HB 0065 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to educational facilities; repealing s.
3	1013.43, F.S., relating to small school requirement;
4	amending ss. 1001.42 and 1003.02, F.S.; correcting cross
5	references and conforming language; providing an effective
6	date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.Section 1013.43, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
11	Section 2. Subsection (20) of section 1001.42, Florida
12	Statutes, is amended to read:
13	1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.--The
14	district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
15	powers and perform all duties listed below:
16	(20) SCHOOL-WITHIN-A-SCHOOL.--In order to reduce the
17	anonymity of students in large schools, adopt policies to
18	encourage anylargeschoolthat does not meet the definition of
19	a small school, as established by s. 1013.43(2),to subdivide
20	into schools-within-a-school that shall operate within existing
21	resources in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1003.
22	Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 1003.02, Florida
23	Statutes, is amended to read:
24	1003.02 District school board operation and control of
25	public K-12 education within the school district.--As provided
26	in part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are
27	constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and
28	control of public K-12 education within their school district.
29	The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate
30	their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees,
31	and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff
32	development, public K-12 school student education including
33	education for exceptional students and students in juvenile
34	justice programs, special programs, adult education programs,
35	and career and technical education programs. Additionally,
36	district school boards must:
37	(4)For any school within the district that is not in
38	compliance with the small school size requirements of chapter
39	1013,In order to reduce the anonymity of students in large
40	schools, adopt policies that encourage subdivision of the school
41	into schools-within-a-school, which shall operate within
42	existing resources. A "school-within-a-school" means an
43	operational program that uses flexible scheduling, team
44	planning, and curricular and instructional innovation to
45	organize groups of students with groups of teachers as smaller
46	units, so as to functionally operate as a smaller school.
47	Examples of this include, but are not limited to:
48	(a) An organizational arrangement assigning both students
49	and teachers to smaller units in which the students take some or
50	all of their coursework with their fellow grouped students and
51	from the teachers assigned to the smaller unit. A unit may be
52	grouped together for 1 year or on a vertical, multiyear basis.
53	(b) An organizational arrangement similar to that
54	described in paragraph (a) with additional variations in
55	instruction and curriculum. The smaller unit usually seeks to
56	maintain a program different from that of the larger school, or
57	of other smaller units. It may be vertically organized, but is
58	dependent upon the school principal for its existence, budget,
59	and staff.
60	(c) A separate and autonomous smaller unit formally
61	authorized by the district school board or district school
62	superintendent. The smaller unit plans and runs its own program,
63	has its own staff and students, and receives its own separate
64	budget. The smaller unit must negotiate the use of common space
65	with the larger school and defer to the building principal on
66	matters of safety and building operation.
67	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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