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 CS for SB 134 By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; and Education; and Senator Ring 585-02858-13 2013134c2 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; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1001.372, Florida 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 15 1001.372 District school board meetings.— 16 (1) REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.— 17 (a) The district school board shall hold not less than one 18 regular meeting each month for the transaction of business 19 according to a schedule arranged by the district school board. 20 The district school board shall convene at least one regular 21 meeting each quarter within a school year during the evening 22 hours. The district school board shall create written criteria 23 for deciding when to convene a quarterly meeting during the 24 evening hours. A district school board is deemed to be in 25 compliance with this paragraph if it maintains, and operates in 26 accordance with, a policy that requires the portion of a regular 27 meeting which is open to public comment to begin no earlier than 28 4:30 p.m. 29 (b) The district school boardandshall convene in a 30 special meetingsessionswhen called by the district school 31 superintendent or by the district school superintendent on 32 request of the chair of the district school board, or on request 33 of a majority of the members of the district school board. If 34 the district school superintendent does not call a special 35 meeting when requested to do so, as prescribed in this 36 paragraph, such a meeting may be called by the chair of the 37 district school board or by a majority of the members of the 38 district school board by giving 2 days’ written notice of the 39 time and purpose of the meeting to all members and to the 40 district school superintendent. An action; provided that actions41 taken at a special meeting hasmeetings shall havethe same 42 force and effect as if taken at a regular meeting, and;and43provided further that in the event the district school44superintendent should fail to call a special meeting when45requested to do so, as prescribed herein, such a meeting may be46called by the chair of the district school board or by a47majority of the members of the district school board by giving 248days’ written notice of the time and purpose of the meeting to49all members and to the district school superintendent, in which50eventthe minutes of the meeting mustshallset forth the facts 51 regarding the procedure in calling the meeting and the reason 52 the meeting was called. The minutes musttherefor and shallbe 53 signedeitherby the chair or by a majority of the members of 54 the district school board. 55 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.