Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1628
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bracy moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 71 and 72
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. The Commissioner of Education’s African American
    6  History Task Force is directed to examine ways in which the
    7  history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots may be included in
    8  instruction on African-American history required pursuant to s.
    9  1003.42(2)(h), Florida Statutes. The task force shall submit its
   10  recommendations to the Commissioner of Education and the State
   11  Board of Education by March 1, 2021.
   12         Section 3. The Secretary of State is directed to:
   13         (1) In coordination with the Division of Cultural Affairs
   14  of the Department of State, determine ways in which the Museum
   15  of Florida History and other state museums may promote the
   16  history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots through exhibits
   17  and educational programs.
   18         (2) Collaborate with the National Museum of African
   19  American History and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution to
   20  seek inclusion of the history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day
   21  Riots in the museum’s exhibits.
   22         Section 4. The Secretary of Environmental Protection is
   23  directed to assess if any state park, or a portion of or a
   24  facility therein, may be named in recognition of any victim of
   25  the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots. The secretary may appoint a
   26  committee to assess naming opportunities. If a change to state
   27  law is required in order to change the designation of a state
   28  park, or a portion of or a facility therein, the secretary shall
   29  submit any such recommendation to the President of the Senate
   30  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   31         Section 5. District school boards are encouraged to assess
   32  opportunities for naming school facilities in recognition of
   33  victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots.
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   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 2 - 10
   38  and insert:
   39         An act relating to educational instruction of
   40         historical events; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.;
   41         including the study of a specified policy against
   42         anti-Semitism in specified instruction; requiring each
   43         school district to annually certify and provide
   44         evidence to the department that certain instructional
   45         requirements have been met; authorizing the department
   46         to work with a certain task force and other entities
   47         for specified purposes; recognizing the second week in
   48         November as Holocaust Education Week; directing the
   49         Commissioner of Education’s African American History
   50         Task Force to determine ways in which the 1920 Ocoee
   51         Election Day Riots may be included in required
   52         instruction on African-American history; requiring the
   53         task force to submit recommendations to the
   54         commissioner and the State Board of Education by a
   55         specified date; directing the Secretary of State to
   56         take certain action regarding the inclusion of the
   57         history of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots in museum
   58         exhibits; directing the Secretary of Environmental
   59         Protection to assess naming opportunities for state
   60         parks, or a portion of a facility therein, in
   61         recognizing victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day
   62         Riots; authorizing the secretary to appoint a
   63         committee to assist in assessing naming opportunities;
   64         requiring the secretary to submit recommendations to
   65         the Legislature under specified circumstances;
   66         encouraging district school boards to assess naming
   67         opportunities for naming school school facilities in
   68         recognition of victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day
   69         Riots; providing an effective date.