Senate Bill sb0184

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 184

    By Senator Lynn





    7-240-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to district school board duties

  3         relating to student discipline and school

  4         safety; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; amending

  5         requirements relating to codes of student

  6         conduct; providing penalties for the use,

  7         rather than the possession, of electronic

  8         telephone pagers on school property or at a

  9         school function; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section

14  1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         1006.07  District school board duties relating to

16  student discipline and school safety.--The district school

17  board shall provide for the proper accounting for all

18  students, for the attendance and control of students at

19  school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other

20  matters relating to the welfare of students, including:

21         (2)  CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT.--Adopt a code of student

22  conduct for elementary schools and a code of student conduct

23  for middle and high schools and distribute the appropriate

24  code to all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents,

25  at the beginning of every school year. Each code shall be

26  organized and written in language that is understandable to

27  students and parents and shall be discussed at the beginning

28  of every school year in student classes, school advisory

29  council meetings, and parent and teacher association or

30  organization meetings. Each code shall be based on the rules

31  governing student conduct and discipline adopted by the

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 184
    7-240-04




 1  district school board and shall be made available in the

 2  student handbook or similar publication. Each code shall

 3  include, but is not limited to:

 4         (d)  Notice that illegal use, possession, or sale of

 5  controlled substances, as defined in chapter 893, or the use

 6  possession of an electronic telephone pager pagers, by any

 7  student while the student is upon school property or in

 8  attendance at a school function is grounds for disciplinary

 9  action by the school and may also result in criminal penalties

10  being imposed.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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14                          SENATE SUMMARY

15    Requires codes of student conduct to give notice that it
      is grounds for disciplinary penalties and for possible
16    criminal penalties if a student uses an electronic
      telephone pager while the student is upon school property
17    or in attendance at a school function.

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