Bill Text: FL S0778 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: District School Board Membership

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Withdrawn from Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules [S0778 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-S0778-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 778
       
       
       
       By Senator Diaz de la Portilla
       
       
       
       
       36-00794-11                                            2011778__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to district school board membership;
    3         creating s. 1001.3615, F.S.; requiring that district
    4         school boards consist of nine members in counties
    5         where the population exceeds a certain number;
    6         providing for single-member and at-large districts;
    7         providing for the election of a chair and vice chair
    8         of the school board; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 1001.3615, Florida Statutes, is created
   13  to read:
   14         1001.3615 Election of district school board members in
   15  counties in which the population exceeds 2 million.—
   16         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, in a
   17  county in which the population exceeds 2 million people, the
   18  district school board shall consist of nine members. The school
   19  district shall be divided into seven single-member residence
   20  areas from each of which a school board member residing in the
   21  residence area shall be elected by the electors residing in that
   22  residence area only. Two school board members shall reside in
   23  and be elected from the district at large. The district school
   24  board member residence areas shall cover the entire district and
   25  be as nearly equal in population as practicable, according to
   26  the most recent decennial census.
   27         (2) The school board members elected at large shall serve
   28  as the chair and vice chair of the school board, and the ballot
   29  shall be styled in such a manner as to provide for that choice.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.