Bill Text: FL S0134 | 2013 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.html
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-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2013 CS for SB 134 By the Committee on Education; and Senator Ring 581-01706-13 2013134c1 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 an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1001.372, Florida 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 13 1001.372 District school board meetings.— 14 (1) REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.— 15 (a) The district school board shall hold not less than one 16 regular meeting each month for the transaction of business 17 according to a schedule arranged by the district school board. 18 The district school board shall convene at least one regular 19 meeting each quarter within a school year during the evening 20 hours. The district school board shall create written criteria 21 for deciding when to convene a quarterly meeting during the 22 evening hours. 23 (b) The district school boardandshall convene in a 24 special meetingsessionswhen called by the district school 25 superintendent or by the district school superintendent on 26 request of the chair of the district school board, or on request 27 of a majority of the members of the district school board. If 28 the district school superintendent does not call a special 29 meeting when requested to do so, as prescribed in this 30 paragraph, such a meeting may be called by the chair of the 31 district school board or by a majority of the members of the 32 district school board by giving 2 days’ written notice of the 33 time and purpose of the meeting to all members and to the 34 district school superintendent. An action; provided that actions35 taken at a special meeting hasmeetings shall havethe same 36 force and effect as if taken at a regular meeting, and;and37provided further that in the event the district school38superintendent should fail to call a special meeting when39requested to do so, as prescribed herein, such a meeting may be40called by the chair of the district school board or by a41majority of the members of the district school board by giving 242days’ written notice of the time and purpose of the meeting to43all members and to the district school superintendent, in which44eventthe minutes of the meeting mustshallset forth the facts 45 regarding the procedure in calling the meeting and the reason 46 the meeting was called. The minutes musttherefor and shallbe 47 signedeitherby the chair or by a majority of the members of 48 the district school board. 49 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.