Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 590
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Harrell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 79 - 163
    4  and insert:
    5         19. A reasonable attempt to notify Immediate notification
    6  to a student’s parent, guardian, or caregiver before if the
    7  student is removed from school, school transportation, or a
    8  school-sponsored activity to be and taken to a receiving
    9  facility for an involuntary examination pursuant to s. 394.463,
   10  including and subject to the requirements and exceptions
   11  established under ss. 1002.20(3) and 1002.33(9), as applicable.
   12         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 394.463, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         394.463 Involuntary examination.—
   15         (4) DATA ANALYSIS.—Using data collected under paragraph
   16  (2)(a), the department shall, at a minimum, analyze data on both
   17  the initiation of involuntary examinations of children and the
   18  initiation of involuntary examinations of students who are
   19  removed from a school, identify any patterns or trends and cases
   20  in which involuntary examinations are repeatedly initiated on
   21  the same child or student, study root causes for such patterns,
   22  trends, or repeated involuntary examinations, and make
   23  recommendations to encourage the use of for encouraging
   24  alternatives to eliminate and eliminating inappropriate
   25  initiations of such examinations. The department shall submit a
   26  report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the
   27  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   28  Representatives by November 1 of each odd-numbered odd numbered
   29  year.
   30         Section 3. Subsection (7) of section 1001.212, Florida
   31  Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         1001.212 Office of Safe Schools.—There is created in the
   33  Department of Education the Office of Safe Schools. The office
   34  is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The
   35  office shall serve as a central repository for best practices,
   36  training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters
   37  regarding school safety and security, including prevention
   38  efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness
   39  planning. The office shall:
   40         (7) Provide data to support the evaluation of mental health
   41  services pursuant to s. 1004.44. Such data must include, for
   42  each school, the number of involuntary examinations as defined
   43  in s. 394.455 which are initiated at the school, on school
   44  transportation, or at a school-sponsored activity and the number
   45  of children for whom an examination is initiated.
   46         Section 4. Paragraph (l) of subsection (3) of section
   47  1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   48         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
   49  school students must receive accurate and timely information
   50  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
   51  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
   52  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
   53  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
   54         (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
   55         (l) Notification of involuntary examinations.—
   56         1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., the public school
   57  principal or the principal’s designee shall make a reasonable
   58  attempt to immediately notify the parent of a student before the
   59  student who is removed from school, school transportation, or a
   60  school-sponsored activity to be and taken to a receiving
   61  facility for an involuntary examination pursuant to s. 394.463.
   62         2. The principal or the principal’s designee may delay the
   63  required notification for no more than 24 hours after the
   64  student is removed if:
   65         a. The principal or the principal’s designee deems the
   66  delay to be in the student’s best interest and if a report has
   67  been submitted to the central abuse hotline, pursuant to s.
   68  39.201, based upon knowledge or suspicion of abuse, abandonment,
   69  or neglect; or
   70         b. The principal or principal’s designee reasonably
   71  believes that such delay is necessary to avoid jeopardizing the
   72  health and safety of the student.
   73         3. Before a principal or his or her designee contacts a law
   74  enforcement officer, he or she must verify that deescalation de
   75  escalation strategies have been utilized and outreach to a
   76  mobile response team has been initiated unless the principal or
   77  the principal’s designee reasonably believes that any delay in
   78  removing the student will increase the likelihood of harm to the
   79  student or others. This requirement does not supersede the
   80  authority of a law enforcement officer to act under s. 394.463.
   81  
   82  Each district school board shall develop a policy and procedures
   83  for notification under this paragraph.
   84         Section 5. Paragraph (q) of subsection (9) of section
   85  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   86         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   87         (9) CHARTER SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.—
   88         (q)1. The charter school principal or the principal’s
   89  designee shall make a reasonable attempt to immediately notify
   90  the parent of a student before