SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2108
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 171500
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11  Senator Klein moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 44, lines 23-30, delete those lines
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17         (1)  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.--The Commissioner of
18  Education shall be appointed by the Florida Board of
19  Education, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Prior to
20  appointment as commissioner, the appointee shall have had,
21  within the prior 10 years, at least 5 years experience in the
22  field of education, 3 years of which shall have been in public
23  education administration as a school board member, senior
24  school district administrator, superintendent of schools,
25  community college or university president or senior
26  administrator, state department of education senior
27  administrator or higher, or a commissioner, chancellor or
28  secretary of a state education system. The commissioner shall
29  work with the Florida Board of Education and oversee the other
30  education governance officers to focus from candidates of
31  national caliber and respected and proven organizational
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2108
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 171500
 1  leadership with established experience in administering
 2  broad-based policy. The commissioner shall be a person who is
 3  eminently capable of focusing the entire
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 7  And the title is amended as follows:
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11         providing for the Commissioner of Education to
12         be appointed by the Florida Board of Education,
13         subject to confirmation by the Senate;
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