HB 0853 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to district school board duties relating
3	to student discipline and school safety; amending s.
4	1006.07, F.S.; amending requirements relating to codes of
5	student conduct; deleting the notice requirement for
6	possession of an electronic telephone pager while a
7	student is on school property or attending a school
8	function; providing for the possession of wireless
9	communications devices; requiring notice of possible
10	disciplinary action or criminal penalties if a wireless
11	communications device is used in a criminal act; providing
12	for rules by the district school board; providing an
13	effective date.
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15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
18	1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended, and present paragraphs
19	(e) through (k) of that subsection are redesignated as
20	paragraphs (f) through (l), respectively, and a new paragraph
21	(e) is added to that subsection, to read:
22	1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
23	discipline and school safety.--The district school board shall
24	provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
25	attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
26	attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
27	welfare of students, including:
28	(2) CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT.--Adopt a code of student
29	conduct for elementary schools and a code of student conduct for
30	middle and high schools and distribute the appropriate code to
31	all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents, at the
32	beginning of every school year. Each code shall be organized and
33	written in language that is understandable to students and
34	parents and shall be discussed at the beginning of every school
35	year in student classes, school advisory council meetings, and
36	parent and teacher association or organization meetings. Each
37	code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and
38	discipline adopted by the district school board and shall be
39	made available in the student handbook or similar publication.
40	Each code shall include, but is not limited to:
41	(d) Notice that illegal use, possession, or sale of
42	controlled substances, as defined in chapter 893, or possession
43	of electronic telephone pagers,by any student while the student
44	is upon school property or in attendance at a school function is
45	grounds for disciplinary action by the school and may also
46	result in criminal penalties being imposed.
47	(e) Notice that use of a wireless communications device
48	includes the possibility of the imposition of disciplinary
49	action by the school or criminal penalties if the device is used
50	in a criminal act. A student may possess a wireless
51	communications device while the student is on school property or
52	in attendance at a school function. Each district school board
53	shall adopt rules governing the use of a wireless communications
54	device by a student while the student is on school property or
55	in attendance at a school function.
56	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.