Bill Text: FL S1580 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Florida Senate Bill 1580 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public Education/Protection of School Speech [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-28 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00985; Substituted CS/CS/HB 31 -SJ 00985; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 31 (Ch. 2010-214) -SJ 00985 [S1580 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1580-Comm_Sub.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1580 
 
By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Wise 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to public education; creating s. 
3         1003.4505, F.S.; prohibiting district school boards, 
4         administrative personnel, and instructional personnel 
5         from taking affirmative action that infringes or 
6         waives the rights or freedoms afforded by the First 
7         Amendment to the United States Constitution in the 
8         absence of express written consent; providing an 
9         effective date. 
10 
11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
12 
13         Section 1. Section 1003.4505, Florida Statutes, is created 
14  to read: 
15         1003.4505 Protection of school speech.—District school 
16  boards, administrative personnel, and instructional personnel 
17  are prohibited from taking affirmative action, including, but 
18  not limited to, the entry into any agreement that infringes or 
19  waives the rights or freedoms afforded to instructional 
20  personnel, school staff, or students by the First Amendment to 
21  the United States Constitution, in the absence of the express 
22  written consent of any individual whose constitutional rights 
23  would be impacted by such infringement or waiver. 
24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.