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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Gaetz) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 604-629

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and insert:

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(6)  Each prekindergarten instructor employed by a public school

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delivering the school-year prekindergarten program must be of

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good moral character, must be screened using the level 2

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screening standards in s. 435.04 before employment and rescreened

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at least once every 5 years, must be denied employment or

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terminated if required under s. 435.06, and must not be

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ineligible to teach in a public school because his or her

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educator certificate is suspended or revoked. This subsection

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does not supersede employment requirements for instructional

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personnel in public schools which are more stringent than the

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requirements of this subsection.

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(7) A public school prekindergarten provider may assign a

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substitute instructor to temporarily replace a credentialed

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instructor if the credentialed instructor assigned to a

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prekindergarten class is absent, as long as the substitute

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instructor is of good moral character and has been screened in

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accordance with level 2 background screening requirements in s.

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435.04, and meets the screening standards in that section. The

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Agency for Workforce Innovation shall adopt rules to implement

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this subsection which shall include required qualifications of

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substitute instructors and the circumstances and time limits for

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which a public school prekindergarten provider may assign a

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substitute instructor.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 20-21

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and insert:

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     prekindergarten providers; providing

3/18/2008  11:32:00 AM     ED.ED.05182