Bill Text: FL S0118 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Visitation of Schools by State Legislators

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Messages [S0118 Detail]

Download: Florida-2018-S0118-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2018                              CS for SB 118
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Rules; and Senators Hukill, Book, and
       Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       595-02210-18                                           2018118c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the visitation of schools by state
    3         legislators; amending s. 1001.4205, F.S.; authorizing
    4         a member of the State Legislature to visit any
    5         district school, including any charter school, in his
    6         or her legislative district; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 1001.4205, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         1001.4205 Visitation of schools by an individual school
   14  board or charter school governing board member.—An individual
   15  member of a district school board may, on any day and at any
   16  time at his or her pleasure, visit any district school in his or
   17  her school district. An individual member of the State
   18  Legislature may, on any day and at any time at his or her
   19  pleasure, visit any district school, including any charter
   20  school, in his or her legislative district. An individual member
   21  of a charter school governing board member may, on any day and
   22  at any time at his or her pleasure, visit any charter school
   23  governed by the charter school’s governing board.
   24         (1) The visiting individual board member must sign in and
   25  sign out at the school’s main office and wear his or her board
   26  or State Legislature identification badge, as applicable, at all
   27  times while present on school premises.
   28         (2) The board, the school, or any other person or entity,
   29  including, but not limited to, the principal of the school, the
   30  school superintendent, or any other board member, may not
   31  require the visiting individual board member to provide notice
   32  before visiting the school.
   33         (3) The school may offer, but may not require, an escort to
   34  accompany the a visiting individual board member during the
   35  visit.
   36         (4) A Another board member or a district employee,
   37  including, but not limited to, the superintendent, the school
   38  principal, or the superintendent’s or the principal’s his or her
   39  designee, may not limit the duration or scope of the visit or
   40  direct the a visiting individual board member to leave the
   41  premises.
   42         (5) A board, district, or school administrative policy or
   43  practice may not prohibit or limit the authority granted to the
   44  visiting individual a board member under this section.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.