Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2480
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11  The Committee on Education Appropriations (Wise) recommended
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14         Senate Amendment 
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16            page 28, line 21, delete those lines,
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19         (r)  Must ensure that each individual who has direct
20  student contact with a scholarship student be of good moral
21  character, be subject to level 1 background screening provided
22  under chapter 435, be denied employment or terminated if
23  required under s. 435.06, and not be ineligible to teach in a
24  public school because his or her educator certificate is
25  suspended or revoked.
26         1.  As used in this paragraph, the term "direct student
27  contact" means unsupervised access to a scholarship student
28  for whom the private school is responsible.
29         2.  The costs of fingerprinting and the background
30  check shall not be borne by the state.
31         3.  Continued employment of an individual after
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2480
                        Barcode 465788
 1  notification that the individual has failed the level 1
 2  background screening shall cause a private school to be
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 4         4.  An individual holding a valid Florida teaching
 5  certificate who has been fingerprinted pursuant to s. 1012.32
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