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House Bill 1525




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1525

        By Representative Dennis






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to postsecondary education;

  3         amending s. 240.529, F.S.; providing that,

  4         beginning in the 1998-1999 academic year,

  5         continued approval for a teacher preparation

  6         program is contingent upon the program's

  7         including an optional teacher internship in a

  8         socially and economically disadvantaged area;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (4) of

14  section 240.529, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         240.529  Public accountability and state approval for

16  teacher preparation programs.--

17         (4)  CONTINUED PROGRAM APPROVAL.--Beginning July 1,

18  1995, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3),

19  failure by a public or nonpublic teacher preparation program

20  to meet the criteria for continued program approval shall

21  result in loss of program approval. The Department of

22  Education in collaboration with the departments and colleges

23  of education shall develop procedures for continued program

24  approval that document the continuous improvement of program

25  processes and graduates' performance.

26         (d)  Beginning with the 1998-1999 academic year,

27  continued approval for a teacher preparation program is

28  contingent upon the institution's providing all students with

29  the option of a 1-year internship in a school located in a

30  socially and economically disadvantaged urban or rural area.

31  Each college of education in the State University System must

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  1  offer students the option of earning credit during a 1-year

  2  internship designed to provide the intern with the necessary

  3  supervision and teaching methodology to become an effective

  4  teacher of students who live in a disadvantaged area. The

  5  internship must be for 12 student credit hours and must be

  6  incorporated within the approved hours required for a

  7  bachelor's degree.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.

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      Provides that, beginning with the 1998-1999 academic
13    year, continued approval for a teacher preparation
      program is contingent upon a postsecondary educational
14    institution's providing students with the option of a
      1-year internship, carrying 12 hours of credit toward a
15    bachelor's degree, which is designed to help them
      effectively teach disadvantaged students.
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