Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 554 Barcode 203258 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/09/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Bogdanoff) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 54 - 96 4 and insert: 5 (c)1. The Department of Education shall establish a 6 disability history and awareness advisory council. The council 7 shall consist of the following members: 8 a. The Commissioner of Education or his or her designee. 9 b. The Florida Youth Council, a group of young people ages 10 15 to 17, and emerging young leaders ages 18 to 30, who live in 11 this state and have disabilities or special health care needs. 12 c. A member of the House of Representatives, appointed by 13 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or his or her 14 designee. 15 d. A member of the Senate, appointed by the President of 16 the Senate, or his or her designee. 17 2. The department shall provide a liaison to assist the 18 council in its operation. The department shall act as the fiscal 19 agent for all financial transactions required by the council. 20 3. The responsibilities of the council shall be, but are 21 not limited to: 22 a. Ensuring that each presenter has first-hand knowledge 23 and experience pertaining to the challenges facing individuals 24 who have disabilities; 25 b. Ensuring that members of the Florida Youth Council in 26 this state continue to remain involved in leadership 27 development, self-advocacy, peer mentoring, and other activities 28 that will improve the quality of life for youth and emerging 29 leaders who have disabilities; and 30 c. Submitting an annual report to the Governor, the 31 President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 32 Representatives, and the superintendent of each school district 33 in this state. 34 4. The council shall meet at least four times a year and 35 more often as needed. 36 37 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 38 And the title is amended as follows: 39 Delete line 16 40 and insert: 41 financial transactions required by the council;