HOUSE AMENDMENT

                           Bill No. CS/CS/HB 63 & others, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Lynn offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 15, line 10 through page 16 line 7,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         3.a.  Each district school board shall develop a plan

19  to encourage teachers with demonstrated mastery in improving

20  student performance to remain at or transfer to a school

21  designated as performance grade category "D" or "F" or to an

22  alternative school that serves disruptive or violent youths.

23  If a classroom teacher, as defined by s. 228.041(9)(a), who

24  meets the definition of teaching mastery developed according

25  to the provisions of this paragraph, requests assignment to a

26  school designated as performance grade category "D" or "F" or

27  to an alternative school that serves disruptive or violent

28  youths, the district school board shall make every practical

29  effort to grant the 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, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  a classroom teacher who is selected by the school principal

 2  based on his or her performance appraisal and student

 3  achievement data to teach at a school designated as

 4  performance grade category "D" or "F" or at an alternative

 5  that serves disruptive or violent youths shall receive a

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

 7  provided for annually in the General Appropriations Act, each

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

 9  grade category "D" or "F" or at an alternative school that

10  serves disruptive or violent youths.

11         c.  Beginning with the full implementation of an annual

12  assessment of learning gains, a classroom teacher whose

13  effectiveness has been proven based upon positive learning

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

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

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

17  provided for annually in the General Appropriations Act, each

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

19  grade category "D" or "F" or at an alternative school that

20  serves disruptive or violent youths.

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