Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1213, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/11/2020 04:47 PM       .      03/12/2020 05:03 PM       
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       Senator Bracy moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 17
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. The Commissioner of Education’s African American
    6  History Task Force is directed to examine ways in which the
    7  history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots will be included in
    8  instruction on African-American history required pursuant to s.
    9  1003.42(2)(h), Florida Statutes. The task force shall submit its
   10  recommendations to the Commissioner of Education and the State
   11  Board of Education by March 1, 2021.
   12         Section 2. The Secretary of State is directed to:
   13         (1) In coordination with the Division of Cultural Affairs
   14  of the Department of State, determine how the Museum of Florida
   15  History and other state museums will promote the history of the
   16  1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots through exhibits and educational
   17  programs.
   18         (2) Collaborate with the National Museum of African
   19  American History and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution to
   20  seek inclusion of the history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day
   21  Riots in the museum’s exhibits.
   22         Section 3. The Secretary of Environmental Protection is
   23  directed to determine which state park, or a portion of or a
   24  facility therein, will be named in recognition of any victim of
   25  the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots. The secretary may appoint a
   26  committee to assess naming opportunities. If a change to state
   27  law is required in order to change the designation of a state
   28  park, or a portion of or a facility therein, the secretary shall
   29  submit any such recommendation to the President of the Senate
   30  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   31         Section 4. District school boards are encouraged to assess
   32  opportunities for naming school facilities in recognition of
   33  victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots.
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   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 2
   38  and insert:
   39         An act relating to educational instruction of
   40         historical events; directing the Commissioner of
   41         Education’s African American History Task Force to
   42         determine ways in which the 1920 Ocoee Election Day
   43         Riots will be included in required instruction on
   44         African-American history; requiring the task force to
   45         submit recommendations to the commissioner and the
   46         State Board of Education by a specified date;
   47         directing the Secretary of State to take certain
   48         action regarding the inclusion of the history of the
   49         1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots in museum exhibits;
   50         directing the Secretary of Environmental Protection to
   51         assess naming opportunities for state parks, or a
   52         portion of a facility therein, in recognizing victims
   53         of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; authorizing the
   54         secretary to appoint a committee to assist in
   55         assessing naming opportunities; requiring the
   56         secretary to submit recommendations to the Legislature
   57         under specified circumstances; encouraging district
   58         school boards to assess naming opportunities for
   59         naming school facilities in recognition of victims of
   60         the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; amending s.