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FL H7049
Bill
Status
Introduced
12/4/2015
Primary Sponsor
Rules, Calendar and Ethics Committee
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AI Summary
- Serves as a reviser's bill amending numerous Florida Statutes to correct cross-references, fix grammatical and typographical errors, remove inconsistencies and redundancies, and improve statutory clarity across dozens of chapters
- Repeals s. 200.185, F.S. (obsolete maximum millage rates for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 fiscal years) and s. 624.35, F.S. (short title for Medicaid and Public Assistance Fraud Strike Force, rendered purposeless after repeal of substantive ss. 624.351 and 624.352 by ch. 2015-3)
- Deletes numerous expired or obsolete provisions, including outdated compliance deadlines (e.g., December 31, 2013 voting system disclosures, June 30, 2012 comprehensive plan submissions), lapsed fingerprint submission requirements for consumer collection agencies and money services businesses, and a World War I service credit provision for the Teachers' Retirement System
- Transfers regulatory references for Dietetics and Nutrition Practice (Part X, chapter 468) from the Agency for Health Care Administration to the Department of Health across six sections, conforming to the oversight transfer effective July 1, 1997, and corrects the program name to "State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program" throughout relevant statutes per ch. 2015-31
- Inserts "former" before "Preservation 2000 Trust Fund" references to conform to its termination under ch. 2015-229, and removes references to the repealed s. 200.186 from millage provisions
- Limits statewide standardized and district-required local assessments combined to no more than 5% of a student's total school hours per year, with exceptions for IEP-required accommodations, English language learner accommodations, and voluntary examinations adopted by State Board of Education rule; written parental consent is required to exceed the cap for district-required assessments
- Establishes detailed district school board salary schedule requirements, including definitions for "adjustment" (permanent base salary addition), "supplement" (non-permanent annual addition), and two schedule types: a grandfathered schedule for employees hired before July 1, 2014, and a performance salary schedule required by July 1, 2014 for new hires and voluntary opt-ins
- Requires performance salary schedule adjustments where highly effective ratings receive the greatest adjustment available across any district schedule, effective ratings receive 50–75% of the highly effective adjustment, and all other ratings receive no adjustment; mandates salary supplements for Title I school assignments, "F"- or consecutive "D"-graded school assignments, critical shortage area certification, and additional academic responsibilities
- Permits cost-of-living salary adjustments that do not discriminate among comparable employee classes and do not exceed 50% of the effective-rated instructional personnel adjustment; prohibits use of advanced degrees in salary schedules for personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011 unless the degree is in their certification area
- Requires the Hillsborough County superintendent to submit annual written attestation by October 1 to the Commissioner of Education confirming evaluation systems base at least 40% of performance evaluations on student performance as the single greatest component and that compensation rewards sustained student performance; the exemption provision repeals August 1, 2017, unless reenacted by the Legislature
Legislative Description
Florida Statutes/General
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1038 (Ch. 2016-10)
1/26/2016
Full Bill Text
No bill text available