Title: Classroom Instruction

Summary: Authorizing a district school board to apply to the Commissioner of Education to provide at least 200 days of instruction within a school year under certain circumstances; increasing the annual allocation for funding for a school district that is approved for the additional days of instruction; requiring the school district to ensure that the school year ends before a specified date, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to classroom instruction; creating s. 1003.291, F.S.; authorizing a district school board to apply to the Commissioner of Education to provide at least days of instruction within a school year under certain circumstances; increasing the annual allocation for funding for a school district that is approved for the additional days of instruction; requiring the school district to ensure that the school year ends before a specified date; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 1003.291, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 1003.291 Extending the days for classroom in struction. Notwithstanding s. 1003.02(1)(g), a district school board may apply to the Commissioner of Education to provide at least days of classroom instruction within a fiscal year if the school district obtains the commissioner s approval by November of the fiscal year that precedes the beginning of the school year for which the school district is requesting approval. If the district school board obtains the commissioner s approval, the school district shall receive a percent increase in its annual allocation for funding for the fiscal year that is approved for the additional days of instruction. The school district shall ensure that the last day of instruction occurs before June 30. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.