SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2560
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 982630
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Senator Clary moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
18 1012.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 1012.56 Educator certification requirements.--
20 (2) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.--To be eligible to seek
21 certification pursuant to this chapter, a person must:
22 (b) File an affidavit a written statement, under oath,
23 that the applicant subscribes to and will uphold the
24 principles incorporated in the Constitution of the United
25 States and the Constitution of the State of Florida and that
26 the information provided in the application is true, accurate,
27 and complete. The affidavit shall be in substantially the
28 following form:.
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30 Under penalty of perjury, I, ...(name of
31 applicant)..., do hereby certify that I
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1 subscribe to and will uphold the principles
2 incorporated in the Constitution of the United
3 States and the Constitution of the State of
4 Florida and that all information provided in
5 this application is true, accurate, and
6 complete.
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8 Signature or electronic authentication
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10 The affidavit shall include substantially the following
11 warning:
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13 WARNING: GIVING FALSE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO
14 OBTAIN OR RENEW A FLORIDA EDUCATOR'S
15 CERTIFICATE IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER FLORIDA
16 LAW. ANYONE GIVING FALSE INFORMATION ON THIS
17 AFFIDAVIT IS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION,
18 AS WELL AS DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY THE EDUCATION
19 PRACTICES COMMISSION.
20 Section 2. Section 1012.561, Florida Statutes,
21 is created to read:
22 1012.561 Address of record.--
23 (1) Each certified educator is responsible for
24 notifying the Bureau of Educator Certification of a change of
25 address. A certified educator or applicant for certification
26 who is employed by a district school board must notify his or
27 her employing school district of a change of address in
28 writing within 10 days after the change has occurred. The
29 employing district school board must notify the bureau of the
30 change of address, in the manner prescribed by the Department
31 of Education, within 20 days after the district school board
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1 receives such notification.
2 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
3 contrary, effective January 1, 2004, service by regular mail
4 to a certified educator's or applicant's last known address of
5 record with the bureau constitutes adequate and sufficient
6 notice to the certified educator or applicant of any official
7 communication, except for an administrative complaint or a
8 notice of denial, to the educator or applicant by the
9 Department of Education, the Education Practices Commission,
10 or the Recovery Network for Educators.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
17 On page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, through line 9,
18 after the semicolon, delete those lines
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21 amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; prescribing an
22 affidavit for educator certification
23 eligibility requirements; creating s. 1012.561,
24 F.S.; requiring certain certified educators and
25 applicants for certification as an eductor to
26 notify the employing school district of any
27 change of address; requiring the school
28 district to notify the Bureau of Educator
29 Certification of the change of address;
30 authorizing service by regular mail for certain
31 purposes;
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