House Bill 0995
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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 995
By Representative Farkas
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to teacher recruitment and
3 retention; creating provisions relating to
4 financial incentives to promote teacher
5 recruitment and retention; requiring the
6 Department of Education to award funds for
7 tuition reimbursement to certain instructional
8 personnel; requiring the department to award
9 financial bonuses to certain instructional
10 personnel; prohibiting funds awarded pursuant
11 to this act from being included in calculations
12 of retirement benefits; requiring an
13 appropriation; amending s. 231.173, F.S.;
14 revising requirements for the certification of
15 out-of-state teachers; revising requirements
16 for specialization coverages for out-of-state
17 teachers; providing an effective date.
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19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21 Section 1. Teacher recruitment and retention;
22 financial incentives.--
23 (1) The Department of Education shall award a tuition
24 reimbursement in the amount of $5,000 after the 3rd and 5th
25 years of employment in a Florida public school to those
26 instructional personnel hired after July 1, 1999, who have not
27 been employed by a district school board during the 5-year
28 period preceding such employment.
29 (2) The Department of Education shall award financial
30 bonuses to instructional personnel according to the following
31 schedule:
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1 (a) At the end of the 10th year of teaching in a
2 Florida public school, a bonus of 7 percent of that employee's
3 base salary for the previous year.
4 (b) At the end of the 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th years
5 of teaching in a Florida public school, bonuses of 10 percent
6 of the employee's base salary for the previous year.
7 (3) Financial incentives awarded pursuant to this act
8 shall not be included in any calculation of retirement
9 benefits.
10 (4) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the
11 Department of Education in the General Appropriations Act,
12 based upon the legislative budget request of the department,
13 an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this act.
14 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and
15 paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 231.173, Florida
16 Statutes, are amended to read:
17 231.173 Successful experienced out-of-state teachers
18 and administrators.--
19 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 231.02,
20 231.15, and 231.17 or any other provision of law or rule to
21 the contrary, a successful, experienced, out-of-state teacher
22 or administrator qualifies for a professional certificate if
23 the applicant:
24 (c) Documents 2 5 years of appropriate successful
25 full-time teaching or administrative experience in another
26 state, including 2 continuous years during the 10-year 5-year
27 period immediately preceding the date of application for
28 certification.
29 (3) The professional certificate issued in accordance
30 with subsection (1) shall reflect specialization coverages as
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1 (a) Teachers.--An applicant shall be eligible for
2 specialization the academic coverage in an area in which the
3 teacher is assigned to teach in a public school or nonpublic
4 school in this state or in the area or areas of specialization
5 of the applicant's certification by the National Board of
6 Professional Teaching Standards, or in which the applicant
7 demonstrates professional competence according to the
8 provisions of ss. 231.15(1) and 231.17(7).
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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12 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Requires the Department of Education to award funds to
14 certain instructional personnel for tuition reimbursement
and salary bonuses. Prohibits funds awarded pursuant to
15 this act from being included in calculations of
retirement benefits. Requires an appropriation. Revises
16 requirements for certification and area of specialization
coverage for out-of-state teachers.
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