Amendment
Bill No. 2092
Amendment No. 752025
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Kravitz offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (709567) (with directory and title
4amendments)
5Between lines 115 and 116, insert:
6     Section 5.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section
71001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8     1001.42  Powers and duties of district school board.--The
9district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
10powers and perform all duties listed below:
11     (4)  ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF
12SCHOOLS.--Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the
13establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the
14district, including, but not limited to, the following:
15     (f)  Opening and closing of schools; fixing uniform
16date.--Adopt policies for the opening and closing of schools and
17fix uniform dates.; however, Beginning with the 2007-2008 school
18year, the opening date of the school year for schools in the
19district may not be earlier than 14 days before Labor Day each
20year. However, beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, a
21district school board may with a super majority vote after
22holding at least two public meetings that begin no earlier than
236 p.m. establish an earlier opening date for students that is no
24earlier than the 7th day of August or a different opening date
25for a school that operates on a year-round or extended calendar.
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31determined; specifying base salary amounts; amending s. 1001.42,
32F.S., relating to powers and duties of district school boards;
33revising provisions relating to the opening date of the school
34year; amending s.


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