CS for SB 292 First Engrossed
2019292e1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education; amending s. 1001.43,
3 F.S.; making a technical change; prohibiting a
4 district school board from prohibiting a student from
5 lawfully wearing the dress uniform of any of the Armed
6 Forces of the United States or of the state at his or
7 her graduation ceremony; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 1001.43, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended to read:
13 1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
14 board.—The district school board may exercise the following
15 supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
16 State Board of Education rule.
17 (8) STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND AFFAIRS.—The district school
18 board may adopt policies and procedures governing attendance
19 monitoring and checks; truancy; graduation requirements and
20 graduation exercises; fees, fines, and charges imposed on
21 students; evaluation of student records and transcripts;
22 transfer of student records; grading and academic evaluation of
23 students; tests and examinations, including early examinations;
24 guidance and counseling; and student participation in
25 competitions, student performances and exhibitions, contests for
26 students, and social events; and graduation requirements and
27 graduation exercises. A district school board may not prohibit a
28 student from lawfully wearing the dress uniform of any of the
29 Armed Forces of the United States or of the state at his or her
30 graduation ceremony.
31 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.