Bill Text: FL S1364 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School Board Employees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Education [S1364 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1364-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                   SJR 1364
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       37-01590A-20                                          20201364__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Sections
    3         2 and 4 of Article IX of the State Constitution,
    4         relating to the State Board of Education, school
    5         districts, and school boards, to provide that school
    6         boards shall, subject to Article I, Section 6 of the
    7         State Constitution, set the wages, hours, and terms
    8         and conditions of employment for all school board
    9         employees.
   10          
   11  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         That the following amendment to Sections 2 and 4 of Article
   14  IX of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted
   15  to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the
   16  next general election or at an earlier special election
   17  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:
   18                                                        ARTICLE IX
   19                                                         EDUCATION
   20         SECTION 2. State board of education.—
   21         The state board of education shall be a body corporate and,
   22  except as provided in Section 4(b), have such supervision of the
   23  system of free public education as is provided by law. The state
   24  board of education shall consist of seven members appointed by
   25  the governor to staggered 4-year terms, subject to confirmation
   26  by the senate. The state board of education shall appoint the
   27  commissioner of education.
   28         SECTION 4. School districts; school boards.—
   29         (a) Each county shall constitute a school district;
   30  provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the
   31  electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into
   32  one school district. In each school district there shall be a
   33  school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of
   34  the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately
   35  staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.
   36         (b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise
   37  all free public schools within the school district; subject to
   38  Article I, Section 6, shall set the wages, hours, and terms and
   39  conditions of employment for all school board employees; and
   40  shall determine the rate of school district taxes within the
   41  limits prescribed herein. Two or more school districts may
   42  operate and finance joint educational programs.
   43         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   44  placed on the ballot:
   45                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   46                    ARTICLE IX, SECTIONS 2 and 4                   
   47         STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SCHOOL
   48  BOARDS.—Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to
   49  provide that, subject to Article I, Section 6 of the State
   50  Constitution, the school board within each school district,
   51  rather than the State Board of Education, shall set the wages,
   52  hours, and terms and conditions of employment for all school
   53  board employees.