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MOTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PEMBROKE PINES ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, ACADEMIC VILLAGE AND FSU ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE A+ RECOGNITION FUNDS.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. The Florida School Recognition Program is an incentive program created by the State to provide financial awards to public/charter schools that demonstrate outstanding achievement by receiving an "A" grade, and to schools that improve at least one letter grade.
2. In July of 2017, the State finalized the 2017 School Recognition Award Grades for the Elementary, Middle, Academic Village, and FSU Elementary Charter Schools, and awarded the Charter Elementary, Middle, Academic Village and FSU Elementary with an "A" grade.
3. As such, the Charter Schools will receive funds from the State through the 2018 Florida School "A+" Recognition Program. This year's program award amount calculation is $100 per full-time equivalent (FTE), based on the Final FY2016-17 FTE count (see Attachment #1- 2017-18 Florida Recognition Awards Memo). The fund allocation for the City of Pembroke Pines Charter Schools is as follows:
School Site
FTE Count
A+ Allocation
Location 5051-Charter Elementary
1,919.38
$191,938
Location 5081-Charter Middle
1,301.54
$130,154
Location 5121-Charter High (AVCS)
2,047.63
$204,763
Location 0351-FSU Elementary
678.01
$67,801
Total
$594,656
4. The process for distribution of the A+ Recognition Funds is that only the teachers and non-instructional staff that remained employed from the previous school year can vote one method for disbursing the funds to employees. Each recognized school forms a committee that consists of instructional staff, non-instructional staff, and advisory board members. This committee then surveys all employees and determines who is eligible to receive the award based on their employment statu...
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