HJR 1343 2003
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 of
3	Article IX of the State Constitution, relating to
4	education, to limit the term of office for a member of a
5	district school board.
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7	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	That the amendment to Section 4 of Article IX of the State
10	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
11	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
12	general election to be held in November, 2004:
13	ARTICLE IX
14	EDUCATION
15	SECTION 4. School districts; school boards.--
16	(a) Each county shall constitute a school district;
17	provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the
18	electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into
19	one school district. In each school district there shall be a
20	school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of
21	the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately
22	staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.
23	(b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise
24	all free public schools within the school district and determine
25	the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed
26	herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance
27	joint educational programs.
28	(c) A person may not serve as a member of a district
29	school board for more than eight consecutive years. If a member
30	of a district school board resigns before completing eight
31	consecutive years of service and subsequently seeks election to
32	the board, the time served before resignation shall be deemed to
33	constitute one four-year term of office for purposes of
34	determining applicability of this subsection. Time served as a
35	member of a school board before the first term to which a person
36	is elected following the election at which this subsection is
37	ratified shall not be counted in determining eight consecutive
38	years of service.
39	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
40	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
41	LIMITATION ON TERMS OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS
42	OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
43	Proposes an amendment to Section 4 of Article IX of the
44	State Constitution to provide that a person may not serve more
45	than 8 consecutive years, beginning with the election following
46	the election at which this amendment is ratified, as a member of
47	a district school board.