Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 332
       
       
       
       By Senator Abruzzo
       
       
       
       
       25-00528-13                                            2013332__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public school instruction; amending
    3         s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring that instructional staff
    4         of public schools provide instruction to students
    5         about the terrorist attacks occurring on September 11,
    6         2001, and the impact of those events; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (u) is added to subsection (2) of
   12  section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         1003.42 Required instruction.—
   14         (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public
   15  schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
   16  and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
   17  faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
   18  highest standards for professionalism and historic accuracy,
   19  following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
   20  approved methods of instruction, the following:
   21         (u) The events surrounding the terrorist attacks occurring
   22  on September 11, 2001, and the impact of those events on the
   23  nation.
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   25  The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
   26  and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.