Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 432
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Garcia) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section
6 1012.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1012.56 Educator certification requirements.—
8 (7) TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.—
9 (a) The Department of Education shall issue a professional
10 certificate for a period not to exceed 5 years to any applicant
11 who meets all the requirements outlined in subsection (2) or,
12 for a professional certificate covering grades 6 through 12, any
13 applicant who:
14 1. Meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(h).
15 2. Holds a master’s or higher degree in the area of
16 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
17 3. Teaches a high school course in the subject of the
18 advanced degree.
19 4. Is rated highly effective as determined by the teacher’s
20 performance evaluation under s. 1012.34, based in part on
21 student performance as measured by a statewide, standardized
22 assessment or an Advanced Placement, Advanced International
23 Certificate of Education, or International Baccalaureate
24 examination.
25 5. Achieves a passing score on the Florida professional
26 education competency examination required by state board rule.
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28 Each temporary certificate is valid for 3 school fiscal years
29 and is nonrenewable. However, the requirement in paragraph
30 (2)(g) must be met within 1 calendar year of the date of
31 employment under the temporary certificate. Individuals who are
32 employed under contract at the end of the 1 calendar year time
33 period may continue to be employed through the end of the school
34 year in which they have been contracted. A school district shall
35 not employ, or continue the employment of, an individual in a
36 position for which a temporary certificate is required beyond
37 this time period if the individual has not met the requirement
38 of paragraph (2)(g). The State Board of Education shall adopt
39 rules to allow the department to extend the validity period of a
40 temporary certificate for 2 years when the requirements for the
41 professional certificate, not including the requirement in
42 paragraph (2)(g), were not completed due to the serious illness
43 or injury of the applicant or other extraordinary extenuating
44 circumstances. The department shall reissue the temporary
45 certificate for 2 additional years upon approval by the
46 Commissioner of Education. A written request for reissuance of
47 the certificate shall be submitted by the district school
48 superintendent, the governing authority of a university lab
49 school, the governing authority of a state-supported school, or
50 the governing authority of a private school.
51 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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54 And the title is amended as follows:
55 Delete everything before the enacting clause
56 and insert:
57 A bill to be entitled
58 An act relating to teacher certification; amending s.
59 1012.56, F.S.; providing alternative requirements for
60 earning a professional educator certificate that
61 covers certain grades; providing an effective date.