FL H5001

Total appropriations for FY 2014-2015 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015) span approximately $31.9 billion for Human Services, $20.9 billion for Education, $4.2 billion for Criminal Justice and Corrections, and $1.5 billion for Agriculture, among other sections, funded through a combination of General Revenue, federal grants, and various trust funds.

K-12 education receives over $10.2 billion through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) with a base student allocation of $4,031.77, $3.0 billion for class size reduction, $642 million for supplemental academic instruction, $130 million for research-based reading instruction, $424.9 million for student transportation, $40 million for digital classrooms, and $45.3 million for teachers' classroom supply assistance.

Higher education and workforce funding includes $284.8 million in lottery funds and $41.1 million in capital improvement fees for state universities, $255 million for Florida colleges from lottery funds, $266.2 million for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program, $112.4 million for the Florida Resident Access Grant ($3,000 per student), and over $600 million in fixed capital outlay for university and college facility construction and maintenance.

Early learning programs receive over $1 billion, including $555.5 million for School Readiness Services (requiring a 6% local match), $396.1 million for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (base student allocation of $2,437 for school year/$2,080 for summer), $15 million for the Child Care Executive Partnership, and $12 million for the Redlands Christian Migrant Association.

Health care and human services dominate spending at $31.9 billion (Section 3), encompassing Medicaid, children's medical services ($331.8 million), Department of Health operations ($2.8 billion total including 15,172 positions), disease control programs including $30.7 million for AIDS-related services, county health department operations ($981.4 million), and $100 million for the SHIP affordable housing program plus $57.7 million for the SAIL program.

Criminal justice and corrections total $4.16 billion supporting 40,555 positions, with funding to house 102,604 inmates, opening of new re-entry centers (432-bed Everglades and 432-bed Baker facilities for substance abuse treatment/vocational training), and activation of three additional work camps (Okeechobee, Santa Rosa, and Cross City) totaling 1,308 beds.

Environmental and water resource investments include $48.3 million in General Revenue plus $20 million from the Water Management Lands Trust Fund for Everglades restoration, $10 million for Okeechobee agricultural restoration projects, $10 million for dispersed water storage via the South Florida Water Management District, $57.5 million for environmentally endangered land acquisition (including $40 million from surplus land sales), and $24.6 million for agricultural nonpoint source BMP implementation.

Economic development and tourism funding provides $74 million to Visit Florida for marketing, $14.5 million for Space Florida (including $2 million for Cecil Field Spaceport), $67.2 million for economic development incentive tools (QTI, Quick Action Closing, Innovation Incentive), and $3.5 million for the Florida Defense Support Task Force, with mandatory independent third-party audits of all business incentive recipients.

State employee compensation provisions include a 5% competitive pay adjustment for sworn law enforcement officers, judicial branch position classification adjustments ($8.1 million), merit/retention pay for assistant state attorneys and public defenders ($10.9 million), state-paid health insurance premiums of $591.52/month (individual) and $1,264.06/month (family), and constitutionally set salaries including $130,273 for the Governor and $162,200 for Supreme Court Justices.

Supplemental FY 2013-2014 appropriations address multiple agency deficits, including $23.2 million for Department of Corrections operational shortfalls, $18.4 million for juvenile detention program deficits, $14.2 million for DJJ operational deficits from Medicaid determinations, $12.4 million for corrections population forecast revisions, and net Medicaid reversions of $231.1 million in General Revenue plus $563.8 million in Medical Care Trust Fund from unexpended balances.