| 1 | Representative Diaz offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between lines 458 and 459, insert: |
| 5 | (s) A character-development program in the elementary |
| 6 | schools, similar to Character First or Character Counts, which |
| 7 | is secular in nature. Beginning in school year 2004-2005, the |
| 8 | character-development program shall be required in kindergarten |
| 9 | through grade 12. Each district school board shall develop or |
| 10 | adopt a curriculum for the character-development program that |
| 11 | shall be submitted to the department for approval. The |
| 12 | character-development curriculum shall stress the qualities of |
| 13 | patriotism; responsibility; citizenship; kindness; respect for |
| 14 | authority, life, liberty, and personal property; honesty; |
| 15 | civility; charity; self-control; racial, ethnic, and religious |
| 16 | tolerance; and cooperation. |
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| 20 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 21 | Remove lines 434-435 and insert: |
| 22 | Section 13. Paragraphs (n) and (s) of subsection (2) of |
| 23 | section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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| 27 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 28 | Remove line 55 and insert: |
| 29 | Internet safety; requiring a specified public school character- |
| 30 | development program to stress the quality of civility as a part |
| 31 | of its curriculum; providing an effective date. |