Florida Senate - 2008 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1062
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Senate
Comm: RCS
2/20/2008
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House
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Wise) recommended the
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following amendment:
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Senate Amendment
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Delete line(s) 15-34
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and insert:
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(a) Achievement of passing scores on subject area
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examinations required by state board rule, which may include,
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but need not be limited to, world languages in Arabic, Chinese,
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Farsi, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi,
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Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish;
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(b) Completion of a bachelor's degree or higher and
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verification of the attainment of an oral proficiency interview
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score above the intermediate level and a written proficiency
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score above the intermediate level on a test administered by the
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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for which
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there is no Florida-developed examination;
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(c)(b) Completion of the subject area specialization
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requirements specified in state board rule and verification of
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the attainment of the essential subject matter competencies by
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the district school superintendent of the employing school
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district or chief administrative officer of the employing state-
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supported or private school for a subject area for which a
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subject area examination has not been developed and required by
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state board rule;
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(d)(c) Completion of the subject area specialization
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requirements specified in state board rule for a subject
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coverage requiring a master's or higher degree and achievement
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of a passing score on the subject area examination specified in
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state board rule;
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(e)(d) A valid professional standard teaching certificate
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issued by another state; or
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(f)(e) A valid certificate issued by the National Board
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for
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