Bill Text: FL S0134 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Meetings of District School Boards
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-03 - Died on Calendar [S0134 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0134-Engrossed.html
CS for CS for SB 134 First Engrossed 2013134e1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to meetings of district school boards; 3 amending s. 1001.372, F.S.; requiring district school 4 boards to convene at least one regular meeting each 5 quarter during a school year during the evening hours 6 and to create written criteria for convening such a 7 meeting; providing that a district school board is 8 deemed to be in compliance under certain 9 circumstances; deleting a provision regarding a 10 special meeting; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1001.372, Florida 15 Statutes, is amended to read: 16 1001.372 District school board meetings.— 17 (1) REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.— 18 (a) The district school board shall hold not less than one 19 regular meeting each month for the transaction of business 20 according to a schedule arranged by the district school board. 21 The district school board shall convene at least one regular 22 meeting each quarter within a school year during the evening 23 hours. The district school board shall create written criteria 24 for deciding when to convene a quarterly meeting during the 25 evening hours. A district school board is deemed to be in 26 compliance with this paragraph if it maintains, and operates in 27 accordance with, a policy that requires the portion of a regular 28 meeting which is open to public comment to begin no earlier than 29 4:30 p.m. 30 (b) The district school boardandshall convene in a 31 special meetingsessionswhen called by the district school 32 superintendent or by the district school superintendent on 33 request of the chair of the district school board, or on request 34 of a majority of the members of the district school board. An 35 action; provided that actionstaken at a special meeting has 36meetings shall havethe same force and effect as if taken at a 37 regular meeting, and; and provided further that in the event the38district school superintendent should fail to call a special39meeting when requested to do so, as prescribed herein, such a40meeting may be called by the chair of the district school board41or by a majority of the members of the district school board by42giving 2 days’ written notice of the time and purpose of the43meeting to all members and to the district school44superintendent, in which eventthe minutes of the meeting must 45shallset forth the facts regarding the procedure in calling the 46 meeting and the reason the meeting was called. The minutes must 47therefor and shallbe signedeitherby the chair or by a 48 majority of the members of the district school board. 49 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.