| 1 | The PreK-12 Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to child safety; requiring school boards |
| 7 | to promulgate policies regarding release of children; |
| 8 | providing a definition; requiring copies of the policies |
| 9 | to be provided to the Department of Education; requiring |
| 10 | nonpublic schools, private schools, and certain child care |
| 11 | facilities to promulgate policies regarding release of |
| 12 | children; requiring that the policies are available on the |
| 13 | premises of the schools or child care facilities; |
| 14 | providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. No later than July 1, 2006, the school board of |
| 19 | each public school district must promulgate policies that will |
| 20 | ensure that the students in that school district are not |
| 21 | released from the schools to persons who are not authorized to |
| 22 | retrieve them. These policies must include a requirement that |
| 23 | the person attempting to retrieve the student present a picture |
| 24 | identification to the school principal or his or her designee |
| 25 | before the student is released to the person. As used in this |
| 26 | section, the term "picture identification" means a valid state |
| 27 | driver's license, a valid state identification card, or a valid |
| 28 | United States military identification card. Copies of the |
| 29 | policies must be provided to the Department of Education. |
| 30 | Section 2. No later than July 1, 2006, each nonpublic |
| 31 | school exempt from licensure under s. 402.3025, Florida |
| 32 | Statutes, child care facility licensed under s. 402.305, Florida |
| 33 | Statutes, family day care home licensed or registered under s. |
| 34 | 402.3131, Florida Statutes, private school as defined in s. |
| 35 | 1002.01, Florida Statutes, and faith-based child care provider |
| 36 | exempt from licensure under s. 402.316, Florida Statutes, must |
| 37 | promulgate policies that will ensure that the children in that |
| 38 | nonpublic school, child care facility, day care home, private |
| 39 | school, or faith-based child care provider are not released to |
| 40 | persons who are not authorized to retrieve them. These policies |
| 41 | must include a requirement that the person attempting to |
| 42 | retrieve the child present a picture identification to the |
| 43 | appropriate school or child care official or his or her designee |
| 44 | before the child is released to the person. As used in this |
| 45 | section, the term "picture identification" means a valid state |
| 46 | driver's license, a valid state identification card, or a valid |
| 47 | United States military identification card. Copies of these |
| 48 | policies must be maintained on the premises of each entity |
| 49 | covered by this section and be readily available for inspection. |
| 50 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |