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Florida Senate - 2005 SB 2380
By Senator Wise
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to certification of
3 professional staff; requiring the Department of
4 Juvenile Justice to establish a workgroup to
5 study the certification of professional staff
6 working for a provider of juvenile justice
7 services; providing for membership; requiring
8 the workgroup to consider the feasibility of
9 implementing and operating a certification
10 system for professional staff; requiring the
11 workgroup to consider, at a minimum, certain
12 specified issues; directing the workgroup to
13 recommend a process for testing and validating
14 the effectiveness of the recommended
15 professional staff development system;
16 requiring the workgroup to prepare a report of
17 its deliberations and recommendations and to
18 submit the report to the Governor, the
19 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
20 House of Representatives by a specified date;
21 providing an effective date.
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Certification for juvenile justice provider
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27 (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish
28 a workgroup to study the feasibility of a certification system
29 for professional staff working for a provider of juvenile
30 justice services.
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1 (2) The membership shall include, but is not limited
2 to, two representatives of the department, two representatives
3 of providers of juvenile justice services, two members of the
4 Florida Juvenile Justice Association, and two representatives
5 of the Florida Certification Board. Other interested parties
6 may also participate.
7 (3) The workgroup shall consider the feasibility of
8 implementing and operating a certification system for
9 professional staff who work at juvenile justice facilities or
10 in juvenile justice programs. The workgroup shall consider, at
11 a minimum, the occupational levels of professional staff
12 subject to certification, the criteria that may be used to
13 certify staff, the levels of certification, the benefits that
14 will be derived for the juvenile justice system, and the cost
15 to implement the proposed certification system. The workgroup
16 shall also recommend a process for testing and validating the
17 effectiveness of the recommended professional staff
18 development system.
19 (4) The workgroup shall prepare a report of its
20 deliberations and recommendations. The workgroup shall submit
21 the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
22 the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1,
23 2006.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish
a workgroup to study the certification of professional
4 staff working for a provider of juvenile justice
services. Requires the workgroup to consider the
5 feasibility of implementing and operating a certification
system for professional staff. Requires the workgroup to
6 consider, at a minimum, certain specified issues. Directs
the workgroup to recommend a process for testing and
7 validating the effectiveness of the recommended
professional staff development system. Requires the
8 workgroup to prepare a report of its deliberations and
recommendations and to submit the report to the Governor,
9 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives by a specified date.
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