Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1462
       
       
        
       By Senator Taddeo
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school holidays; amending s.
    3         1001.42, F.S.; requiring district school boards to
    4         designate the day after Halloween as a school holiday;
    5         providing an exception; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (4) of section
   10  1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
   12  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
   13  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   14         (4) ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF SCHOOLS.
   15  Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the
   16  establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the
   17  district, including, but not limited to, the following:
   18         (g) Observance of school holidays and vacation periods.
   19  Designate the observance of school holidays and vacation
   20  periods. Each district school board shall designate the day
   21  after Halloween a school holiday unless Halloween occurs on a
   22  Friday or a Saturday.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.