Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 228
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-00002-11                                            2011228__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the code of student conduct;
    3         amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring the district
    4         school board to include in the code of student conduct
    5         adopted by the board an explanation of the
    6         responsibilities of each student with regard to
    7         appropriate dress and respect for self and others and
    8         the role that appropriate dress and respect for self
    9         and others has on an orderly learning environment;
   10         requiring each district school board to adopt a dress
   11         code policy that prohibits a student, while on the
   12         grounds of a public school during the regular school
   13         day, from wearing clothing that exposes underwear or
   14         body parts in an indecent or vulgar manner or that
   15         disrupts the orderly learning environment; providing
   16         disciplinary actions for students who violate the
   17         dress code; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; providing that
   18         adherence to appropriate dress and other codes of
   19         student conduct is a prerequisite for a student to be
   20         eligible to participate in interscholastic
   21         extracurricular student activities; reenacting s.
   22         1002.23(7), F.S., relating to a parent guide to
   23         successful student achievement to be adopted by each
   24         school district board, to incorporate the amendment
   25         made to s. 1006.07, F.S., in a reference thereto;
   26         providing an effective date.
   27  
   28  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   29  
   30         Section 1. Present paragraphs (d) through (l) of subsection
   31  (2) of section s. 1006.07, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   32  paragraphs (e) through (m), respectively, and a new paragraph
   33  (d) is added to that subsection to read:
   34         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
   35  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
   36  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
   37  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
   38  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
   39  welfare of students, including:
   40         (2) CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT.—Adopt a code of student
   41  conduct for elementary schools and a code of student conduct for
   42  middle and high schools and distribute the appropriate code to
   43  all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents, at the
   44  beginning of every school year. Each code shall be organized and
   45  written in language that is understandable to students and
   46  parents and shall be discussed at the beginning of every school
   47  year in student classes, school advisory council meetings, and
   48  parent and teacher association or organization meetings. Each
   49  code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and
   50  discipline adopted by the district school board and shall be
   51  made available in the student handbook or similar publication.
   52  Each code shall include, but is not limited to:
   53         (d)1.An explanation of the responsibilities of each
   54  student with regard to appropriate dress, respect for self and
   55  others, and the role that appropriate dress and respect for self
   56  and others has on an orderly learning environment. Each district
   57  school board shall adopt a dress code policy that prohibits a
   58  student, while on the grounds of a public school during the
   59  regular school day, from wearing clothing that exposes underwear
   60  or body parts in an indecent or vulgar manner or that disrupts
   61  the orderly learning environment.
   62         2.Any student who violates the dress policy described in
   63  subparagraph 1. is subject to the following disciplinary
   64  actions:
   65         a.For a first offense, a student shall be given a verbal
   66  warning and the school principal shall call the student’s parent
   67  or guardian.
   68         b.For a second offense, the student is ineligible to
   69  participate in any extracurricular activity for a period of time
   70  not to exceed 5 days and the school principal shall meet with
   71  the student’s parent or guardian.
   72         c.For a third or subsequent offense, a student shall
   73  receive an in-school suspension pursuant to s. 1003.01(5) for a
   74  period not to exceed 3 days, the student is ineligible to
   75  participate in any extracurricular activity for a period not to
   76  exceed 30 days, and the school principal shall call the
   77  student’s parent or guardian and send the parent or guardian a
   78  written letter regarding the student’s in-school suspension and
   79  ineligibility to participate in extracurricular activities.
   80         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   81  1006.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   82         1006.15 Student standards for participation in
   83  interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
   84  activities; regulation.—
   85         (3)(a) To be eligible to participate in interscholastic
   86  extracurricular student activities, a student must:
   87         1. Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0
   88  scale, or its equivalent, in the previous semester or a
   89  cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale,
   90  or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1).
   91         2. Execute and fulfill the requirements of an academic
   92  performance contract between the student, the district school
   93  board, the appropriate governing association, and the student’s
   94  parents, if the student’s cumulative grade point average falls
   95  below 2.0, or its equivalent, on a 4.0 scale in the courses
   96  required by s. 1003.43(1) or, for students who entered the 9th
   97  grade prior to the 1997-1998 school year, if the student’s
   98  cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0 on a 4.0 scale,
   99  or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1)
  100  which that are taken after July 1, 1997. At a minimum, the
  101  contract must require that the student attend summer school, or
  102  its graded equivalent, between grades 9 and 10 or grades 10 and
  103  11, as necessary.
  104         3. Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on
  105  a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by s.
  106  1003.43(1) during his or her junior or senior year.
  107         4. Maintain satisfactory conduct, including adherence to
  108  appropriate dress and other codes of student conduct policies
  109  described in s. 1006.07(2). and, If a student is convicted of,
  110  or is found to have committed, a felony or a delinquent act that
  111  which would have been a felony if committed by an adult,
  112  regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the student’s
  113  participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is
  114  contingent upon established and published district school board
  115  policy.
  116         Section 3. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  117  made by this act to section 1006.07, Florida Statutes, in a
  118  reference thereto, subsection (7) of section 1002.23, Florida
  119  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  120         1002.23 Family and School Partnership for Student
  121  Achievement Act.—
  122         (7) Each school district shall develop and disseminate a
  123  parent guide to successful student achievement, consistent with
  124  the guidelines of the Department of Education, which addresses
  125  what parents need to know about their child’s educational
  126  progress and how parents can help their child to succeed in
  127  school. The guide must:
  128         (a) Be understandable to students and parents;
  129         (b) Be distributed to all parents, students, and school
  130  personnel at the beginning of each school year;
  131         (c) Be discussed at the beginning of each school year in
  132  meetings of students, parents, and teachers;
  133         (d) Include information concerning services, opportunities,
  134  choices, academic standards, and student assessment; and
  135         (e) Provide information on the importance of student health
  136  and available immunizations and vaccinations, including, but not
  137  limited to:
  138         1. A recommended immunization schedule in accordance with
  139  United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  140  recommendations.
  141         2. Detailed information regarding the causes, symptoms, and
  142  transmission of meningococcal disease and the availability,
  143  effectiveness, known contraindications, and appropriate age for
  144  the administration of any required or recommended vaccine
  145  against meningococcal disease, in accordance with the
  146  recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
  147  Practices of the United States Centers for Disease Control and
  148  Prevention.
  149  
  150  The parent guide may be included as a part of the code of
  151  student conduct that is required in s. 1006.07(2).
  152         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.