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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to public secondary schools; creating s.

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1003.451, F.S.; prohibiting any school district or public

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secondary school from prohibiting ROTC units on campus,

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preventing a student from enrolling in an ROTC unit at

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another educational institution, or preventing military

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recruiters from having certain access to students;

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providing for enforcement; providing for the adoption of

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rules by the State Board of Education; providing an

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effective date.

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

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     Section 1.  Section 1003.451, Florida Statutes, is created

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to read:

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     1003.451 Prohibiting school districts or schools from

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preventing ROTC access to campus; providing for enforcement by

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the State Board of Education.--

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     (1) A school district or public secondary school may not

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have a policy or practice that prohibits or in effect prevents:

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     (a) The maintaining, establishing, or operation of a unit

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of the Reserve Officer Training Corps of any branch of the United

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States Armed Forces at the school;

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     (b) A student at the school from enrolling in a unit of the

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Reserve Officer Training Corps at another educational

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institution; or

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     (c) Military recruiters from having the same access to the

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school's students as is provided by the school to postsecondary

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educational institutions or to prospective employers of those

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students.

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     (2) The State Board of Education shall enforce this section

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pursuant to s. 1008.32.

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     (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to

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administer this section.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.