Senate Bill sb0668

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 668

    By Senator Rich





    34-478-06                                           See HB 203

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public school class size;

  3         amending s. 1003.03, F.S.; including

  4         co-teaching as an option to meet the

  5         constitutional class size maximums; authorizing

  6         co-teaching to be used in determining the

  7         teacher-to-student ratio per classroom;

  8         providing an 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.  Paragraphs (e) through (l) of subsection

13  (3) of section 1003.03, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

14  paragraphs (f) through (m), respectively, and a new paragraph

15  (e) is added to that subsection to read:

16         1003.03  Maximum class size.--

17         (3)  IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS.--District school boards

18  must consider, but are not limited to, implementing the

19  following items in order to meet the constitutional class size

20  maximums described in subsection (1) and the

21  two-student-per-year reduction required in subsection (2):

22         (e)  Use co-teaching as an instructional strategy in

23  which two or more teachers in a classroom share responsibility

24  for planning, delivering, and evaluating instruction for

25  students in the class. Co-teaching may be used in determining

26  the teacher-to-student ratio for the purpose of compliance

27  with the class size requirements of this section.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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