| 1 | The Committee on Education K-20 recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to school district governance; requiring |
| 7 | the creation of a committee in specified school districts |
| 8 | to review the current governing structure of the school |
| 9 | district; specifying the areas to be evaluated; providing |
| 10 | committee membership and staff; providing for committee |
| 11 | recommendations and a report; providing for repeal and |
| 12 | termination of the committee; providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. (1) A committee shall be established in each |
| 17 | school district that is in a county as defined in s. 125.011(1), |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, and that has a K-12 student enrollment in |
| 19 | excess of 350,000 students. Because of the large student |
| 20 | enrollment in the school district, the committee shall review |
| 21 | the current governing structure of the school district. The |
| 22 | emphasis of the committee's review shall be an evaluation of the |
| 23 | school district's performance in delivery of services and the |
| 24 | ability of the community to interact with the school district. |
| 25 | Additionally, the committee shall evaluate, but not be limited |
| 26 | to, the following: the number of district school board members; |
| 27 | single-member representation; district school board member term |
| 28 | limits; campaign finance relating to election of district school |
| 29 | board members; the position of district school superintendent; |
| 30 | the school district's administrative organizational structure; |
| 31 | and the creation of a construction and facilities board |
| 32 | comprised of citizens in the community to monitor land purchase |
| 33 | and construction of educational facilities. |
| 34 | (2) The committee shall have the following membership: |
| 35 | (a) Two members appointed by the Governor. |
| 36 | (b) One member of the State Board of Education. |
| 37 | (c) One member appointed by the President of the Senate. |
| 38 | (d) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
| 39 | Representatives. |
| 40 | (e) One district school board member of the school |
| 41 | district being evaluated. |
| 42 | (f) The district school superintendent of the school |
| 43 | district being evaluated. |
| 44 | (g) The school district attorney, who shall be a nonvoting |
| 45 | member. |
| 46 | (h) The mayors of the two municipalities in the school |
| 47 | district with the largest population. |
| 48 | (i) One member of the education committee of the local |
| 49 | Chamber of Commerce. |
| 50 | (j) One member of the teachers' collective bargaining |
| 51 | unit. |
| 52 | (k) The president of the Parent Teacher Association. |
| 53 | (l) The dean of the college of education of the local |
| 54 | state university or his or her designee. |
| 55 | (m) The president of the local community college or his or |
| 56 | her designee. |
| 57 | (n) One member of the county commission. |
| 58 | (o) The county mayor. |
| 59 | (3) The committee shall have a staff consisting of an |
| 60 | executive secretary, who shall be hired and paid by the district |
| 61 | school board, and a contracted specialized consultant to assist |
| 62 | in the school district review. |
| 63 | (4) The committee shall report to the district school |
| 64 | board, the State Board of Education, the President of the |
| 65 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by July |
| 66 | 1, 2005, its findings and recommendations regarding changes to |
| 67 | the governing structure of the school district. |
| 68 | (5) On January 1, 2006, this section shall stand repealed |
| 69 | and the committee established pursuant to this section shall |
| 70 | cease to exist. |
| 71 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |