Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
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11  Senator Lynn moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
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18         (3)  Train K-12 teachers and school principals on
19  effective content-area-specific reading strategies. For
20  secondary teachers, emphasis shall be on technical text. These
21  strategies must be developed for all content areas in the K-12
22  curriculum.
23         (4)  Provide parents with information and strategies
24  for assisting their children in reading in the content area.
25         (5)  Provide technical assistance to school districts
26  in the development and implementation of district plans for
27  use of the research-based reading instruction allocation
28  provided in s. 1011.62(8) and annually review and approve such
29  plans.
30         (6)  Review, evaluate, and provide technical assistance
31  to school districts' implementation of the K-12 comprehensive
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    Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 281222
 1  reading plan required in s. 1011.62(8).
 2         (7)  Work with the Florida Center for Reading Research
 3  to provide information on research-based reading programs and
 4  effective reading in the content area strategies.
 5         (8)  Periodically review the Sunshine State Standards
 6  for reading at all grade levels.
 7         (9)  Periodically review teacher certification
 8  examinations, including alternative certification exams, to
 9  ascertain whether the examinations measure the skills needed
10  for research-based reading instruction and instructional
11  strategies for teaching reading in the content areas.
12         (10)  Work with teacher preparation programs approved
13  pursuant to s. 1004.04 to integrate research-based reading
14  instructional strategies and reading in the content area
15  instructional strategies into teacher preparation programs.
16         (11)  Administer grants and perform other functions as
17  necessary to meet the goal that all students read at grade
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