| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to paperwork reduction in the school |
| 3 | districts; requiring the establishment of the Paper |
| 4 | Reduction Task Force and providing membership; requiring |
| 5 | recommendations to minimize the paperwork burden placed on |
| 6 | school districts and school district personnel; requiring |
| 7 | a report to the Legislature; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Paper Reduction Task Force.-- |
| 12 | (1) The Paper Reduction Task Force shall be established |
| 13 | for the purpose of recommending strategies to reduce the |
| 14 | paperwork required of school districts and school district |
| 15 | personnel, with special emphasis given to the reduction of |
| 16 | paperwork required of teachers. Recommendations shall include, |
| 17 | but not be limited to, methods to improve efficiency by |
| 18 | eliminating, reducing, revising, or consolidating paperwork and |
| 19 | data collection requirements. The task force shall recommend |
| 20 | methods to minimize the paperwork burden being placed on school |
| 21 | districts and school district personnel by evaluating the need |
| 22 | for information and determining whether access to necessary |
| 23 | information is already available. |
| 24 | (2) The task force shall consist of the Commissioner of |
| 25 | Education, three members appointed by the President of the |
| 26 | Senate, three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
| 27 | Representatives, three members appointed by the Governor, and |
| 28 | three teachers appointed by the Commissioner of Education. |
| 29 | (3) The task force shall report its findings and |
| 30 | recommendations to the President of the Senate and the Speaker |
| 31 | of the House of Representatives by February 1, 2006. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |