Bill Text: FL S2602 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grade K-12 Schools/Locker Rooms [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice [S2602 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2602-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2602 
 
By Senator Storms 
10-01658B-10                                          20102602__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to grade K through 12 schools; 
3         requiring that locker rooms in K-12 schools be locked 
4         when not in use by students or other authorized 
5         persons and be directly supervised by faculty or staff 
6         when in use by students; providing fines for 
7         violations; providing for the use of any fines that 
8         are collected; providing an effective date. 
9 
10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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12         Section 1. Each locker room within any school attended by 
13  students in grades K through 12 must be: 
14         (1) Locked when the locker room is not in use by students 
15  or other authorized persons; and 
16         (2) Under direct supervision by an adult member of the 
17  faculty or staff of the school during any time the locker room 
18  is in use by students. 
19         Section 2. A school that is found to be in violation of 
20  this act three times shall be fined $1,000 for the third and 
21  each subsequent violation by the Department of Education. Fines 
22  collected pursuant to this act shall be transferred to the local 
23  educational foundation in the county where the school is 
24  located. If that county does not have an educational foundation, 
25  the fines shall be transferred to the Consortium of Florida 
26  Education Foundations. The fines shall be used for anti-bullying 
27  measures. 
28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.