Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 246
                        Barcode 824904
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Rich) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  No later than July 1, 2006, the school
19  board of each public district must promulgate policies which
20  will 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  a 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
28  valid United States military identification card. Copies of
29  the 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 section 402.3025, Florida
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 246 Barcode 824904 1 Statutes, child care facility licensed under section 402.305, 2 Florida Statutes, family day care home licensed or registered 3 under section 402.3131, Florida Statutes, private school as 4 defined in section 1002.01, Florida Statutes, and faith-based 5 child care provider exempt from licensure under section 6 402.316, Florida Statutes must promulgate policies which will 7 ensure that the children in that nonpublic school, child care 8 facility, day care home, private school, or faith-based child 9 care provider are not released to persons who are not 10 authorized to retrieve them. These policies must include a 11 requirement that the person attempting to retrieve the child 12 must present a picture identification to the appropriate 13 school or child care official or his or her designee before 14 the child is released to the person. As used in this section, 15 the term "picture identification" means a valid state drivers 16 license, a valid state identification card, or a valid United 17 States military identification card. Copies of these policies 18 must be maintained on the premises of each entity covered by 19 this section and be readily available for inspection. 20 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 Delete everything before the enacting clause 26 27 and insert: 28 A bill to be entitled 29 An act relating to child safety; requiring 30 school boards to promulgate policies regarding 31 release of children; providing a definition; 2 11:42 AM 02/08/05 s0246.cf34.00d
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 246 Barcode 824904 1 requiring copies of the policies to be provided 2 to the Department of Education; requiring 3 nonpublic schools, private schools, and certain 4 child care facilities to promulgate policies 5 regarding release of children; requiring making 6 such policies available on the premises of the 7 schools or child care facilities; providing a 8 definition; providing an effective date. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 11:42 AM 02/08/05 s0246.cf34.00d