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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (Dockery)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 48 and 49,

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insert:

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     (6)  TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.--

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     (a)  The Department of Education shall issue a professional

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certificate for a period not to exceed 5 years to any applicant

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who meets all the requirements outlined in subsection (2).

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     (b)  The department shall issue a temporary certificate to

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any applicant who completes the requirements outlined in

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paragraphs (2)(a)-(f) and completes the subject area content

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requirements specified in state board rule or demonstrates

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mastery of subject area knowledge pursuant to subsection (4) and

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holds an accredited degree or a degree approved by the Department

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of Education at the level required for the subject area

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specialization in state board rule.

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     (c)  The department shall issue one nonrenewable 2-year

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temporary certificate and one nonrenewable 5-year professional

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certificate to a qualified applicant who holds a bachelor's

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degree in the area of speech-language impairment to allow for

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completion of a master's degree program in speech-language

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impairment.

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Each temporary certificate is valid for 3 school fiscal years and

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is nonrenewable. However, the requirement in paragraph (2)(g)

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must be met within 1 calendar year of the date of employment

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under the temporary certificate. Individuals who are employed

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under contract at the end of the 1 calendar year time period may

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continue to be employed through the end of the school year in

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which they have been contracted. A school district shall not

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employ, or continue the employment of, an individual in a

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position for which a temporary certificate is required beyond

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this time period if the individual has not met the requirement of

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paragraph (2)(g). The State Board of Education shall adopt rules

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to allow the department to extend the validity period of a

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temporary certificate for 2 years when the requirements for the

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professional certificate, not including the requirement in

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paragraph (2)(g), were not completed due to the serious illness

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or injury of the applicant or other extraordinary extenuating

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circumstances. The department shall reissue the temporary

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certificate for 2 additional years upon approval by the

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Commissioner of Education. A written request for reissuance of

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the certificate shall be submitted by the district school

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superintendent, the governing authority of a university lab

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school, the governing authority of a state-supported school, or

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the governing authority of a private school.

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====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T =====

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And the directory clause is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 10-11

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsections (4) and (6) of section 1012.56,

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Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 6, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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revising requirements relating to the issuance of

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temporary certificates;

4/3/2008  4:56:00 PM     15-06658-08