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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; authorizing a district
    3         school board to adopt a policy that allows an
    4         inspirational message to be delivered by students at a
    5         student assembly; providing policy requirements;
    6         providing purpose; providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. (1) A district school board may adopt a policy
   11  allowing an inspirational message to be delivered by students at
   12  a student assembly. The policy must provide that:
   13         (a) Students who are responsible for organizing any
   14  student-led portion of a student assembly shall:
   15         1. Have sole discretion in determining whether an
   16  inspirational message is to be delivered.
   17         2. Choose the student volunteers who will deliver an
   18  inspirational message. The student volunteers shall be solely
   19  responsible for the preparation and content of the inspirational
   20  message.
   21         (b) School district personnel may not:
   22         1. Participate in, or otherwise influence, the
   23  determination of whether an inspirational message is to be
   24  delivered or select the student volunteers who will deliver the
   25  inspirational message.
   26         2. Monitor or otherwise review the content of a student
   27  volunteer’s inspirational message.
   28         (2) The purpose of this section is to provide students with
   29  the opportunity for formal or ceremonious observance of an
   30  occasion or event.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.