Florida Senate - 2018 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 495, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 2a/RE/3R .
03/08/2018 02:45 PM .
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Senator Garcia moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (802062) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 971 - 1109
5 and insert:
6 assessments constitutes 30 percent of a student’s final course
7 grade.
8 5. All statewide, standardized EOC assessments must be
9 administered online except as otherwise provided in paragraph
10 (c).
11 6. A student enrolled in an Advanced Placement (AP),
12 International Baccalaureate (IB), or Advanced International
13 Certificate of Education (AICE) course who takes the respective
14 AP, IB, or AICE assessment and earns the minimum score necessary
15 to earn college credit, as identified in s. 1007.27(2), meets
16 the requirements of this paragraph and does not have to take the
17 EOC assessment for the corresponding course.
18 Section 15. Except for section 3 of this act, which shall
19 take effect upon this act becoming a law, and except for
20 sections 4 and 5 of this act, which shall take effect October 1,
21 2018, this act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
25 Delete lines 1115 - 1193
26 and insert:
27 An act relating to K-12 public education; amending s.
28 121.091, F.S.; revising limitations on the maximum
29 length of participation in the Deferred Retirement
30 Option Program for certain instructional personnel and
31 administrative personnel; requiring an employer to
32 notify the Division of Retirement of the Department of
33 Management Services regarding any change in
34 termination date and program participation for each
35 affected member; providing a statement of important
36 state interest; amending s. 1007.2616, F.S.; providing
37 a definition; providing requirements for specified
38 instruction relating to computer science; requiring
39 certain computer science courses to be included in the
40 Course Code Directory and published on the Department
41 of Education’s website by a specified date; requiring
42 the Florida Virtual School to offer certain computer
43 science courses; requiring school districts to provide
44 access to computer science courses offered by the
45 Florida Virtual School or by other means under certain
46 circumstances; providing funds for school districts to
47 provide professional development for classroom
48 teachers; providing Department of Education
49 responsibilities for the distribution of such funds;
50 requiring high school students to be provided
51 opportunities to take certain courses to meet certain
52 graduation requirements; providing funds for bonuses
53 for certain classroom teachers; requiring, rather than
54 authorizing, the State Board of Education to adopt
55 rules; creating s. 800.101, F.S.; providing
56 definitions; prohibiting certain conduct with students
57 by authority figures; providing penalties; providing
58 exceptions; amending s. 810.097, F.S.; including
59 school buses within the definition of the term
60 “school” for purposes of trespass upon grounds or
61 facilities of a school; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.;
62 requiring school districts to adopt certain standards
63 of ethical conduct; requiring the district school
64 superintendent to report certain misconduct to law
65 enforcement agencies; amending s. 1001.51, F.S.;
66 providing for the forfeiture of a district school
67 superintendent’s salary for a specified period for
68 failure to report certain misconduct to law
69 enforcement agencies; amending s. 1012.27, F.S.;
70 requiring the district school superintendent to notify
71 a parent of specified information relating to
72 allegations of misconduct by instructional personnel
73 or school administrators; amending s. 1012.31, F.S.;
74 requiring a resignation or termination before an
75 investigation of certain misconduct is concluded to be
76 indicated in a personnel file; specifying that legally
77 sufficient complaints of certain misconduct must be
78 reported to the Department of Education; amending s.
79 1012.315, F.S.; expanding the scope of provisions
80 requiring the disqualification of persons convicted of
81 certain offenses to apply to all persons who are
82 required to have contact with students; providing an
83 additional offense that disqualifies such persons from
84 employment; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; authorizing the
85 Department of Education to deny applicants for
86 certification if the applicant could be disciplined by
87 the Education Practices Commission; authorizing the
88 commission to approve an application with certain
89 conditions; amending s. 1012.795, F.S.; authorizing
90 the commission to take certain actions against persons
91 who meet specified criteria; revising reporting
92 requirements concerning specified misconduct by
93 certified personnel; amending s. 1012.796, F.S.;
94 requiring a school district to file certain complaints
95 with the Department of Education even if the subject
96 of the complaint is no longer employed by the
97 district; requiring certain information be included on
98 an educator’s certificate file; requiring certified
99 educators who are placed on probation to immediately
100 notify a specified office upon separation from, rather
101 than termination of, employment; amending s. 1008.22,
102 F.S.; specifying that certain students enrolled in
103 specified courses do not have to take the
104 corresponding end-of-course assessment; providing
105 effective dates.