| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to child safety; requiring a person to |
| 3 | present picture identification before retrieving a student |
| 4 | from a public school, under certain circumstances; |
| 5 | requiring policies to be provided to the Department of |
| 6 | Education; requiring a person to present picture |
| 7 | identification before retrieving a child from a nonpublic |
| 8 | school or specified child care facilities, under certain |
| 9 | circumstances; requiring policies to be maintained on the |
| 10 | premises of each entity and available for inspection; |
| 11 | defining the term "picture identification"; providing an |
| 12 | 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. No later than July 1, 2006, the school board of |
| 17 | each public school district shall adopt policies that will |
| 18 | ensure that students in prekindergarten through grade 8 in that |
| 19 | school district are not released from the schools to persons who |
| 20 | are not authorized to retrieve them. These policies shall |
| 21 | include a requirement that the person attempting to retrieve the |
| 22 | student, other than at the normal dismissal time, present |
| 23 | picture identification to the school principal or his or her |
| 24 | designee before the student is released to the person. As used |
| 25 | in this section, the term "picture identification" means a valid |
| 26 | state driver's license, a valid state identification card, or a |
| 27 | valid United States Military identification card. Copies of the |
| 28 | policies shall be provided to the Department of Education. |
| 29 | Section 2. No later than July 1, 2006, each nonpublic |
| 30 | school exempt from licensure under s. 402.3025, Florida |
| 31 | Statutes, child care facility licensed under s. 402.305, Florida |
| 32 | Statutes, large family child care home licensed under s. |
| 33 | 402.3131, Florida Statutes, private school as defined in s. |
| 34 | 1002.01, Florida Statutes, and faith-based child care facility |
| 35 | exempt from licensure under s. 402.316, Florida Statutes, shall |
| 36 | adopt policies that will ensure that the children in |
| 37 | prekindergarten through grade 8 in that nonpublic school, child |
| 38 | care facility, large family child care home, private school, or |
| 39 | faith-based child care facility are not released to persons who |
| 40 | are not authorized to retrieve them. These policies shall |
| 41 | include a requirement that the person attempting to retrieve the |
| 42 | child, other than at the normal dismissal time, present picture |
| 43 | identification to the appropriate school or child care official |
| 44 | or his or her designee before the child is released to the |
| 45 | person. As used in this section, the term "picture |
| 46 | identification" means a valid state driver's license, a valid |
| 47 | state identification card, or a valid United States Military |
| 48 | identification card. Copies of these policies shall be |
| 49 | maintained on the premises of each entity covered by this |
| 50 | section and be readily available for inspection. |
| 51 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |