| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to instructional materials for K-12 public |
| 3 | education; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; deleting a provision |
| 4 | that restricts the cost to students for replacement of |
| 5 | certain instructional materials that are lost, destroyed, |
| 6 | or damaged; 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. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
| 11 | 1006.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school |
| 13 | superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 |
| 14 | instructional materials.-- |
| 15 | (3) SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.--The school principal has the |
| 16 | following duties for the management and care of instructional |
| 17 | materials at the school: |
| 18 | (b) Money collected for lost or damaged books; |
| 19 | enforcement.--The school principal shall collect from each |
| 20 | student or the student's parent the purchase price of any |
| 21 | instructional material the student has lost, destroyed, or |
| 22 | unnecessarily damaged and to report and transmit the money |
| 23 | collected to the district school superintendent. If |
| 24 | instructional materials lost, destroyed, or damaged have been in |
| 25 | school use for more than 1 year, a sum ranging between 50 and 75 |
| 26 | percent of the purchase price of the book shall be collected, |
| 27 | determined by the physical condition of the book. The failure to |
| 28 | collect such sum upon reasonable effort by the school principal |
| 29 | may result in the suspension of the student from participation |
| 30 | in extracurricular activities or satisfaction of the debt by the |
| 31 | student through community service activities at the school site |
| 32 | as determined by the school principal, pursuant to policies |
| 33 | adopted by district school board rule. |
| 34 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |