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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (Wise)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete lines 271 through 284

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and insert:

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     (5) The Department of Education shall provide authorized

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staff of local school districts, charter schools, the Florida

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School for the Deaf and the Blind, private schools that accept

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scholarship students under chapter 1002 or s. 220.187, and

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private providers pursuant to s. 1002.55 with access to

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electronic verification of information from the following

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employment-screening tools:

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     (a) The Professional Practices' Database of Disciplinary

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Actions Against Educators; and

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     (b) The Department of Education's Teacher Certification

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Database.

3/19/2008  8:50:00 PM     5-05439-08