Bill Text: FL S1652 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: District and School Advisory Councils
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Rules [S1652 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S1652-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1652
By Senator Burgess
23-01587A-24 20241652__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to district and school advisory
3 councils; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.; renaming
4 district advisory councils and school advisory
5 councils as “district community advisory boards” and
6 “community advisory boards,” respectively; requiring
7 community advisory boards to publicize specified
8 information; establishing terms for executive board
9 members; requiring district school boards to establish
10 training for community advisory board members;
11 requiring members of such boards to complete such
12 training; revising the requirements for community
13 advisory board bylaws; amending ss. 24.121, 1001.42,
14 1001.43, 1002.23, 1002.32, 1002.33, 1003.02,
15 1003.4203, 1006.07, 1008.345, 1008.36, 1012.71, and
16 1012.98, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
17 by the act; providing an effective date.
18
19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20
21 Section 1. Section 1001.452, Florida Statutes, is amended
22 to read:
23 1001.452 District and community school advisory boards
24 councils.—
25 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
26 (a) The district school board shall establish a community
27 an advisory board council for each school in the district and
28 shall develop procedures for the election and appointment of
29 advisory board council members. Each community school advisory
30 board council shall include in its name the words “community
31 school advisory board council.” The community school advisory
32 board council shall be the sole body responsible for final
33 decisionmaking at the school relating to implementation of ss.
34 1001.42(18) and 1008.345. A majority of the members of each
35 community school advisory board council must be persons who are
36 not employed by the school district. Each community advisory
37 board council shall be composed of the principal and an
38 appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support
39 employees, students, parents, and other business and community
40 citizens who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and
41 economic community served by the school. Career center and high
42 school community advisory boards councils shall include
43 students, and middle and junior high school community advisory
44 boards councils may include students. Community school advisory
45 boards councils of career centers and adult education centers
46 are not required to include parents as members. Board Council
47 members representing teachers, education support employees,
48 students, and parents shall be elected by their respective peer
49 groups at the school in a fair and equitable manner as follows:
50 1. Teachers shall be elected by teachers.
51 2. Education support employees shall be elected by
52 education support employees.
53 3. Students shall be elected by students.
54 4. Parents shall be elected by parents.
55
56 The district school board shall establish procedures to be used
57 by schools in selecting business and community members that
58 include means of ensuring wide notice of vacancies and of taking
59 input on possible members from local business, chambers of
60 commerce, community and civic organizations and groups, and the
61 public at large. The district school board shall review the
62 membership composition of each community advisory board council.
63 If the district school board determines that the membership
64 elected by the school is not representative of the ethnic,
65 racial, and economic community served by the school, the
66 district school board shall appoint additional members to
67 achieve proper representation. The commissioner shall determine
68 if schools have maximized their efforts to include on their
69 community advisory boards councils minority persons and persons
70 of lower socioeconomic status. A community advisory board must
71 publicize open positions on the community advisory board,
72 information regarding board elections and appointments, and
73 information about becoming a member of the community advisory
74 board. The community advisory board must work with each school
75 to ensure the board’s efforts to publicize such information are
76 effective. The executive board members of a community advisory
77 board, consisting of the president, vice president, secretary,
78 and treasurer, shall serve 2-year terms. The district school
79 board shall administer training, and each member of a community
80 advisory board must complete such training at least once.
81 Although schools are strongly encouraged to establish community
82 school advisory boards councils, the district school board of
83 any school district that has a student population of 10,000 or
84 fewer may establish a district community advisory board council
85 which includes at least one duly elected teacher from each
86 school in the district. For the purposes of community school
87 advisory boards councils and district community advisory boards
88 councils, the term “teacher” includes classroom teachers,
89 certified student services personnel, and media specialists. For
90 purposes of this paragraph, “education support employee” means
91 any person employed by a school who is not defined as
92 instructional or administrative personnel pursuant to s. 1012.01
93 and whose duties require 20 or more hours in each normal working
94 week.
95 (b) The district school board may establish a district
96 community advisory board council representative of the district
97 and composed of teachers, students, parents, and other citizens
98 or a district community advisory board council that may be
99 comprised of representatives of each community school advisory
100 board council. Recognized schoolwide support groups that meet
101 all criteria established by law or rule may function as
102 community school advisory boards councils.
103 (c) For those schools operating for the purpose of
104 providing educational services to youth in Department of
105 Juvenile Justice programs, district school boards may establish
106 a district community advisory board council with appropriate
107 representatives for the purpose of developing and monitoring a
108 district school improvement plan that encompasses all such
109 schools in the district, pursuant to s. 1001.42(18)(a).
110 (d) Each community school advisory board council shall
111 adopt bylaws establishing procedures for:
112 1. Requiring the community advisory board to review,
113 approve, and update its bylaws as scheduled by the district
114 school board.
115 2.1. Requiring a quorum to be present before a vote may be
116 taken by the community school advisory board council. A majority
117 of the membership of the board council constitutes a quorum.
118 3.2. Requiring at least 3 days’ advance notice in writing
119 to all members of the community advisory board council of any
120 matter that is scheduled to come before the board council for a
121 vote.
122 4.3. Scheduling meetings when parents, students, teachers,
123 businesspersons, and members of the community can attend.
124 5.4. Replacing any member who has two unexcused consecutive
125 absences from a community school advisory board council meeting
126 that is noticed according to the procedures in the bylaws.
127 6.5. Recording minutes of meetings.
128
129 The district school board shall may review all proposed bylaws
130 of a community school advisory board council and shall maintain
131 a record of minutes of board council meetings.
132 (2) DUTIES.—Each community advisory board council shall
133 perform functions prescribed by regulations of the district
134 school board; however, no community advisory board council shall
135 have any of the powers and duties now reserved by law to the
136 district school board. Each community school advisory board
137 council shall assist in the preparation and evaluation of the
138 school improvement plan required pursuant to s. 1001.42(18).
139 With technical assistance from the Department of Education, each
140 community school advisory board council shall assist in the
141 preparation of the school’s annual budget and plan as required
142 by s. 1008.385(1). A portion of funds provided in the annual
143 General Appropriations Act for use by community school advisory
144 boards councils must be used for implementing the school
145 improvement plan.
146 Section 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (5) of
147 section 24.121, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
148 24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for
149 public education.—
150 (5)
151 (c) A portion of such net revenues, as determined annually
152 by the Legislature, shall be distributed to each school district
153 and shall be made available to each public school in the
154 district for enhancing school performance through development
155 and implementation of a school improvement plan pursuant to s.
156 1001.42(18). A portion of these moneys, as determined annually
157 in the General Appropriations Act, must be allocated to each
158 school in an equal amount for each student enrolled. These
159 moneys may be expended only on programs or projects selected by
160 the community school advisory board council or by a parent
161 advisory committee created pursuant to this paragraph. If a
162 school does not have a community school advisory board council,
163 the district community advisory board council must appoint a
164 parent advisory committee composed of parents of students
165 enrolled in that school, which is representative of the ethnic,
166 racial, and economic community served by the school, to advise
167 the school’s principal on the programs or projects to be funded.
168 Neither school district staff nor principals may override the
169 recommendations of the community school advisory board council
170 or the parent advisory committee. These moneys may not be used
171 for capital improvements or for any project or program that has
172 a duration of more than 1 year; however, a community school
173 advisory board council or parent advisory committee may
174 independently determine that a program or project formerly
175 funded under this paragraph should receive funds in a subsequent
176 year.
177 (d) No funds shall be released for any purpose from the
178 Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any school district in
179 which one or more schools do not have an approved school
180 improvement plan pursuant to s. 1001.42(18) or do not comply
181 with community school advisory board council membership
182 composition requirements pursuant to s. 1001.452(1). The
183 Commissioner of Education shall withhold disbursements from the
184 trust fund to any school district that fails to adopt the
185 performance-based salary schedule required by s. 1012.22(1).
186 Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (19) of
187 section 1001.42, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
188 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
189 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
190 powers and perform all duties listed below:
191 (19) LOCAL-LEVEL DECISIONMAKING.—
192 (a) Adopt policies that clearly encourage and enhance
193 maximum decisionmaking appropriate to the school site. Such
194 policies must include guidelines for schools in the adoption and
195 purchase of district and school site instructional materials and
196 technology, the implementation of student health and fitness
197 standards, staff training, community school advisory board
198 council member training, student support services, budgeting,
199 and the allocation of staff resources.
200 (c) Develop policies for periodically monitoring the
201 membership composition of community school advisory boards
202 councils to ensure compliance with requirements established in
203 s. 1001.452.
204 Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 1001.43, Florida
205 Statutes, is amended to read:
206 1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
207 board.—The district school board may exercise the following
208 supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
209 State Board of Education rule.
210 (5) SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATIONS.—The district school board
211 may adopt policies governing public gifts and donations to
212 schools; input from the community concerning instruction
213 resources; advertising in schools; participation in community
214 affairs, including coordination with local governments and
215 planning authorities; protocols for interagency agreements;
216 business community partnerships; community use of school
217 facilities; public solicitations in schools, including the
218 distribution and posting of promotional materials and
219 literature; visitors to the school campus; community school
220 advisory boards councils; and parent volunteers and chaperones.
221 Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and paragraph
222 (d) of subsection (4) of section 1002.23, Florida Statutes, are
223 amended to read:
224 1002.23 Family and School Partnership for Student
225 Achievement Act.—
226 (2) To facilitate meaningful parent and family involvement,
227 the Department of Education shall develop guidelines for a
228 parent guide to successful student achievement which describes
229 what parents need to know about their child’s educational
230 progress and how they can help their child to succeed in school.
231 The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to:
232 (c) Opportunities for parental participation, such as
233 parenting classes, adult education, community school advisory
234 boards councils, and school volunteer programs;
235 (4) Each district school board shall adopt rules that
236 strengthen family involvement and family empowerment. The rules
237 shall be developed in collaboration with parents, school
238 administrators, teachers, and community partners, and shall
239 address:
240 (d) Opportunities for parents to participate on community
241 school advisory boards councils and in school volunteer programs
242 and other activities.
243 Section 6. Subsections (6) and (8) of section 1002.32,
244 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
245 1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
246 (6) SUPPLEMENTAL-SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS.—Each lab school may
247 accrue supplemental revenue from supplemental-support
248 organizations, which include, but are not limited to, alumni
249 associations, foundations, parent-teacher associations, and
250 booster associations. The governing body of each supplemental
251 support organization shall recommend the expenditure of moneys
252 collected by the organization for the benefit of the school.
253 Such expenditures shall be contingent upon the recommendations
254 of the community school advisory board council and review of the
255 director. The director may override any proposed expenditure of
256 the organization that would violate Florida Statutes or breach
257 sound educational management.
258 (8) ADVISORY BOARDS.—Each public school in the state shall
259 establish a community school advisory board council that is
260 reflective of the population served by the school, pursuant to
261 s. 1001.452, and is responsible for the development and
262 implementation of the school improvement plan pursuant to s.
263 1003.02(3). Lab schools shall comply with the provisions of s.
264 1001.452 in one of two ways:
265 (a) Each lab school may establish two advisory bodies as
266 follows:
267 1. An advisory body pursuant to the provisions and
268 requirements of s. 1001.452 to be responsible for the
269 development and implementation of the school improvement plan,
270 pursuant to s. 1003.02(3).
271 2. An advisory board to provide general oversight and
272 guidance. The dean of the affiliated college of education shall
273 be a standing member of the board, and the president of the
274 university shall appoint four faculty members from the related
275 university, at least two of whom are from the college of
276 education, one layperson who resides in the county in which the
277 school is located, two parents of students who attend the lab
278 school, and one lab school student appointed by the principal to
279 serve on the advisory board. The term of each member shall be
280 for 2 years, and any vacancy shall be filled with a person of
281 the same classification as his or her predecessor for the
282 balance of the unexpired term. The president shall stagger the
283 terms of the initial appointees in a manner that results in the
284 expiration of terms of no more than two members in any year. The
285 president shall call the organizational meeting of the board.
286 The board shall annually elect a chair and a vice chair. There
287 shall be no limitation on successive appointments to the board
288 or successive terms that may be served by a chair or vice chair.
289 The board shall adopt internal organizational procedures or
290 bylaws necessary for efficient operation as provided in chapter
291 120. Board members shall not receive per diem or travel expenses
292 for the performance of their duties. The board shall:
293 a. Meet at least quarterly.
294 b. Monitor the operations of the school and the
295 distribution of moneys allocated for such operations.
296 c. Establish necessary policy, program, and administration
297 modifications.
298 d. Evaluate biennially the performance of the director and
299 principal and recommend corresponding action to the dean of the
300 college of education.
301 e. Annually review evaluations of the school’s operation
302 and research findings.
303 (b) Each lab school may establish one advisory body
304 responsible for the development and implementation of the school
305 improvement plan, pursuant to s. 1003.02(3), in addition to
306 general oversight and guidance responsibilities. The advisory
307 body shall reflect the membership composition requirements
308 established in s. 1001.452, but may also include membership by
309 the dean of the college of education and additional members
310 appointed by the president of the university that represent
311 faculty members from the college of education, the university,
312 or other bodies deemed appropriate for the mission of the
313 school.
314 Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
315 1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
316 1002.33 Charter schools.—
317 (3) APPLICATION FOR CHARTER STATUS.—
318 (b) An application for a conversion charter school shall be
319 made by the district school board, the principal, teachers,
320 parents, and/or the community school advisory board council at
321 an existing public school that has been in operation for at
322 least 2 years prior to the application to convert. A public
323 school-within-a-school that is designated as a school by the
324 district school board may also submit an application to convert
325 to charter status. An application submitted proposing to convert
326 an existing public school to a charter school shall demonstrate
327 the support of at least 50 percent of the teachers employed at
328 the school and 50 percent of the parents voting whose children
329 are enrolled at the school, provided that a majority of the
330 parents eligible to vote participate in the ballot process,
331 according to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. A
332 district school board denying an application for a conversion
333 charter school shall provide notice of denial to the applicants
334 in writing within 10 days after the meeting at which the
335 district school board denied the application. The notice must
336 articulate in writing the specific reasons for denial and must
337 provide documentation supporting those reasons. A private
338 school, parochial school, or home education program shall not be
339 eligible for charter school status.
340 Section 8. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
341 1003.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
342 1003.02 District school board operation and control of
343 public K-12 education within the school district.—As provided in
344 part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are
345 constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and
346 control of public K-12 education within their school districts.
347 The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate
348 their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees,
349 and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff
350 development, public K-12 school student education including
351 education for exceptional students and students in juvenile
352 justice programs, special programs, adult education programs,
353 and career education programs. Additionally, district school
354 boards must:
355 (1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of
356 school age, for the attendance and control of students at
357 school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other
358 matters relating to the welfare of students in the following
359 areas:
360 (d) Courses of study and instructional materials.—
361 1. Provide adequate instructional materials for all
362 students as follows and in accordance with the requirements of
363 chapter 1006, in the core courses of mathematics, language arts,
364 social studies, science, reading, and literature, except for
365 instruction for which the community school advisory board
366 council approves the use of a program that does not include a
367 textbook as a major tool of instruction.
368 2. Adopt courses of study for use in the schools of the
369 district.
370 3. Provide for proper requisitioning, distribution,
371 accounting, storage, care, and use of all instructional
372 materials as may be needed, and ensure that instructional
373 materials used in the district are consistent with the district
374 goals and objectives and the course descriptions approved by the
375 State Board of Education, as well as with the state and school
376 district performance standards required by law and state board
377 rule.
378 Section 9. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
379 1003.4203, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
380 1003.4203 Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool
381 certificates, and technical assistance.—
382 (2) CAPE DIGITAL TOOL CERTIFICATES.—The department shall
383 identify, in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under
384 ss. 1003.492 and 1008.44, CAPE Digital Tool certificates that
385 indicate a student’s digital skills. The department shall notify
386 each school district when the certificates are available. The
387 certificates shall be made available to all public elementary
388 and middle grades students.
389 (b) The school district shall notify each middle school
390 community advisory board council of the methods of delivery of
391 the open-access content and assessments for the certificates. If
392 there is no middle school community advisory board council,
393 notification must be provided to the district community advisory
394 board council.
395 Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 1006.07, Florida
396 Statutes, is amended to read:
397 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
398 discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
399 provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
400 attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
401 attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
402 welfare of students, including:
403 (2) CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT.—Adopt a code of student
404 conduct for elementary schools and a code of student conduct for
405 middle and high schools and distribute the appropriate code to
406 all teachers, school personnel, students, and parents, at the
407 beginning of every school year. Each code shall be organized and
408 written in language that is understandable to students and
409 parents and shall be discussed at the beginning of every school
410 year in student classes, community school advisory board council
411 meetings, and parent and teacher association or organization
412 meetings. Each code shall be based on the rules governing
413 student conduct and discipline adopted by the district school
414 board and shall be made available in the student handbook or
415 similar publication. Each code shall include, but is not limited
416 to:
417 (a) Consistent policies and specific grounds for
418 disciplinary action, including in-school suspension, out-of
419 school suspension, expulsion, and any disciplinary action that
420 may be imposed for the possession or use of alcohol on school
421 property or while attending a school function or for the illegal
422 use, sale, or possession of controlled substances as defined in
423 chapter 893.
424 (b) Procedures to be followed for acts requiring
425 discipline, including corporal punishment.
426 (c) An explanation of the responsibilities and rights of
427 students with regard to attendance, respect for persons and
428 property, knowledge and observation of rules of conduct, the
429 right to learn, free speech and student publications, assembly,
430 privacy, and participation in school programs and activities.
431 (d)1. An explanation of the responsibilities of each
432 student with regard to appropriate dress, respect for self and
433 others, and the role that appropriate dress and respect for self
434 and others has on an orderly learning environment. Each district
435 school board shall adopt a dress code policy that prohibits a
436 student, while on the grounds of a public school during the
437 regular school day, from wearing clothing that exposes underwear
438 or body parts in an indecent or vulgar manner or that disrupts
439 the orderly learning environment.
440 2. Any student who violates the dress policy described in
441 subparagraph 1. is subject to the following disciplinary
442 actions:
443 a. For a first offense, a student shall be given a verbal
444 warning and the school principal shall call the student’s parent
445 or guardian.
446 b. For a second offense, the student is ineligible to
447 participate in any extracurricular activity for a period of time
448 not to exceed 5 days and the school principal shall meet with
449 the student’s parent or guardian.
450 c. For a third or subsequent offense, a student shall
451 receive an in-school suspension pursuant to s. 1003.01(13) for a
452 period not to exceed 3 days, the student is ineligible to
453 participate in any extracurricular activity for a period not to
454 exceed 30 days, and the school principal shall call the
455 student’s parent or guardian and send the parent or guardian a
456 written letter regarding the student’s in-school suspension and
457 ineligibility to participate in extracurricular activities.
458 (e) Notice that illegal use, possession, or sale of
459 controlled substances, as defined in chapter 893, by any student
460 while the student is upon school property or in attendance at a
461 school function is grounds for disciplinary action by the school
462 and may also result in criminal penalties being imposed.
463 (f) Notice that use of a wireless communications device
464 includes the possibility of the imposition of disciplinary
465 action by the school or criminal penalties if the device is used
466 in a criminal act. A student may possess a wireless
467 communications device while the student is on school property or
468 in attendance at a school function; however, a student may not
469 use a wireless communications device during instructional time,
470 except when expressly directed by a teacher solely for
471 educational purposes. A teacher shall designate an area for
472 wireless communications devices during instructional time. Each
473 district school board shall adopt rules governing the use of a
474 wireless communications device by a student while the student is
475 on school property or in attendance at a school function.
476 (g) Notice that the possession of a firearm or weapon as
477 defined in chapter 790 by any student while the student is on
478 school property or in attendance at a school function is grounds
479 for disciplinary action and may also result in criminal
480 prosecution. Simulating a firearm or weapon while playing or
481 wearing clothing or accessories that depict a firearm or weapon
482 or express an opinion regarding a right guaranteed by the Second
483 Amendment to the United States Constitution is not grounds for
484 disciplinary action or referral to the criminal justice or
485 juvenile justice system under this section or s. 1006.13.
486 Simulating a firearm or weapon while playing includes, but is
487 not limited to:
488 1. Brandishing a partially consumed pastry or other food
489 item to simulate a firearm or weapon.
490 2. Possessing a toy firearm or weapon that is 2 inches or
491 less in overall length.
492 3. Possessing a toy firearm or weapon made of plastic snap
493 together building blocks.
494 4. Using a finger or hand to simulate a firearm or weapon.
495 5. Vocalizing an imaginary firearm or weapon.
496 6. Drawing a picture, or possessing an image, of a firearm
497 or weapon.
498 7. Using a pencil, pen, or other writing or drawing utensil
499 to simulate a firearm or weapon.
500
501 However, a student may be subject to disciplinary action if
502 simulating a firearm or weapon while playing substantially
503 disrupts student learning, causes bodily harm to another person,
504 or places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm. The
505 severity of consequences imposed upon a student, including
506 referral to the criminal justice or juvenile justice system,
507 must be proportionate to the severity of the infraction and
508 consistent with district school board policies for similar
509 infractions. If a student is disciplined for such conduct, the
510 school principal or his or her designee must call the student’s
511 parent. Disciplinary action resulting from a student’s clothing
512 or accessories shall be determined pursuant to paragraph (d)
513 unless the wearing of the clothing or accessory causes a
514 substantial disruption to student learning, in which case the
515 infraction may be addressed in a manner that is consistent with
516 district school board policies for similar infractions. This
517 paragraph does not prohibit a public school from adopting a
518 school uniform policy.
519 (h) Notice that violence against any district school board
520 personnel by a student is grounds for in-school suspension, out
521 of-school suspension, expulsion, or imposition of other
522 disciplinary action by the school and may also result in
523 criminal penalties being imposed.
524 (i) Notice that violation of district school board
525 transportation policies, including disruptive behavior on a
526 school bus or at a school bus stop, by a student is grounds for
527 suspension of the student’s privilege of riding on a school bus
528 and may be grounds for disciplinary action by the school and may
529 also result in criminal penalties being imposed.
530 (j) Notice that violation of the district school board’s
531 sexual harassment policy by a student is grounds for in-school
532 suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion, or imposition
533 of other disciplinary action by the school and may also result
534 in criminal penalties being imposed.
535 (k) Policies to be followed for the assignment of violent
536 or disruptive students to an alternative educational program or
537 referral of such students to mental health services identified
538 by the school district pursuant to s. 1012.584(4).
539 (l) Notice that any student who is determined to have
540 brought a firearm or weapon, as defined in chapter 790, to
541 school, to any school function, or onto any school-sponsored
542 transportation, or to have possessed a firearm at school, will
543 be expelled, with or without continuing educational services,
544 from the student’s regular school for a period of not less than
545 1 full year and referred to mental health services identified by
546 the school district pursuant to s. 1012.584(4) and the criminal
547 justice or juvenile justice system. District school boards may
548 assign the student to a disciplinary program or second chance
549 school for the purpose of continuing educational services during
550 the period of expulsion. District school superintendents may
551 consider the 1-year expulsion requirement on a case-by-case
552 basis and request the district school board to modify the
553 requirement by assigning the student to a disciplinary program
554 or second chance school if the request for modification is in
555 writing and it is determined to be in the best interest of the
556 student and the school system.
557 (m) Notice that any student who is determined to have made
558 a threat or false report, as defined by ss. 790.162 and 790.163,
559 respectively, involving school or school personnel’s property,
560 school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity will be
561 expelled, with or without continuing educational services, from
562 the student’s regular school for a period of not less than 1
563 full year and referred for criminal prosecution and mental
564 health services identified by the school district pursuant to s.
565 1012.584(4) for evaluation or treatment, when appropriate.
566 District school boards may assign the student to a disciplinary
567 program or second chance school for the purpose of continuing
568 educational services during the period of expulsion. District
569 school superintendents may consider the 1-year expulsion
570 requirement on a case-by-case basis and request the district
571 school board to modify the requirement by assigning the student
572 to a disciplinary program or second chance school if it is
573 determined to be in the best interest of the student and the
574 school system.
575 (n) Criteria for recommending to law enforcement that a
576 student who commits a criminal offense be allowed to participate
577 in a civil citation or similar prearrest diversion program as an
578 alternative to expulsion or arrest. All civil citation or
579 similar prearrest diversion programs must comply with s. 985.12.
580 (o) Criteria for assigning a student who commits a petty
581 act of misconduct, as defined by the district school board
582 pursuant to s. 1006.13(2)(c), to a school-based intervention
583 program. If a student’s assignment is based on a noncriminal
584 offense, the student’s participation in a school-based
585 intervention program may not be entered into the Juvenile
586 Justice Information System Prevention Web.
587 Section 11. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (6) and
588 paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section 1008.345, Florida
589 Statutes, are amended to read:
590 1008.345 Implementation of state system of school
591 improvement and education accountability.—
592 (6)
593 (b) Upon request, the department shall provide technical
594 assistance and training to any school, including any school
595 operating for the purpose of providing educational services to
596 youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, community
597 school advisory board council, district, or district school
598 board for conducting needs assessments, developing and
599 implementing school improvement plans, or implementing other
600 components of school improvement and accountability. Priority
601 for these services shall be given to schools designated with a
602 grade of “D” or “F” and school districts in rural and sparsely
603 populated areas of the state.
604 (c) Pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(d), the department shall not
605 release funds from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to any
606 district in which a school, including schools operating for the
607 purpose of providing educational services to youth in Department
608 of Juvenile Justice programs, does not have an approved school
609 improvement plan, pursuant to s. 1001.42(18), after 1 full
610 school year of planning and development, or does not comply with
611 community school advisory board council membership composition
612 requirements pursuant to s. 1001.452. The department shall send
613 a technical assistance team to each school without an approved
614 plan to develop such school improvement plan or to each school
615 without appropriate community school advisory board council
616 membership composition to develop a strategy for corrective
617 action. The department shall release the funds upon approval of
618 the plan or upon establishment of a plan of corrective action.
619 Notice shall be given to the public of the department’s
620 intervention and shall identify each school without a plan or
621 without appropriate community school advisory board council
622 membership composition.
623 (7) As a part of the system of educational accountability,
624 the Department of Education shall:
625 (c) Review the community school advisory boards councils of
626 each district as required by s. 1001.452.
627 Section 12. Subsection (4) of section 1008.36, Florida
628 Statutes, is amended to read:
629 1008.36 Florida School Recognition Program.—
630 (4) All selected schools shall receive financial awards
631 depending on the availability of funds appropriated and the
632 number and size of schools selected to receive an award. Funds
633 must be distributed to the school’s fiscal agent and placed in
634 the school’s account and must be used for purposes listed in
635 subsection (5) as determined jointly by the school’s staff and
636 community school advisory board council. If school staff and the
637 community school advisory board council cannot reach agreement
638 by February 1, the awards must be equally distributed to all
639 classroom teachers currently teaching in the school. If a school
640 selected to receive a school recognition award is no longer in
641 existence at the time the award is paid, the district school
642 superintendent shall distribute the funds to teachers who taught
643 at the school in the previous year in the form of a bonus.
644
645 Notwithstanding statutory provisions to the contrary, incentive
646 awards are not subject to collective bargaining.
647 Section 13. Subsection (5) of section 1012.71, Florida
648 Statutes, is amended to read:
649 1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
650 Program.—
651 (5) Each classroom teacher must keep receipts for no less
652 than 4 years to show that funds expended meet the requirements
653 of this section. Any unused funds shall be deposited into the
654 community school advisory board council account of the school at
655 which the classroom teacher was employed when the funds were
656 made available to the classroom teacher. If the school does not
657 have a community school advisory board council, the funds shall
658 be expended for classroom materials and supplies as determined
659 by the school principal.
660 Section 14. Subsection (2) of section 1012.98, Florida
661 Statutes, is amended to read:
662 1012.98 School Community Professional Learning Act.—
663 (2) The school community includes students and parents,
664 administrative personnel, managers, instructional personnel,
665 support personnel, members of district school boards, members of
666 community school advisory boards councils, business partners,
667 and personnel that provide health and social services to
668 students.
669 Section 15. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
