Senate Bill sb2512

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2512

    By Senator Wise





    5-1377A-07                                         See HB 1219

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public school educator

  3         certification; creating s. 1012.587, F.S.;

  4         specifying inservice requirements for educators

  5         who provide English for Speakers of Other

  6         Languages instruction; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 1012.587, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         1012.587  Inservice requirements for English for

14  Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) educators.--To ensure the

15  most conducive learning environment and the use of appropriate

16  teaching strategies for students with limited English

17  proficiency, inservice requirements for educators who provide

18  English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) instruction

19  shall be as follows:

20         (1)  For a primary English instructor who is an

21  English/language arts teacher, 300 inservice hours or the

22  equivalent.

23         (2)  For an instructor teaching the core curriculum

24  subjects of reading, intensive reading, mathematics, science,

25  social studies, or computer literacy, 60 inservice hours or

26  the equivalent.

27         (3)  For an instructor teaching noncore curriculum

28  subjects, 18 inservice hours or the equivalent.

29         (4)  For a school administrator or guidance counselor,

30  60 inservice hours or the equivalent.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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