Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 796
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì4824362Î482436                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/17/2017           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Education (Farmer) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (839664) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 515 - 554
    5  and insert:
    6         (b) A school of hope may be either a private or a public
    7  employer. As a public employer, the school of hope may
    8  participate in the Florida Retirement System upon application
    9  and approval as a covered group under s. 121.021(34). If a
   10  school of hope participates in the Florida Retirement System,
   11  the school of hope’s employees shall be compulsory members of
   12  the Florida Retirement System.
   13         (c) A hope operator may employ school administrators and
   14  instructional personnel who do not meet the requirements of s.
   15  1012.56 if the school administrators and instructional personnel
   16  are not ineligible for such employment under s. 1012.315.
   17         (d) Compliance with s. 1003.03 shall be calculated as the
   18  average at the school level.
   19         (e) Schools of hope operated by a hope operator shall be
   20  
   21  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete lines 827 - 828
   24  and insert:
   25         designated as a local education agency;