Senate Bill 1722

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1722

    By Senator McKay





    26-1343B-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to rulemaking authority of

  3         school boards (RAB); amending s. 230.22, F.S.;

  4         prescribing the rulemaking authority of school

  5         boards; ratifying certain extant rules;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 230.22, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         230.22  General powers of school board.--The school

13  board, after considering recommendations submitted by the

14  superintendent, shall exercise the following general powers:

15         (2)  Adopt such rules and regulations to supplement

16  those prescribed by the state board and the commissioner as in

17  its opinion will contribute to the more orderly and efficient

18  operation of the district school system. Specifically, such

19  rules include, but are not limited to, rules for governance

20  and operations, general school administration, fiscal

21  management, support services, facilities management,

22  personnel, instructional programs, student management, charter

23  schools, parent relations, school-community relations, court

24  orders, and federal mandates.  When adopting such rules, a

25  school board is considered to be acting pursuant to the

26  authority granted by s. 4(b), Art. IX of the State

27  Constitution and s. 230.23. A school board may adopt such

28  rules as in its opinion will contribute to the more orderly

29  and efficient operation of the district school system,

30  notwithstanding the absence of specific rulemaking authority

31  or any other law to the contrary.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1722
    26-1343B-98




  1         Section 2.  Any rules adopted by a school board before

  2  the effective date of this act which would have been valid had

  3  they been adopted on or after the effective date of this act

  4  are hereby ratified.

  5         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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  8                          SENATE SUMMARY

  9    Prescribes the authority of school boards to adopt rules
      covering most aspects of school operation.  Ratifies
10    certain extant rules.

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