Senate Bill sb1434

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1434

    By Senator Lawson





    6-1078-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to control of students;

  3         repealing s. 1003.32(1)(k), F.S., relating to

  4         discretionary corporal punishment by K-12

  5         teachers; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring

  6         each district school board to adopt a written

  7         program of control or discipline with

  8         alternative forms of control or discipline;

  9         deleting provisions authorizing the district

10         school board to prohibit corporal punishment if

11         an alternate plan exists; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section

17  1003.32, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

18         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

19  1006.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         1006.07  District school board duties relating to

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

22  board shall provide for the proper accounting for all

23  students, for the attendance and control of students at

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

25  matters relating to the welfare of students, including:

26         (1)  CONTROL OF STUDENTS.--

27         (a)  Adopt rules for the control, discipline, in-school

28  suspension, suspension, and expulsion of students and decide

29  all cases recommended for expulsion. Suspension hearings are

30  exempted from the provisions of chapter 120. Expulsion

31  hearings shall be governed by ss. 120.569 and 120.57(2) and

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1434
    6-1078-05




 1  are exempt from s. 286.011. However, the student's parent must

 2  be given notice of the provisions of s. 286.011 and may elect

 3  to have the hearing held in compliance with that section. The

 4  district school board shall adopt a written program of control

 5  or discipline which may include parent conferences, revocation

 6  of privileges, work detail, community service, Saturday

 7  school, and in-school restriction. The district school board

 8  may prohibit the use of corporal punishment, if the district

 9  school board adopts or has adopted a written program of

10  alternative control or discipline.

11         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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14                          SENATE SUMMARY

15    Removes corporal punishment as a means for discipline and
      control of students. Requires district school boards to
16    adopt a plan for control which does not include corporal
      punishment.
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