Florida Senate - 2010 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 6 Barcode 488822 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Thrasher) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 219 - 258 4 and insert: 5 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE 6 7 The ...(name of school district)... will soon consider a 8 measure to increase its property tax levy. This increase is 9 necessary because the district school board violated the law and 10 failed to adopt a salary schedule that compensates classroom 11 teachers or school-based administrators on the basis of student 12 performance rather than years worked; violated the law and 13 failed to comply with the differentiated pay requirements; 14 violated the law and failed to adopt end-of-course assessments 15 to identify student instructional needs, verify what students 16 have learned, or evaluate the performance of classroom teachers 17 or school-based administrators; or violated the law and failed 18 to comply with contracting requirements for classroom teachers. 19 The district school board’s share of state funds from the 20 Florida Education Finance Program for ...(fiscal year)... will 21 be reduced in an amount equivalent to the additional levy 22 because the school district violated the law. The taxes proposed 23 are $XX,XXX,XXX for failure to comply with the following, as 24 applicable: 25 Failure to adopt and implement a salary schedule for 26 performance pay for classroom teachers and school-based 27 administrators 28 ................................................ 29 Failure to adopt and implement a salary schedule that 30 complies with differentiated pay requirements 31 ................................................ 32 Failure to adopt and implement end-of-course assessments to 33 identify student instructional needs, verify what students have 34 learned, or evaluate the performance of classroom teachers or 35 school-based administrators 36 ................................................ 37 Failure to comply with contracting requirements for 38 classroom teachers 39 ................................................ 40 All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on 41 the tax increase to be held on ...(date and time)... at 42 ...(meeting place).... 43 A DECISION on the proposed tax increase and the budget will 44 be made at this hearing.