Bill Text: FL H0603 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Cooperation Between Schools & Juvenile Authorities

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/CS/SB 1058; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1058 (Ch. 2010-192) -HJ 01168 [H0603 Detail]

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HB 603

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to notification of school personnel;
3	amending s. 985.04, F.S.; requiring that specified school
4	personnel be notified when a child of any age is formally
5	charged by a state attorney with a felony or a delinquent
6	act that would be a felony if committed by an adult;
7	providing an effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
12	985.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13	985.04 Oaths; records; confidential information.-
14	(4)
15	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or any other provision
16	of this section, when a child of any age is formally charged by
17	a state attorney with a felony or a delinquent act that would be
18	a felony if committed by an adult, the state attorney shall
19	notify the superintendent of the child's school that the child
20	has been charged with such felony or delinquent act. The
21	information obtained by the superintendent of schools under this
22	section must be released within 48 hours after receipt to
23	appropriate school personnel, including the principal of the
24	school of the child and the director of transportation. The
25	principal must immediately notify the child's immediate
26	classroom teachers and paraprofessionals. The director of
27	transportation shall immediately notify the child's assigned bus
28	driver. Upon notification, the principal is authorized to begin
29	disciplinary actions under s. 1006.09(1)-(4).
30	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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