Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 226
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/01/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Montford) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 61 - 97
    4  and insert:
    5         (c)1. Each public school in the state shall establish a
    6  disability history and awareness advisory council. The council
    7  at each school shall consist of the following seven members:
    8         a. Six teachers who are employed at the public school.
    9         b. One individual from the local community who has a
   10  disability.
   11         2. The responsibilities of the council at each school shall
   12  be, but are not limited to:
   13         a. Providing to the public school input regarding the
   14  curriculum for disability history and awareness;
   15         b. Assisting in locating individuals who have disabilities
   16  to make presentations at schools; and
   17         c. Submitting an annual report to the superintendent of the
   18  school district in which the public school is located by August
   19  1, 2014, and each year thereafter. The annual report must
   20  include, but need not be limited to, recommendations and policy
   21  alternatives regarding the state of disability awareness at the
   22  public school.
   23         3. The council at each school shall meet at least four
   24  times a year and more often as needed.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 10 - 23
   29  and insert:
   30         and awareness instruction; requiring each public
   31         school to establish a disability history and awareness
   32         advisory council; providing membership on the council
   33         at each school; providing responsibilities of the
   34         council at each school; providing meeting times for
   35         the council at each school; providing an effective
   36         date.