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By Representative Arza
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to teacher quality; amending s.
3 121.091, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
4 the reemployment of retired members of the
5 Florida Retirement System as school district
6 personnel; amending s. 228.041, F.S.; revising
7 the definition of "other instructional staff"
8 to include adjunct educators; amending s.
9 230.23, F.S.; prohibiting a district school
10 board from assigning any instructional
11 personnel or school administrator to a school
12 unless the principal of that school approves
13 the assignment; deleting provisions relating to
14 salary supplements provided to teachers
15 selected to teach at certain low-performing
16 schools; amending s. 230.33, F.S.; prohibiting
17 a superintendent of schools from recommending
18 the assignment of any instructional personnel
19 or school administrator to a school unless the
20 principal of that school approves the
21 assignment; amending s. 231.17, F.S.;
22 authorizing the use of an approved alternative
23 certification program by a district other than
24 that which developed the program, upon
25 notification to the department and approval of
26 any modifications; creating s. 231.1726, F.S.;
27 providing for certification of adjunct
28 educators; amending s. 231.262, F.S.; requiring
29 each district school board to develop policies
30 and procedures relating to the reporting of
31 complaints against teachers; charging the
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1 superintendent of schools with knowledge of
2 such policies and procedures; stating that a
3 superintendent is presumed to have knowledge of
4 each legally sufficient complaint; authorizing
5 the withholding of discretionary funds from a
6 school district, and the imposition and
7 collection of fines against a school district
8 and superintendent, for noncompliance;
9 authorizing the temporary suspension of a
10 teaching certificate pending the completion of
11 proceedings in order to protect the health,
12 safety, and welfare of students; correcting
13 cross references to conform; amending s.
14 231.36, F.S.; including adjunct educators in
15 provisions relating to contracts with
16 instructional staff; requiring a school board,
17 subject to applicable collective bargaining
18 requirements, to recognize and accept years of
19 satisfactory performance for purposes of pay
20 and retirement; providing an exemption;
21 amending s. 231.625, F.S.; requiring the
22 Department of Education to develop and
23 implement a system for posting teaching
24 vacancies, establish a database of teacher
25 applicants, develop a long-range plan for
26 educator recruitment and retention, and
27 identify best practices for retaining
28 high-quality teachers; deleting the requirement
29 that the department develop standardized
30 resumes for teacher applicant data and review
31 and recommend to the Legislature and school
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1 districts incentives for attracting teachers to
2 Florida; creating s. 231.675, F.S.;
3 establishing the advanced placement instruction
4 bonus program; specifying amounts of bonuses;
5 limiting the amount awarded to a teacher
6 annually; providing an appropriation; amending
7 s. 231.700, F.S.; revising the Florida Mentor
8 Teacher School Pilot Program to conform
9 terminology; clarifying requirements for mentor
10 teachers; repealing s. 236.081(1)(k) and (m),
11 F.S., relating to calculations of additional
12 full-time equivalent membership based on
13 international baccalaureate examination scores
14 of students and based on college board advanced
15 placement scores of students; amending s.
16 236.08106, F.S.; clarifying requirements
17 relating to the amount of required mentoring or
18 related services for receipt of an Excellent
19 Teaching Program bonus; amending s. 231.261,
20 F.S.; correcting a cross reference; amending
21 ss. 230.2305, 231.045, 231.1725, 231.36,
22 231.471, and 232.435, F.S., relating to
23 standards for staff of prekindergarten early
24 intervention programs; periodic criminal
25 history record checks; employment of substitute
26 teachers, teachers of adult education,
27 nondegreed teachers of career education, and
28 career specialists; professional service
29 contracts; part-time teachers; and athletic
30 trainers, respectively; revising provisions to
31 include adjunct educators; amending s. 240.529,
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1 F.S.; providing a waiver of 9 semester hours of
2 professional education course requirements for
3 certain teacher preparation program
4 participants; providing an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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8 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section
9 121.091, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
10 121.091 Benefits payable under the system.--Benefits
11 may not be paid under this section unless the member has
12 terminated employment as provided in s. 121.021(39)(a) or
13 begun participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program
14 as provided in subsection (13), and a proper application has
15 been filed in the manner prescribed by the department. The
16 department may cancel an application for retirement benefits
17 when the member or beneficiary fails to timely provide the
18 information and documents required by this chapter and the
19 department's rules. The department shall adopt rules
20 establishing procedures for application for retirement
21 benefits and for the cancellation of such application when the
22 required information or documents are not received.
23 (9) EMPLOYMENT AFTER RETIREMENT; LIMITATION.--
24 (b)1. Any person who is retired under this chapter,
25 except under the disability retirement provisions of
26 subsection (4), may be reemployed by any private or public
27 employer after retirement and receive retirement benefits and
28 compensation from his or her employer without any limitations,
29 except that a person, with the exception of school district
30 instructional personnel, as defined by s. 228.041(9)(a)-(d)
31 and administrative personnel as defined by s. 228.041(10) who
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1 shall be reemployed pursuant to subparagraph 3., may not
2 receive both a salary from reemployment with any agency
3 participating in the Florida Retirement System and retirement
4 benefits under this chapter for a period of 12 months
5 immediately subsequent to the date of retirement. However, a
6 DROP participant shall continue employment and receive a
7 salary during the period of participation in the Deferred
8 Retirement Option Program, as provided in subsection (13).
9 2. Any person to whom the limitation in subparagraph
10 1. applies who violates such reemployment limitation and who
11 is reemployed with any agency participating in the Florida
12 Retirement System before completion of the 12-month limitation
13 period shall give timely notice of this fact in writing to the
14 employer and to the division and shall have his or her
15 retirement benefits suspended for the balance of the 12-month
16 limitation period. Any person employed in violation of this
17 paragraph and any employing agency which knowingly employs or
18 appoints such person without notifying the Division of
19 Retirement to suspend retirement benefits shall be jointly and
20 severally liable for reimbursement to the retirement trust
21 fund of any benefits paid during the reemployment limitation
22 period. To avoid liability, such employing agency shall have
23 a written statement from the retiree that he or she is not
24 retired from a state-administered retirement system. Any
25 retirement benefits received while reemployed during this
26 reemployment limitation period shall be repaid to the
27 retirement trust fund, and retirement benefits shall remain
28 suspended until such repayment has been made. Benefits
29 suspended beyond the reemployment limitation shall apply
30 toward repayment of benefits received in violation of the
31 reemployment limitation.
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1 3.a. A district school board may reemploy a retired
2 member as a substitute or hourly teacher, education
3 paraprofessional, transportation assistant, bus driver, or
4 food service worker on a noncontractual basis after he or she
5 has been retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
6 121.021(39). Any retired member who is reemployed within 1
7 calendar month after retirement shall void his or her
8 application for retirement benefits. District school boards
9 reemploying such teachers, education paraprofessionals,
10 transportation assistants, bus drivers, or food service
11 workers are subject to the retirement contribution required by
12 subparagraph 7. Reemployment of a retired member as a
13 substitute or hourly teacher, education paraprofessional,
14 transportation assistant, bus driver, or food service worker
15 is limited to 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or
16 her retirement. Any retired member reemployed for more than
17 780 hours during his or her first 12 months of retirement
18 shall give timely notice in writing to the employer and to the
19 division of the date he or she will exceed the limitation.
20 The division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for
21 the remainder of the first 12 months of retirement. Any
22 person employed in violation of this subparagraph and any
23 employing agency which knowingly employs or appoints such
24 person without notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend
25 retirement benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
26 reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
27 paid during the reemployment limitation period. To avoid
28 liability, such employing agency shall have a written
29 statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
30 a state-administered retirement system. Any retirement
31 benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
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1 excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
2 shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and his
3 or her retirement benefits shall remain suspended until
4 repayment is made. Benefits suspended beyond the end of the
5 retired member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply
6 toward repayment of benefits received in violation of the
7 780-hour reemployment limitation.
8 b. A district school board may reemploy a retired
9 member as full-time instructional personnel as defined by s.
10 228.041(9)(a)-(d) or full-time administrative personnel as
11 defined by s. 228.041(10) after he or she has been retired for
12 1 calendar month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39). Any
13 retired member who is reemployed pursuant to this
14 sub-subparagraph within 1 calendar month after retirement
15 shall void his or her application for retirement benefits.
16 District school boards reemploying such instructional or
17 administrative personnel are subject to the retirement
18 contribution required by subparagraph 7.
19 4. A community college board of trustees may reemploy
20 a retired member as an adjunct instructor, that is, an
21 instructor who is noncontractual and part-time, or as a
22 participant in a phased retirement program within the Florida
23 Community College System, after he or she has been retired for
24 1 calendar month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39). Any
25 retired member who is reemployed within 1 calendar month after
26 retirement shall void his or her application for retirement
27 benefits. Boards of trustees reemploying such instructors are
28 subject to the retirement contribution required in
29 subparagraph 7. A retired member may be reemployed as an
30 adjunct instructor for no more than 780 hours during the first
31 12 months of retirement. Any retired member reemployed for
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1 more than 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
2 shall give timely notice in writing to the employer and to the
3 division of the date he or she will exceed the limitation.
4 The division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for
5 the remainder of the first 12 months of retirement. Any
6 person employed in violation of this subparagraph and any
7 employing agency which knowingly employs or appoints such
8 person without notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend
9 retirement benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
10 reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
11 paid during the reemployment limitation period. To avoid
12 liability, such employing agency shall have a written
13 statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
14 a state-administered retirement system. Any retirement
15 benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
16 excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
17 shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and
18 retirement benefits shall remain suspended until repayment is
19 made. Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired
20 member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward
21 repayment of benefits received in violation of the 780-hour
22 reemployment limitation.
23 5. The State University System may reemploy a retired
24 member as an adjunct faculty member or as a participant in a
25 phased retirement program within the State University System
26 after the retired member has been retired for 1 calendar
27 month, in accordance with s. 121.021(39). Any retired member
28 who is reemployed within 1 calendar month after retirement
29 shall void his or her application for retirement benefits.
30 The State University System is subject to the retired
31 contribution required in subparagraph 7., as appropriate. A
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1 retired member may be reemployed as an adjunct faculty member
2 or a participant in a phased retirement program for no more
3 than 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or her
4 retirement. Any retired member reemployed for more than 780
5 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall give
6 timely notice in writing to the employer and to the division
7 of the date he or she will exceed the limitation. The
8 division shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for the
9 remainder of the first 12 months of retirement. Any person
10 employed in violation of this subparagraph and any employing
11 agency which knowingly employs or appoints such person without
12 notifying the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement
13 benefits shall be jointly and severally liable for
14 reimbursement to the retirement trust fund of any benefits
15 paid during the reemployment limitation period. To avoid
16 liability, such employing agency shall have a written
17 statement from the retiree that he or she is not retired from
18 a state-administered retirement system. Any retirement
19 benefits received by a retired member while reemployed in
20 excess of 780 hours during the first 12 months of retirement
21 shall be repaid to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and
22 retirement benefits shall remain suspended until repayment is
23 made. Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired
24 member's first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward
25 repayment of benefits received in violation of the 780-hour
26 reemployment limitation.
27 6. The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the
28 Deaf and the Blind may reemploy a retired member as a
29 substitute teacher, substitute residential instructor, or
30 substitute nurse on a noncontractual basis after he or she has
31 been retired for 1 calendar month, in accordance with s.
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1 121.021(39). Any retired member who is reemployed within 1
2 calendar month after retirement shall void his or her
3 application for retirement benefits. The Board of Trustees of
4 the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind reemploying such
5 teachers, residential instructors, or nurses is subject to the
6 retirement contribution required by subparagraph 7.
7 Reemployment of a retired member as a substitute teacher,
8 substitute residential instructor, or substitute nurse is
9 limited to 780 hours during the first 12 months of his or her
10 retirement. Any retired member reemployed for more than 780
11 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall give
12 timely notice in writing to the employer and to the division
13 of the date he or she will exceed the limitation. The division
14 shall suspend his or her retirement benefits for the remainder
15 of the first 12 months of retirement. Any person employed in
16 violation of this subparagraph and any employing agency which
17 knowingly employs or appoints such person without notifying
18 the Division of Retirement to suspend retirement benefits
19 shall be jointly and severally liable for reimbursement to the
20 retirement trust fund of any benefits paid during the
21 reemployment limitation period. To avoid liability, such
22 employing agency shall have a written statement from the
23 retiree that he or she is not retired from a
24 state-administered retirement system. Any retirement benefits
25 received by a retired member while reemployed in excess of 780
26 hours during the first 12 months of retirement shall be repaid
27 to the Retirement System Trust Fund, and his or her retirement
28 benefits shall remain suspended until payment is made.
29 Benefits suspended beyond the end of the retired member's
30 first 12 months of retirement shall apply toward repayment of
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1 benefits received in violation of the 780-hour reemployment
2 limitation.
3 7. The employment by an employer of any retiree or
4 DROP participant of any state-administered retirement system
5 shall have no effect on the average final compensation or
6 years of creditable service of the retiree or DROP
7 participant. Prior to July 1, 1991, upon employment of any
8 person, other than an elected officer as provided in s.
9 121.053, who has been retired under any state-administered
10 retirement program, the employer shall pay retirement
11 contributions in an amount equal to the unfunded actuarial
12 liability portion of the employer contribution which would be
13 required for regular members of the Florida Retirement System.
14 Effective July 1, 1991, contributions shall be made as
15 provided in s. 121.122 for retirees with renewed membership or
16 subsection (13) with respect to DROP participants.
17 8. Any person who has previously retired and who is
18 holding an elective public office or an appointment to an
19 elective public office eligible for the Elected Officers'
20 Class on or after July 1, 1990, shall be enrolled in the
21 Florida Retirement System as provided in s. 121.053(1)(b) or,
22 if holding an elective public office that does not qualify for
23 the Elected Officers' Class on or after July 1, 1991, shall be
24 enrolled in the Florida Retirement System as provided in s.
25 121.122, and shall continue to receive retirement benefits as
26 well as compensation for the elected officer's service for as
27 long as he or she remains in elective office. However, any
28 retired member who served in an elective office prior to July
29 1, 1990, suspended his or her retirement benefit, and had his
30 or her Florida Retirement System membership reinstated shall,
31 upon retirement from such office, have his or her retirement
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1 benefit recalculated to include the additional service and
2 compensation earned.
3 9. Any person who is holding an elective public office
4 which is covered by the Florida Retirement System and who is
5 concurrently employed in nonelected covered employment may
6 elect to retire while continuing employment in the elective
7 public office, provided that he or she shall be required to
8 terminate his or her nonelected covered employment. Any
9 person who exercises this election shall receive his or her
10 retirement benefits in addition to the compensation of the
11 elective office without regard to the time limitations
12 otherwise provided in this subsection. No person who seeks to
13 exercise the provisions of this subparagraph, as the same
14 existed prior to May 3, 1984, shall be deemed to be retired
15 under those provisions, unless such person is eligible to
16 retire under the provisions of this subparagraph, as amended
17 by chapter 84-11, Laws of Florida.
18 10. The limitations of this paragraph apply to
19 reemployment in any capacity with an "employer" as defined in
20 s. 121.021(10), irrespective of the category of funds from
21 which the person is compensated.
22 11. From July 1, 1997, through December 31, 1998,
23 notwithstanding the limitations of this subsection, except
24 that any retiree who is reemployed within 1 calendar month
25 after retirement shall void his or her application for
26 retirement benefits, any retiree of the Florida Retirement
27 System may be reemployed by a covered employer during the 2nd
28 through 12th months of the reemployment limitation period
29 without suspending his or her retirement benefits, provided
30 that the reemployment is for the sole purpose of working on
31 the technical aspects of correcting or replacing the computer
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1 systems and programs necessary to resolve the year 2000 date
2 problem for computing which confronts all public employers
3 covered by the Florida Retirement System.
4 Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (9) of section
5 228.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
6 228.041 Definitions.--Specific definitions shall be as
7 follows, and wherever such defined words or terms are used in
8 the Florida School Code, they shall be used as follows:
9 (9) INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL.--"Instructional
10 personnel" means any staff member whose function includes the
11 provision of direct instructional services to students.
12 Instructional personnel also includes personnel whose
13 functions provide direct support in the learning process of
14 students. Included in the classification of instructional
15 personnel are:
16 (d) Other instructional staff.--Other instructional
17 staff are staff members who are part of the instructional
18 staff but are not classified in one of the categories
19 specified in paragraphs (a)-(c). Included in this
20 classification are primary specialists, learning resource
21 specialists, instructional trainers, adjunct educators
22 certified pursuant to s. 231.1726, and similar positions.
23 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) and
24 paragraph (c) of subsection (16) of section 230.23, Florida
25 Statutes, are amended to read:
26 230.23 Powers and duties of school board.--The school
27 board, acting as a board, shall exercise all powers and
28 perform all duties listed below:
29 (5) PERSONNEL.--Designate positions to be filled,
30 prescribe qualifications for those positions, and provide for
31 the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and
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1 dismissal of employees as follows, subject to the requirements
2 of chapter 231:
3 (a) Positions, qualifications, and appointments.--Act
4 upon written recommendations submitted by the superintendent
5 of schools for positions to be filled and for minimum
6 qualifications for personnel for the various positions and act
7 upon written nominations of persons to fill such positions.
8 The superintendent of schools' recommendations for filling
9 instructional institutional positions at the school level must
10 consider nominations received from school principals of the
11 respective schools. The district school board shall not assign
12 any instructional personnel or school administrator, as
13 defined in s. 228.041(10)(c), to a school unless the principal
14 of that school approves the assignment. The district school
15 board may reject for good cause any employee nominated. If the
16 third nomination by the superintendent of schools for any
17 position is rejected for good cause, if the superintendent of
18 schools fails to submit a nomination for initial employment
19 within a reasonable time as prescribed by the district school
20 board, or if the superintendent of schools fails to submit a
21 nomination for reemployment within the time prescribed by law,
22 the district school board may proceed on its own motion to
23 fill such position. The district school board's decision to
24 reject a person's nomination does not give that person a right
25 of action to sue over the rejection and may not be used as a
26 cause of action by the nominated employee.
27 (16) IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
28 ACCOUNTABILITY.--Maintain a system of school improvement and
29 education accountability as provided by statute and State
30 Board of Education rule. This system of school improvement and
31 education accountability shall be consistent with, and
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1 implemented through, the district's continuing system of
2 planning and budgeting required by this section and ss.
3 229.555 and 237.041. This system of school improvement and
4 education accountability shall include, but is not limited to,
5 the following:
6 (c) Assistance and intervention.--
7 1. Develop a 2-year plan of increasing individualized
8 assistance and intervention for each school in danger of not
9 meeting state standards or making adequate progress, as
10 defined pursuant to statute and State Board of Education rule,
11 toward meeting the goals and standards of its approved school
12 improvement plan.
13 2. A school that is identified as being in performance
14 grade category "D" pursuant to s. 229.57 is in danger of
15 failing and must be provided assistance and intervention.
16 3.a. Each district school board shall develop a plan
17 to encourage teachers with demonstrated mastery in improving
18 student performance to remain at or transfer to a school
19 designated as performance grade category "D" or "F" or to an
20 alternative school that serves disruptive or violent youths.
21 If a classroom teacher, as defined by s. 228.041(9)(a), who
22 meets the definition of teaching mastery developed according
23 to the provisions of this paragraph, requests assignment to a
24 school designated as performance grade category "D" or "F" or
25 to an alternative school that serves disruptive or violent
26 youths, the district school board shall make every practical
27 effort to grant the request.
28 b. For initial implementation in 2000-2001 and until
29 full implementation of an annual assessment of learning gains,
30 a classroom teacher who is selected by the school principal
31 based on his or her performance appraisal and student
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1 achievement data to teach at a school designated as
2 performance grade category "D" or "F" or at an alternative
3 that serves disruptive or violent youths shall receive a
4 supplement of at least $1,000, not to exceed $3,500, as
5 provided for annually in the General Appropriations Act, each
6 year he or she teaches at a school designated as performance
7 grade category "D" or "F" or at an alternative school that
8 serves disruptive or violent youths.
9 c. Beginning with the full implementation of an annual
10 assessment of learning gains, a classroom teacher whose
11 effectiveness has been proven based upon positive learning
12 gains of his or her students as measured by annual FCAT
13 assessments pursuant to s. 229.57, is eligible for an annual
14 supplement of at least $1,000, not to exceed $3,500, as
15 provided for annually in the General Appropriations Act, each
16 year he or she teaches at a school designated as performance
17 grade category "D" or "F" or at an alternative school that
18 serves disruptive or violent youths.
19 d. In the absence of an FCAT assessment, measurement
20 of learning gains of students shall be as provided in s.
21 229.57(12). The supplement received under this paragraph shall
22 be in addition to any supplement or bonus received as a result
23 of other local or state pay incentives based on performance.
24 e. The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules to
25 determine the measures that define "teaching mastery" for
26 purposes of this subparagraph.
27 4. District school boards are encouraged to prioritize
28 the expenditures of funds received from the supplemental
29 academic instruction categorical fund under s. 236.08104 to
30 improve student performance in schools that receive a
31 performance grade category designation of "D" or "F."
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1 Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section
2 230.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3 230.33 Duties and responsibilities of superintendent
4 of schools.--The superintendent of schools shall exercise all
5 powers and perform all duties listed below and elsewhere in
6 the law; provided, that in so doing he or she shall advise and
7 counsel with the district school board. The superintendent of
8 schools shall perform all tasks necessary to make sound
9 recommendations, nominations, proposals, and reports required
10 by law to be acted upon by the district school board. All
11 such recommendations, nominations, proposals, and reports by
12 the superintendent of schools shall be either recorded in the
13 minutes or shall be made in writing, noted in the minutes, and
14 filed in the public records of the district school board. It
15 shall be presumed that, in the absence of the record required
16 in this paragraph, the recommendations, nominations, and
17 proposals required of the superintendent of schools were not
18 contrary to the action taken by the district school board in
19 such matters.
20 (7) PERSONNEL.--Be responsible, as required herein,
21 for directing the work of the personnel, subject to the
22 requirements of chapter 231, and in addition the
23 superintendent of schools shall have the following duties:
24 (a) Positions, qualifications, and
25 nominations.--Recommend to the district school board duties
26 and responsibilities which need to be performed and positions
27 which need to be filled to make possible the development of an
28 adequate school program in the district; recommend minimum
29 qualifications of personnel for these various positions; and
30 nominate in writing persons to fill such positions. The
31 nominations of persons to fill instructional positions at each
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1 of the district's schools must consider recommendations
2 received from principals of the respective schools. The
3 superintendent of schools shall not recommend the assignment
4 of any instructional personnel or school administrator, as
5 defined in s. 228.041(10)(c), to a school unless the principal
6 of that school approves the assignment.
7 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
8 231.17, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
9 231.17 Teacher certification requirements.--
10 (7) PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND EDUCATION COMPETENCY
11 PROGRAM.--
12 (b) Until July 1, 2002, each school district may use
13 develop and maintain an alternative certification program by
14 which members of the district's instructional staff may
15 satisfy the professional education course requirements
16 specified in rules of the state board for issuance of a
17 professional certificate. The state board must adopt, by rule,
18 standards and guidelines for the approval of alternative
19 certification programs. Any program approved for use in a
20 school district may be adopted and implemented by a school
21 district other than that which developed the program. A
22 district school board choosing to adopt an alternative
23 certification program approved for another school district
24 shall provide written notification of such action to the
25 department. However, any modifications to an approved program
26 shall be submitted to the department for approval. Each
27 approved program must include methods for identifying each
28 applicant's entry-level teaching competencies and must require
29 each applicant to:
30 1. Have expertise in the subject and meet requirements
31 for specialization in a subject area for which a professional
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1 certificate may be issued under this chapter and rules of the
2 state board.
3 2. Complete training in only those competency areas in
4 which deficiencies are identified.
5 3. Complete the program within 2 years after initial
6 employment as a member of the district's instructional staff.
7 4. Achieve passing scores on the professional
8 education competency examination required by state board rule.
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10 Each district school board may expend educational training
11 funds provided under ss. 231.600 and 236.081 to implement the
12 provisions of this paragraph. The department must approve
13 programs and systems developed to demonstrate professional
14 preparation and education competence authorized by this
15 paragraph.
16 Section 6. Section 231.1726, Florida Statutes, is
17 created to read:
18 231.1726 Certification of adjunct educators.--
19 (1) Notwithstanding ss. 231.02, 231.15, and 231.17, or
20 any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, district
21 school boards may issue an adjunct teaching certificate to any
22 applicant who fulfills the requirements of s. 231.17(2)(a)-(f)
23 and who has expertise, as determined by district school board
24 policy, in the subject area to be taught. District school
25 boards shall assign a peer teacher to assist the adjunct
26 teaching certificateholder during the certificateholder's
27 first year of teaching. District school boards shall provide
28 the adjunct teaching certificateholder an orientation in
29 classroom management prior to assigning the certificateholder
30 to a school. Each adjunct teaching certificate is valid for 5
31 school years and is renewable, if:
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1 (a) The applicant completes a minimum of 60 inservice
2 points or 3 semester hours of college credit. The earned
3 credits must include instruction in classroom management,
4 district school board procedures, school culture, and other
5 activities that enhance the professional teaching skills of
6 the certificateholder.
7 (b) The applicant has received satisfactory
8 performance evaluations during each year of teaching under
9 adjunct certification.
10 (2) Individuals who are certified and employed
11 pursuant to this section shall have the same rights and
12 protection of laws as teachers certified pursuant to s.
13 231.17.
14 Section 7. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1)
15 and subsection (4) of section 231.262, Florida Statutes, are
16 amended, new subsection (5) is added to said section, present
17 subsection (5) of said section is renumbered and amended, and
18 present subsections (6) through (8) of said section are
19 renumbered as subsections (7) through (9), respectively, to
20 read:
21 231.262 Complaints against teachers and
22 administrators; procedure; penalties.--
23 (1)(a) The Department of Education shall cause to be
24 investigated expeditiously any complaint filed before it or
25 otherwise called to its attention which, if legally
26 sufficient, contains grounds for the revocation or suspension
27 of a certificate or any other appropriate penalty as set forth
28 in subsection (7) (6). The complaint is legally sufficient if
29 it contains the ultimate facts which show a violation has
30 occurred as provided in s. 231.2615. The department may
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1 action in a complaint even though the original complainant
2 withdraws the complaint or otherwise indicates a desire not to
3 cause it to be investigated or prosecuted to completion. The
4 department may investigate or continue to investigate and take
5 action on a complaint filed against a person whose teaching
6 certificate has expired if the act or acts which are the basis
7 for the complaint were allegedly committed while that person
8 possessed a teaching certificate.
9 (c) Each school district shall file in writing with
10 the department all legally sufficient complaints within 30
11 days after the date on which subject matter of the complaint
12 comes to the attention of the school district. The school
13 district shall include all information relating to the
14 complaint which is known to the school district at the time of
15 filing. Each district school board shall develop policies and
16 procedures to comply with this reporting requirement and to
17 ensure that the superintendent of schools is promptly informed
18 of each legally sufficient complaint. The superintendent of
19 schools is charged with knowledge of these policies and
20 procedures and is presumed to have knowledge of each legally
21 sufficient complaint. If either the district school board or
22 the superintendent of schools fails to comply with the
23 requirements of this subsection, in addition to other actions
24 against certificateholders authorized by law, the Commissioner
25 of Education may, in his or her discretion, permanently
26 withhold all or a portion of discretionary funds that might
27 otherwise be available to such school district during the
28 period of noncompliance, and may also impose and collect a
29 fine against such school district and superintendent of
30 schools in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each day of
31 noncompliance. The school district and superintendent of
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1 schools shall be jointly and severally liable for such fine.
2 This paragraph does not limit or restrict the power and duty
3 of the department to investigate complaints as provided in
4 paragraphs (a) and (b), regardless of the school district's
5 untimely filing, or failure to file, complaints and followup
6 reports.
7 (4) The complaint and all information obtained
8 pursuant to the investigation by the department shall be
9 confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1)
10 until the conclusion of the preliminary investigation of the
11 complaint, until such time as the preliminary investigation
12 ceases to be active, or until such time as otherwise provided
13 by s. 231.263(6). However, the complaint and all material
14 assembled during the investigation may be inspected and copied
15 by the certificateholder under investigation, or the
16 certificateholder's designee, after the investigation is
17 concluded, but prior to the determination of probable cause by
18 the commissioner. If the preliminary investigation is
19 concluded with the finding that there is no probable cause to
20 proceed, the complaint and information shall be open
21 thereafter to inspection pursuant to s. 119.07(1). If the
22 preliminary investigation is concluded with the finding that
23 there is probable cause to proceed and a complaint is filed
24 pursuant to subsection (6) (5), the complaint and information
25 shall be open thereafter to inspection pursuant to s.
26 119.97(1). If the preliminary investigation ceases to be
27 active, the complaint and all such material shall be open
28 thereafter to inspection pursuant to s. 119.07(1), except as
29 otherwise provided pursuant to s. 231.263(6)(d). For the
30 purpose of this subsection, a preliminary investigation shall
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1 reasonable, good faith anticipation that an administrative
2 finding will be made in the foreseeable future.
3 (5) In order to protect the health, safety, and
4 welfare of a minor student, the commissioner is authorized to
5 temporarily suspend the certificate of a certificateholder
6 pending the completion of the proceedings and the
7 determination of sanctions, if any, pursuant to this section
8 and s. 231.2615. The certificateholder may at any time request
9 in writing that the commissioner set aside the temporary
10 suspension, and the commissioner may do so with or without
11 conditions. If the commissioner refuses to set aside the
12 temporary suspension, or if the certificateholder contends
13 that the commissioner's conditions are unreasonable, a
14 certificateholder whose certificate is suspended under this
15 subsection may seek review of the temporary suspension by the
16 Education Practices Commission. The Education Practices
17 Commission shall conduct a formal review of the matter and
18 issue an order sustaining or overturning the temporary
19 suspension, or setting it aside under specified conditions.
20 (6)(5) Upon the finding of probable cause, the
21 commissioner shall file a formal complaint and prosecute the
22 complaint pursuant to the provisions of chapter 120. An
23 administrative law judge shall be assigned by the Division of
24 Administrative Hearings of the Department of Management
25 Services to hear the complaint if there are disputed issues of
26 material fact. The administrative law judge shall make
27 recommendations in accordance with the provisions of
28 subsection (7) (6) to the appropriate Education Practices
29 Commission panel which shall conduct a formal review of such
30 recommendations and other pertinent information and issue a
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1 final order. The commission shall consult with its legal
2 counsel prior to issuance of a final order.
3 Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
4 231.36, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (g) is
5 added to subsection (3) of said section, to read:
6 231.36 Contracts with instructional staff,
7 supervisors, and principals.--
8 (1)(a) Each person employed as a member of the
9 instructional staff in any district school system shall be
10 properly certificated pursuant to s. 231.17 or s. 231.1726 or
11 employed pursuant to s. 231.1725 and shall be entitled to and
12 shall receive a written contract as specified in chapter 230.
13 All such contracts, except continuing contracts as specified
14 in subsection (4), shall contain provisions for dismissal
15 during the term of the contract only for just cause. Just
16 cause includes, but is not limited to, the following
17 instances, as defined by rule of the State Board of Education:
18 misconduct in office, incompetency, gross insubordination,
19 willful neglect of duty, or conviction of a crime involving
20 moral turpitude.
21 (3)
22 (g) Beginning July 1, 2001, for each employee who
23 enters into a written contract, pursuant to this section, in a
24 school district in which the employee was not employed as of
25 June 30, 2001, for purposes of pay and retirement a school
26 board must, subject to any applicable collective bargaining
27 requirements, recognize and accept each year of full-time
28 teaching service, as reported for purposes of the Florida
29 Retirement System, for which an employee received a
30 satisfactory performance evaluation. Instructional personnel
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1 employed pursuant to s. 121.091(9)(b)3.b. are exempt from the
2 provisions of this paragraph.
3 Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 231.625, Florida
4 Statutes, is amended to read:
5 231.625 Teacher recruitment and retention.--
6 (2) The Department of Education shall:
7 (a) Develop and implement a system for posting
8 teaching vacancies and establish a database of teacher
9 applicants that is accessible within and outside the state
10 Advertise teacher positions in targeted states.
11 (b) Advertise in major newspapers, national
12 professional publications, and other professional publications
13 and in schools of education.
14 (c) Utilize state and nationwide toll-free numbers.
15 (d) Develop standardized resumes for teacher applicant
16 data.
17 (d)(e) Conduct periodic communications with district
18 personnel directors regarding applicants.
19 (e)(f) Provide district access to the applicant
20 database by computer or telephone.
21 (f)(g) Develop and distribute promotional materials
22 related to teaching as a career.
23 (g)(h) Publish and distribute information pertaining
24 to employment opportunities, application procedures, teacher
25 certification, and teacher salaries.
26 (h)(i) Provide information related to certification
27 procedures.
28 (i)(j) Develop and sponsor the Florida Future Educator
29 of America Program throughout the state.
30 (k) Review and recommend to the Legislature and school
31 districts incentives for attracting teachers to this state.
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1 (j) Develop a long-range plan for educator recruitment
2 and retention.
3 (k) Identify best practices for retaining high-quality
4 teachers.
5 Section 10. Section 231.675, Florida Statutes, is
6 created to read:
7 231.675 Advanced placement instruction bonus
8 program.--
9 (1) Each school district shall distribute to each
10 classroom teacher who provided advanced placement instruction
11 during the previous school year:
12 (a) A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student
13 taught by the Advanced Placement teacher in each advanced
14 placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the
15 College Board Advanced Placement Examination.
16 (b) An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced
17 Placement teacher in a school designated performance grade
18 category "D" or "F" who has at least one student scoring 3 or
19 higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination,
20 regardless of the number of classes taught or of the number of
21 students scoring a 3 or higher on the College Board Advanced
22 Placement Examination.
23 (2) Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this
24 section shall not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and
25 shall be in addition to any regular wage or other bonus the
26 teacher received or is scheduled to receive.
27 (3) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the
28 Department of Education an amount sufficient to carry out the
29 provisions of this section.
30 Section 11. Paragraphs (b) through (e) of subsection
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1 231.700 Florida Mentor Teacher School Pilot Program.--
2 (3) The five teacher career development positions and
3 minimum requirements are:
4 (b) Associate teacher.--An associate teacher must hold
5 a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher learning and
6 a valid Florida professional teaching certificate as provided
7 by s. 231.17.
8 (c) Teacher.--A teacher must hold a bachelor's degree
9 or higher from an institution of higher learning and a valid
10 Florida professional teaching certificate, have a minimum of 3
11 years' full-time teaching experience, document satisfactory
12 teaching performance, and document evidence of positive
13 student learning gains, when that data become becomes
14 available.
15 (d) Lead teacher.--A lead teacher must hold a
16 bachelor's degree or higher from an institution of higher
17 learning and a valid Florida professional teaching
18 certificate, have a minimum of 3 years' full-time teaching
19 experience, document exemplary teaching performance, and
20 document evidence of significant positive student learning
21 gains, when that data become becomes available. A lead teacher
22 shall provide intensive support for associate teachers and
23 teachers.
24 (e) Mentor teacher.--A mentor teacher must:
25 1. Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from an
26 institution of higher learning and a valid Florida
27 professional teaching certificate.;
28 2. Have a minimum of 5 years' full-time teaching
29 experience.;
30 3. Document exemplary teaching performance.;
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1 4. Document evidence of significant positive student
2 learning gains, when that data become becomes available.;
3 5. Hold a valid National Board for Professional
4 Teaching Standards certificate; have been selected as a
5 school, district, or state teacher of the year;, or hold an
6 equivalent status as determined by the commissioner.; and
7 6. Demonstrate expertise as a staff developer.
8 Section 12. Paragraphs (k) and (m) of subsection (1)
9 of section 236.081, Florida Statutes, are repealed.
10 Section 13. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
11 236.08106, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12 236.08106 Excellent Teaching Program.--
13 (2) The Excellent Teaching Program is created to
14 provide categorical funding for monetary incentives and
15 bonuses for teaching excellence. The Department of Education
16 shall distribute to each school district or to the NBPTS an
17 amount as prescribed annually by the Legislature for the
18 Excellent Teaching Program. For purposes of this section, the
19 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind shall be considered
20 a school district. Unless otherwise provided in the General
21 Appropriations Act, each distribution shall be the sum of the
22 amounts earned for the following incentives and bonuses:
23 (d) An annual bonus equal to 10 percent of the prior
24 fiscal year's statewide average salary for classroom teachers
25 to be distributed to the school district to be paid to each
26 individual who meets the requirements of paragraph (c) and
27 agrees, in writing, to provide the equivalent of 12 workdays
28 of mentoring and related services to public school teachers
29 within the state who do not hold NBPTS certification. The
30 district school board shall distribute the annual bonus in a
31 single payment following the completion of all required
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1 mentoring and related services for the year. It is not the
2 intent of the Legislature to remove excellent teachers from
3 their assigned classrooms; therefore, credit may not be
4 granted by a school district or public school for mentoring or
5 related services provided during student contact time the
6 regular school day or during the 196 days of required service
7 for the school year.
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9 A teacher for whom the state pays the certification fee and
10 who does not complete the certification program or does not
11 teach in a public school of this state for at least 1 year
12 after completing the certification program must repay the
13 amount of the certification fee to the state. However, a
14 teacher who completes the certification program but fails to
15 be awarded NBPTS certification is not required to repay the
16 amount of the certification fee if the teacher meets the
17 1-year teaching requirement. Repayment is not required of a
18 teacher who does not complete the certification program or
19 fails to fulfill the teaching requirement because of the
20 teacher's death or disability or because of other extenuating
21 circumstances as determined by the State Board of Education.
22 Section 14. Subsection (10) of section 231.261,
23 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 231.261 Education Practices Commission;
25 organization.--
26 (10) The commission shall be financed from the
27 following: certification fees; fines, penalties, and costs
28 collected pursuant to s. 231.262(9)(8); and general revenue.
29 Section 15. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section
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1 (3) STANDARDS.--
2 (f) All staff must meet the following minimum
3 requirements:
4 1. The minimum level of training is to be the
5 completion of a 30-clock-hour training course planned jointly
6 by the Department of Education and the Department of Children
7 and Family Services to include the following areas: state and
8 local rules that govern child care, health, safety, and
9 nutrition; identification and report of child abuse and
10 neglect; child growth and development; use of developmentally
11 appropriate early childhood curricula; and avoidance of
12 income-based, race-based, and gender-based stereotyping.
13 2. When individual classrooms are staffed by certified
14 teachers, those teachers must be certified for the appropriate
15 grade levels under s. 231.17 and State Board of Education
16 rules. Teachers who are not certified for the appropriate
17 grade levels must obtain proper certification within 2 years.
18 However, the commissioner may make an exception on an
19 individual basis when the requirements are not met because of
20 serious illness, injury, or other extraordinary, extenuating
21 circumstance.
22 3. When individual classrooms are staffed by
23 noncertified teachers, there must be a program director or
24 lead teacher who is eligible for certification or certified
25 for the appropriate grade levels pursuant to s. 231.17 and
26 State Board of Education rules in regularly scheduled direct
27 contact with each classroom. Notwithstanding s. 231.15, such
28 classrooms must be staffed by at least one person who has, at
29 a minimum, a child development associate credential (CDA) or
30 an amount of training determined by the commissioner to be
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1 equivalent to or to exceed the minimum, such as an associate
2 in science degree in the area of early childhood education.
3 4. Principals and other school district administrative
4 and supervisory personnel with direct responsibility for the
5 program must demonstrate knowledge of prekindergarten
6 education programs that increase children's chances of
7 achieving future educational success and becoming productive
8 members of society in a manner established by the State Board
9 of Education by rule.
10 5. All personnel who are not certified under s. 231.17
11 or s. 231.1726 must comply with screening requirements under
12 s. 231.02.
13 Section 16. Section 231.045, Florida Statutes, is
14 amended to read:
15 231.045 Periodic criminal history record checks.--In
16 cooperation with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement,
17 the department may periodically perform a criminal history
18 record check on individuals who hold a certificate pursuant to
19 s. 231.17 or s. 231.1726.
20 Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 231.1725,
21 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22 231.1725 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers
23 of adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education,
24 and career specialists; students performing clinical field
25 experience.--
26 (1) Notwithstanding ss. 231.02, 231.15, and 231.17,
27 and 231.1726, or any other provision of law or rule to the
28 contrary, each district school board shall establish the
29 minimal qualifications for:
30 (a) Substitute teachers to be employed pursuant to s.
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1 complete set of fingerprints in the same manner as required by
2 s. 231.02.
3 (b) Part-time and full-time teachers in adult
4 education programs. The qualifications shall require the
5 filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the same manner as
6 required by s. 231.02. Faculty employed solely to conduct
7 postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this
8 requirement.
9 (c) Part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of
10 vocational programs. Qualifications shall be established for
11 agriculture, business, health occupations, family and consumer
12 sciences, industrial, marketing, career specialist, and public
13 service education teachers, based primarily on successful
14 occupational experience rather than academic training. The
15 qualifications for such teachers shall require:
16 1. The filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the
17 same manner as required by s. 231.02. Faculty employed solely
18 to conduct postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this
19 requirement.
20 2. Documentation of education and successful
21 occupational experience including documentation of:
22 a. A high school diploma or the equivalent.
23 b. Completion of 6 years of full-time successful
24 occupational experience or the equivalent of part-time
25 experience in the teaching specialization area. Alternate
26 means of determining successful occupational experience may be
27 established by the district school board.
28 c. Completion of career education training conducted
29 through the local school district inservice master plan.
30 d. For full-time teachers, completion of professional
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1 lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs
2 students. This training may be completed through coursework
3 from a standard institution or an approved district teacher
4 education program.
5 e. Demonstration of successful teaching performance.
6 Section 18. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
7 231.36, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8 231.36 Contracts with instructional staff,
9 supervisors, and principals.--
10 (1)(a) Each person employed as a member of the
11 instructional staff in any district school system shall be
12 properly certificated pursuant to s. 231.17 or s. 231.1726 or
13 employed pursuant to s. 231.1725 and shall be entitled to and
14 shall receive a written contract as specified in chapter 230.
15 All such contracts, except continuing contracts as specified
16 in subsection (4), shall contain provisions for dismissal
17 during the term of the contract only for just cause. Just
18 cause includes, but is not limited to, the following
19 instances, as defined by rule of the State Board of Education:
20 misconduct in office, incompetency, gross insubordination,
21 willful neglect of duty, or conviction of a crime involving
22 moral turpitude.
23 Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 231.471, Florida
24 Statutes, is amended to read:
25 231.471 Part-time teachers.--
26 (1) District school boards may hire certified and
27 qualified personnel as provided in ss. s. 231.1725 and
28 231.1726 to teach a specified number of periods, which may be
29 less than a full school day or less than a full school year.
30 Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
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1 232.435 Extracurricular athletic activities; athletic
2 trainers.--
3 (3)(a) To the extent practicable, a school district
4 program should include the following employment classification
5 and advancement scheme:
6 1. Teacher apprentice trainer I.--To qualify as a
7 teacher apprentice trainer I, a person must possess a
8 professional, temporary, part-time, adjunct, or substitute
9 certificate pursuant to s. 231.17 or s. 231.1726, be certified
10 in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and have
11 earned a minimum of 6 semester hours or the equivalent number
12 of inservice education points in the basic prevention and care
13 of athletic injuries.
14 2. Teacher apprentice trainer II.--To qualify as a
15 teacher apprentice trainer II, a person must meet the
16 requirements of teacher apprentice trainer I and also have
17 earned a minimum of 15 additional semester hours or the
18 equivalent number of inservice education points in such
19 courses as anatomy, physiology, use of modalities, nutrition,
20 counseling, and other courses approved by the Commissioner of
21 Education.
22 3. Teacher athletic trainer.--To qualify as a teacher
23 athletic trainer, a person must meet the requirements of
24 teacher apprentice trainer II, be certified by the Department
25 of Education or a nationally recognized athletic trainer
26 association, and perform one or more of the following
27 functions: preventing athletic injuries; recognizing,
28 evaluating, managing, treating, and rehabilitating athletic
29 injuries; administering an athletic training program; and
30 educating and counseling athletes.
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1 Section 21. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3)
2 of section 240.529, Florida Statutes, to read:
3 240.529 Public accountability and state approval for
4 teacher preparation programs.--
5 (3) INITIAL STATE PROGRAM APPROVAL.--
6 (c) Each teacher preparation program approved by the
7 Department of Education, as provided for by this section,
8 shall provide a waiver of 9 semester hours' credit of the
9 professional education course requirements in the program for
10 an individual admitted to the program who has completed 3
11 years of successful full-time experience as an educational
12 paraprofessional in a public school in this state. The 9
13 semester hours of waived college credit shall include:
14 1. Three semester hours in human development and
15 learning, and
16 2. Three semester hours in the integration of
17 classroom management, school safety, professional ethics, and
18 educational law.
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Revises provisions relating to the reemployment of
4 retired members of the Florida Retirement System as
school district personnel. Revises the definition of
5 "other instructional staff" to include adjunct educators.
Prohibits both a superintendent from recommending the
6 assignment of any instructional personnel or school
administrator to a school and a district school board
7 from assigning any instructional personnel or school
administrator to a school, unless the principal of that
8 school approves the assignment. Deletes provisions
relating to salary supplements provided to teachers
9 selected to teach at certain low-performing schools.
Authorizes the use of an approved alternative
10 certification program by a district other than that which
developed the program, upon notification to the
11 department and approval of any modifications. Creates
provisions relating to certification of adjunct
12 educators. Requires each district school board to develop
policies and procedures relating to the reporting of
13 complaints against teachers. Charges the superintendent
of schools with knowledge of such policies and
14 procedures. States that a superintendent is presumed to
have knowledge of each legally sufficient complaint.
15 Authorizes the withholding of discretionary funds from a
school district, and the imposition and collection of
16 fines against a school district and superintendent, for
noncompliance. Authorizes the temporary suspension of a
17 teaching certificate pending the completion of
proceedings in order to protect the health, safety, and
18 welfare of students. Includes adjunct educators in
provisions relating to contracts with instructional
19 staff. Requires a school board, subject to applicable
collective bargaining requirements, to recognize and
20 accept years of satisfactory performance for purposes of
pay and retirement. Requires the Department of Education
21 to develop and implement a system for posting teaching
vacancies, establish a database of teacher applicants,
22 develop a long-range plan for educator recruitment and
retention, and identify best practices for retaining
23 high-quality teachers. Deletes the requirement that the
department develop standardized resumes for teacher
24 applicant data and review and recommend to the
Legislature and school districts incentives for
25 attracting teachers to Florida. Establishes the advanced
placement instruction bonus program, specifies amounts of
26 bonuses, limits the amount awarded to a teacher annually,
and requires an appropriation. Revises the Florida Mentor
27 Teacher School Pilot Program to conform terminology.
Clarifies requirements for mentor teachers. Repeals s.
28 236.081(1)(k) and (m), F.S., relating to calculations of
additional full-time equivalent membership based on
29 international baccalaureate examination scores of
students and based on college board advanced placement
30 scores of students. Clarifies requirements relating to
the amount of required mentoring or related services for
31 receipt of an Excellent Teaching Program bonus. Amends
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1 prekindergarten early intervention programs; periodic
criminal history record checks; employment of substitute
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teachers of career education, and career specialists;
3 professional service contracts; part-time teachers; and
athletic trainers to include adjunct educators. Provides
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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.