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    Florida Senate - 2008                                   SB 286

    By Senator Wise





    5-146-08

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the certification of public

  3         school educators; creating s. 1012.587, F.S.;

  4         specifying inservice requirements for educators

  5         who provide instruction in English for Speakers

  6         of Other Languages; providing an effective

  7         date.

  8  

  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

10  

11         Section 1.  Section 1012.587, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         1012.587  Inservice requirements for educators of

14  English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).--To ensure the

15  most conducive learning environment and the use of appropriate

16  teaching strategies for students who have limited English

17  proficiency, inservice requirements for educators who provide

18  instruction in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

19  shall be as follows:

20         (1)  For the primary English instructor (Basic ESOL)

21  who is an English/Language Arts teacher, 300 inservice hours

22  or the equivalent.

23         (2)  For an instructor teaching the basic subject areas

24  of reading, mathematics, science, social studies, or computer

25  literacy, 60 inservice hours or the equivalent.

26         (3)  For an instructor teaching other subject areas

27  other than basic ESOL or basic subject areas, 18 inservice

28  hours or the equivalent.

29         (4)  For a school administrator or guidance counselor,

30  60 inservice hours or the equivalent.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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