SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 491382

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11  Senator Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 21, between lines 16 and 17,

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17         Section 16.  In order to implement proviso language in

18  Specific Appropriation 2235 of the 2002-2003 General

19  Appropriations Act, section 402.3017, Florida Statutes, is

20  amended to read:

21         402.3017  Teacher Education and Compensation Helps

22  (TEACH) scholarship program.--

23         (1)  The Legislature finds that the level of early

24  child care teacher education and training is a key predictor

25  for determining program quality. The Legislature also finds

26  that low wages for child care workers prevent many from

27  obtaining increased training and education and contribute to

28  high turnover rates.  The Legislature therefore intends to

29  help fund a program which links teacher training and education

30  to compensation and commitment to the field of early childhood

31  education.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 2502

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 491382





  1         (2)  The Department of Children and Family Services is

  2  authorized to contract for the administration of the Teacher

  3  Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program,

  4  which provides educational scholarships to caregivers and

  5  administrators of early childhood programs, family day care

  6  homes, and large family child care homes.

  7         (3)  The department shall adopt rules as necessary to

  8  implement this section.

  9         (4)  For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, the Agency for

10  Workforce Innovation shall administer this section. This

11  subsection expires July 1, 2003.

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13  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 2, line 9, following the first semicolon

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21         amending s. 402.3017, F.S.; providing for

22         administration of the Teacher Education and

23         Compensation Helps scholarship program;

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