Bill Text: FL S0134 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 134
       
       
       
       By Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       29-00137A-13                                           2013134__
    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 hold at least one regular meeting each
    5         quarter during a school year after school hours or
    6         during the evening hours and to create criteria for
    7         holding such meeting; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1001.372, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         1001.372 District school board meetings.—
   14         (1) REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.—
   15         (a) The district school board shall hold not less than one
   16  regular meeting each month for the transaction of business
   17  according to a schedule arranged by the district school board.
   18  The district school board shall hold at least one regular
   19  meeting each quarter within a school year which is conducted
   20  after school hours or during the evening hours. The district
   21  school board shall create written criteria to decide when to
   22  hold a quarterly meeting after school hours or during the
   23  evening hours.
   24         (b) The district school board and shall convene in a
   25  special meeting sessions when called by the district school
   26  superintendent or by the district school superintendent on
   27  request of the chair of the district school board, or on request
   28  of a majority of the members of the district school board. If
   29  the district school superintendent does not call a special
   30  meeting when requested to do so, as prescribed in this
   31  paragraph, such a meeting may be called by the chair of the
   32  district school board or by a majority of the members of the
   33  district school board by giving 2 days’ written notice of the
   34  time and purpose of the meeting to all members and to the
   35  district school superintendent. An action; provided that actions
   36  taken at a special meeting has meetings shall have the same
   37  force and effect as if taken at a regular meeting, and; and
   38  provided further that in the event the district school
   39  superintendent should fail to call a special meeting when
   40  requested to do so, as prescribed herein, such a meeting may be
   41  called by the chair of the district school board or by a
   42  majority of the members of the district school board by giving 2
   43  days’ written notice of the time and purpose of the meeting to
   44  all members and to the district school superintendent, in which
   45  event the minutes of the meeting must shall set forth the facts
   46  regarding the procedure in calling the meeting and the reason
   47  the meeting was called. The minutes must therefor and shall be
   48  signed either by the chair or by a majority of the members of
   49  the district school board.
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.