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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 2 - EDUCATION (ALL OTHER FUNDS) classroom teacher or eligible certified prekindergarten teacher shall receive a minimum base salary less than the adjusted amount. From the funds in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84, 5.59 percent, or $1,053,041,685, of the base Florida Education Finance Program funding is provided to maintain prior year salary increases provided to classroom teachers and other instructional personnel pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. From the funds provided in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84, $2,831,855 is for the supplemental allocation for juvenile justice education programs allocated pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. The allocation factor shall be $909.37. The comparable wage factor (CWF) for each school district shall be calculated and applied to the Florida Education Finance Program pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. The additional value of the full-time equivalent (FTE) student membership for the small district factor pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is 1.0277. Total Required Local Effort for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 shall be $10,376,243,513. The total amount shall include adjustments made for the calculation required in section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. The maximum nonvoted discretionary millage which may be levied pursuant to the provisions of section 1011.71(1), Florida Statutes, by district school boards in Fiscal Year 2024-2025 shall be 0.748 mills. This millage shall be used to calculate the discretionary millage compression supplement as provided in section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. To be eligible for the supplement, a district must levy the maximum. From the funds in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84, $44,600,717 is provided for the State-Funded Discretionary Contribution pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. Funds provided in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84 are based upon program cost factors for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 as follows: 1. Basic Programs A. K-3 Basic................................................1.118 B. 4-8 Basic................................................1.000 C. 9-12 Basic...............................................0.978 2. Programs for Exceptional Students A. Support Level 4..........................................3.697 B. Support Level 5..........................................5.992 3. English for Speakers of Other Languages ....................1.192 4. Programs for Grades 9-12 Career Education...................1.079 From the funds in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84, $1,293,529,266, is provided for the Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Guaranteed Allocation pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. The ESE Guaranteed Allocation funds are provided in addition to the funds for each eligible exceptional student in the per full-time equivalent (FTE) student calculation. School districts that provided educational services in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for exceptional students who are residents of other school districts shall not discontinue providing such services without the prior approval of the Department of Education. The Exceptional Student Education Guaranteed Allocation factor is $2,056.31. The additional value of the full-time equivalent (FTE) student membership for small school district exceptional student education pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is 43.35 per weighted FTE. From the funds in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84, $290,000,000 is provided for Safe Schools activities and shall be allocated as follows: $250,000 shall be distributed to each district, and the remaining balance shall be allocated pursuant to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes. From the funds in Specific Appropriations 5 and 84, $833,448,236 is for the Educational Enrichment Allocation pursuant to section 1011.62, 24