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House Bill 0843




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HJR 843

        By Representative Andrews






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A resolution proposing an amendment to Section

  3         4 of Article IX of the State Constitution

  4         relating to school districts.

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

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  8         That the amendment to Section 4 of Article IX of the

  9  State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be

10  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

11  at the general election to be held in November 1998:

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

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

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

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

16  one school district; and provided further that any county may

17  be subdivided into more than one school subdistrict, each

18  school subdistrict to be comprised of all the public schools

19  within any municipality or combination of municipalities

20  within the county, as provided by general or special law, and

21  subject to subsequent approval by a majority of the electors

22  of the county voting in a referendum.  Except for millage

23  voted for bonded indebtedness, funding for operation and

24  capital outlay in school subdistricts established pursuant to

25  this section shall be calculated on a countywide basis and

26  allocated as provided by general law.

27         (b)  In each school district there shall be a school

28  board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of the

29  electors for appropriately staggered terms of four years, as

30  provided by law.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HJR 843

    571-132A-97






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

  2  supervise all free public schools within the school district

  3  and determine the rate of school district taxes within the

  4  limits prescribed herein.  Two or more school districts may

  5  operate and finance joint educational programs.

  6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

  7  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

  8  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

  9  the ballot as follows:

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11                   AUTHORIZING THE DIVISION OF

12                    A COUNTY INTO TWO OR MORE

13                         SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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15         Provides that counties may be subdivided into school

16  subdistricts comprised of all the public schools within any

17  municipality or combination of municipalities within the

18  county, pursuant to general or special law, and subject to

19  local voter referendum approval.  Provides that, except for

20  millage voted for bonded indebtedness, school subdistrict

21  funding shall be calculated countywide and allocated as

22  provided by general law.

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