| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to district school boards; repealing s. |
| 3 | 1001.364, F.S., relating to the alternate procedure for |
| 4 | the election of a district school board chair, which |
| 5 | provides for election by districtwide vote; repealing s. |
| 6 | 1001.365, F.S., relating to a tie vote by a district |
| 7 | school board chair and district school board members in |
| 8 | certain charter counties that is considered a majority |
| 9 | vote on the side on which the chair voted; amending s. |
| 10 | 1001.371, F.S., relating to organization of the district |
| 11 | school board, to conform; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Section 1001.364, Florida Statutes, is |
| 16 | repealed. |
| 17 | Section 2. Section 1001.365, Florida Statutes, is |
| 18 | repealed. |
| 19 | Section 3. Section 1001.371, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 20 | to read: |
| 21 | 1001.371 Organization of district school board.--On the |
| 22 | third Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year, |
| 23 | the district school board shall organize by electing a chair. It |
| 24 | may elect a vice chair, and the district school superintendent |
| 25 | shall act ex officio as the secretary. If a vacancy should occur |
| 26 | in the position of chair, the district school board shall |
| 27 | proceed to elect a chair at the next ensuing regular or special |
| 28 | meeting. At the organization meeting, the district school |
| 29 | superintendent shall act as chair until the organization is |
| 30 | completed. The chair and secretary shall then make and sign a |
| 31 | copy of the proceedings of organization, including the schedule |
| 32 | for regular meetings and the names and addresses of all district |
| 33 | school officers, and annex their affidavits that the same is a |
| 34 | true and correct copy of the original, and the secretary shall |
| 35 | file the document within 2 weeks with the Department of |
| 36 | Education. This section does not apply to any school district |
| 37 | with a district school board chair who is elected by |
| 38 | districtwide vote. |
| 39 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |