HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-032 Bill No. CS/CS/HB 267, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Byrd and Lynn offered the following:
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17 Section 1. (1) The "Safety and Security Best
18 Practices" developed by the Office of Program Policy Analysis
19 and Government Accountability and approved by the Commissioner
20 of Education shall be reviewed annually by the Office of
21 Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability and the
22 Partnership for School Safety and Security established in s.
23 229.8347, Florida Statutes, and each entity shall make
24 recommendations to the Commissioner of Education for the
25 addition, revision, or deletion of best practices.
26 (2) Each school district shall use the Safety and
27 Security Best Practices to conduct a self-assessment of the
28 school districts' current safety and security practices. Based
29 on these self-assessment findings, the superintendent of each
30 school district shall provide recommendations to the school
31 board which identify strategies and activities that the school
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1 district should implement in order to improve school safety
2 and security.
3 (3) By July 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, each
4 school board must receive the self-assessment results at a
5 publicly notice school board meeting to provide the public an
6 opportunity to hear the school board members discuss and take
7 action on the report findings. Each superintendent shall
8 report the self-assessment results and school board action to
9 the Commissioner of Education within 30 days following the
10 school board meeting.
11 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 230.23161,
12 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 230.23161 Educational services in Department of
14 Juvenile Justice programs.--
15 (1) The Legislature finds that education is the single
16 most important factor in the rehabilitation of adjudicated
17 delinquent youth in the custody of the Department of Juvenile
18 Justice in detention or commitment facilities. It is the goal
19 intent of the Legislature that youth in the juvenile justice
20 system continue to receive a high-quality be provided with
21 equal opportunity and access to quality and effective
22 education that will meet the individual needs of each child.
23 The Department of Education shall serve as the lead agency for
24 juvenile justice education programs, to ensure that
25 curriculum, support services, and resources are provided to
26 maximize the public's investment in the custody and care of
27 these youth. To this end, the Department of Education and the
28 Department of Juvenile Justice shall each designate a
29 Coordinator for Juvenile Justice Education Programs to serve
30 as the point of contact for resolving issues not addressed by
31 local district school boards and to provide ensure each
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1 department's participation in the following activities:
2 (a) Training, collaborating, and coordinating with the
3 Department of Juvenile Justice, local school districts,
4 educational contract providers, and juvenile justice
5 providers, whether state operated or contracted.
6 (b) Collecting information on the academic performance
7 of students in juvenile justice commitment and detention
8 programs and reporting on the results.
9 (c) Developing academic and vocational protocols that
10 provide guidance to school districts and providers in all
11 aspects of education programming, including records transfer
12 and transition.
13 (d) Prescribing the roles of program personnel and
14 interdepartmental local school district or provider
15 collaboration strategies.
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17 Annually, a cooperative agreement and plan for juvenile
18 justice education service enhancement shall be developed
19 between the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department
20 of Education and submitted to the Secretary of Juvenile
21 Justice and the Commissioner of Education by June 30.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis
30 and Government Accountability to annually
31 review certain safety and security best
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1 practices; requiring school districts to use
2 such practices to conduct certain assessments;
3 requiring school district superintendents to
4 make certain recommendations to school boards
5 based on such assessments; requiring school
6 boards to hold public meetings on the
7 assessments and recommendations amending s.
8 230.23161, F.S.; providing legislative goals
9 with respect to education within department
10 programs;
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