Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2156, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 7/AD/3R         .                                
             04/07/2011 02:51 PM       .                                
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       Senators Lynn and Wise moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 14366 and 14367
    4  insert:
    5         3. Provide comprehensive services to the state’s birth to
    6  five population which shall ensure the preservation of parental
    7  choice by permitting parents to choose from a variety of child
    8  care categories, including: Center-based child care; Group home
    9  child care; Family child care; and In-home child care. Under
   10  each of the above categories, care and curriculum by a sectarian
   11  provider may not be limited or excluded.
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   13         Delete lines 20172 - 20177
   14  and insert:
   15         actions, including the use of a curriculum approved by the
   16  department under paragraph (2)(c) or a staff development plan to
   17  strengthen instruction in language development and phonological
   18  awareness approved by the department.
   19         3. A private prekindergarten provider or public school that
   20  is placed on probation must continue the corrective actions
   21  required under subparagraph 2., including the use of a
   22  curriculum or a staff development plan to strengthen instruction
   23  in language development and phonological awareness approved by
   24  the department, until the provider or
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 373
   29  and insert:
   30         provisions; amending s. 411.01(4), F.S., to ensure the
   31  Department of Education provides preservation of parental
   32  choice; amending s. 1002.67, F.S., to provide for private
   33  prekindergarten providers or pubic school that are on probation
   34  to use a staff development plan to strengthen instruction in
   35  language development and phonological awareness approved by the
   36  department; transferring,