Senate Bill 1376 (2022) — Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program
SB 1376
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Florida Senate - 2022 SB By Senator Rodriguez 39-01436-22 20221376__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.; 3 authorizing Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds to be used to purchase certain classroom equipment and personal protective equipment; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. 8
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
Section 1. Subsections (2) and (5) of
section 1012.71, 12 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 13 1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program.— 15
(2) The Legislature, in the General Appropriations Act, 16 shall determine funding for the Florida Teacher s Classroom Supply Assistance Program. The funds appropriated are for classroom teachers to purchase, on behalf of the school district or charter school, classroom materials and supplies for the public school students assigned to them and may not be used to purchase classroom equipment to supplement the learning experience of students or supplies of personal protective equipment as defined in s. 817.418.
The funds appropriated shall be used to supplement the materials, and supplies, including personal protective equipment, and classroom equipment otherwise available to classroom teachers.
From the funds appropriated for the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program, the Commissioner of Education shall calculate an amount for each Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1376 39-01436-22 20221376__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. school district based upon each school district’s proportionate share of the state’s total unweighted FTE student enrollment and shall disburse the funds to the school districts by July 15. 32
(5) The statement must be signed and dated by each classroom teacher before receipt of the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds and shall include the wording: “I, ...(name of teacher)..., am employed by the 36 ....County District School Board or by the ....Charter School as a full-time classroom teacher.
I acknowledge that Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds are appropriated by the Legislature for the sole purpose of purchasing classroom materials, and supplies, including personal protective equipment, and classroom equipment to be used in the instruction of students assigned to me. In accepting custody of these funds, I agree to keep the receipts for all expenditures for no less than years. I understand that if I do not keep the receipts, it will be my personal responsibility to pay any federal taxes due on these funds.
I also agree to return any unexpended funds to the district school board at the end of the regular school year for deposit into the school advisory council account of the school where I was employed at the time I received the funds or for deposit into the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program account of the school district in which the charter school is sponsored, as applicable.” 54