SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 10-A
    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 701728
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11  The Committee on Appropriations recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 9 and 10,
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18         Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 1012.32, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         1012.32  Qualifications of personnel.--
21         (2)(a)  Instructional and noninstructional personnel
22  who are hired to fill positions requiring direct contact with
23  students in any district school system or university lab
24  school shall, upon employment, file a complete set of
25  fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement officer or
26  an employee of the school or district who is trained to take
27  fingerprints. Instructional and noninstructional personnel who
28  are hired or contracted to fill positions in any charter
29  school and members of the governing board of any charter
30  school, in compliance with s. 1002.33(12)(g), shall, upon
31  employment, engagement of services, or appointment, file with
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 10-A Amendment No. 1 Barcode 701728 1 the district school board for the district in which the 2 charter school is located a complete set of fingerprints taken 3 by an authorized law enforcement officer or an employee of the 4 school or district who is trained to take fingerprints. These 5 fingerprints shall be submitted to the Department of Law 6 Enforcement for state processing and to the Federal Bureau of 7 Investigation for federal processing. The new employees or 8 contractors shall be on probationary status pending 9 fingerprint processing and determination of compliance with 10 standards of good moral character. Employees or contractors 11 found through fingerprint processing to have been convicted of 12 a crime involving moral turpitude shall not be employed or 13 engaged to provide services in any position requiring direct 14 contact with students. Probationary employees or contractors 15 terminated because of their criminal record shall have the 16 right to appeal such decisions. The cost of the fingerprint 17 processing may be borne by the district school board, the 18 charter school, or the employee, or the contractor. 19 (b) Personnel who have been fingerprinted or screened 20 pursuant to this subsection and who have not been unemployed 21 or unengaged to provide services in a public or charter school 22 for more than 90 days shall not be required to be 23 refingerprinted or rescreened in order to comply with the 24 requirements of this subsection. 25 (c) Beginning July 1, 2003, all fingerprints submitted 26 to the Department of Law Enforcement as required by paragraph 27 (a) shall be retained by the Department of Law Enforcement and 28 entered into the statewide automated fingerprint 29 identification system authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b). Such 30 fingerprints shall thereafter be available for all purposes 31 and uses authorized for arrest fingerprint cards entered in 2 2:00 PM 05/14/03 s0010A.ap.01
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 10-A Amendment No. 1 Barcode 701728 1 the statewide automated fingerprint identification system 2 pursuant to s. 943.051. 3 4 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 5 6 7 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 8 And the title is amended as follows: 9 On page 1, line 11, after the semicolon, 10 11 insert: 12 amending s. 1012.32, F.S.; requiring both 13 instructional and noninstructional personnel of 14 charter schools to file fingerprints with the 15 school board of the district within which the 16 charter school is located; providing that 17 contractors have the same probationary status 18 as employees; providing duties of the 19 Department of Law Enforcement with respect to 20 retention and search of fingerprint records 21 submitted on behalf of school employees and 22 contractors; providing for fees; 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 2:00 PM 05/14/03 s0010A.ap.01