| 1 | The Future of Florida's Families Committee recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to child safety; requiring school boards |
| 8 | to promulgate policies regarding release of children; |
| 9 | providing a definition; requiring copies of the policies |
| 10 | to be provided to the Department of Education; requiring |
| 11 | nonpublic schools, private schools, and certain child care |
| 12 | facilities to promulgate policies regarding release of |
| 13 | children; requiring that the policies are available on the |
| 14 | premises of the schools or child care facilities; |
| 15 | providing an effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. No later than July 1, 2006, the school board of |
| 20 | each public school district must promulgate policies that will |
| 21 | ensure that the students in that school district are not |
| 22 | released from the schools to persons who are not authorized to |
| 23 | retrieve them. These policies must include a requirement that |
| 24 | the person attempting to retrieve the student present a picture |
| 25 | identification to the school principal or his or her designee |
| 26 | before the student is released to the person. As used in this |
| 27 | section, the term "picture identification" means a valid state |
| 28 | driver's license, a valid state identification card, or a valid |
| 29 | United States military identification card. Copies of the |
| 30 | policies must be provided to the Department of Education. |
| 31 | Section 2. No later than July 1, 2006, each nonpublic |
| 32 | school exempt from licensure under s. 402.3025, Florida |
| 33 | Statutes, child care facility licensed under s. 402.305, Florida |
| 34 | Statutes, family day care home licensed or registered under s. |
| 35 | 402.313, Florida Statutes, large family child care home licensed |
| 36 | under s. 402.3131, Florida Statutes, private school as defined |
| 37 | in s. 1002.01, Florida Statutes, and faith-based child care |
| 38 | provider exempt from licensure under s. 402.316, Florida |
| 39 | Statutes, must promulgate policies that will ensure that the |
| 40 | children in that nonpublic school, child care facility, day care |
| 41 | home, private school, or faith-based child care provider are not |
| 42 | released to persons who are not authorized to retrieve them. |
| 43 | These policies must include a requirement that the person |
| 44 | attempting to retrieve the child present a picture |
| 45 | identification to the appropriate school or child care official |
| 46 | or his or her designee before the child is released to the |
| 47 | person. As used in this section, the term "picture |
| 48 | identification" means a valid state driver's license, a valid |
| 49 | state identification card, or a valid United States military |
| 50 | identification card. Copies of these policies must be maintained |
| 51 | on the premises of each entity covered by this section and be |
| 52 | readily available for inspection. |
| 53 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |