Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1236
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       19-01372-17                                           20171236__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school district instructional and
    3         administrative personnel; creating s. 1012.08, F.S.;
    4         providing that certain school district employees have
    5         a cause of action under the Whistle-blower’s Act for
    6         the disclosure of certain information; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 1012.08, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         1012.08 Protection for disclosures by school district
   14  instructional and administrative personnel.—An employee of a
   15  school district whose professional responsibilities are defined
   16  in s. 1012.01(2) and (3) who is discharged, demoted, suspended,
   17  threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated
   18  against in the terms and conditions of employment by his or her
   19  employer because the employee discloses the improper use of
   20  school district practices or procedures deemed to be school
   21  related fraud, a suspected violation of law or rule, the
   22  dishonest reporting or misrepresentation of the employee’s
   23  services, or an activity or incident that has had a negative
   24  effect on the education of students or a school’s performance
   25  shall have a cause of action under s. 112.3187.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.