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11 Senator Burt moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 3. Section 230.235, Florida Statutes, is
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19 230.235 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and
20 victimization; public records exemption.--
21 (4) PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION.--The name, student ID
22 number, or any other personal identifying information of any
23 student who reports the presence of illegal drugs as defined
24 in chapter 893 or a weapon or firearm as described by chapter
25 790, on or off any school campus, or who reports impending or
26 suspected activities that may result in injury or death to any
27 person on or off any school campus, held by a school principal
28 or the school principal's staff shall be exempt from the
29 provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
30 Constitution. Such exempt information shall not be disclosed
31 to any person or entity not approved by the school principal
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1 or the school principal's designee, except that such
2 information shall be disclosed to the reporting student's
3 parent or legal guardian or law enforcement authorities if
4 such information is requested by the reporting student's
5 parent or legal guardian or by law enforcement authorities.
6 Should information reported by a student result in a criminal,
7 civil, or administrative proceeding, the exempt status of the
8 reporting student's name, student ID or personal identifying
9 information must be maintained until the reporting student
10 attains the age of 18 years and thereafter unless a court of
11 competent jurisdiction authorizes release of such information
12 for good cause shown. This exemption applies to such
13 information held by a school principal or the school
14 principal's staff before, on, or after the effective date of
15 this exemption. This exemption is subject to the Open
16 Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s.
17 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2007, unless
18 reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
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20 Section 4. The Legislature finds that it is a public
21 necessity that the name, student ID number or other personal
22 identifying information of a student who reports the presence
23 of illegal drugs or a weapon or firearm, or who reports
24 impending or suspected activities that may result in injury or
25 death to any person, held by a school principal or the school
26 principal's staff be made exempt from public disclosure,
27 because release of the reporting student's name could place
28 the student in danger. Furthermore, release of such student's
29 name would impair the effective and efficient administration
30 of any school program designed to provide students with the
31 opportunity to anonymously report illegal activities that
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1 might take place on or off a school campus. Without identity
2 protection, students would more likely be reluctant to
3 participate in a program.
4 Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take
5 effect July 1, 2002, if Senate Bill 20-E or similar
6 legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
7 extension thereof and becomes law. Sections 3 and 4 of this
8 act shall take effect upon becoming law.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
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16 for the confidentiality of certain information
17 held by educational institutions; providing for
18 the confidentiality of certain information held
19 by the Florida Alzheimer's Center and Research
20 Institute and others; creating an exemption
21 from the public-records provisions of the State
22 Constitution and Florida law for certain
23 information relating to clients, patients, and
24 donors, as well as medical and health records
25 and certain proprietary and trade-secret
26 information; providing a statement of public
27 necessity for such exemptions; providing for
28 future repeal; providing a contingent effective
29 date; creating an exemption for personal
30 identifying information of students who report
31 certain illegal activities; providing
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