R-1226-13 RESOLUTION NO. 21 26-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL SUPPORTING
A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO F.S. 1011.71 PROVIDING FOR CHARTER
SCHOOLS-IN-A-MUNICIPALITY TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT
SCHOOL BOARD MILLAGE LEVY FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE CREATED A School Board Authority of Doctors Charter School, under
Chapter 2,Article VI, Sections 2.90 et seq.of the Village Code; and,
WHEREAS, Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores is a college preparatory school that is the pride of
the Miami Shores community. It is widely recognized for offering relevant and rigorous academic
programs in a safe and personal setting.Technology and diverse extracurricular activities attract quality
students, resulting in exceptionally high college acceptance rates. Doctors Charter School provides
public school students with a top private school experience; and,
WHEREAS,the Miami Shores Village Council believes the Legislature should provide for a stable fiscal
environment for the School and ensure its success in the future;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Miami Shores Village Council that the Council supports a
proposed amendment of F.S. 1011.71 to provide that charter schools-in-a-municipality shall receive
funds from the district school board millage levy for capital outlay.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 19 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2013.
Hunt Davis,Vice Mayor
ATTEST:
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Barbara A. Estep, M C
Village Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Richard Sarafan
Village Attorney
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to capital outlay funding for charter
3 schools-in-a-municipality; amending s. 1011.71, F.S. ;
4 providing that charter schools-in-a-municipality shall
5 receive funds from the district school board millage
6 levy for capital outlay; providing an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1011.71, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 1011.71 District school tax.-
13 (2) In addition to the maximum millage levy as provided in
14 subsection (1) , each school board may levy not more than 1.5
15 mills against the taxable value for school purposes for district
16 schools which shall include charter schools-in-a-municipality,
17 pursuant to s. 1002.33(15) (c) , and may include other, ineluding
18 charter schools at the discretion of the school board, to fund:
19 (a) New construction and remodeling projects, as set forth
20 in s. 1013.64 (3) (b) and (6) (b) and included in the district's
21 educational plant survey pursuant to s. 1013.31, without regard
22 to prioritization, sites and site improvement or expansion to
23 new sites, existing sites, auxiliary facilities, athletic
24 facilities, or ancillary facilities.
25 (b) Maintenance, renovation, and repair of existing school
26 plants or of leased facilities to correct deficiencies pursuant
27 to s.' 1013.15(2) .
28 (c) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of school
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29 buses.
30 (d) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of new and
31 replacement equipment; computer hardware, including electronic
32 hardware and other hardware devices necessary for gaining access
33 to or enhancing the use of electronic content and resources or
34 to facilitate the access to and the use of a school district's
35 electronic learning management system pursuant to s. 1006.281,
36 excluding software other than the operating system necessary to
37 operate the hardware or device; and enterprise resource software
38 applications that are classified as capital assets in accordance
39 with definitions of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board,
40 have a useful life of at least 5 years, and are used to support
41 districtwide administration or state-mandated reporting
42 requirements.
43 (e) Payments for educational facilities and sites due
44 under a lease-purchase agreement entered into by a district
45 school board pursuant to s. 1003.02 (1) (f) or s. 1013.15(2) , not
46 exceeding, in the aggregate, an amount equal to three-fourths of
47 the proceeds from the millage levied by a district school board
48 pursuant to this subsection. For the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the
49 three-fourths limit is waived for lease-purchase agreements
50 entered into before June 30, 2009, by a district school board
51 pursuant to this paragraph.
52 (f) Payment of loans approved pursuant to ss. 1011.14 and
53 1011.15.
54 (g) Payment of costs directly related to complying with
55 state and federal environmental statutes, rules, and regulations
56 governing school facilities.
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57 (h) Payment of costs of leasing relocatable educational
58 facilities, of renting or leasing educational facilities and
59 sites pursuant to s. 1013.15(2) , or of renting or leasing
60 buildings or space within existing buildings pursuant to s.
61 1013.15(4) .
62 (i) Payment of the cost of school buses when a school
63 district contracts with a private entity to provide student
64 transportation services if the district meets the requirements
65 of this paragraph.
66 1. The district's contract must require that the private
67 entity purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, and operate and
68 maintain, one or more school buses of a specific type and size-
69 that meet the requirements of s. 1006.25.
70 2. Each such school bus must be used for the daily
71 transportation of public school students in the manner required
72 by the school district.
73 3. Annual payment for each such school bus may not exceed
74 10 percent of the purchase price of the state pool bid.
75 4. The proposed expenditure of the funds for this purpose
76 must have been included in the district school board's notice of
77 proposed tax for school capital outlay as provided in s.
78 200.065(10) .
79 (j) Payment of the cost of the opening day collection for
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81 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. Formatted:Line spacing: 1.5 lines,
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82 Section 3. Pursuant to s. 1011.'71 (2) the basis of the Formatted:Font color:Text 1
83 agreement for funding the district capital outlay mi.l.la e for Formatted:Indent:First line: 0.5",No
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84 students enrolled in a Charter School-in-a-municipality is the Formatted:Font:Courier New,lzpt,Font
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85 sum of the distract capital outlay milli e levy; divided by
86 total funded weighted full-time egu.i.valent students in the
87 school district; multiplied by theweighted full-time equivalent
88 students for the charter school-in-a-municipality, less any Formatted:Font color:Text 1
89 funding per student received by the by the charter school from
90 the allocation of maintenance, repair, renovation, and
91 remodeling funding from the Public Eduction Capital Outlay and
92 Debt Service Trust Fund in the General Appropriations Act.
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94 meet the eligibility criteria in law shall be entitled to their
95 proportionate share of categorical program funds included in the
96 total funds available. Total funding for each charter school-in-
97 a-municipality shall be recalculated during the year to reflect
98 the revised calculations under the Florida Education Finance
99 Program by the state and the actual.. weighted full-time
100 equivalent students reported by the charter school during the
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101 full-time equivalent student survey periods_designated by the
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