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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to sparsity supplement funds within 2
the Florida Education Finance Program; amending s. 3
1011.62, F.S.; prohibiting a school district with a 4
specified student population from receiving a sparsity 5
wealth adjustment; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (7) of section 10
1011.62, Florida Statutes, is a mended to read: 11
1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 12
allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 13
district for operation of schools is not determined in the 14
annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 15
the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 16
follows: 17
(7) DETERMINATION OF SPARSITY SUPPLEMENT. — 18
(d) Each district's allocation of sparsity supplement 19
funds shall be adjusted in the following manner: 20
1. A maximum discretionary levy per FT E value for each 21
district shall be calculated by dividing the value of each 22
district's maximum discretionary levy by its FTE student count. 23
2. A state average discretionary levy value per FTE shall 24
be calculated by dividing the total maximum discretionar y levy 25
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value for all districts by the state total FTE student count. 26
3. A total potential funds per FTE for each district shall 27
be calculated by dividing the total potential funds, not 28
including Florida School Recognition Program funds and the 29
minimum guarantee funds, for each district by its FTE student 30
count. 31
4. A state average total potential funds per FTE shall be 32
calculated by dividing the total potential funds, not including 33
Florida School Recognition Program funds and the minimum 34
guarantee funds, for all districts by the state total FTE 35
student count. 36
5. For districts that have a levy value per FTE as 37
calculated in subparagraph 1. higher than the state average 38
calculated in subparagraph 2., a sparsity wealth adjustment 39
shall be calculated as the product of the difference between the 40
state average levy value per FTE calculated in subparagraph 2. 41
and the district's levy value per FTE calculated in subparagraph 42
1. and the district's FTE student count and -1. A However, No 43
district may not shall have a sparsity wealth adjustment that, 44
when applied to the total potential funds calculated in 45
subparagraph 3., would cause the district's total potential 46
funds per FTE to be less than the state average calculated in 47
subparagraph 4. A district with a student population of 2,000 or 48
fewer students may not receive a sparsity wealth adjustment. 49
6. Each district's sparsity supplement allocation shall be 50
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calculated by adding the amount calculated as specified in 51
paragraphs (a) and (b) and the wealth adjustment amo unt 52
calculated in this paragraph. 53
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 54