Title: Florida Statutes

Summary: Conforms to directive in s. 21 of ch. 2010-70, Laws of Florida, to prepare reviser's bill to substitute term "Florida College System Institution" for terms "Florida college," "community college," & "junior college" where those terms appear in Florida K-20 Education Code.

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a joint resolution of the 10111 participating boards indicating their commitment to the 10112 utilization of the requested facility and designating the locale 10113 of the proposed facility. The joint resolution shall contain a 10114 statement of determination by the participating boards that 10115 alternate options, including the use of leased, rented, or 10116 borrowed space, were considered and found less appropriate than 10117 construction of the proposed facility. The joint resolution 10118 shall contain assurance that the development of the proposed 10119 facility has been examined in conjunction with the programs 10120 offered by neighboring public educational facilities offering 10121 instruction at the same level. The joint resolution also shall 10122 contain assurance that each participating board shall provide 10123 for continuity of educational progression. All joint resolutions 10124 shall be submitted by August for consideration of funding by 10125 the subsequent Legislature. 10126 (d) Submit requests for funding of joint-use facilities 10127 projects involving state universities and Florida College System 10128 institutions community colleges for approval by the Commissioner 10129 of Education and the Chancellor of the State University System. 10130 The Commissioner of Education and the Chancellor of the State 10131 University System shall jointly determine the priority for 10132 funding these projects in relation to the priority of all other 10133 capital outlay projects under their consideration. To be 10134 eligible for funding from the Public Education Capital Outlay 10135 and Debt Service Trust Fund under the provisions of this 10136 section, projects involving both state universities and Florida 10137 College System institutions community colleges shall appear on 10138 the 3-year capital outlay priority lists of Florida College 10139 System institutions community colleges and of universities 10140 required by s. 1013.64. Projects involving a state university, 10141 Florida College System institution community college,and a 10142 public school, and in which the larger share of the proposed 10143 facility is for the use of the state university or the Florida 10144 College System institution community college,shall appear on 10145 the 3-year capital outlay priority lists of the Florida College 10146 System institutions community colleges or of the universities, 10147 as applicable. 10148 (e) Include in their joint resolution for the joint-use 10149 facilities, comprehensive plans for the operation and management 10150 of the facility upon completion. Institutional responsibilities 10151 for specific functions shall be identified, including 10152 designation of one participating board as sole owner of the 10153 facility. Operational funding arrangements shall be clearly 10154 defined. 10155 (4) No district school board, Florida College System 10156 institution community college,or state university shall receive 10157 funding for more than one approved joint-use facility per campus 10158 in any 3-year period. 10159 Section 218. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1013.60, 10160 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 10161 1013.60 Legislative capital outlay budget request.-10162 (1) The Commissioner of Education shall develop a 10163 procedure deemed appropriate in arriving at the amounts required 10164 to fund projects as reflected in the integrated, comprehensive 10165 budget request required by this section. The official estimates 10166 for funds accruing to the Public Education Capital Outlay and 10167 Debt Service Trust Fund made by the Revenue Estimating 10168 Conference shall be used in determining the budget request 10169 pursuant to this section. The commissioner, in consultation with 10170 the appropriations committees of the Legislature, shall provide 10171 annually an estimate of funds that shall be utilized by Florida 10172 College System institutions community colleges and universities 10173 in developing their required 3-year priority lists pursuant to 10174 s. 1013.64. 10175 (2) The commissioner shall submit to the Governor and to 10176 the Legislature an integrated, comprehensive budget request for 10177 educational facilities construction and fixed capital outlay 10178 needs for school districts, Florida College System institutions 10179 community colleges,and universities, pursuant to the provisions 10180 of s. 1013.64 and applicable provisions of chapter 216. Each 10181 Florida College System institution community college board of 10182 trustees and each university board of trustees shall submit to 10183 the commissioner a 3-year plan and data required in the 10184 development of the annual capital outlay budget. The information 10185 that is approved by the Board of Governors must be submitted to 10186 the Commissioner of Education for inclusion in the comprehensive 10187 budget request for educational facilities. No further 10188 disbursements shall be made from the Public Education Capital 10189 Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund to a board of trustees that 10190 fails to timely submit the required data until such board of 10191 trustees submits the data. 10192 Section 219. Subsection (4) of section 1013.64, Florida 10193 Statutes, is amended to read: 10194 1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; 10195 construction cost maximums for school district capital 10196 projects.-Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay 10197 and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital 10198 outlay projects shall be determined as follows: 10199 (4)(a) Florida College System institution Community 10200 college boards of trustees and university boards of trustees 10201 shall receive funds for projects based on a 3-year priority 10202 list, to be updated annually, which is submitted to the 10203 Legislature in the legislative budget request at least days 10204 prior to the legislative session. The State Board of Education 10205 shall submit a 3-year priority list for Florida College System 10206 institutions community colleges,and the Board of Governors 10207 shall submit a 3-year priority list for universities. The lists 10208 shall reflect decisions by the State Board of Education for 10209 Florida College System institutions community colleges and the 10210 Board of Governors for state universities concerning program 10211 priorities that implement the statewide plan for program growth 10212 and quality improvement in education. No remodeling or 10213 renovation project shall be included on the 3-year priority list 10214 unless the project has been recommended pursuant to s. 1013.31 10215 or is for the purpose of correcting health and safety 10216 deficiencies. No new construction project shall be included on 10217 the first year of the 3-year priority list unless the 10218 educational specifications have been approved by the 10219 commissioner for a Florida College System institution community 10220 college project or by the Board of Governors for a university 10221 project, as applicable. The funds requested for a new 10222 construction project in the first year of the 3-year priority 10223 list shall be in conformance with the scope of the project as 10224 defined in the educational specifications. Any new construction 10225 project requested in the first year of the 3-year priority list 10226 which is not funded by the Legislature shall be carried forward 10227 to be listed first in developing the updated 3-year priority 10228 list for the subsequent year's capital outlay budget. Should the 10229 order of the priority of the projects change from year to year, 10230 a justification for such change shall be included with the 10231 updated priority list. 10232 (b) Florida College System institution Community college 10233 boards of trustees and university boards of trustees may lease 10234 relocatable educational facilities for up to years using 10235 nonbonded PECO funds. 10236 (c) Florida College System institution Community college 10237 boards of trustees and university boards of trustees shall 10238 receive funds for remodeling, renovation, maintenance and 10239 repairs, and site improvement for existing satisfactory 10240 facilities pursuant to subsection (1). 10241 Section 220. Subsection (7) of section 1013.65, Florida 10242 Statutes, is amended to read: 10243 1013.65 Educational and ancillary plant construction 10244 funds; Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust 10245 Fund; allocation of funds.-10246 (7) Boards and entities authorized to participate in the 10247 trust fund are district school boards, the Florida College 10248 System institution community college boards of trustees, the 10249 Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and 10250 university boards of trustees and other units of the state 10251 system of public education, and other educational entities for 10252 which funds are authorized by the Legislature. 10253 Section 221. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1013.81, 10254 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 10255 1013.81 Florida College System institution Community 10256 college indebtedness; bonds and tax anticipation certificates; 10257 payment.-10258 (1) The indebtedness incurred for the benefit of Florida 10259 College System institutions community colleges and represented 10260 by bonds or motor vehicle tax anticipation certificates issued 10261 from time to time by the State Board of Education, hereinafter 10262 called "state board," pursuant to s. 18, Art. XII of the State 10263 Constitution of 1885 on behalf of the several former county 10264 boards of public instruction shall not be considered by the 10265 state board in determining the amount of bonds or motor vehicle 10266 tax anticipation certificates which the state board may issue 10267 from time to time on behalf of the several school districts 10268 under the provisions of s. 9(d), Art. XII of the State 10269 Constitution, as amended at the general election held on 10270 November 7, 1972, hereinafter called "school capital outlay 10271 amendment." Such indebtedness incurred on behalf of Florida 10272 College System institutions community colleges,as described 10273 above, shall be considered by the state board in determining the 10274 amount of bonds or motor vehicle tax anticipation certificates 10275 which the state board may issue from time to time on behalf of 10276 the several Florida College System institution community college 10277 districts under the provisions of the school capital outlay 10278 amendment. 10279 (2) The debt service requirements on the indebtedness 10280 incurred for the benefit of Florida College System institutions 10281 community colleges and represented by bonds or motor vehicle tax 10282 anticipation certificates issued from time to time by the state 10283 board on behalf of the several former county boards of public 10284 instruction, as described in subsection (1), shall be paid from 10285 funds distributable pursuant to the school capital outlay 10286 amendment to the credit of the several Florida College System 10287 institution community college districts, and not from funds 10288 distributable pursuant to the school capital outlay amendment to 10289 the credit of the several school districts. 10290 Reviser's note.-Amended pursuant to the directive in 10291 s. 21, ch. 2010-70, Laws of Florida, to substitute the 10292 term "Florida College System institution" for the 10293 terms "Florida college," "community college," and 10294 "junior college" where those terms appear in the 10295 Florida K-20 Education Code. 10296 Section 222. This act shall take effect on the 60th day 10297 after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in 10298 which enacted.