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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Florida Education Finance 2
Program annual allocations; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; 3
providing for additional funding through the Florida 4
Education Finance Program for students who earn 5
specified scores on International General Certificate 6
of Secondary Education course subject examinations; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section 12
1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13
1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 14
allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 15
district for operation of schools is not d etermined in the 16
annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 17
the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 18
follows: 19
(1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR 20
OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in 21
determining the annual allocation to each district for 22
operation: 23
(m) Calculation of additional full -time equivalent 24
membership based on Advanced International Certificate of 25
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Education and International General Certificate of Secondary 26
Education examination scores of students. —A value of 0.16 full -27
time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each 28
student enrolled in a full -credit Advanced International 29
Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or 30
higher on a subject examin ation. A value of 0.08 full -time 31
equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each 32
student enrolled in a half -credit Advanced International 33
Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or 34
higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.08 full-time 35
equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each 36
student enrolled in an International General Certificate of 37
Secondary Education course who receives a score of E or higher 38
on the corresponding subject examination. A value of 0.3 full-39
time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each 40
student who receives an Advanced International Certificate of 41
Education diploma. Such value shall be added to the total full -42
time equivalent student membership in basic programs for grades 43
9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. Each school district 44
shall allocate at least 80 percent of the funds received from 45
the Advanced International Certificate of Education bonus FTE 46
funding, in accordance with this paragraph, to the school 47
program that generated the funds and to school programs 48
administered by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations 49
Syndicate that prepare prospective students to enroll in 50
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Advanced International Certificate of Education courses. These 51
funds shall be expended sole ly for the payment of costs 52
associated with the application and registration process; 53
program fees and site licenses; training, professional 54
development, salaries, benefits, and bonuses for instructional 55
personnel and program coordinators; examination and diploma 56
fees; membership fees; supplemental books; instructional 57
supplies, materials, and equipment; and other activities that 58
identify prospective Advanced International Certificate of 59
Education students or prepare prospective students to enroll in 60
Advanced International Certificate of Education courses. The 61
school district shall distribute to each classroom teacher who 62
provided Advanced International Certificate of Education or 63
International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre -64
AICE) instruction: 65
1. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by 66
the Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher in 67
each Advanced International Certificate of Education course who 68
receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced International 69
Certificate of Education examination. A bonus in the amount of 70
$25 for each student taught by the pre -AICE teacher in each pre -71
AICE course who receives a score of E or higher on the pre -AICE 72
examination. 73
2. An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced 74
International Certificate of Education teacher in a school 75
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designated with a grade of "D" or "F" who has at least one 76
student scoring E or higher on the Advanced International 77
Certificate of Education examination, regardless of the number 78
of classes taught or o f the number of students scoring an E or 79
higher on the Advanced International Certificate of Education 80
examination. 81
3. Additional bonuses of $250 each to teachers of pre -AICE 82
classes in a school designated with a grade of "D" or "F" which 83
has at least one student scoring an E or higher on the pre -AICE 84
examination in that class. Teachers receiving an award under 85
subparagraph 2. are not eligible for a bonus under this 86
subparagraph. 87
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Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall 89
be in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher 90
received or is scheduled to receive. 91
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 92