Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1886
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/16/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Bennett) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 56 - 92
    4  and insert:
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    6  petty acts of misconduct and misdemeanors, including, but not
    7  limited to, minor fights or disturbances. The Legislature finds
    8  that zero-tolerance policies must apply equally to all students
    9  regardless of their economic status, race, or disability.
   10         (2) Each district school board shall adopt a policy of zero
   11  tolerance that:
   12         (a) Defines criteria for reporting to a law enforcement
   13  agency any act that occurs whenever or wherever students are
   14  within the jurisdiction of the district school board that poses
   15  a serious threat to school safety.
   16         (b) Defines acts that pose a serious threat to school
   17  safety.
   18         (c) Provides that school officials may not request a law
   19  enforcement agency to respond to petty acts of misconduct. Such
   20  incidents shall be handled within the school disciplinary
   21  system.
   22         (d)(c) Defines petty acts of misconduct.
   23         (e) Defines criteria for reporting to a law enforcement
   24  agency the misdemeanor offenses that do not pose a serious
   25  threat to school safety. These offenses may be handled within
   26  the school disciplinary system with the victim’s consent or by a
   27  law enforcement agency.
   28         (f) Provides, within existing inservice training modules, a
   29  comprehensive training program for school administrators and
   30  teachers regarding the potential negative consequences and
   31  future effects of an arrest of a juvenile and of the existing
   32  in-school alternatives to discipline a student for committing
   33  petty acts of misconduct without involving a law enforcement
   34  agency.
   35         (g) Provides that the school disciplinary system shall
   36  document and include corrective training, interventions, or
   37  teaching of alternative behaviors specific to the offense when
   38  the student is required to miss scheduled classroom instruction
   39  time due to the offense and its disciplinary action.
   40         (h)(d) Minimizes the victimization of students, staff, or
   41  volunteers, including taking all steps necessary to protect the
   42  victim of any violent crime from any further victimization.
   43         (i)(e) Establishes a procedure that provides each student
   44  with the opportunity for a review of the disciplinary action
   45  imposed pursuant to s. 1006.07.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49  
   50         Delete lines 9 - 11
   51  and insert:
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   53         safety; requiring that a child accused of