Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1774 By Senator Bullard 39-01428-12 20121774__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to instructional personnel in public 3 schools; amending s. 1012.34, F.S.; providing that a 4 teacher who is rated as effective or highly effective 5 may retain his or her rating for 3 years upon 6 volunteering at or transferring to a high-need or low 7 performing school; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Present subsection (8) of section 1012.34, 12 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (9), and a new 13 subsection (8) is added to that section, to read: 14 1012.34 Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria.— 15 (8) PERFORMANCE RATING RETENTION.—A teacher who is rated as 16 effective or highly effective and who volunteers at a high-need 17 or low-performing school or who is transferred to a high-need or 18 low-performing school may retain his or her rating for 3 years 19 upon volunteering at or transferring to the high-need or low 20 performing school. 21 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.