Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 934
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/02/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Wright) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 263 and 264
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Section 1012.575, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         1012.575 Alternative preparation programs for certified
    8  teachers to add additional coverage.—A district school board, or
    9  an organization of private schools or a consortium of charter
   10  schools with an approved professional development system as
   11  described in s. 1012.98(6), may design alternative teacher
   12  preparation programs to enable persons already certificated to
   13  add an additional coverage to their certificates. Each
   14  alternative teacher preparation program shall be reviewed and
   15  approved by the Department of Education to assure that persons
   16  who complete the program are competent in the necessary areas of
   17  subject matter specialization. Two or more school districts may
   18  jointly participate in an alternative preparation program for
   19  teachers.
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   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Between lines 25 and 26
   24  insert:
   25         amending s. 1012.575, F.S.; authorizing an
   26         organization of private schools or a consortium of
   27         charter schools with an approved professional
   28         development system to design alternative teacher
   29         preparation programs;