Senate Bill sb2788

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2788

    By Senator Wasserman Schultz





    34-1509-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educator certification

  3         requirements; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.;

  4         providing requirements relating to the mastery

  5         of subject area knowledge which

  6         librarians/media specialists must fulfill;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 1012.56, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         1012.56  Educator certification requirements.--

14         (4)  MASTERY OF SUBJECT AREA KNOWLEDGE.--Acceptable

15  means of demonstrating mastery of subject area knowledge are:

16         (a)  Achievement of passing scores on subject area

17  examinations required by state board rule;

18         (b)  Completion of the subject area specialization

19  requirements specified in state board rule and verification of

20  the attainment of the essential subject matter competencies by

21  the district school superintendent of the employing school

22  district or chief administrative officer of the employing

23  state-supported or private school for a subject area for which

24  a subject area examination has not been developed and required

25  by state board rule;

26         (c)  Completion of the subject area specialization

27  requirements specified in state board rule for a subject

28  coverage requiring a master's or higher degree or

29  instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(c) and

30  achievement of a passing score on the subject area examination

31  specified in state board rule;

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2788
    34-1509-04




 1         (d)  A valid professional standard teaching certificate

 2  issued by another state; or

 3         (e)  A valid certificate issued by the National Board

 4  for Professional Teaching Standards.

 5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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