Senate Bill sb2306

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2306

    By Senator Crist





    12-1705-03                                          See HB 871

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to powers and duties of

  3         district school boards; amending s. 1001.43,

  4         F.S.; authorizing district school board

  5         programs and policies to provide for random

  6         drug testing of high school student athletes;

  7         providing an effective date.

  8  

  9         WHEREAS, the State of Florida considers providing a

10  quality education to its children the highest of priorities,

11  and

12         WHEREAS, athletic competition is an integral part of

13  the educational process, providing personal challenges and

14  responsibility, skill in competition, teamwork cultivation,

15  and school pride, and

16         WHEREAS, the State of Florida has a compelling interest

17  in ensuring that children are educated and compete in a safe

18  and healthy environment, and

19         WHEREAS, the use of illicit drugs, performance

20  enhancing drugs, and certain prescription drugs is considered

21  a health and safety threat within Florida   s schools,

22  playgrounds, and athletic fields and forums, and

23         WHEREAS, studies and pilot projects have found a

24  significant curtailment of drug use among student athletes who

25  are subject to random drug testing, NOW, THEREFORE,

26  

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

28  

29         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 1001.43, Florida

30  Statutes, is amended to read:

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2306
    12-1705-03                                          See HB 871




 1         1001.43  Supplemental powers and duties of district

 2  school board.--The district school board may exercise the

 3  following supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this

 4  code or State Board of Education rule.

 5         (1)  STUDENT MANAGEMENT.--The district school board may

 6  adopt programs and policies to ensure the safety and welfare

 7  of individuals, the student body, and school personnel, which

 8  programs and policies may:

 9         (a)  Prohibit the possession of weapons and drugs on

10  campus, student hazing, and other activities that could

11  threaten the operation of the school or the safety and welfare

12  of the student body or school personnel.

13         (b)  Permit random drug testing of high school student

14  athletes.

15         (c)(b)  Require uniforms to be worn by the student

16  body, or impose other dress-related requirements, if the

17  district school board finds that those requirements are

18  necessary for the safety or welfare of the student body or

19  school personnel.

20         (d)(c)  Provide procedures for student dismissal

21  precautions and for granting permission for students to leave

22  school grounds during school hours, including releasing a

23  student from school upon request by a parent or for public

24  appearances of school groups.

25         (e)(d)  Provide procedures for managing protests,

26  demonstrations, sit-ins, walk-outs, or other acts of civil

27  disobedience.

28         (f)(e)  Provide procedures for detaining students and

29  for readmission of students after expulsion.

30         (g)(f)  Regulate student automobile use and parking.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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