Senate Bill sb2512c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 2512

    By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Wise
    and King




    581-2560-07

  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 the primary English instructor (Basic ESOL)

21  who is an English/Language Arts teacher, 300 inservice hours

22  or the equivalent.

23         (2)  For an instructor teaching the basic subject areas

24  of reading, mathematics, science, social studies or computer

25  literacy, 60 inservice hours or the equivalent.

26         (3)  For an instructor teaching other subject areas

27  other than basic ESOL or basic subject areas 18 inservice

28  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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    Florida Senate - 2007                           CS for SB 2512
    581-2560-07




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 2512

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 4  The committee substitute clarifies the types of instructors
    who are subject to inservice requirements. The committee
 5  substitute provides the following requirements:

 6  -300 inservice hours or the equivalent for the primary English
    instructor (Basic ESOL) who is an English/Language Arts
 7  teacher;

 8  -60 inservice hours or the equivalent for an instructor
    teaching the basic subject areas of reading, mathematics,
 9  science, social studies or computer literacy; and

10  -18 inservice hours or the equivalent for an instructor
    teaching other subject areas other than basic ESOL or basic
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