Budget by Appropriation Bill

Fiscal Year:
Primary Budget:
Comparison Budget:

                            A bill to be entitled

          An act making appropriations;  providing moneys for
          the annual period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending
          June 30, 2026, to pay salaries, and other expenses,
          capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements,
          and for other specified  purposes of the various
          agencies of state government; providing an effective
          date.

   Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

   The  moneys  contained  herein are appropriated from the named funds for
   Fiscal  Year  2025-2026 to the state agency indicated, as the amounts to
   be  used  to pay the salaries, other operational expenditures, and fixed
   capital  outlay  of  the  named  agencies, and are in lieu of all moneys
   appropriated  for  these  purposes  in  other  sections  of  the Florida
   Statutes.

   SECTION 1 - EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT "LOTTERY" TRUST FUND

   The   moneys  contained  herein  are  appropriated  from  the  Education
   Enhancement "Lottery" Trust Fund to the state agencies indicated.

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF

   Funds  provided  in  sections  1  and  2  of  this  act  as  Grants  and
   Aids-Special  Categories  or as Grants and Aids-Aid to Local Governments
   may  be advanced quarterly throughout the fiscal year based on projects,
   grants,  contracts,  and  allocation  conference documents. Of the funds
   provided in Specific Appropriations 58, 59 through 61, 63 through 72 and
   158, 60 percent of general revenue shall be released at the beginning of
   the first quarter and the balance at the beginning of the third quarter.

PROGRAM: EDUCATION - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY

   1   FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY
       DEBT SERVICE - CLASS SIZE REDUCTION
        LOTTERY CAPITAL OUTLAY PROGRAM
        FROM EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT TRUST
         FUND  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                        86,823,158

   Funds   in   Specific   Appropriation   1  shall  be  transferred  using
   nonoperating  budget  authority  to  the Lottery Capital Outlay and Debt
   Service  Trust  Fund, pursuant to section 1013.71, Florida Statutes, for
   the  payment  of  debt  service.  There is appropriated from the Lottery
   Capital  Outlay  and  Debt  Service  Trust Fund, an amount sufficient to
   enable the payment of debt service resulting from these transfers.

   Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  1  are  for  Fiscal  Year  2025-2026
   debt  service  on  all  bonds  authorized  pursuant to section 1013.737,
   Florida   Statutes,  for  class  size  reduction,  including  any  other
   continuing  payments  necessary  or  incidental  to the repayment of the
   bonds. These funds may be used to refinance any or all bond series if it
   is  in  the  best interest of the state as determined by the Division of
   Bond Finance.

   2   FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY
       EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
        FROM EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT TRUST
         FUND  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                         6,334,412

   Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  2  for  educational  facilities  are
   provided  for  debt  service  requirements associated with bond proceeds
   from  the Lottery Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund included in
   Specific Appropriations 17 and 17A of chapter 2012-118, Laws of Florida,
   authorized pursuant to section 1013.737, Florida Statutes.

   Funds   in   Specific   Appropriation  2  shall  be  transferred,  using
   nonoperating  budget  authority,  to the Lottery Capital Outlay and Debt
   Service  Trust  Fund.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  from the Lottery
   Capital  Outlay  and  Debt  Service  Trust  Fund an amount sufficient to
   enable the payment of debt service resulting from these transfers.
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