Florida Senate - 2013                              CS for SB 134
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Education; and Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       581-01706-13                                           2013134c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to meetings of district school boards;
    3         amending s. 1001.372, F.S.; requiring district school
    4         boards to convene at least one regular meeting each
    5         quarter during a school year during the evening hours
    6         and to create written criteria for convening such a
    7         meeting; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1001.372, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         1001.372 District school board meetings.—
   14         (1) REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.—
   15         (a) The district school board shall hold not less than one
   16  regular meeting each month for the transaction of business
   17  according to a schedule arranged by the district school board.
   18  The district school board shall convene at least one regular
   19  meeting each quarter within a school year during the evening
   20  hours. The district school board shall create written criteria
   21  for deciding when to convene a quarterly meeting during the
   22  evening hours.
   23         (b) The district school board and shall convene in a
   24  special meeting sessions when called by the district school
   25  superintendent or by the district school superintendent on
   26  request of the chair of the district school board, or on request
   27  of a majority of the members of the district school board. If
   28  the district school superintendent does not call a special
   29  meeting when requested to do so, as prescribed in this
   30  paragraph, such a meeting may be called by the chair of the
   31  district school board or by a majority of the members of the
   32  district school board by giving 2 days’ written notice of the
   33  time and purpose of the meeting to all members and to the
   34  district school superintendent. An action; provided that actions
   35  taken at a special meeting has meetings shall have the same
   36  force and effect as if taken at a regular meeting, and; and
   37  provided further that in the event the district school
   38  superintendent should fail to call a special meeting when
   39  requested to do so, as prescribed herein, such a meeting may be
   40  called by the chair of the district school board or by a
   41  majority of the members of the district school board by giving 2
   42  days’ written notice of the time and purpose of the meeting to
   43  all members and to the district school superintendent, in which
   44  event the minutes of the meeting must shall set forth the facts
   45  regarding the procedure in calling the meeting and the reason
   46  the meeting was called. The minutes must therefor and shall be
   47  signed either by the chair or by a majority of the members of
   48  the district school board.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.