SENATE AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Clary moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
19 1012.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 1012.56 Educator certification requirements.--
21 (2) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.--To be eligible to seek
22 certification pursuant to this chapter, a person must:
23 (b) File an affidavit a written statement, under oath,
24 that the applicant subscribes to and will uphold the
25 principles incorporated in the Constitution of the United
26 States and the Constitution of the State of Florida and that
27 the information provided in the application is true, accurate,
28 and complete. The affidavit shall be in substantially the
29 following form:.
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31 Under penalty of perjury, I, ...(name of
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1 applicant)..., do hereby certify that I
2 subscribe to and will uphold the principles
3 incorporated in the Constitution of the United
4 States and the Constitution of the State of
5 Florida and that all information provided in
6 this application is true, accurate, and
7 complete.
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9 Signature or electronic authentication
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11 The affidavit shall include substantially the following
12 warning:
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14 WARNING: GIVING FALSE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO
15 OBTAIN OR RENEW A FLORIDA EDUCATOR'S
16 CERTIFICATE IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER FLORIDA
17 LAW. ANYONE GIVING FALSE INFORMATION ON THIS
18 AFFIDAVIT IS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION,
19 AS WELL AS DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY THE EDUCATION
20 PRACTICES COMMISSION.
21 Section 8. Section 1012.561, Florida Statutes,
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23 1012.561 Address of record.--
24 (1) Each certified educator is responsible for
25 notifying the Bureau of Educator Certification of a change of
26 address. A certified educator or applicant for certification
27 who is employed by a district school board must notify his or
28 her employing school district of a change of address in
29 writing within 10 days after the change has occurred. The
30 employing district school board must notify the bureau of the
31 change of address, in the manner prescribed by the Department
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1 of Education, within 20 days after the district school board
2 receives such notification.
3 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
4 contrary, effective January 1, 2004, service by regular mail
5 to a certified educator's or applicant's last known address of
6 record with the bureau constitutes adequate and sufficient
7 notice to the certified educator or applicant of any official
8 communication, except for an administrative complaint or a
9 notice of denial, to the educator or applicant by the
10 Department of Education, the Education Practices Commission,
11 or the Recovery Network for Educators.
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17 And the title is amended as follows:
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21 amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; prescribing an
22 affidavit for educator certification
23 eligibility requirements; creating s. 1012.561,
24 F.S.; requiring certain certified educators and
25 applicants for certification as an eductor to
26 notify the employing school district of any
27 change of address; requiring the school
28 district to notify the Bureau of Educator
29 Certification of the change of address;
30 authorizing service by regular mail for certain
31 purposes;
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