Senate Bill sb2172c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 2172

    By the Committee on Education; and Senator Brown-Waite





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school advisory councils;

  3         amending s. 229.58, F.S.; requiring school

  4         advisory councils to adopt bylaws; requiring

  5         that the bylaws include procedures for

  6         establishing a quorum, requiring notice of

  7         meetings, and replacing members; requiring the

  8         district school board to annually review and

  9         approve the proposed bylaws; providing an

10         effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of

15  section 229.58, Florida Statutes, to read:

16         229.58  District and school advisory councils.--

17         (1)  ESTABLISHMENT.--

18         (d)  Each school advisory council shall adopt bylaws

19  establishing procedures for:

20         1.  Requiring a quorum to be present before a vote may

21  be taken by the school advisory council. A majority of the

22  membership of the council constitutes a quorum.

23         2.  Requiring at least 3-days' advance notice in

24  writing to all members of the advisory council of any matter

25  that is scheduled to come before the council for a vote.

26         3.  Scheduling meetings when parents, students,

27  teachers, business persons, and members of the community can

28  attend.

29         4.  Replacing any member who has two unexcused

30  consecutive absences from a school advisory council meeting

31  that is noticed according to the procedures in the bylaws.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 2172
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  1         5.  Recording minutes of meetings.

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  3  The district school board may review all proposed bylaws of a

  4  school advisory council annually and shall maintain a record

  5  of minutes of council meetings.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July l, 2002.

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  8          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  9                         Senate Bill 2172

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11  -Allows rather than requires the district school boards to
    review all proposed by-laws.
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    -Does not require the school boards to approve the proposed
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