Florida HB 757: Foster Youth Internship Program

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An act relating to school safety; amending s. 30.15, 2
F.S.; requiring sheriffs to assist public 3
postsecondary educational institutions in implementing 4
guardian programs under certain provisions; 5
authorizing public postsecondary educational 6
institutions to participate in the school guardian 7
program; requiring a sheriff to establish a guardian 8
training program or contract with certain other 9
sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; 10
removing provisions relating to certain private school 11
and child care facility guardian programs; amending s. 12
790.115, F.S.; creating the offense of discharging a 13
weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; 14
providing an exception; providing that a person 15
arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody 16
until brought before the court for admittance to bail; 17
amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking an offense created 18
by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of 19
the Criminal Punishment Code; amending s. 943.082, 20
F.S.; requiring that postsecondary institutions be 21
made aware of the mobile suspicious activity reporting 22
tool in a specified manner; requiring certain public 23
postsecondary educational institutions to promote the 24
use of such tool; amending s. 1003.25, F.S.; requiring 25

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specified educational records for certain students to 26
be transferred to a Florida College System institution 27
or state university under certain circumstances; 28
requiring the State Board of Education and the Board 29
of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, 30
respectively; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring 31
certain trainings to include specified information 32
relating to school safety; authorizing, in certain 33
circumstances, state universities and Florida College 34
System institutions to share specified records or 35
information that are confidential or exempt from 36
disclosure with specified agencies; creating s. 37
1006.601, F.S.; providing a short title; defining the 38
term "public postsecondary educational institution"; 39
authorizing such institutions to participate in 40
certain programs; authorizing such institutions to 41
appoint certified school guardians; authorizing 42
specified persons to serve as school guardians; 43
requiring such institutions to adopt specified 44
emergency response plans; requiring such institutions 45
to provide specified training, post specified 46
information, and adopt threat management processes; 47
requiring such institutions to develop policies for 48
specified student, faculty, and staff supports; 49
authorizing the State Board of Education and the Board 50

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of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, 51
respectively; reenacting ss. 402.305(19)(a), 843.08, 52
943.03(16), 1001.212(1) and (4), and 1006.12(3)(a), 53
(4)(a), and (7), F.S., relating to licensing standards 54
for child care facilities, false personation, the 55
Department of Law Enforcement, the Office of Safe 56
Schools, and safe-school officers at each public 57
school, respectively; providing effective dates. 58
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 60
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Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section 62
30.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 63
30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.— 64
(1) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, in person or 65
by deputy, shall: 66
(k) Assist district school boards and charter school 67
governing boards in complying with, or private schools or child 68
care facilities, as defined in s. 402.302, in exercising options 69
in, s. 1006.12. A sheriff must also assist public postsecondary 70
educational institutions, as described in s. 1000.04(3), in 71
implementing a guardian program under s. 1006.601. A sheriff 72
shall, at a minimum, provide access to a Chris Hixon, Coach 73
Aaron Feis, and Coach Scott Beigel Guardian Program to aid in 74
the prevention or abatement of active assailant incidents on 75

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school premises, as required under this paragraph. Persons 76
certified as school guardians pursuant to this paragraph have no 77
authority to act in any law enforcement capacity except to the 78
extent necessary to pre