Senate Bill sb0784

    Florida Senate - 2005        (Corrected Copy)           SB 784

    By Senator Haridopolos





    4-778-05                                            See HB 281

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to paperwork reduction in the

  3         school districts; requiring the establishment

  4         of the Paper Reduction Task Force and providing

  5         membership; requiring recommendations to

  6         minimize the paperwork burden placed on school

  7         districts and school district personnel;

  8         requiring a report to the Legislature;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paper Reduction Task Force.--

14         (1)  The Paper Reduction Task Force shall be

15  established for the purpose of recommending strategies to

16  reduce the paperwork required of school districts and school

17  district personnel, with special emphasis given to the

18  reduction of paperwork required of teachers. Recommendations

19  shall include, but not be limited to, methods to improve

20  efficiency by eliminating, reducing, revising, or

21  consolidating paperwork and data collection requirements. The

22  task force shall recommend methods to minimize the paperwork

23  burden being placed on school districts and school district

24  personnel by evaluating the need for information and

25  determining whether access to necessary information is already

26  available.

27         (2)  The task force shall consist of the Commissioner

28  of Education, three members appointed by the President of the

29  Senate, three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

30  Representatives, three members appointed by the Governor, and

31  three teachers appointed by the Commissioner of Education.

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (Corrected Copy)           SB 784
    4-778-05                                            See HB 281




 1         (3)  The task force shall report its findings and

 2  recommendations to the President of the Senate and the Speaker

 3  of the House of Representatives by February 1, 2006.

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