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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Gaetz) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 74 and 75

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insert:

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Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 1001.452,

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Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     1001.452  District and school advisory councils.--

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     (1)  ESTABLISHMENT.--

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     (a)  The district school board shall establish an advisory

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council for each school in the district and shall develop

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procedures for the election and appointment of advisory council

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members. Each school advisory council shall include in its name

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the words "school advisory council." The school advisory council

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shall be the sole body responsible for final decisionmaking at

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the school relating to implementation of the provisions of ss.

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1001.42(16) and 1008.345. A majority of the members of each

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school advisory council must be persons who are not employed by

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the school district. Each advisory council shall be composed of

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the principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers,

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education support employees, students, parents, and other

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business and community citizens who are representative of the

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ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school.

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Career center and high school advisory councils shall include

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students, and middle and junior high school advisory councils may

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include students. School advisory councils of career centers and

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adult education centers are not required to include parents as

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members. Council members representing teachers, education support

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employees, students, and parents shall be elected by their

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respective peer groups at the school in a fair and equitable

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manner as follows:

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     1.  Teachers shall be elected by teachers.

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     2.  Education support employees shall be elected by

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education support employees.

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     3.  Students shall be elected by students.

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     4.  Parents shall be elected by parents.

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The district school board shall establish procedures for use by

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schools in selecting business and community members that include

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means of ensuring wide notice of vacancies and of taking input on

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possible members from local business, chambers of commerce,

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community and civic organizations and groups, and the public at

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large. The district school board shall review the membership

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composition of each advisory council. If the district school

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board determines that the membership elected by the school is not

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representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community

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served by the school, the district school board shall appoint

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additional members to achieve proper representation. The

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commissioner shall determine if schools have maximized their

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efforts to include on their advisory councils minority persons

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and persons of lower socioeconomic status. Although schools are

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strongly encouraged to establish school advisory councils, the

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district school board of any school district that has a student

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population of 10,000 or fewer may establish a district advisory

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council which shall include at least one duly elected teacher

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from each school in the district. For the purposes of school

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advisory councils and district advisory councils, the term

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"teacher" shall include classroom teachers, certified student

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services personnel, and media specialists. For purposes of this

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paragraph, "education support employee" means any person employed

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by a school who is not defined as instructional or administrative

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personnel pursuant to s. 1012.01 and whose duties require 20 or

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more hours in each normal working week.

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(and renumber subsequent sections)

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

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line 3

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and insert:

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providing definitions; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.;

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revising provisions relating to membership of school

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advisory councils; amending s. 1003.41, F.S.;

3/31/2008  6:23:00 PM     ED.ED.06302