Bill Text: FL S1250 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Powers and Duties of District School Boards
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [S1250 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-S1250-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1250 By Senator Dockery 15-01391-11 20111250__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to powers and duties of district 3 school boards; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; deleting a 4 specific requirement for the uniform opening date of 5 schools in the district; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section 10 1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The 12 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all 13 powers and perform all duties listed below: 14 (4) ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF SCHOOLS. 15 Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the 16 establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the 17 district, including, but not limited to, the following: 18 (f) Opening and closing of schools; fixing uniform date. 19 Adopt policies for the opening and closing of schools and fix 20 uniform dates; however, beginning with the 2007-2008 school21year, the opening date for schools in the district may not be22earlier than 14 days before Labor Day each year. 23 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.