Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2
                        Barcode 454552
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11  The Committee on Education (Webster) recommended the following
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 48, line 3, through
16            page 50, line 29, delete those lines
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19         (g)  Ensure that each employee with direct student
20  contact is of good moral character; is subject to the level 1
21  background screening as provided under chapter 453; is denied
22  employment, or terminated from employment, if required under
23  s. 435.06; and is not ineligible to teach in a public school
24  because his or her educator certificate is suspended or
25  revoked. This requirement does not apply to an individual who
26  holds a valid Florida teaching certificate and has been
27  fingerprinted under s. 1012.32.  A school that continues to
28  employ an individual after notification that the individual
29  has failed the level 1 background screening is not eligible to
30  participate in the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students
31  with Disabilities Program and may not provide scholarships
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2
                        Barcode 454552
 1  under that program. As used in this paragraph, the term
 2  "employee with direct student contact" means an individual,
 3  paid by the school to provide a service or fill a position,
 4  who has unsupervised access to a scholarship student of the
 5  school. The costs of fingerprinting and the background check
 6  may not be borne by the state.
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10  And the title is amended as follows:
11         On page 8, lines 5-12, delete those lines
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14         requiring a private school to ensure that an
15         employee with direct student contact undergo a
16         background screening and meet certain criteria;
17         providing that the state may not bear the cost
18         of the background check; requiring a
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