Florida Senate - 2015                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senators Latvala and Abruzzo moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (877970) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Before line 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section
    7  1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
    9  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
   10  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   11         (4) ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF SCHOOLS.
   12  Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the
   13  establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the
   14  district, including, but not limited to, the following:
   15         (f) Opening and closing of schools; fixing uniform date.
   16  Adopt policies for the opening and closing of schools and fix
   17  uniform dates; however, beginning with the 2007-2008 school
   18  year, the opening date for schools in the district may not be
   19  earlier than the third Monday in August of 14 days before Labor
   20  Day each year.
   21         Section 2. Paragraph (k) of subsection (2) of section
   22  1003.621, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (l),
   23  and a new paragraph (k) is added to that subsection to read:
   24         1003.621 Academically high-performing school districts.—It
   25  is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and reward school
   26  districts that demonstrate the ability to consistently maintain
   27  or improve their high-performing status. The purpose of this
   28  section is to provide high-performing school districts with
   29  flexibility in meeting the specific requirements in statute and
   30  rules of the State Board of Education.
   31         (2) COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES AND RULES.—Each academically
   32  high-performing school district shall comply with all of the
   33  provisions in chapters 1000-1013, and rules of the State Board
   34  of Education which implement these provisions, pertaining to the
   35  following:
   36         (k) Section 1001.42(4)(f), relating to the uniform opening
   37  date of public schools.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 1591
   42  and insert:
   43         s. 1001.42, F.S.; revising a requirement for the
   44         uniform opening date of public schools; amending s.
   45         1003.621, F.S.; requiring that academically high
   46         performing school districts comply with provisions
   47         relating to the uniform opening date of public
   48         schools; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; revising
   49         provisions relating to