Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 7070
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Cruz moved the following:
1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (821510) (with title
2 amendment)
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6 recruit and retain designate teachers who meet the needs of this
7 state and have achieved success in the classroom high academic
8 standards during their own education as Florida’s best and
9 brightest teacher scholars.
10 (2) There is created The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher
11 Scholarship Program is created to be administered by the
12 Department of Education. The scholarship program shall provide
13 categorical funding for scholarships to salary increases to
14 recruit and retain classroom teachers, as defined in
15 1012.01(2)(a), and other instructional personnel, to be funded
16 as provided in s. 1011.62(18) be awarded to classroom teachers,
17 as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), who have demonstrated a high
18 level of academic achievement.
19 (3)(a) To be eligible for a recruitment salary increase as
20 specified in the General Appropriations Act:
21 1. A newly hired classroom teacher must be a content
22 expert, based on criteria established by the department, in
23 mathematics, science, computer science, reading, or civics.
24 2. An instructional personnel staff member must be hired to
25 fill a designated critical shortage area or must voluntarily
26 switch fields to fill a critical shortage area scholarship in
27 the amount of $6,000, a classroom teacher must:
28 1. Have achieved a composite score at or above the 80th
29 percentile on either the SAT or the ACT based on the National
30 Percentile Ranks in effect when the classroom teacher took the
31 assessment and have been evaluated as highly effective pursuant
32 to s. 1012.34 in the school year immediately preceding the year
33 in which the scholarship will be awarded, unless the classroom
34 teacher is newly hired by the district school board and has not
35 been evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34.
36 2. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, have achieved
37 a composite score at or above the 77th percentile or, if the
38 classroom teacher graduated cum laude or higher with a
39 baccalaureate degree, the 71st percentile on either the SAT,
40 ACT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, or MCAT based on the National Percentile
41 Ranks in effect when the classroom teacher took the assessment;
42 and have been evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s.
43 1012.34, or have been evaluated as highly effective based on a
44 commissioner-approved student learning growth formula pursuant
45 to s. 1012.34(8), in the school year immediately preceding the
46 year in which the scholarship will be awarded, unless the
47 classroom teacher is newly hired by the district school board
48 and has not been evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34.
49 (b) To be eligible for a retention salary increase as
50 specified in the General Appropriations Act, a classroom teacher
51 or an instructional personnel staff member must have been rated
52 as highly effective or effective the preceding year pursuant to
53 s. 1012.34, and must teach or be employed in a school for 2
54 consecutive school years, including the current year
55 1. In order to demonstrate eligibility for an award, an
56 eligible classroom teacher must submit to the school district,
57 no later than November 1, an official record of his or her
58 qualifying assessment score and, beginning with the 2020-2021
59 school year, an official transcript demonstrating that he or she
60 graduated cum laude or higher with a baccalaureate degree, if
61 applicable. Once a classroom teacher is deemed eligible by the
62 school district, the teacher shall remain eligible as long as he
63 or she remains employed by the school district as a classroom
64 teacher at the time of the award and receives an annual
65 performance evaluation rating of highly effective pursuant to s.
66 1012.34 or is evaluated as highly effective based on a
67 commissioner-approved student learning growth formula pursuant
68 to s. 1012.34(8) for the 2019-2020 school year or thereafter.
69 2. A school district employee who is no longer a classroom
70 teacher may receive an award if the employee was a classroom
71 teacher in the prior school year, was rated highly effective,
72 and met the requirements of this section as a classroom teacher.
73 (c) Notwithstanding the
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76 And the title is amended as follows:
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79 recruitment and retention salary increases;