1

The Committee on Governmental Operations (Lawson) recommended

2

the following amendment:

3

4

     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

5

     Delete line(s) 802-817

6

and insert:

7

     Section 24.  Section 1006.061, Florida Statutes, is amended

8

to read:

9

     1006.061  Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect

10

policy.--Each district school board, charter school, private

11

school participating in a state school choice scholarship

12

program, and private provider participating in the Voluntary

13

Prekindergarten Education Program shall:

14

     (1)  Post in a prominent place in each school a notice

15

that, pursuant to chapter 39, all employees and agents of the

16

district school board, charter school, private school, or

17

private provider have an affirmative duty to report all actual

18

or suspected cases of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; have

19

immunity from liability if they report such cases in good faith;

20

and have a duty to comply with child protective investigations

21

and all other provisions of law relating to child abuse,

22

abandonment, and neglect. The notice shall also include the

23

statewide toll-free telephone number of the central abuse

24

hotline.

25

     (2) Post in a prominent place at each school site and on

26

each school website, the policies and procedures for reporting

27

suspected or actual misconduct by instructional personnel or

28

school administrators, as defined in s. 1012.01, which affects

29

the health, safety, or welfare of a student, the contact person

30

to whom the report should be made, and the penalties imposed on

31

employees or agents for failing to report suspected or actual

32

child abuse or misconduct by instructional personnel or school

33

administrators which affects the health, safety, or welfare of a

34

student.

35

     (3)(2) Require the person in charge of the school

36

district, charter school, private school, or private provider

37

district school superintendent, or the superintendent's

38

designee, at the request of the Department of Children and

39

Family Services, to act as a liaison to the Department of

40

Children and Family Services and the child protection team, as

41

defined in s. 39.01, when in a case of suspected child abuse,

42

abandonment, or neglect or an unlawful sexual offense involving

43

a child the case is referred to such a team; except that this

44

does not relieve or restrict the Department of Children and

45

Family Services from discharging its duty and responsibility

46

under the law to investigate and report every suspected or

47

actual case of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect or unlawful

48

sexual offense involving a child.

49

50

====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T =====

51

And the directory clause is amended as follows:

52

53

================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

54

And the title is amended as follows:

55

     Delete line(s) 68-71

56

and insert:

57

requiring the school board, charter school, private school

58

participating in a state school choice scholarship

59

program, and private provider participating in the

60

Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to post its

61

policies relating to misconduct by personnel; requiring

62

the head of such entities to act as a liaison in suspected

63

cases of child abuse;

3/12/2008  2:02:00 PM     585-04897-08