HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/CS/HB 63 & others

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Education Appropriations offered the

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14         Amendment 

15         On page 14, line 30 through page 15, line 24,

16  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         3.a.  Each school district in which there is a school

20  designated as performance grade category "F" shall develop a

21  plan to encourage teachers with demonstrated mastery in

22  improving student performance to remain at or transfer to that

23  school. If a classroom teacher, as defined by s.

24  228.041(9)(a), who meets the definition of teaching mastery

25  developed according to the provisions of this paragraph,

26  requests assignment to a school designated as performance

27  grade category "F," the district school board and the

28  principal shall make every practical effort to grant the

29  request.

30         b.  For initial implementation in 2000-2001 and until

31  full implementation of an annual assessment of learning gains,

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/CS/HB 63 & others

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)





 1  a principal assigned to a school designated performance grade

 2  category "F" may select any teacher based on the teacher's

 3  performance appraisal and student achievement data/and the

 4  teacher shall receive a supplement of at least $1,000, not to

 5  exceed $3,500, as provided for annually in the General

 6  Appropriations Act, each year he or she teaches at a school

 7  designated as performance grade category "F."

 8         c.  Beginning with the full implementation of an annual

 9  assessment of learning gains, a classroom teacher whose

10  effectiveness has been proven based upon positive learning

11  gains of his or her students as measured by annual FCAT

12  assessments pursuant to s. 229.57, is eligible for an annual

13  supplement of at least $1,000, not to exceed $3,500, as

14  provided for annually in the General Appropriations Act, each

15  year he or she teaches at a school designated as performance

16  grade category "F."

17         d.  In the absence of an FCAT assessment, measurement

18  of learning gains of students shall be as provided in s.

19  229.57(12). The supplement received under this paragraph shall

20  be in addition to any supplement or bonus received as a result

21  of other local or state pay incentives based on performance.

22         e.  The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules to

23  determine the measures that define "teaching mastery" for

24  purposes of this subparagraph.

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