House Bill 0417

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 417

        By Representative Henriquez






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to teacher preparation;

  3         requiring the University of South Florida to

  4         develop and establish a teacher preparation

  5         program; providing requirements regarding

  6         scholarships; requiring student participants to

  7         fulfill a teaching requirement; requiring

  8         repayment of scholarship funds received under

  9         certain circumstances; providing an effective

10         date.

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

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14         Section 1.  By July 1, 2001, the University of South

15  Florida shall develop and establish at its Tampa campus a

16  rigorous teacher preparation program for highly talented

17  students. The program shall be conducted in conformance with

18  the following requirements:

19         (1)  When fully operational, the program must serve 200

20  students.

21         (2)  Participants must receive full scholarships funded

22  through private donations and other outside sources to cover

23  the cost of in-state tuition and mandatory student fees.

24         (3)  Participants in the program shall be required to

25  teach at least 4 years in a Florida public school that has

26  been designated as performance grade category "D" or "F,"

27  according to s. 229.57, Florida Statutes. Participants who

28  fail to fulfill this requirement shall be required to repay

29  the University of South Florida the amount of annual

30  assistance received for each year of the unfulfilled teaching

31  commitment.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 417

    716-112-00






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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      Requires the University of South Florida to establish a
  6    teacher preparation program. Provides requirements
      regarding scholarships. Requires student participants to
  7    repay scholarship funds received under certain
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