Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/03/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Stewart) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 167 and 168
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 1009.60,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         1009.60 Minority teacher education scholars program.—There
    8  is created the minority teacher education scholars program,
    9  which is a collaborative performance-based scholarship program
   10  for African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, and
   11  Native American students. The participants in the program
   12  include Florida’s Florida College System institutions and its
   13  public and private universities that have teacher education
   14  programs.
   15         (1) The minority teacher education scholars program shall
   16  provide an annual scholarship in an amount that shall be
   17  prorated based on available appropriations and may not exceed
   18  $4,000 for each approved minority teacher education scholar who
   19  is enrolled in one of Florida’s public or private colleges or
   20  universities, in the junior year and is admitted into a teacher
   21  education program, and has not earned more than 18 credit hours
   22  of upper-division-level courses in education.
   23         (4) A student may receive a scholarship from the program
   24  for 3 consecutive years if the student remains enrolled full
   25  time in the program and makes satisfactory progress toward a
   26  baccalaureate degree with a major in education or a graduate
   27  degree with a major in education, leading to initial
   28  certification.
   29         Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   30  1009.605, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         1009.605 Florida Fund for Minority Teachers, Inc.—
   32         (2)(a) The corporation shall submit an annual budget
   33  projection to the Department of Education to be included in the
   34  annual legislative budget request. The projection must be based
   35  on the cost to award up to 350 scholarships to new scholars in
   36  the junior year and up to 350 renewal scholarships to the 350
   37  rising seniors.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete lines 2 - 19
   42  and insert:
   43         An act relating to education; requiring the
   44         Commissioner of Education to review specified college
   45         entrance examinations to determine their alignment
   46         with the core curricular content for high school level
   47         English Language Arts and mathematics established in
   48         state standards; requiring the commissioner to submit
   49         a report on the results of such review to the
   50         Governor, the Legislature, and the State Board of
   51         Education by a specified date; amending s. 1008.22,
   52         F.S.; revising provisions relating to achievement
   53         levels for certain statewide, standardized
   54         assessments; providing requirements for administration
   55         of the statewide, standardized English Language Arts
   56         and mathematics assessments in specified grades;
   57         revising provisions relating to reporting requirements
   58         for local assessments required by school districts;
   59         providing reporting requirements for certain student
   60         assessment results; amending s. 1009.60, F.S.;
   61         revising eligibility criteria for receipt of a
   62         minority teacher education scholarship; amending s.
   63         1009.605, F.S.; revising the scholar awards on which
   64         the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers, Inc.’s budget
   65         projection must be based; providing an effective date.