House Bill 0679

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 679

        By Representative Diaz de la Portilla






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to drug testing of students;

  3         amending s. 230.23005, F.S., relating to

  4         supplemental powers and duties of school

  5         boards; authorizing mandatory, random drug

  6         testing of students under certain

  7         circumstances; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 230.23005,

12  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

13         230.23005  Supplemental powers and duties of school

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

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

16  229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, and this chapter prevails over

17  any conflicting provision of this section. The rules adopted

18  under this section must not be inconsistent with the

19  provisions of chapters 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, and

20  this chapter.

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

22  programs and policies to ensure the safety and welfare of

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

24  programs and policies may:

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

26  campus, student hazing, and other activities that could

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

28  of the student body or school personnel.

29         (b)  Require random drug testing of all students, if

30  the board finds that the testing is necessary for the safety

31  or welfare of the student body or school personnel.

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  1         (c)(b)  Require uniforms to be worn by the student

  2  body, or impose other dress-related requirements, if the board

  3  finds that those requirements are necessary for the safety or

  4  welfare of the student body or school personnel.

  5         (d)(c)  Provide procedures for student dismissal

  6  precautions and for granting permission for students to leave

  7  school grounds during school hours, including releasing a

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

  9  for public appearances of school groups.

10         (e)(d)  Provide procedures for managing protests,

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

12  disobedience.

13         (f)(e)  Provide procedures for detaining students and

14  for readmission of students after expulsion.

15         (g)(f)  Regulate student automobile use and parking.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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19                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes school boards to require random drug testing
21    of students under certain circumstances.

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