Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 620
       
       
       
       By Senator Latvala
       
       
       
       
       16-00430A-12                                           2012620__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to district school boards; amending s.
    3         1001.371, F.S.; requiring that each district school
    4         board organize and elect a chair at a publicly noticed
    5         meeting after the first Tuesday after the first Monday
    6         in November of each year, but before the end of
    7         November; providing an exception if the chair is
    8         elected by a districtwide vote; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 1001.371, Florida Statutes, is amended
   14  to read:
   15         1001.371 Organization of district school board.—At a
   16  publicly noticed meeting after the first on the third Tuesday
   17  after the first Monday in November of each year, but before the
   18  end of November, the district school board shall organize by
   19  electing a chair. It may elect a vice chair, and the district
   20  school superintendent shall act ex officio as the secretary. If
   21  a vacancy should occur in the position of chair, the district
   22  school board shall proceed to elect a chair at the next ensuing
   23  regular or special meeting. At the organization meeting, the
   24  district school superintendent shall act as chair until the
   25  organization is completed. The chair and secretary shall then
   26  make and sign a copy of the proceedings of organization,
   27  including the schedule for regular meetings and the names and
   28  addresses of all district school officers, and annex their
   29  affidavits that the same is a true and correct copy of the
   30  original, and the secretary shall file the document within 2
   31  weeks with the Department of Education. This section does not
   32  apply to any school district with a district school board chair
   33  who is elected by districtwide vote.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.