Does any one staff member or SAC member hold a weighted vote when the final plan is considered?
No. When conducting a vote on the final plan, all staff and SAC members should receive exactly one vote within their respective group. 8. What can the award be used for? Funds are to be used for nonrecurring bonuses to the faculty and staff, nonrecurring expenditures for educational equipment or materials, or for temporary personnel to assist the school in maintaining or improving student performance. The school’s staff and SAC must decide to spend these funds on any one or any combination of these three purposes. The legislation as it is written does not favor any one of these options over another. 9. Is there a deadline for making the decision on how to use an award? Yes. Section 1008.36(4), F.S., states that if the schools staff and the school advisory council cannot reach agreement by February 1, the awards must be equally distributed to all classroom teachers currently teaching in the school. If a school selected to receive a school recognition award is no longer in existence at t
