1 | The Education Council recommends the following: |
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3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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6 | A bill to be entitled |
7 | An act relating to education personnel; amending s. |
8 | 1012.985, F.S.; authorizing a regional professional |
9 | development academy to receive funds from certain sources |
10 | for the purpose of developing programs and services; |
11 | providing that a regional professional development academy |
12 | is not a component of any school district or governmental |
13 | unit to which it provides services; providing an effective |
14 | date. |
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16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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18 | Section 1. Section 1012.985, Florida Statutes, is amended |
19 | to read: |
20 | 1012.985 Statewide system for inservice professional |
21 | development.-- |
22 | (1) The intent of this section is to establish a statewide |
23 | system of professional development that provides a wide range of |
24 | targeted inservice training to teachers, managers, and |
25 | administrative personnel designed to upgrade skills and |
26 | knowledge needed to reach world class standards in education. |
27 | The system shall consist of a network of professional |
28 | development academies in each region of the state which that are |
29 | operated in partnership with area business partners to develop |
30 | and deliver high-quality training programs purchased by school |
31 | districts. The academies shall be established to meet the human |
32 | resource development needs of professional educators, schools, |
33 | and school districts. Funds appropriated for the initiation of |
34 | professional development academies shall be allocated by the |
35 | Commissioner of Education, unless otherwise provided in an |
36 | appropriations act. To be eligible for startup funds, the |
37 | academy must: |
38 | (a)(1) Be established by the collaborative efforts of one |
39 | or more district school boards, members of the business |
40 | community, and the postsecondary educational institutions which |
41 | may award college credits for courses taught at the academy. |
42 | (b)(2) Demonstrate the capacity to provide effective |
43 | training to improve teaching skills in the areas of elementary |
44 | reading and mathematics, the use of instructional technology, |
45 | high school algebra, and classroom management, and to deliver |
46 | such training using face-to-face, distance learning, and |
47 | individualized computer-based delivery systems. |
48 | (c)(3) Propose a plan for responding in an effective and |
49 | timely manner to the professional development needs of teachers, |
50 | managers, administrative personnel, schools, and school |
51 | districts relating to improving student achievement and meeting |
52 | state and local education goals. |
53 | (d)(4) Demonstrate the ability to provide high-quality |
54 | trainers and training, appropriate followup and coaching for all |
55 | participants, and support school personnel in positively |
56 | impacting student performance. |
57 | (e)(5) Be operated under contract with its public partners |
58 | and governed by an independent board of directors, which should |
59 | include at least one district school superintendent and one |
60 | district school board chair from the participating school |
61 | districts, the president of the collective bargaining unit that |
62 | represents the majority of the region's teachers, and at least |
63 | three individuals who are not employees or elected or appointed |
64 | officials of the participating school districts. Regional |
65 | educational consortia as defined in s. 1001.451 satisfy the |
66 | requirements of this paragraph subsection. |
67 | (f)(6) Be financed during the first year of operation by |
68 | an equal or greater match from private funding sources and |
69 | demonstrate the ability to be self-supporting within 1 year |
70 | after opening through fees for services, grants, or private |
71 | contributions. Regional educational consortia as defined in s. |
72 | 1001.451 which serve rural areas of critical economic concern |
73 | are exempt from the funding match required by this paragraph |
74 | subsection. |
75 | (g)(7) Own or lease a facility that can be used to deliver |
76 | training onsite and through distance learning and other |
77 | technology-based delivery systems. The participating district |
78 | school boards may lease a site or facility to the academy for a |
79 | nominal fee and may pay all or part of the costs of renovating a |
80 | facility to accommodate the academy. The academy is responsible |
81 | for all operational, maintenance, and repair costs. |
82 | (h)(8) Provide professional development services for the |
83 | participating school districts as specified in the contract and |
84 | may provide professional development services to other school |
85 | districts, private schools, and individuals on a fee-for- |
86 | services basis. |
87 | (2) Upon compliance with the requirements for the first |
88 | year of operation in paragraph (1)(f), a regional professional |
89 | development academy: |
90 | (a) May receive funds from the Department of Education or |
91 | as provided in the General Appropriations Act for the purpose of |
92 | developing programs, expanding services, assessing inservice |
93 | training and professional development, or other programs that |
94 | are consistent with the mission of the academy and the needs of |
95 | the state and region; and |
96 | (b) Is not, by virtue of providing services to one or more |
97 | school districts, a component of any school district or any |
98 | governmental unit to which the regional professional development |
99 | academy provides services. |
100 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |