Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 1035
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Calatayud moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (416612) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 276 - 372
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 7.  Paragraph (d) and present paragraph (e) of
    7  subsection (7) of section 1012.56, Florida Statutes, as amended
    8  by chapter 2023-16, Laws of Florida, are amended, and a new
    9  paragraph (e) and paragraph (f) are added to that subsection, to
   10  read:
   11         1012.56 Educator certification requirements.—
   12         (7) TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.—
   13         (d) The department shall issue a temporary apprenticeship
   14  certificate to any applicant who:
   15         1. Meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a), (b), (d),
   16  (e), and (f).
   17         2. Completes the subject area content requirements
   18  specified in state board rule or demonstrates mastery of subject
   19  area knowledge as provided in subsection (5).
   20         (e) A person who is issued a temporary certificate under
   21  paragraph (b) must be assigned a teacher mentor for a minimum of
   22  2 school years after commencing employment. Each teacher mentor
   23  selected by the school district, charter school, or charter
   24  management organization must:
   25         1. Hold a valid professional certificate issued pursuant to
   26  this section;
   27         2. Have earned at least 3 years of teaching experience in
   28  prekindergarten through grade 12; and
   29         3. Have earned an effective or highly effective rating on
   30  the prior year’s performance evaluation under s. 1012.34.
   31         (f)1.(e) A temporary certificate issued under paragraph (b)
   32  is valid for 5 school fiscal years and is nonrenewable.
   33         2. A temporary apprenticeship certificate issued under
   34  paragraph (d) is valid for 5 school years, may be issued only
   35  once, and is nonrenewable.
   36  
   37  At least 1 year before an individual’s temporary certificate is
   38  set to expire, the department shall electronically notify the
   39  individual of the date on which his or her certificate will
   40  expire and provide a list of each method by which the
   41  qualifications for a professional certificate can be completed.
   42  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to allow the
   43  department to extend the validity period of a temporary
   44  certificate for 2 years when the requirements for the
   45  professional certificate were not completed due to the serious
   46  illness or injury of the applicant, the military service of an
   47  applicant’s spouse, other extraordinary extenuating
   48  circumstances, or if the certificateholder is rated highly
   49  effective in the immediate prior year’s performance evaluation
   50  pursuant to s. 1012.34 or has completed a 2-year mentorship
   51  program pursuant to subsection (8). The department shall extend
   52  the temporary certificate upon approval by the Commissioner of
   53  Education. A written request for extension of the certificate
   54  shall be submitted by the district school superintendent, the
   55  governing authority of a university lab school, the governing
   56  authority of a state-supported school, or the governing
   57  authority of a private school.
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   59  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   60  And the title is amended as follows:
   61         Delete lines 604 - 608
   62  and insert:
   63         amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; revising the validity
   64         period for certain temporary certificates; amending s.
   65         1012.59, F.S.; waiving
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