Senate Bill 2608

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2608

    By Senator King





    8-1850-99                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school personnel; requiring

  3         the Department of Education to submit to the

  4         Legislature statutory revisions necessary to

  5         establish personnel classifications which

  6         accurately reflect school and school district

  7         job assignments; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  By January 1, 2000, the Department of

12  Education shall recommend to the Legislature statutory

13  revisions necessary to establish school and school district

14  personnel classifications that accurately represent job

15  assignments. For purposes of establishing accurate

16  classifications, the department's recommendation must include

17  the following:

18         (1)  Administrative personnel classifications, and

19  definitions of such classifications, which differentiate

20  between school site administrators, nonschool site

21  administrators, and administrators with an instructional

22  responsibility. For purposes of this distinction, personnel

23  who provide curriculum development, consulting, and training

24  services for other personnel shall be considered

25  administrators with an instructional responsibility.

26         (2)  Instructional personnel classifications, and

27  definitions of such classifications, which differentiate

28  between personnel who have direct instructional contact with

29  students and evaluate student performance and personnel who

30  provide services to students but do not directly evaluate

31  student performance.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2608
    8-1850-99                                               See HB




  1         (3)  Personnel classifications, and definitions of such

  2  classifications within the category of "instructional

  3  personnel," which recognize the following specialized

  4  assignments:

  5         (a)  Large group assignments such as art instruction,

  6  music instruction, or physical education.

  7         (b)  Specialized fields of instruction such as

  8  exceptional student education, remedial education,

  9  speech-language pathology, and similar fields of instruction.

10         (c)  Team-teaching situations or assignments as the

11  second teacher in a classroom.

12         (4)  Procedures to provide for the accurate reporting

13  of job assignments by schools and school districts.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law.

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18                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires the Department of Education to submit to the
20    Legislature statutory revisions necessary to establish
      personnel classifications which accurately reflect school
21    and school district job assignments.

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