Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 934
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Education (Wright) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 101 - 123
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5 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
6 (a) of subsection (3) of section 1004.85, Florida Statutes, are
7 amended to read:
8 1004.85 Postsecondary educator preparation institutes.—
9 (2)(a) Postsecondary institutions that are accredited or
10 approved as described in State Board of Education rule may seek
11 approval from the Department of Education to create educator
12 preparation institutes for the purpose of providing any or all
13 of the following:
14 1. Professional development instruction to assist teachers
15 in improving classroom instruction and in meeting certification
16 or recertification requirements.
17 2. Instruction to assist potential and existing substitute
18 teachers in performing their duties.
19 3. Instruction to assist paraprofessionals in meeting
20 education and training requirements.
21 4. Instruction for baccalaureate degree holders to become
22 certified teachers as provided in this section in order to
23 increase routes to the classroom for mid-career professionals
24 who hold a baccalaureate degree and college graduates who were
25 not education majors.
26 5. Instruction and professional development for part-time
27 and full-time nondegreed teachers of career programs under s.
28 1012.39(1)(c).
29 (3) Educator preparation institutes approved pursuant to
30 this section may offer competency-based certification programs
31 specifically designed for noneducation major baccalaureate
32 degree holders to enable program participants to meet the
33 educator certification requirements of s. 1012.56. An educator
34 preparation institute choosing to offer a competency-based
35 certification program pursuant to the provisions of this section
36 must implement a program previously approved by the Department
37 of Education for this purpose or a program developed by the
38 institute and approved by the department for this purpose.
39 Approved programs shall be available for use by other approved
40 educator preparation institutes.
41 (a) Within 90 days after receipt of a request for approval,
42 the Department of Education shall approve a preparation program
43 pursuant to the requirements of this subsection or issue a
44 statement of the deficiencies in the request for approval. The
45 department shall approve a certification program if the
46 institute provides evidence of the institute’s capacity to
47 implement a competency-based program that includes each of the
48 following:
49 1.a. Participant instruction and assessment in the Florida
50 Educator Accomplished Practices across content areas.
51 b. The use of state-adopted student content standards to
52 guide curriculum and instruction.
53 c. Scientifically researched and evidence-based reading
54 instructional strategies that improve reading performance for
55 all students, including explicit, systematic, and sequential
56 approaches to teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary,
57 fluency, and text comprehension and multisensory intervention
58 strategies.
59 d. Content literacy and mathematical practices.
60 e. Strategies appropriate for instruction of English
61 language learners.
62 f. Strategies appropriate for instruction of students with
63 disabilities.
64 g. Strategies to differentiate instruction based on student
65 needs.
66 h. The use of character-based classroom management.
67 i. Strategies appropriate for the early identification of
68 students in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge and
69 the referral of such students to a mental health professional
70 for support.
71 j. Strategies to support the use of technology in education
72 and distance learning.
73 2. An educational plan for each participant to meet
74 certification requirements and demonstrate his or her ability to
75 teach the subject area for which the participant is seeking
76 certification, which is based on an assessment of his or her
77 competency in the areas listed in subparagraph 1.
78 3. Field experiences appropriate to the certification
79 subject area specified in the educational plan with a diverse
80 population of students in a variety of challenging environments,
81 including, but not limited to, high-poverty schools, urban
82 schools, and rural schools, under the supervision of qualified
83 educators.
84 4. A certification ombudsman to facilitate the process and
85 procedures required for participants who complete the program to
86 meet any requirements related to the background screening
87 pursuant to s. 1012.32 and educator professional or temporary
88 certification pursuant to s. 1012.56.
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91 And the title is amended as follows:
92 Delete line 17
93 and insert:
94 nondegreed teachers of career programs; requiring the
95 Department of Education to approve a certification
96 program if an institute provides evidence of its
97 capacity to implement a competency-based program that
98 includes specified strategies; amending s.