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Senator Gaetz moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 166 and 167,

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insert:

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     Section 3.  Subsection (3) of section 1001.41, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     1001.41  General powers of district school board.--The

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district school board, after considering recommendations

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submitted by the district school superintendent, shall exercise

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the following general powers:

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     (3) Prescribe and Adopt standards and policies that to

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provide each student the opportunity to receive a complete

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education program, including instruction in the core curricular

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content established in language arts, mathematics, science,

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social studies, health, physical education, foreign languages,

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and the arts, as defined by the Next Generation Sunshine State

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Standards. The standards and policies must emphasize integration

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and reinforcement of reading, writing, and mathematics skills

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across all subjects, including career awareness, career

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exploration, and Career and technical education standards and

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policies must integrate with and reinforce the Next Generation

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Sunshine State Standards.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 8, after the first semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 1001.41, F.S.; revising the general powers of

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district school boards;

4/28/2008  10:10:00 PM     4-08936-08