Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1016
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/23/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K -12 (Wright) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1001.433, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         1001.433 Patriotic organizations.—
    8         (1) As used in this section, the term “patriotic
    9  organization” means a youth membership organization serving
   10  young people under the age of 21 which is listed in Title 36,
   11  U.S.C., as it existed on January 1, 2020, with an educational
   12  purpose that promotes patriotism and civic involvement.
   13         (2)(a) Each school district may:
   14         1. Allow a representative of a patriotic organization the
   15  opportunity, during school hours and instructional time, to
   16  speak with and distribute informational materials in a classroom
   17  setting to students, to encourage participation in the patriotic
   18  organization and its activities, and to inform students of how
   19  the patriotic organization may further the students’ educational
   20  interests and civic involvement to better the students’ school
   21  and community and themselves.
   22         2. Provide opportunities for a patriotic organization to
   23  have displays at schools within the district to provide
   24  opportunities for student recruitment. Such displays may include
   25  informational flyers and the use of other existing communication
   26  channels.
   27         (b) If a school district authorizes a representative of a
   28  patriotic organization to speak with and distribute
   29  informational materials to students and provide displays
   30  pursuant to paragraph (a), the school district must provide a
   31  specific date and time for the patriotic organization to speak
   32  to students at schools within the district after the patriotic
   33  organization has provided reasonable notice of its intent to
   34  speak to students and provide displays.
   35         (3) A school district may not discriminate against an
   36  organization in subsection (1) in the use of any school building
   37  or property for the purposes of paragraphs (2)(a) and (b), if
   38  such activities occur outside of the school day.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   42  And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   44  and insert:
   45                        A bill to be entitled                      
   46         An act relating to patriotic organizations; creating
   47         s. 1001.433, F.S.; defining the term “patriotic
   48         organization”; authorizing school districts to allow
   49         representatives of patriotic organizations certain
   50         opportunities to speak to students, distribute certain
   51         materials, and provide certain displays relating to
   52         the patriotic organizations; requiring certain school
   53         districts to provide a date and time for such
   54         patriotic organizations to speak with students,
   55         distribute materials, and provide certain displays;
   56         prohibiting a school district from discriminating
   57         against certain organizations in the use of a school
   58         building or property under certain circumstances;
   59         providing an effective date.