objectives and specific measurable improvements

2380 expected in student performance as a result of the inservice

2381 activity, and include an evaluation component that determines

2382 the effectiveness of the professional learning plan.

2383 6. Include inservice activities for school administrative

2384 personnel, aligned to the state's educational leadership

2385 standards, which address updated skills necessary for

2386 instructional leadership and effective school management

2387 pursuant to s. 1012.986.

2388 7. Provide for systematic consultation with regional and

2389 state personnel designated to provide technical assistance and

2390 evaluation of local professional learning programs.

2391 8. Provide for delivery of professional learning by

2392 distance learning and other technology-based delivery systems to

2393 reach more educators at lower costs.

2394 9. Provide for the continuous evaluation of the quality

2395 and effectiveness of professional learning programs in order to

2396 eliminate ineffective programs and strategies and to expand

2397 effective ones. Evaluations must consider the impact of such

2398 activities on the performance of participating educators and

2399 their students' achievement and behavior.

2400 10. For all grades, emphasize:

2401 a. Interdisciplinary planning, collaboration, and

2402 instruction.

2403 b. Alignment of curriculum and instructional materials to

2404 the state academic standards adopted pursuant to s. 1003.41.

2405 c. Use of small learning communities; problem-solving,

2406 inquiry-driven research and analytical approaches for students;

2407 strategies and tools based on student needs; competency-based

2408 instruction; integrated digital instruction; and project-based

2409 instruction.

2411 Each school that includes any of grades 6, 7, or 8 shall include

2412 in its school improvement plan, required under s. 1001.42(18), a

2413 description of the specific strategies used by the school to

2414 implement each item listed in this subparagraph.

2415 11. Provide training to reading coaches, classroom

2416 teachers, and school administrators in effective methods of

2417 identifying characteristics of conditions such as dyslexia and

2418 other causes of diminished phonological processing skills;

2419 incorporating instructional techniques into the general

2420 education setting which are proven to improve reading

2421 performance for all students; and using predictive and other

2422 data to make instructional decisions based on individual student

2423 needs. The training must help teachers integrate phonemic

2424 awareness; phonics, word study, and spelling; reading fluency;

2425 vocabulary, including academic vocabulary; and text

2426 comprehension strategies into an explicit, systematic, and

2427 sequential approach to reading instruction, including

2428 multisensory intervention strategies. Such training for teaching

2429 foundational skills must be based on the science of reading and

2430 include phonics instruction for decoding and encoding as the

2431 primary instructional strategy for word reading. Instructional

2432 strategies included in the training may not employ the three-

2433 cueing system model of reading or visual memory as a basis for

2434 teaching word reading. Such instructional strategies may include

2435 visual information and strategies which improve background and

2436 experiential knowledge, add context, and increase oral language

2437 and vocabulary to support comprehension, but may not be used to

2438 teach word reading. Each district shall ~~must~~ provide all

2439 elementary grades instructional personnel access to training

2440 sufficient to meet the requirements of s. 1012.585(3)(g) s.

2441 ~~1012.585(3)(f).~~

2442 Section 43. Subsection (3) of section 1013.62, Florida

2443 Statutes, is amended to read:

2444 1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.—

2445 (3) If the school board levies the discretionary millage

2446 authorized in s. 1011.71(2), the department must ~~shall~~ use the

2447 following calculation methodology to determine the amount of

2448 revenue that a school district must distribute to each eligible

2449 charter school:

2450 (a) Reduce the total discretionary millage revenue by the

2451 school district's annual debt service obligation incurred as of

2452 March 1, 2017, which has not been subsequently retired, and any

2453 amount of participation requirement pursuant to s.

2454 1013.64(2)(a)8. that is being satisfied by revenues raised by

2455 the discretionary millage.

2456 (b) Divide the school district's adjusted discretionary

2457 millage revenue by the district's total capital outlay full-time

2458 equivalent membership and the total number of full-time

2459 equivalent students of each eligible charter school to determine

2460 a capital outlay allocation per full-time equivalent student.

2461 (c) Multiply the capital outlay allocation per full-time

2462 equivalent student by the total number of full-time equivalent

2463 students of each eligible charter school to determine the

2464 capital outlay allocation for each charter school.

2465 (d) If applicable, reduce the capital outlay allocation

2466 identified in paragraph (c) by the total amount of state funds

2467 allocated to each eligible charter school in subsection (2) to

2468 determine the maximum calculated capital outlay allocation. The

2469 amount of funds a school district must distribute to charter

2470 schools shall be as follows:

2471 1. For fiscal year 2023-2024, the amount is 20 percent of

2472 the amount calculated under this paragraph.

2473 2. For fiscal year 2024-2025, the amount is 40 percent of

2474 the amount calculated under this paragraph.

2475 3. For fiscal year 2025-2026, the amount is 60 percent of

2476 the amount calculated under this paragraph.

2477 4. For fiscal year 2026-2027, the amount is 80 percent of

2478 the amount calculated under this paragraph.

2479 5. For fiscal year 2027-2028, and each fiscal year

2480 thereafter, the amount is 100 percent of the amount calculated

2481 under this paragraph.

2482 (e) School districts shall distribute capital outlay funds

2483 to eligible charter schools no later than February 1 of each

2484 year, as required by this subsection, based on the amount of

2485 funds received by the district school board. School districts

2486 shall distribute any remaining capital outlay funds, as required

2487 by this subsection, upon the receipt of such funds until the

2488 total amount calculated pursuant to this subsection is

2489 distributed.

2491 By October 1 of each year, each school district shall certify to

2492 the department the amount of debt service and participation

2493 requirement that complies with the requirement of paragraph (a)

2494 and can be reduced from the total discretionary millage revenue.

2495 The Auditor General shall verify compliance with the

2496 requirements of paragraph (a) ~~and s. 1011.71(2)(e)~~ during

2497 scheduled operational audits of school districts.

2498 Section 44. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.