Senate Bill 1680

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1680

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Cabinet reorganization;

  3         providing legislative intent regarding the

  4         impact of the amendment to the State

  5         Constitution on the Commissioner of Education

  6         and the State Board of Education; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9         WHEREAS, in November of 1998 the electorate of Florida

10  voted to amend the State Constitution, and

11         WHEREAS, that amendment provides for the modification

12  of the membership of the Cabinet effective January 7, 2003,

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14         WHEREAS, that amendment provides that the Commissioner

15  of Education will not be a member of the Cabinet but will be

16  an appointee of the State Board of Education, and

17         WHEREAS, the amendment provides that the State Board of

18  Education will not consist of the Governor and Cabinet but

19  will consist of seven members who are appointed by the

20  Governor and confirmed by the Senate, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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24         Section 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature that

25  when the Commissioner of Education is removed from the Cabinet

26  and becomes an appointee of the State Board of Education that

27  the transfer of any of the commissioner's responsibilities

28  will not disrupt the educational governance system of the

29  state and that the coordination of educational policies will

30  be improved.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 7, 2003.

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  3    Provides legislative intent regarding the constitutional
      duties of the Commissioner of Education.
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