HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-032                        Bill No. CS/CS/HB 267, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Byrd offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 17, between lines 15 and 16,
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17         Section 9.  (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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    File original & 9 copies    04/30/01                          
    hbd0022                     12:24 pm         00267-0062-345895

HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-032 Bill No. CS/CS/HB 267, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 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 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 2, line 3, after the semicolon, 16 17 insert: 18 requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis 19 and Government Accountability to annually 20 review certain safety and security best 21 practices; requiring school districts to use 22 such practices to conduct certain assessments; 23 requiring school district superintendents to 24 make certain recommendations to school boards 25 based on such assessments; requiring school 26 boards to hold public meetings on the 27 assessments and recommendations; 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/30/01 hbd0022 12:24 pm 00267-0062-345895