Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (248470) for CS for SB 736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  02/23/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Montford) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 719 - 743
    4  and insert:
    5         (d) “Professional performance contract” means an employment
    6  contract for instructional personnel for a period of 3 school
    7  years, which shall be renewed for additional 3-year periods as
    8  long as the individual has not received two consecutive
    9  unsatisfactory evaluations under s. 1012.34, two unsatisfactory
   10  evaluations within a 3-year period under s. 1012.34, or three
   11  evaluations of needs improvement within any 5-year period under
   12  s. 1012.34.
   13         (2) EMPLOYMENT—
   14         (a) Beginning on July 1, 1011, each individual newly hired
   15  as instructional personnel by a Florida school district shall
   16  receive a probationary contract.
   17         (b) The district school board may issue an annual contract
   18  to instructional personnel who have successfully completed the
   19  probationary contract if the individual:
   20         1. Holds a professional certificate or temporary
   21  certificate issued pursuant to s. 1012.56 and rules of the State
   22  Board of Education.
   23         2. Has been recommended by the district school
   24  superintendent for the annual contract based upon the
   25  individual’s evaluation, as determined under s. 1012.34, and
   26  approved by the district school board.
   27         (c) Upon completion of no less than 3 years of employment
   28  in the same school district within a 5-year period, except for
   29  leave duly authorized and granted, instructional personnel
   30  recommended for additional employment shall be awarded a
   31  professional performance contract. Instructional personnel may
   32  be required to serve a fourth year of employment before becoming
   33  eligible to receive a professional performance contract when
   34  prescribed by the district school board for good reason.
   35         1. A professional performance contract may be offered by a
   36  district school board to instructional personnel only if the
   37  individual:
   38         a. Holds a professional certificate or temporary
   39  certificate as prescribed by s. 1012.56 and rules of the State
   40  Board of Education.
   41         b. Has been recommended by the district school
   42  superintendent for further employment and approved by the
   43  district school board based on successful performance of duties
   44  and demonstration of professional competence under s. 1012.34.
   45         c. Has not received two consecutive unsatisfactory
   46  evaluations under s. 1012.34, two unsatisfactory evaluations
   47  within a 3-year period under s. 1012.34, or three evaluations of
   48  needs improvement within any 5-year period under s. 1012.34.
   49         2. A district school board may issue a professional
   50  performance contract after July 1, 2011, to any instructional
   51  personnel staff member who has previously held a professional
   52  performance contract, a professional service contract, or a
   53  continuing contract in the same or another school district
   54  within this state. Any instructional personnel staff member who
   55  holds a professional service contract or a continuing contract
   56  may, but is not required to, exchange such contract for a
   57  professional performance contract in the same district.
   58         3. If a professional performance contract is not renewed by
   59  the district school board based on performance of duties and
   60  demonstration of professional competence of the individual under
   61  s. 1012.34, upon the recommendation of the superintendent and
   62  upon the approval of the district school board, the individual
   63  may be appointed to up to three additional annual contracts or
   64  not be offered an additional contract. At the time of making
   65  such recommendation to the district school board, the
   66  superintendent shall state the performance-based reason for his
   67  or her recommendation and the district school board shall take
   68  final action on such recommendation.