§ 1013.735, Fla. Stat. · Part IV. FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
Classrooms for Kids Program.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) ALLOCATION.—The department shall allocate funds appropriated for the Classrooms for Kids Program. It is the intent of the Legislature that this program be administered as nearly as practicable in the same manner as the capital outlay program authorized under s. 9(a), Art. XII of the State Constitution. Each district school board’s share of the annual appropriation for the Classrooms for Kids Program must be calculated according to the following formula:
(a) Twenty-five percent of the appropriation shall be prorated to the districts based on each district’s percentage of K-12 base capital outlay full-time equivalent membership, and 65 percent shall be based on each district’s percentage of K-12 growth capital outlay full-time equivalent membership as specified for the allocation of funds from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund by s. 1013.64(3).
(b) Ten percent of the appropriation must be allocated among district school boards according to the allocation formula in s. 1013.64(1)(a), excluding adult and career education facilities.
(2) DISTRICT PARTICIPATION.—In order to participate in the Classrooms for Kids Program, a district school board shall:
(a) Enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to s. 1013.33.
(b) Certify that the district’s inventory of facilities listed in the Florida Inventory of School Houses is accurate and up-to-date pursuant to s. 1013.31.
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—In order to increase capacity to reduce class size, a district school board shall expend the funds received pursuant to this section only to:
(a) Construct, renovate, remodel, or repair educational facilities that are in excess of projects identified in the district’s 5-year work program adopted prior to March 15, 2003; or
(b) Purchase or lease-purchase relocatable facilities that are in excess of relocatables identified in the district’s 5-year work program adopted prior to March 15, 2003.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 4, ch. 2003-391; s. 4, ch. 2004-42; s. 186, ch. 2020-2.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 2026 Florida Statutes
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=1000-1099/1013/1013.html
- Text hash
- sha256 29c4475e4b265d771e3a4fcf92f4e37ddf1a0de3c9f6755b7102dae0a49b72d2
- Composed by
- compose_v2.py 2026-10-04: the Legislature's structured HTML read in document order; verify_v2.py's independent reading agrees character for character
- composed from the Legislature's structured HTML (one source of text; no PDF extraction); a second, independent reading of the same bytes agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
The Florida Statutes
- § 1013.31, Fla. Stat.Educational plant survey; need assessment criteria; PECO project funding.Printed as s. 1013.31
- § 1013.33, Fla. Stat.Coordination of planning with local governing bodies.Printed as s. 1013.33
- § 1013.64, Fla. Stat.Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital projects.Printed as s. 1013.64(1)(a); s. 1013.64(3)
Constitution of the State of Florida
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites § 1013.735, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.