Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 200
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       22-00043-24                                            2024200__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to educator certification; amending s.
    3         1012.56, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education
    4         to develop and establish a method for a person holding
    5         a professional educator certificate to place a
    6         professional certificate in inactive status while the
    7         person teaches at a nonaccredited school; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (7) of
   13  section 1012.56, Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         1012.56 Educator certification requirements.—
   15         (7) TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.—
   16         (g) The department shall develop and establish a method for
   17  a professional certificateholder described in paragraph (a) to
   18  place his or her professional certificate in inactive status
   19  while he or she is teaching at a nonaccredited school. Time
   20  accrued while the professional certificate is inactive does not
   21  contribute toward the certificate’s expiration.
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   23  At least 1 year before an individual’s temporary certificate is
   24  set to expire, the department shall electronically notify the
   25  individual of the date on which his or her certificate will
   26  expire and provide a list of each method by which the
   27  qualifications for a professional certificate can be completed.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.