| 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 where |
| 5 | the population exceeds a certain number; providing for |
| 6 | single-member and at-large districts; providing for the |
| 7 | election of a chair and vice chair of the school board; |
| 8 | 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. |