Florida Senate - 2021                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 7045, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Thurston moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1402 and 1403
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
    6  1002.421, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1002.421 State school choice scholarship program
    8  accountability and oversight.—
    9         (1) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—A private
   10  school participating in an educational scholarship program
   11  established pursuant to this chapter must be a private school as
   12  defined in s. 1002.01(2) in this state, be registered, and be in
   13  compliance with all requirements of this section in addition to
   14  private school requirements outlined in s. 1002.42, specific
   15  requirements identified within respective scholarship program
   16  laws, and other provisions of Florida law that apply to private
   17  schools, and must:
   18         (h) Employ or contract with teachers who hold baccalaureate
   19  or higher degrees or, have at least 3 years of teaching
   20  experience in public or private schools, or have special skills,
   21  knowledge, or expertise that qualifies them to provide
   22  instruction in subjects taught.
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   24  The department shall suspend the payment of funds to a private
   25  school that knowingly fails to comply with this subsection, and
   26  shall prohibit the school from enrolling new scholarship
   27  students, for 1 fiscal year and until the school complies. If a
   28  private school fails to meet the requirements of this subsection
   29  or has consecutive years of material exceptions listed in the
   30  report required under paragraph (q), the commissioner may
   31  determine that the private school is ineligible to participate
   32  in a scholarship program.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 39
   37  and insert:
   38         Credit Scholarship Program; amending s. 1002.421,
   39         F.S.; deleting a provision requiring private schools
   40         participating in an educational scholarship program to
   41         employ or contract with teachers based on them having
   42         special skills, knowledge, or expertise that qualifies
   43         them to provide instruction; amending ss. 1002.40,