| 1 | Representative(s) Evers offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 27 and 28, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 402.313, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 402.313 Family day care homes.-- |
| 8 | (4) Operators of family day care homes must successfully |
| 9 | complete an approved 30-clock-hour introductory course in child |
| 10 | care, as evidenced by passage of a competency examination, |
| 11 | before caring for children. The department may grant the |
| 12 | operator of a family day care home an exemption from all or part |
| 13 | of the training required under this subsection in the same |
| 14 | manner that child care personnel are granted an exemption from |
| 15 | required training under s. 402.305(2)(d)1. |
| 16 | Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 402.3131, Florida |
| 17 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 18 | 402.3131 Large family child care homes.-- |
| 19 | (3) Operators of large family child care homes must |
| 20 | successfully complete an approved 40-clock-hour introductory |
| 21 | course in group child care, as evidenced by passage of a |
| 22 | competency examination. Successful completion of the 40-clock- |
| 23 | hour introductory course shall articulate into community college |
| 24 | credit in early childhood education, pursuant to ss. 1007.24 and |
| 25 | 1007.25. The department may grant the operator of a large family |
| 26 | child care home an exemption from all or part of the training |
| 27 | required under this subsection in the same manner that child |
| 28 | care personnel are granted an exemption from required training |
| 29 | under s. 402.305(2)(d)1. |
| 30 | Section 4. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section |
| 31 | 1002.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 32 | 1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by |
| 33 | private prekindergarten providers.-- |
| 34 | (3) To be eligible to deliver the prekindergarten program, |
| 35 | a private prekindergarten provider must meet each of the |
| 36 | following requirements: |
| 37 | (d) Each prekindergarten instructor employed by the |
| 38 | private prekindergarten provider shall be subject to level 2 |
| 39 | background screening requirements in chapter 435 and must be |
| 40 | rescreened every 5 years. The 5-year rescreening shall not |
| 41 | require refingerprinting unless the instructor has experienced a |
| 42 | break in covered employment of more than 90 days. |
| 43 | Prekindergarten instructors must be of good moral character, |
| 44 | must be screened using the level 2 screening standards in s. |
| 45 | 435.04 before employment and rescreened at least once every 5 |
| 46 | years, must be denied employment or terminated if required under |
| 47 | s. 435.06, and must not be ineligible to teach in a public |
| 48 | school because his or her educator certificate is suspended or |
| 49 | revoked. |
| 50 | Section 5. Subsection (5) is added to section 1002.57, |
| 51 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 52 | 1002.57 Prekindergarten director credential.-- |
| 53 | (5) The department may authorize the Department of |
| 54 | Children and Family Services to issue a prekindergarten director |
| 55 | credential under this section. |
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| 58 | Remove line 5 and insert: |
| 59 | in the Gold Seal Quality Care Program; amending ss. 402.313 and |
| 60 | 402.3131, F.S.; providing an exemption from certain introductory |
| 61 | training for operators of family day care homes and large family |
| 62 | child care homes based on educational credentials or passage of |
| 63 | competency examinations; amending s. 1002.55, F.S.; revising |
| 64 | eligibility requirements for prekindergarten instructors |
| 65 | employed by private prekindergarten providers; amending s. |
| 66 | 1002.57, F.S.; providing for the Department of Education to |
| 67 | authorize the Department of Children and Family Services to |
| 68 | issue a prekindergarten director credential; providing an |