SPECIFIC
APPROPRIATION

   The moneys contained herein are appropriated from the named funds to the
   Department of Education as the amounts to be used to pay salaries, other
   operational expenditures, and fixed capital outlay.

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF

PROGRAM: EDUCATION - FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY

   The  Legislature  hereby  finds  and  determines that the items and sums
   designated  in  Specific  Appropriations  15  through 18 and 22 from the
   Public  Education  Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund constitute
   authorized capital outlay projects within the meaning and as required by
   Article  XII,  section  9(a)(2) of the Florida Constitution, as amended,
   and  any other law. In accordance therewith, the moneys in the following
   items  are  authorized  to  be  expended  for  the enumerated authorized
   capital outlay projects.

   The sum designated for each project is the maximum sum to be expended
   for  each  specified  phase  of  the  project  from funds accruing under
   Article  XII,  section 9(a)(2) of the Florida Constitution. The scope of
   each project shall be planned so that the amounts specified shall not be
   exceeded,  or  any excess in costs shall be funded by sources other than
   this  appropriation.   Such  excess  costs may be funded from the Public
   Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund only as a result of
   fund transfers pursuant to section 216.292(4)(c), Florida Statutes. Each
   project  shall  be  constructed  on  the  site  specified.   If existing
   facilities  and  acquisition  of new sites are a part of these projects,
   each   such   building  and  site  must  be  certified  to  be  free  of
   contamination,  asbestos,  and  other  hazardous  materials  before  the
   facility  or site may be acquired. The provisions of section 216.301(2),
   Florida  Statutes,  shall apply to all capital outlay funds appropriated
   from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for
   Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in Specific Appropriations 15 through 18 and 22.

   The Executive Office of the Governor's Office of Policy and Budget shall
   establish  Fixed  Capital  Outlay  budget  authority  within appropriate
   accounts  to  enable  expenditure  of  funds  appropriated for the state
   universities,  the  Florida  School  for  the Deaf and the Blind, public
   school districts, public broadcasting stations, and Florida colleges.

  14   FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY
       STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CAPITAL
        IMPROVEMENT FEE PROJECTS
        FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FEE
         TRUST FUND  . . . . . . . . . . . .                        45,536,100

   Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  14  shall  be allocated by the Board
   of  Governors to the state universities on a pro rata distribution basis
   in accordance with the Board of Governors Legislative Budget Request for
   funding  from  the  Capital  Improvements Fee Trust Fund, as approved on
   September 1, 2022. Each board of trustees shall report to the Board of
   Governors the funding allocated to each specific project.

  15   FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY
       MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, RENOVATION, AND
        REMODELING
        FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION CAPITAL
         OUTLAY AND DEBT SERVICE TRUST FUND                        494,854,190

   Funds in Specific Appropriation 15 shall be allocated as follows:

     Charter Schools........................................... 220,923,798
     Florida College System.................................... 136,965,196
     State University System................................... 136,965,196

   Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  15  for  charter  schools  shall  be
   distributed in accordance with section 1013.62, Florida Statutes.

  16   FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY
       SURVEY RECOMMENDED NEEDS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS
        FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION CAPITAL
         OUTLAY AND DEBT SERVICE TRUST FUND                          8,620,189

   Funds   in   Specific   Appropriation  16  shall  be  distributed  among