Fla. Stat. § 1011.65
Recalculation of the Florida Education Finance Program
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
Prior to the distribution of any funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act for the K-12 Florida Education Finance Program formula and for the formula-funded categorical programs, the Commissioner of Education shall conduct an allocation conference. Conference principals shall include representatives of the Department of Education, the Executive Office of the Governor, and the appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Conference principals shall discuss and agree to all conventions, including rounding conventions, and methods of computation to be used to calculate Florida Education Finance Program and categorical entitlements of the districts for the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made. These conventions and calculation methods shall remain in effect until further agreements are reached in subsequent allocation conferences called by the commissioner for that purpose. The commissioner shall also, prior to each recalculation of Florida Education Finance Program and categorical allocations of the districts, provide conference principals with all data necessary to replicate those allocations precisely. This data shall include a matrix by district by program of all full-time equivalent changes made by the department as part of its administration of state full-time equivalent caps.
Prior to each recalculation of the Florida Education Finance Program, the Department of Education shall provide to the Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor all data necessary for the Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor to replicate the department’s recalculation of the Florida Education Finance Program. The recalculated Florida Education Finance Program may not be provided to school districts until the Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor provide written notification to the department that the recalculated Florida Education Finance Program complies with law.
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