HB 0035 2003
   
1 A bill to be entitled
2         An act relating to school personnel; amending s. 1002.33,
3   F.S.; requiring charter school personnel to be subject to
4   state and federal rules and regulations that govern public
5   school personnel; creating s. 1012.47, F.S.; requiring
6   certain personnel in an alternative school that operates
7   under contract with a district school system to file a set
8   of fingerprints; requiring personnel to be subject to
9   state and federal rules and regulations; 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 (a) of subsection (12) of section
15   1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
16         1002.33 Charter schools.--
17         (12) EMPLOYEES OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.--
18         (a) A charter school shall select its own employees. A
19   charter school may contract with its sponsor for the services of
20   personnel employed by the sponsor.Charter school personnel
21   shall be subject to state and federal rules and regulations that
22   govern public school personnel.
23         Section 2. Section 1012.47, Florida Statutes, is created
24   to read:
25         1012.47 Employment of alternative school personnel.--All
26   instructional and noninstructional personnel who are hired to
27   fill positions requiring direct contact with students in an
28   alternative school that operates under contract with a district
29   school system shall, upon employment and according to conditions
30   of the contract, file a complete set of fingerprints as required
31   in s. 1012.32. Such personnel shall be subject to state and
32   federal rules and regulations that govern public school
33   personnel.
34         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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