Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7070
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Bean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 3191 and 3192
    4  insert:
    5         Section 29. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (3) of
    6  section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
    8  school students must receive accurate and timely information
    9  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
   10  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
   11  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
   12  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
   13         (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
   14         (l) Notification of involuntary examinations.—The public
   15  school principal or the principal’s designee shall immediately
   16  notify the parent of a student who is removed from school,
   17  school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity and taken
   18  to a receiving facility for an involuntary examination pursuant
   19  to s. 394.463. The principal or the principal’s designee may
   20  delay notification for no more than 24 hours after the student
   21  is removed from school if the principal or designee deems the
   22  delay to be in the student’s best interest and if a report has
   23  been submitted to the central abuse hotline, pursuant to s.
   24  39.201, based upon knowledge or suspicion of abuse, abandonment,
   25  or neglect. Each district school board shall develop a policy
   26  and procedures for notification under this paragraph.
   27         Section 30. Paragraph (q) is added to subsection (9) of
   28  section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, to read:
   29         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   30         (9) CHARTER SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.—
   31         (q) The charter school principal or the principal’s
   32  designee shall immediately notify the parent of a student who is
   33  removed from school, school transportation, or a school
   34  sponsored activity and taken to a receiving facility for an
   35  involuntary examination pursuant to s. 394.463. The principal or
   36  the principal’s designee may delay notification for no more than
   37  24 hours after the student is removed from school if the
   38  principal or designee deems the delay to be in the student’s
   39  best interest and if a report has been submitted to the central
   40  abuse hotline, pursuant to s. 39.201, based upon knowledge or
   41  suspicion of abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Each charter school
   42  governing board shall develop a policy and procedures for
   43  notification under this paragraph.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 161
   48  and insert:
   49         the Legislature; amending ss. 1002.20 and 1002.33,
   50         F.S.; requiring public school and charter school
   51         principals or their designees to provide notice of the
   52         whereabouts of a student removed from school, school
   53         transportation, or a school-sponsored activity for
   54         involuntary examination; providing conditions for
   55         delay in notification; requiring district school
   56         boards and charter school governing boards to develop
   57         notification policies and procedures; amending ss.
   58         39.407, 394.4612,