Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1580
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Wise
       
       
       
       
       581-05283-10                                          20101580c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public education; creating s.
    3         1003.4505, F.S.; prohibiting district school boards,
    4         administrative personnel, and instructional personnel
    5         from taking affirmative action that infringes or
    6         waives the rights or freedoms afforded by the First
    7         Amendment to the United States Constitution in the
    8         absence of express written consent; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 1003.4505, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         1003.4505 Protection of school speech.—District school
   16  boards, administrative personnel, and instructional personnel
   17  are prohibited from taking affirmative action, including, but
   18  not limited to, the entry into any agreement that infringes or
   19  waives the rights or freedoms afforded to instructional
   20  personnel, school staff, or students by the First Amendment to
   21  the United States Constitution, in the absence of the express
   22  written consent of any individual whose constitutional rights
   23  would be impacted by such infringement or waiver.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.