Senate Bill sb1004

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1004

    By Senator Bullard





    39-690-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to personnel discipline in

  3         public schools; amending s. 1012.795, F.S.;

  4         authorizing the Education Practices Commission

  5         to penalize any person who knowingly obtained

  6         or knowingly attempted to obtain an educator

  7         certificate by fraudulent means; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

13  1012.795, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         1012.795  Education Practices Commission; authority to

15  discipline.--

16         (1)  The Education Practices Commission may suspend the

17  educator certificate of any person as defined in s. 1012.01(2)

18  or (3) for a period of time not to exceed 5 years, thereby

19  denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be

20  employed by a district school board or public school in any

21  capacity requiring direct contact with students for that

22  period of time, after which the holder may return to teaching

23  as provided in subsection (4); may revoke the educator

24  certificate of any person, thereby denying that person the

25  right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school

26  board or public school in any capacity requiring direct

27  contact with students for a period of time not to exceed 10

28  years, with reinstatement subject to the provisions of

29  subsection (4); may revoke permanently the educator

30  certificate of any person thereby denying that person the

31  right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1004
    39-690-06




 1  board or public school in any capacity requiring direct

 2  contact with students; may suspend the educator certificate,

 3  upon order of the court, of any person found to have a

 4  delinquent child support obligation; or may impose any other

 5  penalty provided by law, provided it can be shown that the

 6  person:

 7         (a)  Knowingly obtained or knowingly attempted to

 8  obtain an educator certificate by fraudulent means.

 9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

10  law.

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      any person who knowingly obtained or knowingly attempted
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