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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Lynn) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 7, between lines 9 and 10,
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18         Section 6.  Section 402.3017, Florida Statutes, is
19  renumbered as section 411.0103, Florida Statutes, and amended
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21         411.0103 402.3017  Teacher Education and Compensation
22  Helps (TEACH) scholarship program.--
23         (1)  The Legislature finds that the level of early
24  child care teacher education and training is a key predictor
25  for determining program quality. The Legislature also finds
26  that low wages for child care workers prevent many from
27  obtaining increased training and education and contribute to
28  high turnover rates. The Legislature therefore intends to help
29  fund a program which links teacher training and education to
30  compensation and commitment to the field of early childhood
31  education.
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 1         (2)  The Agency for Workforce Innovation may Department
 2  of Children and Family Services is authorized to contract for
 3  the administration of the Teacher Education and Compensation
 4  Helps (TEACH) scholarship program, which provides educational
 5  scholarships to caregivers and administrators of early
 6  childhood programs, family day care homes, and large family
 7  child care homes.
 8         (3)  The agency department shall adopt rules under ss.
 9  120.536(1) and 120.54 as necessary to administer implement
10  this section.
11         (4)  For the 2005-2006 fiscal year only, the Agency for
12  Workforce Innovation shall administer this section. This
13  subsection expires July 1, 2006.
14         Section 7.  Section 402.309, Florida Statutes, is
15  amended to read:
16         402.309  Provisional license or registration.--
17         (1)  The local licensing agency or the department,
18  whichever is authorized to license child care facilities in a
19  county, may issue a provisional license for child care
20  facilities, family day care homes, or large family child care
21  homes, or a provisional registration for family day care homes
22  to applicants for an initial a license or registration or to
23  licensees or registrants seeking a renewal who are unable to
24  meet conform to all the standards provided for in ss.
25  402.301-402.319.
26         (2)  A No provisional license or registration may not
27  be issued unless the operator or owner makes adequate
28  provisions for the health and safety of the child. A
29  provisional license may be issued for a child care facility if
30  all of the screening materials have been timely submitted.;
31  however, A provisional license or registration may not be
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 1  issued unless the child care facility, family day care home,
 2  or large family child care home is in compliance with the
 3  requirements for screening of child care personnel in ss.
 4  402.305, and 402.3055, 402.313, and 402.3131, respectively.
 5         (3)  The provisional license or registration may not
 6  shall in no event be issued for a period that exceeds in
 7  excess of 6 months; however, it may be renewed one time for a
 8  period that may not exceed in excess of 6 months under unusual
 9  circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.
10         (4)  The provisional license or registration may be
11  suspended or revoked if periodic inspection or review made by
12  the local licensing agency or the department indicates that
13  insufficient progress has been made toward compliance.
14         (5)  The department shall adopt rules specifying the
15  conditions and procedures under which a provisional license or
16  registration may be issued, suspended, or revoked.
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22  And the title is amended as follows:
23         On page 1, line 28, after the semicolon,
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26         transferring, renumbering, and amending s.
27         402.3017, F.S.; revising the provisions of the
28         Teacher Education and Compensation Helps
29         scholarship program; authorizing the Agency for
30         Workforce Innovation to administer the program
31         and adopt rules; amending s. 402.309, F.S.;
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 1         authorizing the issuance of a provisional
 2         license or registration for child care to
 3         certain applicants; prohibiting a provisional
 4         license or registration from being issued under
 5         certain circumstances; authorizing the
 6         suspension or revocation of a provisional
 7         license or registration under certain
 8         circumstances; requiring the department to
 9         adopt rules;
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