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