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2017 Legislative Update June 22, 2017

General Budget Information (State)

Public Schools / FEFP

• 23,918.9 (0.85%) increase in Unweighted FTE (Students)
• $455.03M (2.25%) increase to the FEFP Statewide
• $364.193M (3.22%) in new state funds
• $90.84M (1.02%) in local funds
• Safe Schools – No increase
• Reading Instruction – No increase

Per Student Funding

• $7,296 average per student funding
• $100.00 (1.39%) average increase in per student funding

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General Budget Information (OCPS)

FEFP

• 2,435 (1.22%) increase in Unweighted FTE (Students)
• $38.86M (2.74%) increase in K-12 total funds

Per Student Funding

• $7,230.25 average per student funding
• $106.86 (1.5%) increase in per student funding
• $165.89 (2015-16) below 2007 FEFP Final Conference Report ($7,303.14 - FY 2007)
• $72.89 (2017-18) below 2007 FEFP Final Conference Report ($7,303.14 - FY 2007)

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General Budget Information (OCPS)

FISCAL YEAR 2017-18 BUDGET IMPACT Increase in Total K-12 Funds: $38,860,366 Cost of New Student (2,436 X $7,230.25) ($17,612,889) Required for FRS Rate Increase ($ 3,571,053) Remaining FY 2017-2018 Funds Available $ 17,676,424

Source: The Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) Fiscal Year 2017-2018

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SB 2500 - General Appropriations Act (as supplemented by HB 3A)

• Fixed Capital Outlay
• $50M for public school maintenance
• $50M for charter schools
• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK)
• Base Student Allocation for the school year is $2,437 and the summer is $2,080
• Digital Classrooms Allocation
• $80M to provide digital devices and computerized testing (No change from 16/17 SY)

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SB 7022 - Florida Retirement System Rates Bill

• The FRS employer rate for Regular Class employees increases from 7.52% to

7.92%, an increase of .40%

• The FRS employer rate for Senior Class employees increases from 21.77% to

22.71%, an increase of .94%

• These are the two classes that make up almost all of the FRS employees in

school districts (Increase will cost OCPS $3,430,886)

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Substantive Bills

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HB 15 Relates to Educational Options

• Expands access to the Gardiner Scholarship Program by:
• expanding the pool of eligible applicants by including additional disabilities; and
• expanding the authorized use of scholarship funds for equine, art or music therapy and

services.

• Revises the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program by:
• increasing the base annual scholarship amounts;
• increasing the amount of a transportation scholarship for a student who chooses a public

school outside their district from $500 to $750; and

• allowing a dependent child of a parent who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces to apply for

a scholarship at any time.

Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 6/29/17) Effective Date: 7/1/17

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HB 39 Relates to Autism Awareness Training for Law Enforcement Officers

• Requires the FDLE to establish a continued employment training (CET) on the recognition
• f the symptoms and characteristics of an individual on the autism disorder spectrum and

appropriate responses to such individuals.

• Completion of the training component may count toward a law enforcement officer’s required

40 hours of instruction for CET under s. 943.135, F.S.

Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 10/1/17

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SB 80 Relates to Public Records

• Requires a court to assess and award the reasonable costs of enforcement, including

reasonable attorney fees, against the agency if the court determines that:

• the agency unlawfully refused to permit a public record to be inspected or copied;
• the complainant provided written notice identifying the public record request to the agency’s

custodian of public records at least five (5) days before filing the civil action; and

• the complainant is not required to provide written notice of the public record request if the

agency does not prominently post the contact information for the agency’s custodian of public records in the agency’s primary administrative building in which public records are routinely created, sent, received, maintained, and requested and on the agency’s website, if the agency has a website.

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SB 80 Relates to Public Records (cont)

• Requires a court to determine whether a complainant made a public records request or

participated in the civil action for an improper purpose.

• If the court determines there was an improper purpose, the bill prohibits the court from

awarding the reasonable costs

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enforcement, including attorney fees, to the complainant, and instead requires the court to award against the complainant and to the agency such reasonable costs incurred by the agency in responding to the civil action.

Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 5/24/17

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HB 293 Relating to Middle Grades

• Requires FDOE to conduct a comprehensive study of states with high-performing

students in grades 6 through 8 in reading and mathematics, based on the states’ performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and report those findings to the Governor, SBOE, Senate President and Speaker of the House by December 2017.

• Deletes the requirement for students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to complete a career and

education planning course as part of the requirements for middle grade promotion to high school. Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/02/17

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HB 371 Relating to Assistive Technology Devices

• Revises provisions related to the use and transfer of an assistive technology device by

students with disabilities by:

• Expanding the transitions considered for persons utilizing assistive technology devices

(ATD) to include from school to home and community; and

• Expanding the types of plans where ATDs may be included to ensure the devices

remain with the students through transitions to include individualized plan for employment. Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/14/17

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SB 436 Relating to Religious Expression in Public Schools

• Creates the “Florida Student and School Personnel Religious Liberties Act” and prohibits

a school district from discriminating against K-12 public school students, their parents, and school personnel based on their religious belief and expression.

• Authorizes a student to:
• express religious beliefs in written and oral assignments free from discrimination;
• wear clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display a religious message or symbol to

the same extent as secular types of clothing, accessories, or jewelry that display messages or symbols are permitted; and

• engage in and organize religious activities or groups before, during, and after the

school day in the same manner and extent that secular student organizations and groups are permitted.

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SB 436 Relating to Religious Expression in Public Schools (cont)

• A school district is required to treat a student’s voluntary expression of a religious

viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject in the same way that it would treat the expression of a secular viewpoint.

• Additionally, requires a school district to:
• allow a religious group the same access to school facilities for assembling as given to

a secular group and allow a religious or secular group to advertise or announce its meetings;

• permit school personnel to participate in religious activities on school grounds that are

student initiated and at reasonable times before or after the school day as long as the activities are voluntary and do not conflict with the duties and responsibilities of such school personnel; and

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SB 436 Relating to Religious Expression in Public Schools (cont)

• allow groups that meet for prayer or religious speech to advertise or announce their

meetings to the same extent as a secular group.

• School districts must adopt a limited public forum policy to be followed when students are

speaking publicly at a school event.

• The policy requires the school district to:
• provide the forum in a manner that does not discriminate against a student’s voluntary

expression of a religious viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject;

• provide a method based on neutral criteria for the selection of student speakers at

school events, activities, and graduation ceremonies;

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SB 436 Relating to Religious Expression in Public Schools (cont)

• ensure that a student speaker does not engage in obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd,
• r indecent speech; and
• state in written or oral form that the student’s speech does not reflect the

endorsement, sponsorship, position, or expression of the school district. The school district must deliver this disclaimer at all graduation events and any other event at which a student speaks publicly. Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/9/17

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HB 493 by Relating Enhanced Safety for School Crossing

• Requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to evaluate the viability and cost of

establishing a uniform system for the designation of safe school crossing locations within a one-mile radius of all schools and requires DOT to report its findings to the Governor and Legislature. Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/14/17

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HB 989 Relating to Instructional Materials

• Revises procedures for school district adoption of instructional materials and procedures for

reviewing and challenging the use of materials by:

• allowing parents and residents of the county to provide the district school board

evidence that an instructional material being considered for adoption by the district does not meet state criteria, contains prohibited content, or is otherwise inappropriate or unsuitable;

• requiring the district to adopt a process for contesting the adoption of an instructional

material and such process must provide for an impartial hearing officer with certain procedural protections;

• requiring school districts to discontinue use of a material found to be inappropriate or

unsuitable;

• requiring school districts to provide access to library materials upon written request; and
• requiring school districts to maintain a current list of purchased instructional materials on

their websites.

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HB 989 Relating to Instructional Materials (cont)

• Also requires:
• instructional materials purchased using instructional material allocation be on the state

adopted list;

• instructional materials purchased through a district instructional materials adoption

meet the criteria for inclusion in the state-adopted list, be aligned to state academic standards, and be consistent with course expectations and descriptions;

• eliminating the requirement that 50 percent of the instructional materials allocation be

used to purchase electronic or digital materials; and

• clarifying that a school district is responsible for the content of all materials made

available to students, including those that may not meet the statutory definition of an instructional material. Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 6/29/17)

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HB 1109 Relating to Private School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities

• Revises private school student eligibility by allowing a student in a non-FHSAA member

private school to participate in interscholastic or intrascholastic activities at the school where the student could choose to attend pursuant to controlled open enrollment provided the school has not reached capacity as determined by the school board. Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor on 6/14/17 (Governor must act

• n this bill by 6/29/17)

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HB 1239 Relating to School Bus Safety

• The bill creates the “Cameron Mayhew Act” and provides that in addition to any other

civil, criminal, or administrative penalty, a person who fails to stop for a school bus causing or resulting in the serious bodily injury or death of another person is required to:

• serve 120 hours of community service in a trauma center or hospital; and
• participate in a victim’s impact panel session in a judicial circuit or attend a driver

improvement course approved by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles relating to the rights of vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the roadway.

• Also establishes additional fines and penalties for failing to stop for a school bus resulting

in the serious bodily injury or death of another and passing a stopped school bus. Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor on 6/14/17 (Governor must act

• n this bill by 6/29/17)

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SB 8-A Relating to Medical Use of Marijuana

• Requires each school board to adopt a policy and procedure for allowing a

student who is a qualified patient to medically use his or her marijuana in school.

• A medical marijuana treatment center (MMTC) cultivation or processing facility

may not be located within 500 feet of the real property of a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school.

• An MMTC dispensing facility may not be located within 500 feet of a school

unless the city or county approves the location through a formal proceeding in which the city or county determines that the location promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community.

Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor on 6/19/17 (Governor must act

• n this bill by 7/4/17)

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HB 7069 Relating to Education Includes a variety of provisions related to prekindergarten-12 education, including, but not limited to, assessment and accountability, school improvement, charter schools, facilities, personnel, curriculum, and funding.

• Title I Funding
• Capital Outlay Funding
• Assessment and Accountability
• Changes in assessments
• Teacher Evaluations
• School Improvement and Differentiated Accountability

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HB 7069 Relating to Education (cont)

• Schools of Excellence
• Schools of Hope
• Charter Schools
• Land Use/Zoning
• Florida’s Best and Brightest Teacher and Principal Scholarship
• Educator Certification, Preparation and Professional Development

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HB 7069 Relating to Education (cont)

• Curriculum and Student Instruction
• Recess
• Student progression plan
• Gardiner Scholarship

Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/14/17

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Superintendent’s Comments School Board Questions and Discussion

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Codeye J. Woody Eileen D. Fernandez Director of Legislative & Associate General Counsel Congressional Relations Eileen.Fernandez@ocps.net Codeye.Woody@ocps.net

Contact Information

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SB 2502 - Implementing Legislation

Lowest 300 Performing Elementary Schools

• Retains the requirement and provides $66M an additional hour of instruction in

the 300 lowest performing elementary schools in reading for SY 2015-2016 Federally Connected Student Supplement

• Supplemental funding for districts to support the education of students connected

with federally owned military installations, NASA property, and Indian lands Educator Liability Insurance Program

• Administered by DOE to protect full-time instructional personnel from claims

arising out of occurrences in the course of professional activities. Requires districts to notify all personnel electronically or in writing

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HB 181 Relating to Natural Hazards

• The bill creates a natural hazards interagency workgroup (workgroup) to share

information on current and potential impacts of natural hazards throughout the state, coordinate ongoing efforts of state agencies in addressing impacts of natural hazards, and collaborate on statewide initiatives to address natural hazards.

• The bill establishes the workgroup membership and requires the workgroup to meet

quarterly to provide information on current and potential impacts of natural hazards, leverage agency resources to mitigate against natural hazards, coordinate efforts to address the impacts of natural hazards, and provide information for an annual progress report that must be submitted to the Governor and Legislature and posted on agency websites.

Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/2/17

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HB 749 Relating to Adoption Benefits

• Amends the definition of “qualifying adoptive employee” to add employees of charter

schools and the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) to those specific public employees eligible to receive the incentive monetary benefit per child adopted from the child welfare system, provided funds are available and other requirements of rule and law are met. The bill makes other technical changes to incorporate the broadened eligibility.

• Allows individuals who were charter or FLVS employees on or after July 1, 2015, and

adopted a child through the Department of Children and Families during that time to apply for the monetary benefit.

Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 6/29/17)

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HB 899 Relating to Comprehensive Transitional Education Programs

• Authorizes the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to petition a court for the appointment
• f a receiver for a CTEP when certain adverse conditions exist such as:
• A person is operating a facility without a license and refuses to make an application for

a license;

• The licensee is closing the facility or has informed the agency that it intends to close

the facility, and adequate arrangements have not been made for relocation of the residents within seven days, exclusive of weekends and holidays, of the closing of the facility;

• The agency determines that conditions exist in the facility which present an imminent

danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the facility or which present a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result; or

• The licensee cannot meet its financial obligations to provide food, shelter, care, and

utilities.

Bill Status: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 6/29/17)

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SB 256 Relating to Florida Center for Partnerships for Arts Integrated Teaching

• Codifies the statutory authority for the Florida Center for the Partnerships for Arts

Integrated Teaching (PAInT) established within the University of South Florida (USF) Sarasota/Manatee.

• Removes the July 1, 2017 expiration date for the statutory authority for the Florida Center

for the Partnerships for Arts Integrated Teaching (Center) established within the University of South Florida (USF) Sarasota/Manatee. Without repeal of the expiration date by the Legislature, the Center may continue to exist within the USF Sarasota/Manatee.

Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/15/17

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HB 1018 Relating to Reportable Pollution

• The bill creates the Public Notice of Pollution Act. The bill defines a reportable pollution

release as a release to the air, land, or water that is discovered by the owner or operator

• f an installation, is not authorized by law, and is:
• Reportable to the State Watch Office;
• Reportable to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) or a contracted

county pursuant to rules governing storage tank systems;

• Reportable to the DEP pursuant to rules governing underground injection control

systems;

• A hazardous substance; or
• An extremely hazardous substance.
• The owner or operator of any installation where a reportable pollution release occurs must

provide a notice of the release to the DEP within 24 hours of discovery.

Bill Status: Approved by Governor Effective Date: 6/14/17

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Bills that Died HB 7021 / SB 1068 relating to Education (Reading Bill) HJR 539 / SJR 734 relating to School Districts and School Boards HJR 759 / SJR 976 relating to Statewide Charter School Authorizer HB 791 / SB 1100 relating to Local Tax Referenda HB 833 / SB 1002 relating to Public School Recess HB 873 relating to Education Funding (Charter School Capital Funding – 1.5 Mills) SB 1418 relating to Supplemental Academic Instruction (Lowest 300) HB 7085 / SB 408 relating to Juvenile Civil Citation and Similar Diversion Programs

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