Bill Text: FL S1112 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Middle School and High School Start Times

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 733 (Ch. 2023-78) [S1112 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S1112-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1112
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-01764-23                                           20231112__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to middle school and high school start
    3         times; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; providing
    4         requirements for middle school and high school start
    5         times; requiring such school start times to be
    6         implemented by a specified date; providing district
    7         school board requirements; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.;
    8         requiring charter schools to meet certain requirements
    9         relating to middle school and high school start times;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section
   15  1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
   17  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
   18  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   19         (4) ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF SCHOOLS.
   20  Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the
   21  establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the
   22  district, including, but not limited to, the following:
   23         (f) Opening and closing of schools; fixing uniform date;
   24  middle school and high school start times.—Adopt policies for
   25  the opening and closing of schools, and fix uniform dates, and
   26  middle school and high school start times.; however,
   27         1. The opening date for schools in the district may not be
   28  earlier than August 10 of each year.
   29         2. By July 1, 2026, the instructional day for middle
   30  schools may not begin earlier than 8 a.m. and the instructional
   31  day for high schools may not begin earlier than 8:30 a.m. Each
   32  district school board must inform its community, including
   33  parents, students, teachers, school administrators, athletic
   34  coaches, and other stakeholders, about the health, safety, and
   35  academic impacts of sleep deprivation on middle school and high
   36  school students and the benefits of a later school start time
   37  and discuss local strategies to successfully implement the later
   38  school start times.
   39         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section
   40  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   42         (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
   43         (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance
   44  with the following statutes:
   45         1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
   46  records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
   47         2. Chapter 119, relating to public records.
   48         3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size,
   49  except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s.
   50  1003.03 shall be the average at the school level.
   51         4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and
   52  salary schedules.
   53         5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions.
   54         6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with
   55  instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011.
   56         7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive
   57  requirements for performance evaluations for instructional
   58  personnel and school administrators.
   59         8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
   60         9. Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat assessment teams.
   61         10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental
   62  Safety Incident Reporting.
   63         11. Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
   64  involuntary examinations.
   65         12. Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
   66  Assessment Tool.
   67         13. Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting an active
   68  assailant response plan.
   69         14. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile
   70  suspicious activity reporting tool.
   71         15. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
   72  awareness and assistance training.
   73         16. Section 1001.42(4)(f)2., relating to middle school and
   74  high school start times.
   75         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.