Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1652
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-01587A-24                                          20241652__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to district and school advisory
    3         councils; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.; renaming
    4         district advisory councils and school advisory
    5         councils as “district community advisory boards” and
    6         “community advisory boards,” respectively; requiring
    7         community advisory boards to publicize specified
    8         information; establishing terms for executive board
    9         members; requiring district school boards to establish
   10         training for community advisory board members;
   11         requiring members of such boards to complete such
   12         training; revising the requirements for community
   13         advisory board bylaws; amending ss. 24.121, 1001.42,
   14         1001.43, 1002.23, 1002.32, 1002.33, 1003.02,
   15         1003.4203, 1006.07, 1008.345, 1008.36, 1012.71, and
   16         1012.98, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
   17         by the act; providing an effective date.
   18          
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   20  
   21         Section 1. Section 1001.452, Florida Statutes, is amended
   22  to read:
   23         1001.452 District and community school advisory boards
   24  councils.—
   25         (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
   26         (a) The district school board shall establish a community
   27  an advisory board council for each school in the district and
   28  shall develop procedures for the election and appointment of
   29  advisory board council members. Each community school advisory
   30  board council shall include in its name the words “community
   31  school advisory board council.” The community school advisory
   32  board council shall be the sole body responsible for final
   33  decisionmaking at the school relating to implementation of ss.
   34  1001.42(18) and 1008.345. A majority of the members of each
   35  community school advisory board council must be persons who are
   36  not employed by the school district. Each community advisory
   37  board council shall be composed of the principal and an
   38  appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support
   39  employees, students, parents, and other business and community
   40  citizens who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and
   41  economic community served by the school. Career center and high
   42  school community advisory boards councils shall include
   43  students, and middle and junior high school community advisory
   44  boards councils may include students. Community school advisory
   45  boards councils of career centers and adult education centers
   46  are not required to include parents as members. Board Council
   47  members representing teachers, education support employees,
   48  students, and parents shall be elected by their respective peer
   49  groups at the school in a fair and equitable manner as follows:
   50         1. Teachers shall be elected by teachers.
   51         2. Education support employees shall be elected by
   52  education support employees.
   53         3. Students shall be elected by students.
   54         4. Parents shall be elected by parents.
   55  
   56  The district school board shall establish procedures to be used
   57  by schools in selecting business and community members that
   58  include means of ensuring wide notice of vacancies and of taking
   59  input on possible members from local business, chambers of
   60  commerce, community and civic organizations and groups, and the
   61  public at large. The district school board shall review the
   62  membership composition of each community advisory board council.
   63  If the district school board determines that the membership
   64  elected by the school is not representative of the ethnic,
   65  racial, and economic community served by the school, the
   66  district school board shall appoint additional members to
   67  achieve proper representation. The commissioner shall determine
   68  if schools have maximized their efforts to include on their
   69  community advisory boards councils minority persons and persons
   70  of lower socioeconomic status. A community advisory board must
   71  publicize open positions on the community advisory board,
   72  information regarding board elections and appointments, and
   73  information about becoming a member of the community advisory
   74  board. The community advisory board must work with each school
   75  to ensure the board’s efforts to publicize such information are
   76  effective. The executive board members of a community advisory
   77  board, consisting of the president, vice president, secretary,
   78  and treasurer, shall serve 2-year terms. The district school
   79  board shall administer training, and each member of a community
   80  advisory board must complete such training at least once.
   81  Although schools are strongly encouraged to establish community
   82  school advisory boards councils, the district school board of
   83  any school district that has a student population of 10,000 or
   84  fewer may establish a district community advisory board council
   85  which includes at least one duly elected teacher from each
   86  school in the district. For the purposes of community school
   87  advisory boards councils and district community advisory boards
   88  councils, the term “teacher” includes classroom teachers,
   89  certified student services personnel, and media specialists. For
   90  purposes of this paragraph, “education support employee” means
   91  any person employed by a school who is not defined as
   92  instructional or administrative personnel pursuant to s. 1012.01
   93  and whose duties require 20 or more hours in each normal working
   94  week.
   95         (b) The district school board may establish a district
   96  community advisory board council representative of the district
   97  and composed of teachers, students, parents, and other citizens
   98  or a district community advisory board council that may be
   99  comprised of representatives of each community school advisory
  100  board council. Recognized schoolwide support groups that meet
  101  all criteria established by law or rule may function as
  102  community school advisory boards councils.
  103         (c) For those schools operating for the purpose of
  104  providing educational services to youth in Department of
  105  Juvenile Justice programs, district school boards may establish
  106  a district community advisory board council with appropriate
  107  representatives for the purpose of developing and monitoring a
  108  district school improvement plan that encompasses all such
  109  schools in the district, pursuant to s. 1001.42(18)(a).
  110         (d) Each community school advisory board council shall
  111  adopt bylaws establishing procedures for:
  112         1.Requiring the community advisory board to review,
  113  approve, and update its bylaws as scheduled by the district
  114  school board.
  115         2.1. Requiring a quorum to be present before a vote may be
  116  taken by the community school advisory board council. A majority
  117  of the membership of the board council constitutes a quorum.
  118         3.2. Requiring at least 3 days’ advance notice in writing
  119  to all members of the community advisory board council of any
  120  matter that is scheduled to come before the board council for a
  121  vote.
  122         4.3. Scheduling meetings when parents, students, teachers,
  123  businesspersons, and members of the community can attend.
  124         5.4. Replacing any member who has two unexcused consecutive
  125  absences from a community school advisory board council meeting
  126  that is noticed according to the procedures in the bylaws.
  127         6.5. Recording minutes of meetings.
  128  
  129  The district school board shall may review all proposed bylaws
  130  of a community school advisory board council and shall maintain
  131  a record of minutes of board council meetings.
  132         (2) DUTIES.—Each community advisory board council shall
  133  perform functions prescribed by regulations of the district
  134  school board; however, no community advisory board council shall
  135  have any of the powers and duties now reserved by law to the
  136  district school board. Each community school advisory board
  137  council shall assist in the preparation and evaluation of the
  138  school improvement plan required pursuant to s. 1001.42(18).
  139  With technical assistance from the Department of Education, each
  140  community school advisory board council shall assist in the
  141  preparation of the school’s annual budget and plan as required
  142  by s. 1008.385(1). A portion of funds provided in the annual
  143  General Appropriations Act for use by community school advisory
  144  boards councils must be used for implementing the school
  145  improvement plan.
  146         Section 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (5) of
  147  section 24.121, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  148         24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
  149  public education.—
  150         (5)
  151         (c) A portion of such net revenues, as determined annually
  152  by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each school district
  153  and shall be made available to each public school in the
  154  district for enhancing school performance through development
  155  and implementation of a school improvement plan pursuant to s.
  156  1001.42(18). A portion of these moneys, as determined annually
  157  in the General Appropriations Act, must be allocated to each
  158  school in an equal amount for each student enrolled. These
  159  moneys may be expended only on programs or projects selected by
  160  the community school advisory board council or by a parent
  161  advisory committee created pursuant to this paragraph. If a
  162  school does not have a community school advisory board council,
  163  the district community advisory board council must appoint a
  164  parent advisory committee composed of parents of students
  165  enrolled in that school, which is representative of the ethnic,
  166  racial, and economic community served by the school, to advise
  167  the school’s principal on the programs or projects to be funded.
  168  Neither school district staff nor principals may override the
  169  recommendations of the community school advisory board council
  170  or the parent advisory committee. These moneys may not be used
  171  for capital improvements or for any project or program that has
  172  a duration of more than 1 year; however, a community school
  173  advisory board council or parent advisory committee may
  174  independently determine that a program or project formerly
  175  funded under this paragraph should receive funds in a subsequent
  176  year.
  177         (d) No funds shall be released for any purpose from the
  178  Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any school district in
  179  which one or more schools do not have an approved school
  180  improvement plan pursuant to s. 1001.42(18) or do not comply
  181  with community school advisory board council membership
  182  composition requirements pursuant to s. 1001.452(1). The
  183  Commissioner of Education shall withhold disbursements from the
  184  trust fund to any school district that fails to adopt the
  185  performance-based salary schedule required by s. 1012.22(1).
  186         Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (19) of
  187  section 1001.42, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  188         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  189  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  190  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  191         (19) LOCAL-LEVEL DECISIONMAKING.—
  192         (a) Adopt policies that clearly encourage and enhance
  193  maximum decisionmaking appropriate to the school site. Such
  194  policies must include guidelines for schools in the adoption and
  195  purchase of district and school site instructional materials and
  196  technology, the implementation of student health and fitness
  197  standards, staff training, community school advisory board
  198  council member training, student support services, budgeting,
  199  and the allocation of staff resources.
  200         (c) Develop policies for periodically monitoring the
  201  membership composition of community school advisory boards
  202  councils to ensure compliance with requirements established in
  203  s. 1001.452.
  204         Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 1001.43, Florida
  205  Statutes, is amended to read:
  206         1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
  207  board.—The district school board may exercise the following
  208  supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
  209  State Board of Education rule.
  210         (5) SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATIONS.—The district school board
  211  may adopt policies governing public gifts and donations to
  212  schools; input from the community concerning instruction
  213  resources; advertising in schools; participation in community
  214  affairs, including coordination with local governments and
  215  planning authorities; protocols for interagency agreements;
  216  business community partnerships; community use of school
  217  facilities; public solicitations in schools, including the
  218  distribution and posting of promotional materials and
  219  literature; visitors to the school campus; community school
  220  advisory boards councils; and parent volunteers and chaperones.
  221         Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  222  (d) of subsection (4) of section 1002.23, Florida Statutes, are
  223  amended to read:
  224         1002.23 Family and School Partnership for Student
  225  Achievement Act.—
  226         (2) To facilitate meaningful parent and family involvement,
  227  the Department of Education shall develop guidelines for a
  228  parent guide to successful student achievement which describes
  229  what parents need to know about their child’s educational
  230  progress and how they can help their child to succeed in school.
  231  The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to:
  232         (c) Opportunities for parental participation, such as
  233  parenting classes, adult education, community school advisory
  234  boards councils, and school volunteer programs;
  235         (4) Each district school board shall adopt rules that
  236  strengthen family involvement and family empowerment. The rules
  237  shall be developed in collaboration with parents, school
  238  administrators, teachers, and community partners, and shall
  239  address:
  240         (d) Opportunities for parents to participate on community
  241  school advisory boards councils and in school volunteer programs
  242  and other activities.
  243         Section 6. Subsections (6) and (8) of section 1002.32,
  244  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  245         1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
  246         (6) SUPPLEMENTAL-SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS.—Each lab school may
  247  accrue supplemental revenue from supplemental-support
  248  organizations, which include, but are not limited to, alumni
  249  associations, foundations, parent-teacher associations, and
  250  booster associations. The governing body of each supplemental
  251  support organization shall recommend the expenditure of moneys
  252  collected by the organization for the benefit of the school.
  253  Such expenditures shall be contingent upon the recommendations
  254  of the community school advisory board council and review of the
  255  director. The director may override any proposed expenditure of
  256  the organization that would violate Florida Statutes or breach
  257  sound educational management.
  258         (8) ADVISORY BOARDS.—Each public school in the state shall
  259  establish a community school advisory board council that is
  260  reflective of the population served by the school, pursuant to
  261  s. 1001.452, and is responsible for the development and
  262  implementation of the school improvement plan pursuant to s.
  263  1003.02(3). Lab schools shall comply with the provisions of s.
  264  1001.452 in one of two ways:
  265         (a) Each lab school may establish two advisory bodies as
  266  follows:
  267         1. An advisory body pursuant to the provisions and
  268  requirements of s. 1001.452 to be responsible for the
  269  development and implementation of the school improvement plan,
  270  pursuant to s. 1003.02(3).
  271         2. An advisory board to provide general oversight and
  272  guidance. The dean of the affiliated college of education shall
  273  be a standing member of the board, and the president of the
  274  university shall appoint four faculty members from the related
  275  university, at least two of whom are from the college of
  276  education, one layperson who resides in the county in which the
  277  school is located, two parents of students who attend the lab
  278  school, and one lab school student appointed by the principal to
  279  serve on the advisory board. The term of each member shall be
  280  for 2 years, and any vacancy shall be filled with a person of
  281  the same classification as his or her predecessor for the
  282  balance of the unexpired term. The president shall stagger the
  283  terms of the initial appointees in a manner that results in the
  284  expiration of terms of no more than two members in any year. The
  285  president shall call the organizational meeting of the board.
  286  The board shall annually elect a chair and a vice chair. There
  287  shall be no limitation on successive appointments to the board
  288  or successive terms that may be served by a chair or vice chair.
  289  The board shall adopt internal organizational procedures or
  290  bylaws necessary for efficient operation as provided in chapter
  291  120. Board members shall not receive per diem or travel expenses
  292  for the performance of their duties. The board shall:
  293         a. Meet at least quarterly.
  294         b. Monitor the operations of the school and the
  295  distribution of moneys allocated for such operations.
  296         c. Establish necessary policy, program, and administration
  297  modifications.
  298         d. Evaluate biennially the performance of the director and
  299  principal and recommend corresponding action to the dean of the
  300  college of education.
  301         e. Annually review evaluations of the school’s operation
  302  and research findings.
  303         (b) Each lab school may establish one advisory body
  304  responsible for the development and implementation of the school
  305  improvement plan, pursuant to s. 1003.02(3), in addition to
  306  general oversight and guidance responsibilities. The advisory
  307  body shall reflect the membership composition requirements
  308  established in s. 1001.452, but may also include membership by
  309  the dean of the college of education and additional members
  310  appointed by the president of the university that represent
  311  faculty members from the college of education, the university,
  312  or other bodies deemed appropriate for the mission of the
  313  school.
  314         Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  315  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  316         1002.33 Charter schools.—
  317         (3) APPLICATION FOR CHARTER STATUS.—
  318         (b) An application for a conversion charter school shall be
  319  made by the district school board, the principal, teachers,
  320  parents, and/or the community school advisory board council at
  321  an existing public school that has been in operation for at
  322  least 2 years prior to the application to convert. A public
  323  school-within-a-school that is designated as a school by the
  324  district school board may also submit an application to convert
  325  to charter status. An application submitted proposing to convert
  326  an existing public school to a charter school shall demonstrate
  327  the support of at least 50 percent of the teachers employed at
  328  the school and 50 percent of the parents voting whose children
  329  are enrolled at the school, provided that a majority of the
  330  parents eligible to vote participate in the ballot process,
  331  according to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. A
  332  district school board denying an application for a conversion
  333  charter school shall provide notice of denial to the applicants
  334  in writing within 10 days after the meeting at which the
  335  district school board denied the application. The notice must
  336  articulate in writing the specific reasons for denial and must
  337  provide documentation supporting those reasons. A private
  338  school, parochial school, or home education program shall not be
  339  eligible for charter school status.
  340         Section 8. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
  341  1003.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  342         1003.02 District school board operation and control of
  343  public K-12 education within the school district.—As provided in
  344  part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are
  345  constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and
  346  control of public K-12 education within their school districts.
  347  The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate
  348  their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees,
  349  and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff
  350  development, public K-12 school student education including
  351  education for exceptional students and students in juvenile
  352  justice programs, special programs, adult education programs,
  353  and career education programs. Additionally, district school
  354  boards must:
  355         (1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of
  356  school age, for the attendance and control of students at
  357  school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other
  358  matters relating to the welfare of students in the following
  359  areas:
  360         (d) Courses of study and instructional materials.—
  361         1. Provide adequate instructional materials for all
  362  students as follows and in accordance with the requirements of
  363  chapter 1006, in the core courses of mathematics, language arts,
  364  social studies, science, reading, and literature, except for
  365  instruction for which the community school advisory board
  366  council approves the use of a program that does not include a
  367  textbook as a major tool of instruction.
  368         2. Adopt courses of study for use in the schools of the
  369  district.
  370         3. Provide for proper requisitioning, distribution,
  371  accounting, storage, care, and use of all instructional
  372  materials as may be needed, and ensure that instructional
  373  materials used in the district are consistent with the district
  374  goals and objectives and the course descriptions approved by the
  375  State Board of Education, as well as with the state and school
  376  district performance standards required by law and state board
  377  rule.
  378         Section 9. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  379  1003.4203, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  380         1003.4203 Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool
  381  certificates, and technical assistance.—
  382         (2) CAPE DIGITAL TOOL CERTIFICATES.—The department shall
  383  identify, in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under
  384  ss. 1003.492 and 1008.44, CAPE Digital Tool certificates that
  385  indicate a student’s digital skills. The department shall notify
  386  each school district when the certificates are available. The
  387  certificates shall be made available to all public elementary
  388  and middle grades students.
  389         (b) The school district shall notify each middle school
  390  community advisory board council of the methods of delivery of
  391  the open-access content and assessments for the certificates. If
  392  there is no middle school community advisory board council,
  393  notification must be provided to the district community advisory
  394  board council.
  395         Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 1006.07, Florida
  396  Statutes, is amended to read:
  397         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
  398  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
  399  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
  400  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
  401  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
  402  welfare of students, including:
  403         (2) CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT.—Adopt a code of student
  404  conduct for elementary schools and a code of student conduct for
  405  middle and high schools and distribute the appropriate code to
  406  all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents, at the
  407  beginning of every school year. Each code shall be organized and
  408  written in language that is understandable to students and
  409  parents and shall be discussed at the beginning of every school
  410  year in student classes, community school advisory board council
  411  meetings, and parent and teacher association or organization
  412  meetings. Each code shall be based on the rules governing
  413  student conduct and discipline adopted by the district school
  414  board and shall be made available in the student handbook or
  415  similar publication. Each code shall include, but is not limited
  416  to:
  417         (a) Consistent policies and specific grounds for
  418  disciplinary action, including in-school suspension, out-of
  419  school suspension, expulsion, and any disciplinary action that
  420  may be imposed for the possession or use of alcohol on school
  421  property or while attending a school function or for the illegal
  422  use, sale, or possession of controlled substances as defined in
  423  chapter 893.
  424         (b) Procedures to be followed for acts requiring
  425  discipline, including corporal punishment.
  426         (c) An explanation of the responsibilities and rights of
  427  students with regard to attendance, respect for persons and
  428  property, knowledge and observation of rules of conduct, the
  429  right to learn, free speech and student publications, assembly,
  430  privacy, and participation in school programs and activities.
  431         (d)1. An explanation of the responsibilities of each
  432  student with regard to appropriate dress, respect for self and
  433  others, and the role that appropriate dress and respect for self
  434  and others has on an orderly learning environment. Each district
  435  school board shall adopt a dress code policy that prohibits a
  436  student, while on the grounds of a public school during the
  437  regular school day, from wearing clothing that exposes underwear
  438  or body parts in an indecent or vulgar manner or that disrupts
  439  the orderly learning environment.
  440         2. Any student who violates the dress policy described in
  441  subparagraph 1. is subject to the following disciplinary
  442  actions:
  443         a. For a first offense, a student shall be given a verbal
  444  warning and the school principal shall call the student’s parent
  445  or guardian.
  446         b. For a second offense, the student is ineligible to
  447  participate in any extracurricular activity for a period of time
  448  not to exceed 5 days and the school principal shall meet with
  449  the student’s parent or guardian.
  450         c. For a third or subsequent offense, a student shall
  451  receive an in-school suspension pursuant to s. 1003.01(13) for a
  452  period not to exceed 3 days, the student is ineligible to
  453  participate in any extracurricular activity for a period not to
  454  exceed 30 days, and the school principal shall call the
  455  student’s parent or guardian and send the parent or guardian a
  456  written letter regarding the student’s in-school suspension and
  457  ineligibility to participate in extracurricular activities.
  458         (e) Notice that illegal use, possession, or sale of
  459  controlled substances, as defined in chapter 893, by any student
  460  while the student is upon school property or in attendance at a
  461  school function is grounds for disciplinary action by the school
  462  and may also result in criminal penalties being imposed.
  463         (f) Notice that use of a wireless communications device
  464  includes the possibility of the imposition of disciplinary
  465  action by the school or criminal penalties if the device is used
  466  in a criminal act. A student may possess a wireless
  467  communications device while the student is on school property or
  468  in attendance at a school function; however, a student may not
  469  use a wireless communications device during instructional time,
  470  except when expressly directed by a teacher solely for
  471  educational purposes. A teacher shall designate an area for
  472  wireless communications devices during instructional time. Each
  473  district school board shall adopt rules governing the use of a
  474  wireless communications device by a student while the student is
  475  on school property or in attendance at a school function.
  476         (g) Notice that the possession of a firearm or weapon as
  477  defined in chapter 790 by any student while the student is on
  478  school property or in attendance at a school function is grounds
  479  for disciplinary action and may also result in criminal
  480  prosecution. Simulating a firearm or weapon while playing or
  481  wearing clothing or accessories that depict a firearm or weapon
  482  or express an opinion regarding a right guaranteed by the Second
  483  Amendment to the United States Constitution is not grounds for
  484  disciplinary action or referral to the criminal justice or
  485  juvenile justice system under this section or s. 1006.13.
  486  Simulating a firearm or weapon while playing includes, but is
  487  not limited to:
  488         1. Brandishing a partially consumed pastry or other food
  489  item to simulate a firearm or weapon.
  490         2. Possessing a toy firearm or weapon that is 2 inches or
  491  less in overall length.
  492         3. Possessing a toy firearm or weapon made of plastic snap
  493  together building blocks.
  494         4. Using a finger or hand to simulate a firearm or weapon.
  495         5. Vocalizing an imaginary firearm or weapon.
  496         6. Drawing a picture, or possessing an image, of a firearm
  497  or weapon.
  498         7. Using a pencil, pen, or other writing or drawing utensil
  499  to simulate a firearm or weapon.
  500  
  501  However, a student may be subject to disciplinary action if
  502  simulating a firearm or weapon while playing substantially
  503  disrupts student learning, causes bodily harm to another person,
  504  or places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm. The
  505  severity of consequences imposed upon a student, including
  506  referral to the criminal justice or juvenile justice system,
  507  must be proportionate to the severity of the infraction and
  508  consistent with district school board policies for similar
  509  infractions. If a student is disciplined for such conduct, the
  510  school principal or his or her designee must call the student’s
  511  parent. Disciplinary action resulting from a student’s clothing
  512  or accessories shall be determined pursuant to paragraph (d)
  513  unless the wearing of the clothing or accessory causes a
  514  substantial disruption to student learning, in which case the
  515  infraction may be addressed in a manner that is consistent with
  516  district school board policies for similar infractions. This
  517  paragraph does not prohibit a public school from adopting a
  518  school uniform policy.
  519         (h) Notice that violence against any district school board
  520  personnel by a student is grounds for in-school suspension, out
  521  of-school suspension, expulsion, or imposition of other
  522  disciplinary action by the school and may also result in
  523  criminal penalties being imposed.
  524         (i) Notice that violation of district school board
  525  transportation policies, including disruptive behavior on a
  526  school bus or at a school bus stop, by a student is grounds for
  527  suspension of the student’s privilege of riding on a school bus
  528  and may be grounds for disciplinary action by the school and may
  529  also result in criminal penalties being imposed.
  530         (j) Notice that violation of the district school board’s
  531  sexual harassment policy by a student is grounds for in-school
  532  suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion, or imposition
  533  of other disciplinary action by the school and may also result
  534  in criminal penalties being imposed.
  535         (k) Policies to be followed for the assignment of violent
  536  or disruptive students to an alternative educational program or
  537  referral of such students to mental health services identified
  538  by the school district pursuant to s. 1012.584(4).
  539         (l) Notice that any student who is determined to have
  540  brought a firearm or weapon, as defined in chapter 790, to
  541  school, to any school function, or onto any school-sponsored
  542  transportation, or to have possessed a firearm at school, will
  543  be expelled, with or without continuing educational services,
  544  from the student’s regular school for a period of not less than
  545  1 full year and referred to mental health services identified by
  546  the school district pursuant to s. 1012.584(4) and the criminal
  547  justice or juvenile justice system. District school boards may
  548  assign the student to a disciplinary program or second chance
  549  school for the purpose of continuing educational services during
  550  the period of expulsion. District school superintendents may
  551  consider the 1-year expulsion requirement on a case-by-case
  552  basis and request the district school board to modify the
  553  requirement by assigning the student to a disciplinary program
  554  or second chance school if the request for modification is in
  555  writing and it is determined to be in the best interest of the
  556  student and the school system.
  557         (m) Notice that any student who is determined to have made
  558  a threat or false report, as defined by ss. 790.162 and 790.163,
  559  respectively, involving school or school personnel’s property,
  560  school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity will be
  561  expelled, with or without continuing educational services, from
  562  the student’s regular school for a period of not less than 1
  563  full year and referred for criminal prosecution and mental
  564  health services identified by the school district pursuant to s.
  565  1012.584(4) for evaluation or treatment, when appropriate.
  566  District school boards may assign the student to a disciplinary
  567  program or second chance school for the purpose of continuing
  568  educational services during the period of expulsion. District
  569  school superintendents may consider the 1-year expulsion
  570  requirement on a case-by-case basis and request the district
  571  school board to modify the requirement by assigning the student
  572  to a disciplinary program or second chance school if it is
  573  determined to be in the best interest of the student and the
  574  school system.
  575         (n) Criteria for recommending to law enforcement that a
  576  student who commits a criminal offense be allowed to participate
  577  in a civil citation or similar prearrest diversion program as an
  578  alternative to expulsion or arrest. All civil citation or
  579  similar prearrest diversion programs must comply with s. 985.12.
  580         (o) Criteria for assigning a student who commits a petty
  581  act of misconduct, as defined by the district school board
  582  pursuant to s. 1006.13(2)(c), to a school-based intervention
  583  program. If a student’s assignment is based on a noncriminal
  584  offense, the student’s participation in a school-based
  585  intervention program may not be entered into the Juvenile
  586  Justice Information System Prevention Web.
  587         Section 11. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (6) and
  588  paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section 1008.345, Florida
  589  Statutes, are amended to read:
  590         1008.345 Implementation of state system of school
  591  improvement and education accountability.—
  592         (6)
  593         (b) Upon request, the department shall provide technical
  594  assistance and training to any school, including any school
  595  operating for the purpose of providing educational services to
  596  youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, community
  597  school advisory board council, district, or district school
  598  board for conducting needs assessments, developing and
  599  implementing school improvement plans, or implementing other
  600  components of school improvement and accountability. Priority
  601  for these services shall be given to schools designated with a
  602  grade of “D” or “F” and school districts in rural and sparsely
  603  populated areas of the state.
  604         (c) Pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(d), the department shall not
  605  release funds from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any
  606  district in which a school, including schools operating for the
  607  purpose of providing educational services to youth in Department
  608  of Juvenile Justice programs, does not have an approved school
  609  improvement plan, pursuant to s. 1001.42(18), after 1 full
  610  school year of planning and development, or does not comply with
  611  community school advisory board council membership composition
  612  requirements pursuant to s. 1001.452. The department shall send
  613  a technical assistance team to each school without an approved
  614  plan to develop such school improvement plan or to each school
  615  without appropriate community school advisory board council
  616  membership composition to develop a strategy for corrective
  617  action. The department shall release the funds upon approval of
  618  the plan or upon establishment of a plan of corrective action.
  619  Notice shall be given to the public of the department’s
  620  intervention and shall identify each school without a plan or
  621  without appropriate community school advisory board council
  622  membership composition.
  623         (7) As a part of the system of educational accountability,
  624  the Department of Education shall:
  625         (c) Review the community school advisory boards councils of
  626  each district as required by s. 1001.452.
  627         Section 12. Subsection (4) of section 1008.36, Florida
  628  Statutes, is amended to read:
  629         1008.36 Florida School Recognition Program.—
  630         (4) All selected schools shall receive financial awards
  631  depending on the availability of funds appropriated and the
  632  number and size of schools selected to receive an award. Funds
  633  must be distributed to the school’s fiscal agent and placed in
  634  the school’s account and must be used for purposes listed in
  635  subsection (5) as determined jointly by the school’s staff and
  636  community school advisory board council. If school staff and the
  637  community school advisory board council cannot reach agreement
  638  by February 1, the awards must be equally distributed to all
  639  classroom teachers currently teaching in the school. If a school
  640  selected to receive a school recognition award is no longer in
  641  existence at the time the award is paid, the district school
  642  superintendent shall distribute the funds to teachers who taught
  643  at the school in the previous year in the form of a bonus.
  644  
  645  Notwithstanding statutory provisions to the contrary, incentive
  646  awards are not subject to collective bargaining.
  647         Section 13. Subsection (5) of section 1012.71, Florida
  648  Statutes, is amended to read:
  649         1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
  650  Program.—
  651         (5) Each classroom teacher must keep receipts for no less
  652  than 4 years to show that funds expended meet the requirements
  653  of this section. Any unused funds shall be deposited into the
  654  community school advisory board council account of the school at
  655  which the classroom teacher was employed when the funds were
  656  made available to the classroom teacher. If the school does not
  657  have a community school advisory board council, the funds shall
  658  be expended for classroom materials and supplies as determined
  659  by the school principal.
  660         Section 14. Subsection (2) of section 1012.98, Florida
  661  Statutes, is amended to read:
  662         1012.98 School Community Professional Learning Act.—
  663         (2) The school community includes students and parents,
  664  administrative personnel, managers, instructional personnel,
  665  support personnel, members of district school boards, members of
  666  community school advisory boards councils, business partners,
  667  and personnel that provide health and social services to
  668  students.
  669         Section 15. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.