Florida Senate - 2023 SB 7022
By the Committee on Education Pre-K -12
581-02547-23 20237022__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Open Government Sunset Review
3 Act; amending s. 943.687, F.S., which provides an
4 exemption from public meetings requirements for any
5 portion of a meeting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas
6 High School Safety Commission at which exempt or
7 confidential and exempt information is discussed;
8 removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption;
9 amending s. 1006.12, F.S., relating to an exemption
10 from public records requirements for information held
11 by specified entities which could identify a safe
12 school officer; removing the scheduled repeal of the
13 exemption; providing an effective date.
14
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 943.687, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 943.687 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety
20 Commission.—
21 (8) Any portion of a meeting of the Marjory Stoneman
22 Douglas High School Public Safety Commission at which exempt or
23 confidential and exempt information is discussed is exempt from
24 s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
25 subsection is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
26 in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
27 2, 2023, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
28 reenactment by the Legislature.
29 Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 1006.12, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 1006.12 Safe-school officers at each public school.—For the
32 protection and safety of school personnel, property, students,
33 and visitors, each district school board and school district
34 superintendent shall partner with law enforcement agencies or
35 security agencies to establish or assign one or more safe-school
36 officers at each school facility within the district, including
37 charter schools. A district school board must collaborate with
38 charter school governing boards to facilitate charter school
39 access to all safe-school officer options available under this
40 section. The school district may implement any combination of
41 the options in subsections (1)-(4) to best meet the needs of the
42 school district and charter schools.
43 (8) EXEMPTION.—Any information that would identify whether
44 a particular individual has been appointed as a safe-school
45 officer pursuant to this section held by a law enforcement
46 agency, school district, or charter school is exempt from s.
47 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
48 subsection is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
49 in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
50 2, 2023, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
51 reenactment by the Legislature.
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53 If a district school board, through its adopted policies,
54 procedures, or actions, denies a charter school access to any
55 safe-school officer options pursuant to this section, the school
56 district must assign a school resource officer or school safety
57 officer to the charter school. Under such circumstances, the
58 charter school’s share of the costs of the school resource
59 officer or school safety officer may not exceed the safe school
60 allocation funds provided to the charter school pursuant to s.
61 1011.62(12) and shall be retained by the school district.
62 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.