Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7058
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/02/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 231 - 282
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) Disqualification from employment under this chapter may
    6  not be removed from, nor may an exemption be granted to, any
    7  current or prospective personnel of a provider receiving school
    8  readiness funding under part VI of chapter 1002, if such person
    9  is registered as a sex offender as described in 42 U.S.C. s.
   10  9858f(c)(1)(C) or has been convicted of crimes referenced in 42
   11  U.S.C. s. 9858f. Such persons are disqualified from employment
   12  with a school readiness provider regardless of any prior
   13  exemptions from disqualification. Any person employed by a
   14  school readiness provider on July 1, 2016, who has been granted
   15  an exemption from disqualification must be rescreened no later
   16  than August 1, 2016.
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   18  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete lines 30 - 32
   21  and insert:
   22         s. 435.07, F.S.; prohibiting removal or exemption from
   23         disqualification from employment for any school
   24         readiness provider personnel if registered as a sex
   25         offender or convicted of specified crimes; amending s.
   26         1002.82, F.S.;