Bill Amendment: FL H7043 | 2016 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Higher Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [H7043 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-H7043-Senate_Floor_Amendment_882832_to_Amendment_420294_.html
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Higher Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [H7043 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-H7043-Senate_Floor_Amendment_882832_to_Amendment_420294_.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for HB 7043 Ì882832.Î882832 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Bullard moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (420294) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 761 - 817 5 and insert: 6 (1) The Legislature recognizes that, second only to 7 parents, instructional personnel play the most critical role 8 within schools in preparing students to achieve a high level of 9 academic performance. The Legislature further recognizes that 10 research has linked student outcomes to an instructor’s own 11 academic achievement. Therefore, it is the intent of the 12 Legislature to designate instructional personnel who have 13 achieved high academic standards during their own education as 14 Florida’s best and brightest teacher scholars. 15 (2) There is created the Florida Best and Brightest Teacher 16 Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of 17 Education. The scholarship program shall provide categorical 18 funding for scholarships to be awarded to instructional 19 personnel, as defined in s. 1012.01(2), who have demonstrated a 20 high level of academic achievement. 21 (3)(a) To be eligible for a scholarship, an instructor must 22 have achieved a composite score at or above the 80th percentile 23 on either the SAT or the ACT based on the National Percentile 24 Ranks in effect when the instructor took the assessment and have 25 been evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s. 1012.34 in the 26 school year immediately preceding the year in which the 27 scholarship will be awarded, unless the instructor is newly 28 hired by the district school board and has not been evaluated 29 pursuant to s. 1012.34. 30 (b) In order to demonstrate eligibility for an award, an 31 eligible instructor must submit to the school district, no later 32 than November 1, an official record of his or her SAT or ACT 33 score demonstrating that the instructor scored at or above the 34 80th percentile based on the National Percentile Ranks in effect 35 when the instructor took the assessment. Once an instructor is 36 deemed eligible by the school district, including instructors 37 deemed eligible in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the instructor 38 shall remain eligible as long as he or she remains employed by 39 the school district as an instructor at the time of the award 40 and receives an annual performance evaluation rating of highly 41 effective pursuant to s. 1012.34. 42 (4) Annually, by December 1, each school district shall 43 submit to the department the number of eligible instructional 44 personnel who qualify for the scholarship. 45 (5) Annually, by February 1, the department shall disburse 46 scholarship funds to each school district for each eligible 47 instructor to receive a scholarship as provided in the General 48 Appropriations Act. The amount disbursed shall include a 49 scholarship award of $1,000, from the total amount of funds 50 appropriated, for each eligible instructor in a Title I school. 51 Of the remaining funds, a scholarship in the amount provided in 52 the General Appropriations Act shall be awarded to every 53 eligible instructor, including those in Title I schools. If the 54 number of eligible instructional personnel exceeds the total 55 appropriation authorized in the General Appropriations Act, the 56 department shall prorate the per-teacher scholarship amount. 57 (6) Annually, by April 1, each school district shall award 58 the scholarship to each eligible instructor. 59 (7) For purposes of this section, the term “school 60 district” includes the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind 61 and charter school governing boards. 62 63 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 64 And the title is amended as follows: 65 Delete line 1615 66 and insert: 67 submit the number of eligible instructional personnel 68 to the