1998 Florida Code
TITLE XVI EDUCATION
Chapter 231 Personnel Of School System  
231.67   The Florida Teachers Lead Program established.

231.67  The Florida Teachers Lead Program established.--

(1)  There is hereby appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Education the sum of $31.5 million for the Florida Teachers Lead Program. From the funds appropriated, the Commissioner of Education shall calculate an amount for each school district which is proportional to each district's share of the total number of full-time public school classroom teachers in this state.

(2)  The Florida Teachers Lead Program funds shall be deposited into each school's internal account and made available to be expended at the discretion of each classroom teacher to assist teaching and learning in the classroom. Each teacher's allocation shall remain available for the teacher's use until the full amount is expended.

(3)  This one-time appropriation shall be made available to each classroom teacher in the amount of $250. These funds shall be provided to each teacher in addition to any other funds appropriated for public school operations. The funds expended by individual teachers shall not be subject to state or local competitive bidding requirements.

(4)  For purposes of this section, the term "classroom teacher" includes certified teachers whose full-time job responsibility is the classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and media specialists. Only school district personnel employed in these positions are eligible for the Florida Teachers Lead Program.

History.--s. 18, ch. 97-384.