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    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 422

    By Senator Kirkpatrick





    5-139A-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; providing an

  3         incentive bonus for certain teachers who teach

  4         at second-chance schools or certain schools

  5         that serve disruptive, violent, or at-risk

  6         students; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  A teacher who is employed at a

11  second-chance school, an alternative school that serves

12  disruptive or violent youth, or a school that has a student

13  population of 70 percent or more at-risk students who qualify

14  for free or reduced-price lunch programs, which school

15  received a grade of D or E from the Department of Education

16  for the prior school year because it did not exceed the

17  minimum criteria for school performance, shall receive an

18  incentive bonus equal to 10 percent of base salary if the

19  teacher contractually agrees to work at that school for a

20  minimum of 4 additional years and meets three of the following

21  requirements:

22         (1)  Holds a Masters or Doctoral degree;

23         (2)  Meets the National Board of Professional Teachers

24  Standards Certification requirement;

25         (3)  Received an exemplary evaluation for each of the 2

26  prior years; or

27         (4)  Has served as a member of the school advisory

28  council.

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

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 422
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  3    Provides a 10-percent incentive bonus for certain
      teachers who teach at second-chance schools or certain
  4    schools that serve disruptive, violent, or at-risk
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