Florida Senate - 2024                             CS for SB 1016
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Education Pre-K -12; and Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       581-02419-24                                          20241016c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to patriotic organizations; creating
    3         s. 1001.433, F.S.; defining the term “patriotic
    4         organization”; authorizing school districts to allow
    5         representatives of patriotic organizations certain
    6         opportunities to speak to students, distribute certain
    7         materials, and provide certain displays relating to
    8         the patriotic organizations; requiring certain school
    9         districts to provide a date and time for such
   10         patriotic organizations to speak with students,
   11         distribute materials, and provide certain displays;
   12         prohibiting a school district from discriminating
   13         against certain organizations in the use of a school
   14         building or property under certain circumstances;
   15         providing an effective date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Section 1001.433, Florida Statutes, is created
   20  to read:
   21         1001.433 Patriotic organizations.—
   22         (1) As used in this section, the term “patriotic
   23  organization” means a youth membership organization serving
   24  young people under the age of 21 which is listed in Title 36,
   25  U.S.C., as it existed on January 1, 2020, with an educational
   26  purpose that promotes patriotism and civic involvement.
   27         (2)(a) Each school district may:
   28         1. Allow a representative of a patriotic organization the
   29  opportunity, during school hours and instructional time, to
   30  speak with and distribute informational materials in a classroom
   31  setting to students, to encourage participation in the patriotic
   32  organization and its activities, and to inform students of how
   33  the patriotic organization may further the students’ educational
   34  interests and civic involvement to better the students’ school
   35  and community and themselves.
   36         2. Provide opportunities for a patriotic organization to
   37  have displays at schools within the district to provide
   38  opportunities for student recruitment. Such displays may include
   39  informational flyers and the use of other existing communication
   40  channels.
   41         (b) If a school district authorizes a representative of a
   42  patriotic organization to speak with and distribute
   43  informational materials to students and provide displays
   44  pursuant to paragraph (a), the school district must provide a
   45  specific date and time for the patriotic organization to speak
   46  to students at schools within the district after the patriotic
   47  organization has provided reasonable notice of its intent to
   48  speak to students and provide displays.
   49         (3) A school district may not discriminate against an
   50  organization in subsection (1) in the use of any school building
   51  or property for the purposes of paragraphs (2)(a) and (b), if
   52  such activities occur outside of the school day.
   53         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.