| 1 | Representative Sachs offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (440113) (with directory and title |
| 4 | amendments) |
| 5 | Between lines 1360 and 1361, insert: |
| 6 | (5)(4) MASTERY OF SUBJECT AREA KNOWLEDGE.--Acceptable |
| 7 | means of demonstrating mastery of subject area knowledge are: |
| 8 | (a) Achievement of passing scores on subject area |
| 9 | examinations required by state board rule, which may include, |
| 10 | but need not be limited to, world languages in Arabic, Chinese, |
| 11 | Farsi, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, |
| 12 | Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish; |
| 13 | (b) Completion of a bachelor's degree or higher and |
| 14 | verification of the attainment of an oral proficiency interview |
| 15 | score above the intermediate level and a written proficiency |
| 16 | score above the intermediate level on a test administered by the |
| 17 | American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for which |
| 18 | there is no Florida-developed examination; |
| 19 | (c)(b) Completion of the subject area specialization |
| 20 | requirements specified in state board rule and verification of |
| 21 | the attainment of the essential subject matter competencies by |
| 22 | the district school superintendent of the employing school |
| 23 | district or chief administrative officer of the employing state- |
| 24 | supported or private school for a subject area for which a |
| 25 | subject area examination has not been developed and required by |
| 26 | state board rule; |
| 27 | (d)(c) Completion of the subject area specialization |
| 28 | requirements specified in state board rule for a subject |
| 29 | coverage requiring a master's or higher degree and achievement |
| 30 | of a passing score on the subject area examination specified in |
| 31 | state board rule; |
| 32 | (e)(d) A valid professional standard teaching certificate |
| 33 | issued by another state; or |
| 34 | (f)(e) A valid certificate issued by the National Board |
| 35 | for Professional Teaching Standards or a national educator |
| 36 | credentialing board approved by the State Board of Education. |
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| 38 | School districts are encouraged to provide mechanisms for those |
| 39 | middle school teachers holding only a K-6 teaching certificate |
| 40 | to obtain a subject area coverage for middle grades through |
| 41 | postsecondary coursework or district add-on certification. |
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| 44 | D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T |
| 45 | Remove lines 1351-1354 and insert: |
| 46 | Section 25. Subsection (4) of section 1012.56, Florida |
| 47 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (5) and amended, present |
| 48 | subsections (5) through (16) are renumbered as subsections (6) |
| 49 | through (17), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to |
| 50 | that section, to read: |
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| 54 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 55 | Remove line 1631 and insert: |
| 56 | Generation Sunshine State Standards; revising provisions |
| 57 | relating to the means for demonstrating mastery of subject area |
| 58 | knowledge; specifying world languages for which subject area |
| 59 | examinations may be required by State Board of Education rule; |
| 60 | authorizing degree completion and attainment of foreign language |
| 61 | proficiency on specified national tests; amending ss. 1012.57 |
| 62 | and |
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