Senate Bill sb1004e1

    SB 1004                                        First Engrossed



  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 for

  8         prospective application of the act; providing

  9         an effective date.

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

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

14  1012.795, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         1012.795  Education Practices Commission; authority to

16  discipline.--

17         (1)  The Education Practices Commission may suspend the

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

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

20  denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be

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

22  capacity requiring direct contact with students for that

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

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

25  certificate of any person, thereby denying that person the

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

27  board or public school in any capacity requiring direct

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

29  years, with reinstatement subject to the provisions of

30  subsection (4); may revoke permanently the educator

31  certificate of any person thereby denying that person the


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    SB 1004                                        First Engrossed



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

 2  board or public school in any capacity requiring direct

 3  contact with students; may suspend the educator certificate,

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

 5  delinquent child support obligation; or may impose any other

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

 7  person:

 8         (a)  Knowingly obtained or knowingly attempted to

 9  obtain an educator certificate by fraudulent means.

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

11  law and applies prospectively.

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