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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

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     Delete line(s) 524-549

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and insert:

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     (5)  Each prekindergarten instructor employed by a public

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school or private prekindergarten provider delivering the summer

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prekindergarten program must be of good moral character, must be

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screened using the level 2 standards in s. 435.04 before

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employment and rescreened at least once every 5 years, must be

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denied employment or terminated if required under s. 435.06, and

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must not be ineligible to teach in a public school because his or

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her 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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(6) A public school or private prekindergarten provider may

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assign a substitute instructor to temporarily replace a

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credentialed instructor if the credentialed instructor assigned

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to a 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 or private prekindergarten provider may

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assign a substitute instructor.

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3/18/2008  11:20:00 AM     ED.ED.05175