Florida Senate - 2023                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7022
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Education Pre-K -12
       
       
       
       
       
       581-02237A-23                                         20237022pb
    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   26  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October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.
   52  
   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.