Senate Bill sb2748

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2748

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1651-06                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to district school boards;

  3         amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; requiring each

  4         district school board that selects a vendor to

  5         market student class rings to select a vendor

  6         that meets certain criteria; requiring each

  7         district school board to notify students and

  8         parents that the purchase of a class ring may

  9         be through any vendor marketing class rings and

10         that a student may participate in related

11         ceremonies or activities regardless of the

12         vendor through which the purchase was made;

13         providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 1003.02,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         1003.02  District school board operation and control of

20  public K-12 education within the school district.--As provided

21  in part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are

22  constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation

23  and control of public K-12 education within their school

24  district. The district school boards must establish, organize,

25  and operate their public K-12 schools and educational

26  programs, employees, and facilities. Their responsibilities

27  include staff development, public K-12 school student

28  education including education for exceptional students and

29  students in juvenile justice programs, special programs, adult

30  education programs, and career education programs.

31  Additionally, district school boards must:

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2748
    25-1651-06                                              See HB




 1         (5)(a)  If selecting a vendor to market class rings to

 2  students, select a vendor that does not intimidate students

 3  with respect to the purchase of class rings or discriminate

 4  against a student who purchases a class ring from another

 5  vendor by excluding the student from participating in any

 6  ceremony or activity relating to the receipt of a class ring.

 7         (b)  Notify in writing each student and his or her

 8  parent that the student may purchase his or her class ring

 9  through any vendor regardless of the fact that the district

10  school board may contract with a vendor for marketing class

11  rings. The notification must include an explanation of the

12  right of each student purchasing a class ring to participate

13  in any ceremony or activity relating to the receipt of a class

14  ring.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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