DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS

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1 DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS The 1996 Florida Legislature adopted an amendment to Section , Florida Statutes, requiring school districts make available to the public, on a quarterly basis, a report displaying discretionary lottery revenue and expenditures. Revenue For the school year, the Polk County School District budgeted discretionary lottery revenues of $3,223,578. No funds had been received from the state as of September 30, The approved General Fund Operating Budget for is $565,902,221 - discretionary lottery revenues will comprise only 0.56% of the District's operating budget. Expenditures Lottery funds are expended to (1) support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual per student allocation to flexibly support local school improvement plans as directed by each school's SAC (School Advisory Committee), (2) continue support of programs previously funded by state categorical and other state revenue sources and (3) support general operating fund expenditures, including providing increases in salaries and benefits for instructional and other personnel of the district. As of September 30, 2004, schools and their respective SACs had spent $106,496 of the $1,120,492 allocated on a per student basis to them. The remaining discretionary lottery dollars, allocated within the General Operating Fund, will be spent in accordance with the published District budget (a copy of which is available on this web site).

2 Historical Perspective of Lottery Funding for Polk County School District $10,000,000 $9,000,000 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 Dollars $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $ School Recognition $3,346,246 $1,804,294 $2,736,748 $4,450,475 $5,138,040 Discretionary $5,955,365 $7,153,295 $5,696,695 $3,800,126 $3,223,578 Total $9,301,611 $8,957,589 $8,433,443 $8,250,601 $8,361,618 Year Florida Lottery proceeds are distributed by the State as follows: 50% for prizes, 38% for education (including K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities), and 12% for lottery department administration. Polk County s share of the Florida Lottery funds (made up of the two components) is received each year. School Recognition Dollars are required to be distributed to specific schools maintaining A+ grades under the Governor's A+ Program. Discretionary Lottery Funds are allocated to support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual $10 per student allocation, as well as providing continuing support to the general operating budget. Discretionary allocations are controlled and spent under the direction of each school's School Advisory Committee (SAC). As one can see from the table above, the amount of lottery funding that has been diverted to the School Recognition program is significant, thereby causing the amount of discretionary funding to be reduced in each of the last four years. Lottery revenues are projected to be almost a million dollars less for the school year than they were five years ago. Our total discretionary lottery dollars, if not partially restricted to SAC committee usage, could only operate our school district for less than two days and represent 0.56% of our general operating budget.

3 DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS The 1996 Florida Legislature adopted an amendment to Section , Florida Statutes, requiring school districts make available to the public, on a quarterly basis, a report displaying discretionary lottery revenue and expenditures. Revenue For the school year, the Polk County School District has an amended budget for discretionary lottery revenues of $4,426,228. No funds had been received from the state as of December 31, The approved General Fund Operating Budget for is $565,902,221 - discretionary lottery revenues will comprise only 0.78% of the District's operating budget. Expenditures Lottery funds are expended to (1) support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual per student allocation to flexibly support local school improvement plans as directed by each school's SAC (School Advisory Committee), (2) continue support of programs previously funded by state categorical and other state revenue sources and (3) support general operating fund expenditures, including providing increases in salaries and benefits for instructional and other personnel of the district. As of December 31, 2004, schools and their respective SACs had spent $260,447 of the $1,120,492 allocated on a per student basis to them. The remaining discretionary lottery dollars, allocated within the General Operating Fund, will be spent in accordance with the published District budget (a copy of which is available on this web site).

4 Historical Perspective of Lottery Funding for Polk County School District $10,000,000 $9,000,000 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 Dollars $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $ School Recognition $3,346,246 $1,804,294 $2,736,748 $4,450,475 $2,047,730 Discretionary $5,955,365 $7,153,295 $5,696,695 $3,800,126 $4,426,228 Total $9,301,611 $8,957,589 $8,433,443 $8,250,601 $6,473,958 Year Florida Lottery proceeds are distributed by the State as follows: 50% for prizes, 38% for education (including K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities), and 12% for lottery department administration. Polk County s share of the Florida Lottery funds (made up of the two components) is received each year. School Recognition Dollars are required to be distributed to specific schools maintaining A+ grades under the Governor's A+ Program. Discretionary Lottery Funds are allocated to support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual $10 per student allocation, as well as providing continuing support to the general operating budget. Discretionary allocations are controlled and spent under the direction of each school's School Advisory Committee (SAC). As one can see from the table above, the amount of lottery funding that has been diverted to the School Recognition program is significant, thereby causing the amount of discretionary funding to be reduced in three of the last four years. Due to reduced School Recognition awards for , our amended discretionary lottery budget rose to $4,426,228, an increase of $626,102 over the prior year; however, total lottery funding for our district has continued to decline. Total lottery revenues are projected to be more than $2.8 million dollars less for the school year than they were five years ago. Discretionary lottery revenue is more than $1.5 million less than it was five years ago. Our total discretionary lottery dollars, if not partially restricted to SAC committee usage, could only operate our school district for less than three days and represent 0.78% of our general operating budget.

5 DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS The 1996 Florida Legislature adopted an amendment to Section , Florida Statutes, requiring school districts make available to the public, on a quarterly basis, a report displaying discretionary lottery revenue and expenditures. Revenue For the school year, the Polk County School District has an amended budget for discretionary lottery revenues of $4,576,295. $1,874,619 had been received from the state as of March 31, The approved General Fund Operating Budget for is $565,902,221 - discretionary lottery revenues will comprise only 0.81% of the District's operating budget. Expenditures Lottery funds are expended to (1) support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual per student allocation to flexibly support local school improvement plans as directed by each school's SAC (School Advisory Committee), (2) continue support of programs previously funded by state categorical and other state revenue sources and (3) support general operating fund expenditures, including providing increases in salaries and benefits for instructional and other personnel of the district. As of March 31, 2005, schools and their respective SACs had spent $640,062 of the $1,139,703 allocated on a per student basis to them. The remaining discretionary lottery dollars, allocated within the General Operating Fund, will be spent in accordance with the published District budget (a copy of which is available on this web site).

6 Historical Perspective of Lottery Funding for Polk County School District $10,000,000 $9,000,000 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 Dollars $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $ School Recognition $3,346,246 $1,804,294 $2,736,748 $4,450,475 $2,047,730 Discretionary $5,955,365 $7,153,295 $5,696,695 $3,800,126 $4,576,295 Total $9,301,611 $8,957,589 $8,433,443 $8,250,601 $6,624,025 Year Florida Lottery proceeds are distributed by the State as follows: 50% for prizes, 38% for education (including K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities), and 12% for lottery department administration. Polk County s share of the Florida Lottery funds (made up of the two components) is received each year. School Recognition Dollars are required to be distributed to specific schools maintaining A+ grades under the Governor's A+ Program. Discretionary Lottery Funds are allocated to support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual $10 per student allocation, as well as providing continuing support to the general operating budget. Discretionary allocations are controlled and spent under the direction of each school's School Advisory Committee (SAC). As one can see from the table above, the amount of lottery funding that has been diverted to the School Recognition program is significant, thereby causing the amount of discretionary funding to be reduced in three of the last four years. Due to reduced School Recognition awards for , our amended discretionary lottery budget rose to $4,576,295, an increase of $776,169 over the prior year; however, total lottery funding for our district has continued to decline. Total lottery revenues are projected to be almost $2.7 million dollars less for the school year than they were five years ago. Discretionary lottery revenue is almost $1.4 million less than it was five years ago. Our total discretionary lottery dollars, if not partially restricted to SAC committee usage, could only operate our school district for less than three days and represent 0.81% of our general operating budget.

7 DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS The 1996 Florida Legislature adopted an amendment to Section , Florida Statutes, requiring school districts make available to the public, on a quarterly basis, a report displaying discretionary lottery revenue and expenditures. Revenue For the school year, the Polk County School District had an amended budget for discretionary lottery revenues of $4,576,295. $4,569,365 was received from the state as of June 30, The final amended General Fund Operating Budget for was $585,632,058 - discretionary lottery revenues comprised only 0.78% of the District's operating budget. Expenditures Lottery funds are expended to (1) support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual per student allocation to flexibly support local school improvement plans as directed by each school's SAC (School Advisory Committee), (2) continue support of programs previously funded by state categorical and other state revenue sources and (3) support general operating fund expenditures, including providing increases in salaries and benefits for instructional and other personnel of the district. As of June 30, 2005, schools and their respective SACs had spent or encumbered $773,398 of the $1,139,703 allocated on a per student basis to them. Unspent dollars will be carried over for the schools to use during the school year. The remaining discretionary lottery dollars, allocated within the General Operating Fund, were spent in accordance with the published District budget (a copy of which is available on this web site).

8 Historical Perspective of Lottery Funding for Polk County School District $10,000,000 $9,000,000 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 Dollars $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $ School Recognition $3,346,246 $1,804,294 $2,736,748 $4,450,475 $2,047,730 Discretionary $5,955,365 $7,153,295 $5,696,695 $3,800,126 $4,569,365 Total $9,301,611 $8,957,589 $8,433,443 $8,250,601 $6,617,095 Year Florida Lottery proceeds are distributed by the State as follows: 50% for prizes, 38% for education (including K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities), and 12% for lottery department administration. Polk County s share of the Florida Lottery funds (made up of the two components) is received each year. School Recognition Dollars are required to be distributed to specific schools maintaining A+ grades under the Governor's A+ Program. Discretionary Lottery Funds are allocated to support the School Improvement and Accountability initiative, providing schools with an annual $10 per student allocation, as well as providing continuing support to the general operating budget. Discretionary allocations are controlled and spent under the direction of each school's School Advisory Committee (SAC). As one can see from the table above, the amount of lottery funding that has been diverted to the School Recognition program is significant, thereby causing the amount of discretionary funding to be reduced in two of the last four years. Due to reduced School Recognition awards for , our amended discretionary lottery budget rose to $4,576,295, an increase of $776,169 over the prior year; however, total lottery funding for our district has continued to decline. Total lottery revenues were almost $2.7 million dollars less for the school year than they were five years ago. Discretionary lottery revenue for the school year was almost $1.4 million less than it was five years ago. Our total discretionary lottery dollars, if not partially restricted to SAC committee usage, could only operate our school district for less than three days and represent 0.78% of our general operating budget.

DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS

DISCRETIONARY LOTTERY FUNDS The 1996 Florida Legislature adopted an amendment to Section 24.121, Florida Statutes, requiring school districts make available to the public, on a quarterly basis, a report