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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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11  The Committee on Governmental Rules & Regulations offered the

12  following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  Subsection (17) is added to section 230.23,

19  Florida Statutes, to read:

20         230.23  Powers and duties of school board.--The school

21  board, acting as a board, shall exercise all powers and

22  perform all duties listed below:

23         (17)  ADOPT RULES.--Adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.54

24  and 120.536(1) to implement the provisions of this section.

25         Section 2.  Section 230.23005, Florida Statutes, is

26  created to read:

27         230.23005  Supplemental powers and duties of school

28  board.--The school board may exercise the following

29  supplemental powers and duties. Any provision of chapters 228,

30  229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, and 235 prevails over any

31  conflicting provision of this section. The rules adopted under

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 1  this section must not be inconsistent with the provisions of

 2  chapters 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, and 235.

 3         (1)  STUDENT MANAGEMENT.--The school board may adopt

 4  programs and policies to ensure the safety and welfare of

 5  individuals, the student body, and school personnel, which

 6  programs and policies may:

 7         (a)  Prohibit the possession of weapons and drugs on

 8  campus, student hazing, and other activities that could

 9  threaten the operation of the school or the safety and welfare

10  of the student body or school personnel.

11         (b)  Require uniforms to be worn by the student body,

12  or impose other dress related requirements, if the board finds

13  that those requirements are necessary for the safety or

14  welfare of the student body or school personnel.

15         (c)  Provide procedures for student dismissal

16  precautions and for granting permission for students to leave

17  school grounds during school hours, including releasing a

18  student from school upon request by a parent or guardian or

19  for public appearance of school groups.

20         (d)  Provide procedures for managing protests,

21  demonstrations, sit-ins, walk-outs, or other acts of civil

22  disobedience.

23         (e)  Provide procedures for detaining students and for

24  readmission of students after expulsion.

25         (f)  Regulate student automobile use and parking.

26         (2)  FISCAL MANAGEMENT.--The school board may adopt

27  policies providing for fiscal management of the school

28  district with respect to school purchasing, facilities,

29  nonstate revenue sources, budgeting, fundraising, and other

30  activities relating to the fiscal management of district

31  resources, including, but not limited to, the policies

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 1  governing:

 2         (a)  Sales calls and demonstrations by agents,

 3  solicitors, salesmen, and vendors on campus; local preference

 4  criteria for vendors; specifications for quantity purchasing;

 5  prioritization of awards for bids; declining bid awards; and

 6  purchase requisitions, approvals, and routing.

 7         (b)  Sales by booster clubs; marathon fundraisers; and

 8  student sales of candy, paper products, or other goods

 9  authorized by the board.

10         (c)  Inventory and disposal of district property; use

11  of safe deposit boxes; and selection of real estate

12  appraisers.

13         (d)  Payment of contractors and other service

14  providers.

15         (e)  Accounting systems; petty cash accounts procedures

16  and reporting; school activities funds procedures and

17  reporting; management and reporting of grants from private

18  sources; and management of funds, including auxiliary

19  enterprise funds.

20         (f)  District budgeting system, including setting

21  budget deadlines and schedules, budget planning, and

22  implementation and determination of budget priorities.

23         (3)  INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS.--The school board may adopt

24  policies providing for innovative teaching techniques,

25  teaching programs and methods, instructional aids and

26  objectives, extracurricular and interscholastic activities,

27  and supplemental programs including, but not limited to

28  policies providing for:

29         (a)  Use of technology, including appropriate use of

30  the Internet as a tool for learning.

31         (b)  Instructional priorities and objectives, pilot

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 1  projects and evaluations, curriculum adoption and design, and

 2  lesson planning.

 3         (c)  Extracurricular and interscholastic activities,

 4  including field trips, publishing a student newspaper and

 5  other publications, and special programs relating to the arts,

 6  music, or other topics of current interest.

 7         (d)  Participation in physical education programs,

 8  including appropriate physical education attire and protective

 9  gear; exceptional student programs for handicapped, disabled

10  and exceptional students; summer school; and the Title I

11  program, including comparability procedures.

12         (4)  FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.--The school board may adopt

13  policies providing for management of the physical campus and

14  its environs, including, but not limited to energy

15  conservation measures; building and ground maintenance;

16  fencing, landscaping and other property improvements; site

17  acquisition; new construction and renovation; dedication and

18  rededication or naming and renaming of district buildings and

19  other district facilities; and development of facilities

20  management planning and priorities.

21         (5)  SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATIONS.--The school board may

22  adopt policies governing public gifts and donations to

23  schools; input from the community concerning instruction

24  resources; advertising in schools; participation in community

25  affairs, including coordination with local governments,

26  planning authorities, community colleges, universities, and

27  community coalitions; protocols for interagency agreements;

28  business community partnerships; community use of school

29  facilities; public solicitations in schools, including the

30  distribution and posting of promotional materials and

31  literature; visitors to the school campus; school advisory

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 1  councils; and parent volunteers and chaperones.

 2         (6)  LEGAL ISSUES.--The school board may adopt policies

 3  and procedures necessary to implement federal mandates and

 4  programs, court orders, and other legal requirements of the

 5  state.

 6         (7)  FIRST AID AND EMERGENCIES.--The school board may

 7  adopt programs and policies to ensure appropriate response in

 8  emergency situations; the provision of first aid to

 9  individuals, the student body, and school personnel; and the

10  effective management of student illness, which programs and

11  policies may include, but are not limited to:

12         (a)  The provision of first aid and emergency medical

13  care and the provision of school health care facilities and

14  services.

15         (b)  The provision of school safety patrol.

16         (c)  Procedures for reporting hazards, including

17  threats of nature, bomb threats, threatening messages, and

18  similar occurrences, and the provision of warning systems

19  including alarm systems and other technical devices.

20         (d)  Procedures for evacuating the classrooms,

21  playground, or any other district facility.

22         (e)  Procedures for reporting accidents, including

23  traffic accidents and traffic violations involving

24  district-owned vehicles.

25         (f)  Student insurance programs.

26         (8)  STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND AFFAIRS.--The school board

27  may adopt policies and procedures governing attendance

28  monitoring and checks; truancy; graduation requirements and

29  graduation exercises; fees, fines, and charges imposed on

30  students; evaluation of student records and transcripts;

31  transfer of student records; grading and academic evaluation

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 1  of students; tests and examinations, including early

 2  examinations; guidance and counseling; and student

 3  participation in competitions, student performances and

 4  exhibitions, contests for students, and social events.

 5         (9)  ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.--The school board

 6  may adopt policies and procedures governing purchase of

 7  property insurance, including comprehensive general liability

 8  insurance; transportation of students for extracurricular

 9  activities and special events, including transportation of

10  students in privately owned vehicles; transportation of

11  district personnel, including personal use of district owned

12  vehicles; computer security and computer room access and

13  computer data base resources; mail and delivery services,

14  including use of couriers; copyright compliance; computerized

15  data systems, including computer use, transmission of data,

16  access to the Internet, and other technology-based services.

17         (10)  SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS.--The

18  school board may adopt policies and procedures necessary for

19  the daily business operation of the school board, including,

20  but not limited to, the provision of legal services for the

21  school board; conducting a district legislative program;

22  school board member participation at conferences, conventions,

23  and workshops, including member compensation and reimbursement

24  for expenses; school board policy development, adoption, and

25  repeal; school board meeting procedures, including

26  participation via telecommunications networks, use of

27  technology at meetings, and presentations by nondistrict

28  personnel; citizen communications with the school board and

29  with individual school board members; collaboration with local

30  government and other entities as required by law; and

31  organization of the board, including special committees and

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 1  advisory committees.

 2         (11)  PERSONNEL.--The school board may adopt policies

 3  and procedures necessary for the management of all personnel

 4  of the school system.

 5         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 6  law.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11  remove from the title of the bill:  the entire title

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13  insert in lieu thereof:

14                      A bill to be entitled

15         An act relating to the rulemaking authority of

16         the school district system; amending s. 230.23,

17         F.S.; creating s. 230.23005; prescribing

18         specific rulemaking authority for school

19         districts pursuant to the Administrative

20         Procedure Act; providing an effective date.

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