SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 336 & 190
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 542680
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Constantine moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
18 subsection (1) of section 235.061, Florida Statutes, is
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20 235.061 Standards for relocatables used as classroom
21 space; inspections.--
22 (1) The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules
23 establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term
24 use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle
25 school, or high school. "Long-term use" means the use of
26 relocatables at the same educational plant for a period of 4
27 years or more. These rules must be implemented by July 1,
28 1998, and each relocatable acquired by a district school board
29 after the effective date of the rules and intended for
30 long-term use must comply with the standards. The rules shall
31 require that, by January 1, 2002 July 1, 2001, relocatables
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 336 & 190
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 542680
1 that fail to meet the standards may not be used as classrooms.
2 The standards shall protect the health, safety, and welfare of
3 occupants by requiring compliance with the Uniform Building
4 Code for Public Educational Facilities or other locally
5 adopted state minimum building codes to ensure the safety and
6 stability of construction and onsite installation; fire and
7 moisture protection; air quality and ventilation; appropriate
8 wind resistance; and compliance with the requirements of the
9 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If appropriate, the
10 standards must also require relocatables to provide access to
11 the same technologies available to similar classrooms within
12 the main school facility and, if appropriate, to be accessible
13 by adequate covered walkways. By July 1, 2000, the
14 commissioner shall adopt standards for all relocatables
15 intended for long-term use as classrooms. A relocatable that
16 is subject to this section and does not meet the standards
17 shall not be reported as providing satisfactory student
18 stations in the Florida Inventory of School Houses.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 amending s. 235.061, F.S.; delaying the date by
29 which relocatables used as classrooms must meet
30 certain standards;
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