| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to district school boards; amending s. |
| 3 | 1003.02, F.S.; requiring each district school board that |
| 4 | selects a vendor to market student class rings to select a |
| 5 | vendor that meets certain criteria; requiring each |
| 6 | district school board to notify students and parents that |
| 7 | the purchase of a class ring may be through any vendor |
| 8 | marketing class rings and that a student may participate |
| 9 | in related ceremonies or activities regardless of the |
| 10 | vendor through which the purchase was made; providing an |
| 11 | effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 1003.02, |
| 16 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 17 | 1003.02 District school board operation and control of |
| 18 | public K-12 education within the school district.--As provided |
| 19 | in part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are |
| 20 | constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and |
| 21 | control of public K-12 education within their school district. |
| 22 | The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate |
| 23 | their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees, |
| 24 | and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff |
| 25 | development, public K-12 school student education including |
| 26 | education for exceptional students and students in juvenile |
| 27 | justice programs, special programs, adult education programs, |
| 28 | and career education programs. Additionally, district school |
| 29 | boards must: |
| 30 | (5)(a) If selecting a vendor to market class rings to |
| 31 | students, select a vendor that does not intimidate students with |
| 32 | respect to the purchase of class rings or discriminate against a |
| 33 | student who purchases a class ring from another vendor by |
| 34 | excluding the student from participating in any ceremony or |
| 35 | activity relating to the receipt of a class ring. |
| 36 | (b) Notify in writing each student and his or her parent |
| 37 | that the student may purchase his or her class ring through any |
| 38 | vendor regardless of the fact that the district school board may |
| 39 | contract with a vendor for marketing class rings. The |
| 40 | notification must include an explanation of the right of each |
| 41 | student purchasing a class ring to participate in any ceremony |
| 42 | or activity relating to the receipt of a class ring. |
| 43 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |