Resolution 128-1989
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RESOLUTION NO. 128 -1989
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A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO.
091-1989 AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 236.081, FLORIDA
STATUTES, CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANC-
ING.
WHEREAS, in each year the Legislature appropriates an amount
of money to be distributed through the Florida Education Finance
Program to each local school district, to offset current operat-
ing costs; and
WHEREAS, Section 236.081, Florida Statutes, prescribes a
formula by which each local school district's share of the funds
distributed through this program is determined; and
WHEREAS, the formula prescribed in Section 236.081 adversely
affects districts where the total value of nonexempt property per
student is higher than the statewide average, in that the amount
of the contribution from the State is reduced in such districts;
and
WHEREAS, the School Board of Monroe County has asked the
Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County to adopt a resolu-
tion expressing their support for certain amendments to Section
236.081, to provide for a certain minimum level of assistance
from the State to each district, regardless of the value of
property in that district; and
WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on February 7, 1989, the
Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County passed and adopted
Resolution No. 091-1989 in response to the above concerns, and
said Board of County Commissioners now desires to rescind said
Resolution No. 091-1989, and to adopt a successor resolution
which more clearly states the position of said Board of County
Commissioners; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
1. Resolution No. 091-1989, passed and adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County at the February 7,
1989, meeting of said Board is hereby rescinded.
2. The Board of County Commissioners expresses its support
for an amendment to Subsection 236.081(6), Florida Statutes, to
provide that, notwithstanding the amount calculated pursuant to
paragraph 236.081(6) (a), the actual amount of the total annual
State allocation to any district for current operation shall be
at least a certain fixed percentage of the sum of (i) the basic
amount for current operation as determined in Subsection
236.081(1), multiplied by the district cost differential factor
as determined in Subsection 236.081(2), plus (ii) the amount for
the decline in full-time equivalent students as determined in
Subsection 236.081(7), before any reduction for the required
local effort as determined in Subsection 236.081(4). The Board
of County Commissioners recommends that the fixed percentage
incorporated in the above change be established at forty percent
(40%); however, the Board of County Commissioners recognizes that
in determining the appropriate fixed minimum percentage, consid-
eration should be given to the ratio of (i) the aggregate
required local effort for all school districts collectively,
prescribed by the Legislature as an item in the general appro-
priations act for each fiscal year, pursuant to Subsection
236.081(4), to (ii) the total allocation of State funds from the
Florida Education Finance Program to all districts for operation
of schools as determined in the annual appropriations act, in the
substantive bill implementing the annual appropriations act, or
pursuant to Subsection 236.081(1).
3. The Board of County Commissioners further expresses its
support for an amendment to Subparagraph 236.081(1)(f)3, to
permit a district for which the wealth adjustment amount cal-
culated in that Subparagraph is less than zero, to adopt a
resolution reducing any discretionary millage levied pursuant to
Section 236.25, to the extent that the decrease in the total
amount raised by such discretionary millage is equal to the
wealth adjustment factor, in which case no wealth adjustment will
be made to the district's allocation of sparsity supplement
funds.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the -f.JL day of //Ja ,.d . A. D. 1989.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By d~ran
(Seal)
Attest: ~ANNX L. KOLHAGE, ~lerk
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A1WtOV~D AI TO'fIt1IItM
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BY '~~k}'~-
Attorney'.
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