SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 3036
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 400250
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11  Senator Wasserman Schultz moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 14, line 16, through page 15, line 17, delete
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17  and insert:
18         (2)  The educational requirements must include training
19  in the following:
20         (a)  Professionally accepted standards for
21  prekindergarten programs, child development, and strategies
22  and techniques to address the age-appropriate progress of
23  prekindergarten students in attaining the performance
24  standards adopted by the department under s. 1002.65;
25         (b)  Strategies that allow students with disabilities
26  and other special needs to derive maximum benefit from the
27  Florida Prekindergarten Education Program; and
28         (c)  Program administration and operations, including
29  management, organizational leadership, and financial and legal
30  issues.
31         (3)  The prekindergarten director credential must meet
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 3036 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 400250 1 or exceed the requirements of the Department of Children and 2 Family Services for the child care facility director 3 credential under s. 402.305(2)(f), and successful completion 4 of the prekindergarten director credential satisfies these 5 requirements for the child care facility director credential. 6 (4) The department shall, to the maximum extent 7 practicable, award credit to a person who successfully 8 completes the child care facility director credential under s. 9 402.305(2)(f) for those requirements of the prekindergarten 10 director credential which are duplicative of requirements for 11 the child care facility director credential. 12 1002.59 Emergent literacy training course.--By January 13 1, 2005, the department, with the advice of the advisory 14 council, shall adopt minimum standards for a training course 15 in emergent literacy for teachers and child care personnel of 16 the Florida Prekindergarten Education Program. The course 17 shall comprise 5 clock hours and shall provide instruction in 18 strategies and techniques to address the age-appropriate 19 progress of prekindergarten students in the development of 20 emergent literacy skills, including oral communication, 21 knowledge of print and letters, phonemic and phonological 22 awareness, and vocabulary and comprehension development. The 23 course shall also provide resources containing strategies that 24 allow students with disabilities and other special needs to 25 derive maximum benefit from the Florida Prekindergarten 26 Education Program. The 27 28 29 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 On page 1, between lines 24 and 25 2 10:20 AM 04/21/04 s3036.cm34.0l
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 3036 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 400250 1 insert: 2 requiring the credential and course to provide 3 training and resources containing strategies 4 that maximize the program's benefits for 5 students with disabilities and other special 6 needs; 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 10:20 AM 04/21/04 s3036.cm34.0l