Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2128
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Detert)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 119 - 142
    4  and insert:
    5         (11) OVERREPRESENTATION OF SPECIFIC GROUPS OF YOUTH.—When
    6  specific groups of youth are overrepresented based upon their
    7  gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status in the juvenile
    8  justice system, the department shall examine and revise its
    9  strategies, policies, and practices to ensure that all youth are
   10  treated equally, without jeopardizing public safety. The
   11  department shall solicit input from community stakeholders and
   12  affected citizens to assist in the modification of strategies,
   13  policies, and practices to reduce overrepresentation. For the
   14  purpose of this subsection, the term “overrepresented” means a
   15  condition whereby a larger proportion of a particular group of
   16  youth is present at any stage of the juvenile justice system
   17  than would be expected based upon their percentage of their
   18  overall youth population in this state.
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   21         And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete lines 14 - 16
   23  and insert:
   24         principles of restorative justice; requiring the
   25         Department of Juvenile Justice to examine and revise
   26         its strategies, policies, and practices whenever a
   27         specific group of youth is over-represented based upon
   28         their gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status in
   29         the juvenile justice system to ensure that all youth
   30         are treated equally; defining the term
   31         "overrepresentation;"