House Bill hb1661c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002             CS/HB 1661

        By the Council for Lifelong Learning and Representatives
    Justice and Melvin





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school advisory councils;

  3         amending s. 229.58, F.S.; requiring school

  4         advisory councils to adopt bylaws; requiring

  5         that the bylaws include procedures for

  6         establishing a quorum, requiring notice of

  7         meetings, and replacing members; authorizing

  8         the district school board to review the

  9         proposed bylaws; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of

14  section 229.58, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         229.58  District and school advisory councils.--

16         (1)  ESTABLISHMENT.--

17         (d)  Each school advisory council shall adopt bylaws

18  establishing procedures for:

19         1.  Requiring a quorum to be present before a vote may

20  be taken by the school advisory council. A majority of the

21  membership of the council constitutes a quorum.

22         2.  Requiring at least 3-days' advance notice in

23  writing to all members of the advisory council of any matter

24  that is scheduled to come before the council for a vote.

25         3.  Scheduling meetings when parents, students,

26  teachers, business persons, and members of the community can

27  attend.

28         4.  Replacing any member who has two unexcused

29  consecutive absences from a school advisory council meeting

30  that is noticed according to the procedures in the bylaws.

31         5.  Recording minutes of meetings.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002             CS/HB 1661

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  2  The district school board may review all proposed bylaws of a

  3  school advisory council and shall maintain a record of minutes

  4  of council meetings.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July l, 2002.

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