Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2512
                        Barcode 864868
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11  The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Wise) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, lines 13-30, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  
18         1012.587  Educator certification in English for
19  Speakers of Other Languages.--
20         (1)  The Department of Education or a school district
21  may not require an educator having a certification or
22  endorsement in reading or intensive reading to earn more than
23  60 inservice hours for endorsement in English for Speakers of
24  Other Languages after credit is applied for duplicative
25  competencies from certification or endorsement in reading or
26  intensive reading.
27         (2)  The Department of Education or a school district,
28  when requiring an educator to obtain certification or
29  endorsement in English for Speakers of Other Languages upon
30  assignment of a limited English proficient student to the
31  educator, may not require the educator to begin meeting the
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2512 Barcode 864868 1 certification or endorsement requirements less than 45 school 2 days or one grading period after the student is assigned, 3 whichever is less. 4 5 6 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 7 And the title is amended as follows: 8 On page 1, lines 4-6, delete those lines 9 10 and insert: 11 prohibiting certain requirements for 12 certification or endorsement of educators in 13 English for Speakers of Other Languages; 14 providing an effective 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 8:06 AM 03/27/07 s2512c-ed05-t01