Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (541922) for CS for SB 1664
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/21/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 781 and 782
    4  insert:
    5         (6) MASTERY OF PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND EDUCATION
    6  COMPETENCE.—Any one of the following criteria is an acceptable
    7  means of demonstrating mastery of professional preparation and
    8  education competence are:
    9         (a) Completion of an approved teacher preparation program
   10  at a postsecondary educational institution within this state and
   11  achievement of a passing score on the professional education
   12  competency examination required by state board rule.;
   13         (b) Completion of a teacher preparation program at a
   14  postsecondary educational institution outside Florida and
   15  achievement of a passing score on the professional education
   16  competency examination required by state board rule.;
   17         (c) A valid professional standard teaching certificate
   18  issued by another state.;
   19         (d) A valid certificate issued by the National Board for
   20  Professional Teaching Standards or a national educator
   21  credentialing board approved by the State Board of Education.;
   22         (e) Documentation of two semesters of successful teaching
   23  in a Florida College System institution, state university, or
   24  private college or university that awards an associate or higher
   25  degree and is an accredited institution or an institution of
   26  higher education identified by the Department of Education as
   27  having a quality program.;
   28         (f) Completion of professional preparation courses as
   29  specified in state board rule, successful completion of a
   30  professional education competence demonstration program pursuant
   31  to paragraph (8)(b), and achievement of a passing score on the
   32  professional education competency examination required by state
   33  board rule.;
   34         (g) Successful completion of a professional preparation
   35  alternative certification and education competency program,
   36  outlined in paragraph (8)(a).; or
   37         (h) Successful completion of an alternative certification
   38  program pursuant to s. 1004.85 and achievement of a passing
   39  score on the professional education competency examination
   40  required by rule of the State Board of Education.
   41         (i) Successful completion of a professional education
   42  training program provided by Teach for America and achievement
   43  of a passing score on the professional education competency
   44  examination required by rule of the State Board of Education.
   45  
   46  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   47         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   48         Delete line 758
   49  and insert:
   50         Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2), subsection (6),
   51  subsection (8),
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54         And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete line 46
   56  and insert:
   57         Education; revising the acceptable means of
   58         demonstrating mastery of professional preparation and
   59         education competence; authorizing a school district to
   60         provide a