Bill Text: FL S1150 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School Social Workers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-25 - Filed [S1150 Detail]

Download: Florida-2025-S1150-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1150
       
       
        
       By Senator Calatayud
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01384-25                                           20251150__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school social workers; amending s.
    3         1012.55, F.S.; providing that persons employed as
    4         school social workers are exempt from teacher
    5         certification requirements; providing an exception;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Present subsection (5) of section 1012.55,
   11  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), and a new
   12  subsection (5) is added to that section, to read:
   13         1012.55 Positions for which certificates required.—
   14         (5) A person who is employed as a school social worker
   15  shall be exempt from requirements for teacher certification,
   16  except for the background screening pursuant to s. 1012.32.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.