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House Bill 3297



    Florida House of Representatives - 1998               HJR 3297

        By Representative Andrews






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing amendments to

  3         Section 4 and Section 5 of Article IX of the

  4         State Constitution relating to school districts

  5         and superintendents of schools.

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  7  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         That the amendments to Section 4 and Section 5 of

10  Article IX of the State Constitution set forth below are

11  agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of Florida

12  for approval or rejection at the general election to be held

13  in November 1998:

14         SECTION 4.  School districts; school boards.--

15         (a)  Each county shall constitute a school district;

16  provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the

17  electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into

18  one school district.  In each school district there shall be a

19  school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote

20  of the electors for appropriately staggered terms of four

21  years, as provided by law.

22         (b)  The school board shall operate, control and

23  supervise all free public schools within the school district

24  and determine the rate of school district taxes within the

25  limits prescribed herein.  Two or more school districts may

26  operate and finance joint educational programs.

27         (c)  The legislature, by general law, may authorize the

28  state board of education to assume control of a school

29  district when schools within the school district or the school

30  district itself is low performing.

31         SECTION 5.  Superintendent of schools.--

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998               HJR 3297

    571-142-98






  1         (a)  In each school district there shall be a

  2  superintendent of schools.  He shall be elected at the general

  3  election in each year the number of which is a multiple of

  4  four for a term of four years; or, when provided by resolution

  5  of the district school board, or by special law, approved by

  6  vote of the electors, the district school superintendent in

  7  any school district shall be employed by the district school

  8  board as provided by general law. The resolution or special

  9  law may be rescinded or repealed by either procedure after

10  four years.

11         (b)  The legislature, by general law, may authorize the

12  state board of education to assume control of a school

13  district by removal of its superintendent of schools when

14  schools within the school district or the school district

15  itself is low performing.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

17  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

18  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

19  the ballot as follows:

20       AUTHORIZING STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION BY GENERAL LAW

21              TO ASSUME CONTROL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT

22         Providing that the Legislature, by general law, may

23  authorize the State Board of Education to assume control of a

24  school district when schools within the school district or the

25  school district itself is low performing, to include removal

26  of the superintendent of schools.

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