| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the indecent wearing of below-waist |
| 3 | underwear; prohibiting a student from exposing below- |
| 4 | waist underwear in a specified manner while on the |
| 5 | grounds of a public school; providing penalties; |
| 6 | providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Exposure of undergarments.-- |
| 11 | (1) A student may not wear and expose below-waist |
| 12 | underwear while on the grounds of a public school in a manner |
| 13 | that exposes or exhibits one's covered or uncovered sexual |
| 14 | organs in a vulgar and indecent manner. |
| 15 | (2) For a first offense, a student who violates this |
| 16 | section shall be given a verbal warning, and the school |
| 17 | principal shall call the student's parents. For a second |
| 18 | offense, a student shall be suspended from school pursuant to |
| 19 | s. 1003.01(5)(b), Florida Statutes, for 3 days, and the school |
| 20 | principal shall call the student's parents and send them a |
| 21 | written letter regarding the student's suspension. For a third |
| 22 | offense, the student shall be suspended from school pursuant |
| 23 | to s. 1003.01(5)(b), Florida Statutes, for 10 days, and the |
| 24 | school principal shall meet with the student's parents. For a |
| 25 | fourth or subsequent violation, the student shall be suspended |
| 26 | from school pursuant to s. 1003.01(5)(a), Florida Statutes. |
| 27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |