2014 Legislative Session Update May 13, 2014

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Budget

• $575 million (3.14%) increase to the FEFP Statewide

– $174.4 million in new state funds

• $50.1 million in base FEFP & $38.3 million in CSR

– $399.9 million in local funds

• $346.9 million in Required Local Effort

• $53 million in .748 Discretionary Local Effort

– Projected increase in students is 14,103

• $176 (2.61%) average increase in funds per student

– Average funds per student is $6,937

• $50 million in PECO funding 3

Education Budget Information (State)

• $50.8 million (4.08%) increase in the FEFP

– Above the state average due to the growth in students

– Project student increase is 3,018

• $162.30 (2.42%) increase in funds per student

– Average funds per student is $6,878

– $59 below the state average and $431 below 2007 level

– No increase in workload funding for certain categoricals

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Education Budget Information (OCPS)

7,309.23

6,988.29

6,530.42 6,447.36 6,228.17

6,346.25

6,735.24 6,878.20

360.11 339.16

123.53

- 210.64

468.97 452.48

466.16

481.78

- 601.61 672.05

776.56 1,021.72 1,294.91

1,010.41

1,022.64

6,000.00

6,500.00

7,000.00

7,500.00

8,000.00

8,500.00

July 2007 July 2008 July 2009 July 2010 July 2011 July 2012 July 2013 July 2014*

Budgeted Funding per Student

Second FEFP Calculation and Conference Budget* with CPI Comparison

CPI Difference

Special Millage

Edu Jobs

Critical Needs Millage

Federal Stimulus

Regular Funding

• Middle and High School Industry Certifications – $30 million

• Digital Classrooms Allocation - $40 million

• Extra Hour of Reading expanded from 100 to 300 ES - $0 – Estimated Cost $60 million for additional 200 schools

• Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI) – $2.7 million (.44%)

• Reading Allocation - $0

• Funds for Dual Enrollment Instructional Materials - $10 million

• Teacher Salary Performance Adjustments – $2.5 million – 21 Districts qualified for the additional funding

– OCPS received $273,000 for including performance pay in 2013-14

• Mentoring Programs - $23.1 million

• Florida Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts - $18.4 million

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Education Budget Information

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Major Bills

• Changes the school grade calculations for elementary, middle and high schools

• Prohibits the addition of extra weight to any school grade calculation component

• Requires the DOE to develop a district report card to report district grades and other indicators of student success

• Amends school improvement rating components and the method of calculation for alternative schools and ESE centers

• Authorizes superintendents to exempt a child with a medical complexity from statewide assessments and authorizes the Commissioner to grant 1‐3 year and permanent exemptions

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SB 1642 by Sen. Legg – Educational Accountability

• Exempts all schools and districts from any penalties associated with school grades and school improvement ratings from the 2014‐2015 school year

• For purposes of 3rd grade promotion and high school graduation, a link is established between student performance on 2014‐2015 state assessments to 2013‐2014 performance expectations

• School grade calculations of must include performance of English Language Learners only if they have been enrolled in a school in the United States for more than 2 years

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SB 1642 by Sen. Legg – Educational Accountability (Con’t)

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• Retains state-level and district-level adoption processes

• Requires districts to use the publisher’s depository, and requires instructional materials to be in an electronic or digital format

• Authorizes the DOE to charge publishers a stipend up to $1,000, per submission, to pay reviewers

• Requires school boards to adopt policies that allow a parent to object to or challenge their child’s use of a specific instructional material in a public hearing

• Provides that district school board is responsible for the content of all instructional materials

• Does not limit or remove the responsibility of a school district to include required instruction in its curriculum

SB 864 by Sen. Hays – Instructional Materials K-12

• Expands the Tax Credit Scholarship Program

• Personal Learning Accounts for ESE Students

• Eliminates “special” diploma and replaces with new standard diploma track for ESE students

• Online driver’s education satisfies requirements for graduation

• Restructures requirements for Middle Grades (6-8)

• CAPE digital materials (tools) must be made available to all students, PreK-12, including students with disabilities

• Annual report on access to and participation in fine arts courses.

• Changes to the provisions of law that govern the accountability, deliverance, and review of DJJ education programs

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SB 850 by Sen. Legg - Education

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• Repeals terminated or unfunded programs, removes obsolete effective dates, and eliminates duplicate reporting requirements, repeals completed pilot programs

• Clarifies the graduation requirements for certain high school students

• Explains how the new graduation requirements impact students who were in high school before SB 1076 passed

• Removes references to old high school graduation requirements and 18-credit early graduation options

• Adds references to new standard high school diploma, early high school graduation, and 18-credit option

HB 7031 by Rep. Atkins – Education

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• Provides funding for teachers to purchase supplies and materials for their classrooms

• Requires districts to estimate by July 1 each year the number of classroom teachers expected to be employed by the district or a charter school in the district, and thus eligible to receive funds, on September 1

• Establishes an earlier, optional date by which funds may be disbursed to classroom teachers depending on when the teachers are determined to be eligible by the school district.

HB 337 by Rep. Fresen - Florida Classroom Supply Assistance Program

• Provisions to make students and their parents aware of their educational privacy rights

• Parents must be notified annually about their rights regarding education records

• Prohibits collecting information regarding the political affiliation, voting history, religious affiliation, or biometric information

• Prohibits the disclosure of confidential and exempt education records unless the disclosure is authorized by law

• Requires governing boards, in a public meeting, to identify which education records to include as publicly available directory information

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SB 188 by Sen. Hukill - Education Data Privacy

• Clarifies that students should not be disciplined for simulating a firearm or weapon while playing or wearing clothing or accessories which depict a firearm or weapon or an opinion regarding Second Amendment rights

• Defines simulating a firearm or weapon while playing to include:

– brandishing a partially consumed pastry or food item

– possessing a toy firearm or weapon which is two inches or less

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HB 7029 by Rep. Baxley - Student Code of Conduct

– possessing a toy firearm or weapon made of plastic snap-together building blocks

– Using a finger or hand to simulate a firearm or weapon;

– vocalizing an imaginary firearm or weapon

– drawing a picture of, or possessing an image of, a firearm or weapon

– Using a pencil, pen, or other writing or drawing utensil to simulate a firearm or weapon

• Preserves school board authority to discipline students for disruption, bodily harm, or places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm.

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HB 7029 by Rep. Baxley - Student Code of Conduct

• Sets in law the start date for the 2016 regular Legislative Session

• The State Constitution permits the Legislature to fix by law the date for convening the regular legislative session for each even-numbered year

• Requires the 2016 regular session of the Legislature to convene on January 12, 2016

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SB 9 by Rep. Nunez - Legislative Session Dates

Other Bills

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HB 433 by Rep. Spano - Educator Certification

HB 313 by Rep. Diaz(M) - Single Gender Schools

HB 781 by Rep. Powell – Legal Notices

HB 23 by Rep. Rogers - Canned or Perishable Food Distributed Free of Charge

SB 1524 by Sen. Thrasher - Security of Confidential Personal Information

SB 1036 by Sen. Grimsley - Nursing Education Programs

HB 487 by Rep. Raburn - Agricultural Industry Certifications

• Open Access to Extracurricular Activity for Certain Students

• Designation of School Safety Officers (Gun bill)

• Return on Investment (ROI)

• Hazardous Walking

• Career Centers and Charter Technical Career Centers

• Charter School Standard Contracts / Use of Existing Facilities

• Early Learning and Child Care Regulations

• FRS Reform

• Sales Tax Funding of Private Scholarship Schools

• High School Start Times

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Bills that Did Not Pass

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Governor’s Actions

• Bills are still awaiting executive action or effective date

• Budget signing and line-item vetoes

• Funds not expended due to veto

2015 Legislative Session Outlook

• Non-election Year

• Gubernatorial election may change political landscape

• Potentially more revenues available

• Committees membership unknown

• Incoming Speaker and President are from central Florida

• A late start for 2015 due to November elections

Looking Ahead

Scott D. Howat Senior Executive Director

Planning, Governmental and Labor Relations scott.howat@ocps.net

Contact Information

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Superintendent’s Comments

Questions / Discussion