SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 520 & CS for SB 494
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 780356
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11  Senator Constantine moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 39, between lines 15 and 16,
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17         Section 18.  Subsection (1) of section 1013.20, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         1013.20  Standards for relocatables used as classroom
20  space; inspections.--
21         (1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
22  establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term
23  use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle
24  school, or high school. "Long-term use" means the use of
25  relocatables at the same educational plant for a period of 4
26  years or more. Each relocatable acquired by a district school
27  board after the effective date of the rules and intended for
28  long-term use must comply with the standards. District school
29  boards shall submit a plan for the use of existing
30  relocatables within the 5-year work program to be reviewed and
31  approved by the commissioner by January 1, 2003. A progress
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 520 & CS for SB 494 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 780356 1 report shall be provided by the commissioner to the Speaker of 2 the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 3 each January thereafter. Relocatables that fail to meet the 4 standards after completion of the approved plan may not be 5 used as classrooms. The standards shall protect the health, 6 safety, and welfare of occupants by requiring compliance with 7 the Florida Building Code or the State Requirements for 8 Educational Facilities for existing relocatables, as 9 applicable, to ensure the safety and stability of construction 10 and onsite installation; fire and moisture protection; air 11 quality and ventilation; appropriate wind resistance; and 12 compliance with the requirements of the Americans with 13 Disabilities Act of 1990. If appropriate and where 14 relocatables are not scheduled for replacement, the standards 15 must also require relocatables to provide access to the same 16 technologies available to similar classrooms within the main 17 school facility and, if appropriate, and where relocatables 18 are not scheduled for replacement, at the discretion of the 19 local school board, may to be accessible by adequate covered 20 walkways. A relocatable that is subject to this section and 21 does not meet the standards shall not be reported as providing 22 satisfactory student stations in the Florida Inventory of 23 School Houses. 24 25 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 26 27 28 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 29 And the title is amended as follows: 30 On page 3, line 26, after the second semicolon, 31 2 12:08 AM 04/27/04 s0520c2c-22j06
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 520 & CS for SB 494 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 780356 1 insert: 2 amending s. 1013.20, F.S.; authorizing a 3 district school board to determine the need for 4 covered walkways; 5 6 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 12:08 AM 04/27/04 s0520c2c-22j06