SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 366 & 382 and SB 708

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Cowin moved the following substitute for amendment

12  (350222):

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 11, line 28, through

16            page 13, line 5, delete those lines

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18  and insert:

19         (5)  CREATION OF SCHOOL READINESS COALITIONS.--

20         (a)  School readiness coalitions.--

21         1.  Each school readiness coalition shall serve a

22  geographic area with a population of at least 20,000 children,

23  ages birth to 5 years. The partnership may grant an exemption

24  from this requirement if a proposal demonstrates that meeting

25  this requirement would constitute a hardship.

26         2.  Each coalition shall have 25 members and such

27  members must include the following:

28         a.  A Department of Children and Family Services

29  district administrator.

30         b.  A district superintendent of schools.

31         c.  A regional workforce development board chair or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 366 & 382 and SB 708

    Amendment No.    





 1  director, where applicable.

 2         d.  A county health department director or his or her

 3  designee.

 4         e.  A children's services council or juvenile welfare

 5  board chair or executive director, if applicable.

 6         f.  A child care licensing agency head.

 7         g.  Two members appointed by a Department of Children

 8  and Family Services district administrator.

 9         h.  Two members appointed by a board of county

10  commissioners.

11         i.  Two members appointed by a district school board.

12         j.  A central child care agency administrator.

13         k.  A Head Start director.

14         l.  A representative of private child care providers.

15         m.  A representative of faith-based child care

16  providers.

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18  An additional nine members must be appointed to represent the

19  private sector so that more than one-third of the coalition

20  members are from the private sector. These nine members and

21  their families may not earn an income from the early education

22  and child care industry. A chamber of commerce within the

23  geographic area of the coalition must present a list of 15

24  nominees to a district school board, a board of county

25  commissioners, and a district administrator of the Department

26  of Children and Family Services. From the list of 15 nominees,

27  the district school board must appoint three private-sector

28  members, the board of county commissioners must appoint three

29  private-sector members, and the district administrator of the

30  Department of Children and Family Services must appoint three

31  private-sector members.

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 1         3.  No member of a coalition may appoint a designee to

 2  act in his or her place. A member may send a representative to

 3  coalition meetings, but that representative will have no

 4  voting privileges.

 5         4.  The school readiness coalition shall replace the

 6  district interagency coordinating council required under s.

 7  230.2305.

 8         5.  The coalition must set term limits for membership,

 9  not to exceed 4 years.

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