SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 470
    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 345674
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11  The Committee on Natural Resources recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 4, between lines 9 and 10,
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18         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 1013.20, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         1013.20  Standards for relocatables used as classroom
21  space; inspections.--
22         (1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
23  establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term
24  use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle
25  school, or high school. "Long-term use" means the use of
26  relocatables at the same educational plant for a period of 4
27  years or more. Each relocatable acquired by a district school
28  board after the effective date of the rules and intended for
29  long-term use must comply with the standards. District school
30  boards shall submit a plan for the use of existing
31  relocatables within the 5-year work program to be reviewed and
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 470 Amendment No. 1 Barcode 345674 1 approved by the commissioner by January 1, 2003. A progress 2 report shall be provided by the commissioner to the Speaker of 3 the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate 4 each January thereafter. Relocatables that fail to meet the 5 standards after completion of the approved plan may not be 6 used as classrooms. The standards shall protect the health, 7 safety, and welfare of occupants by requiring compliance with 8 the Florida Building Code or the State Requirements for 9 Educational Facilities for existing relocatables, as 10 applicable, to ensure the safety and stability of construction 11 and onsite installation; fire and moisture protection; air 12 quality and ventilation; appropriate wind resistance; and 13 compliance with the requirements of the Americans with 14 Disabilities Act of 1990. If appropriate and where 15 relocatables are not scheduled for replacement, the standards 16 must also require relocatables to provide access to the same 17 technologies available to similar classrooms within the main 18 school facility and, if appropriate, and where relocatables 19 are not scheduled for replacement, at the discretion of the 20 local school board, may to be accessible by adequate covered 21 walkways. A relocatable that is subject to this section and 22 does not meet the standards shall not be reported as providing 23 satisfactory student stations in the Florida Inventory of 24 School Houses. 25 26 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 27 28 29 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 On page 1, line 16, after the semicolon, 2 5:54 PM 03/22/04 s0470.nr.01
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 470 Amendment No. 1 Barcode 345674 1 insert: 2 amending s. 1013.20, F.S.; authorizing a 3 district school board to determine the need for 4 covered walkways; 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 5:54 PM 03/22/04 s0470.nr.01