Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1058
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Aronberg
       
       
       
       
       591-02489-10                                          20101058c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to notification of school personnel;
    3         amending s. 985.04, F.S.; requiring that specified
    4         school personnel be notified when a child of any age
    5         is formally charged by a state attorney with a felony
    6         or a delinquent act that would be a felony if
    7         committed by an adult and the disposition of the
    8         charges; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
   13  985.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         985.04 Oaths; records; confidential information.—
   15         (4)
   16         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or any other provision of
   17  this section, when a child of any age is formally charged by a
   18  state attorney with a felony or a delinquent act that would be a
   19  felony if committed by an adult, the state attorney shall notify
   20  the superintendent of the child’s school that the child has been
   21  charged with such felony or delinquent act. The information
   22  obtained by the superintendent of schools under this section
   23  must be released within 48 hours after receipt to appropriate
   24  school personnel, including the principal of the school of the
   25  child and the director of transportation. The principal must
   26  immediately notify the child’s immediate classroom teachers, the
   27  child’s assigned bus driver, and any other school personnel
   28  whose duties include direct supervision of the child. Upon
   29  notification, the principal is authorized to begin disciplinary
   30  actions under s. 1006.09(1)-(4). The principal must also be
   31  notified and must notify the other school personnel whose duties
   32  include direct supervision of the child of the disposition of
   33  the charges against the child.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.