Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1756
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/09/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Simmons)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 402 - 414
    4  and insert:
    5         (1)(a) A Florida private school participating in the
    6  Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program established pursuant to
    7  s. 1002.395 or an educational scholarship program established
    8  pursuant to this chapter must comply with all requirements of
    9  this section in addition to private school requirements outlined
   10  in s. 1002.42, specific requirements identified within
   11  respective scholarship program laws, and other provisions of
   12  Florida law that apply to private schools.
   13         (b) For purposes of this section, the term “owner or
   14  operator” includes an owner, operator, superintendent, or
   15  principal of an eligible private school or a person with
   16  equivalent decisionmaking authority over an eligible private
   17  school.
   18         (2) A private school participating in a scholarship program
   19  must be a Florida private school as defined in s. 1002.01(2),
   20  must be registered in accordance with s. 1002.42, and must:
   21         (h) Employ or contract with teachers who:
   22         1. Unless otherwise specified under this paragraph, hold
   23  baccalaureate or higher degrees, have at least 3 years of
   24  teaching experience in public or private schools, or have
   25  objectively identified special skills, knowledge, or expertise
   26  that qualifies them to provide instruction in subjects taught.
   27         2. Hold baccalaureate or higher degrees from a regionally
   28  or nationally accredited college or university in the United
   29  States or from a recognized college or university in another
   30  country. This subparagraph applies to full-time teachers hired
   31  after July 1, 2018, who are teaching students in grade 2 or
   32  above.
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   34  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   35  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   36         Delete lines 397 - 398
   37  and insert:
   38  are added to that section, and subsection (1), paragraphs (h)
   39  and (i) of subsection (2), and subsections (4) and (5) of that
   40  section are
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete line 34
   45  and insert:
   46         amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; defining the term “owner
   47         or operator”; requiring a private school