CS/HB 643

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to district and school advisory councils;
3amending s. 1001.452, F.S.; providing that a majority of
4the members of a school advisory council not be employed
5at the school; providing an effective date.
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7Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9     Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
101001.452, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
11     1001.452  District and school advisory councils.--
12     (1)  ESTABLISHMENT.--
13     (a)  The district school board shall establish an advisory
14council for each school in the district and shall develop
15procedures for the election and appointment of advisory council
16members. Each school advisory council shall include in its name
17the words "school advisory council." The school advisory council
18shall be the sole body responsible for the final decisionmaking
19at the school relating to the implementation of ss. 1001.42(18)
20and 1008.345. A majority of the members of each school advisory
21council must be persons who are not employed at by the school
22district. Each advisory council shall be composed of the
23principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers,
24education support employees, students, parents, and other
25business and community citizens who are representative of the
26ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school.
27Career center and high school advisory councils shall include
28students, and middle and junior high school advisory councils
29may include students. School advisory councils of career centers
30and adult education centers are not required to include parents
31as members. Council members representing teachers, education
32support employees, students, and parents shall be elected by
33their respective peer groups at the school in a fair and
34equitable manner as follows:
35     1.  Teachers shall be elected by teachers.
36     2.  Education support employees shall be elected by
37education support employees.
38     3.  Students shall be elected by students.
39     4.  Parents shall be elected by parents.
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41The district school board shall establish procedures to be used
42by schools in selecting business and community members that
43include means of ensuring wide notice of vacancies and of taking
44input on possible members from local business, chambers of
45commerce, community and civic organizations and groups, and the
46public at large. The district school board shall review the
47membership composition of each advisory council. If the district
48school board determines that the membership elected by the
49school is not representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic
50community served by the school, the district school board shall
51appoint additional members to achieve proper representation. The
52commissioner shall determine if schools have maximized their
53efforts to include on their advisory councils minority persons
54and persons of lower socioeconomic status. Although schools are
55strongly encouraged to establish school advisory councils, the
56district school board of any school district that has a student
57population of 10,000 or fewer may establish a district advisory
58council which includes at least one duly elected teacher from
59each school in the district. For the purposes of school advisory
60councils and district advisory councils, the term "teacher"
61includes classroom teachers, certified student services
62personnel, and media specialists. For purposes of this
63paragraph, "education support employee" means any person
64employed by a school who is not defined as instructional or
65administrative personnel pursuant to s. 1012.01 and whose duties
66require 20 or more hours in each normal working week.
67     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.


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