Florida SB 7022: OGSR/Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission/Safe-school Officers

Bill Text

7022 
Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments 
2026-03-18T06:17:22Z 
Deleting a duplicative exemption from public records requirements for certain examination and assessment instruments; requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, governing the retention and disposal process for specified records; deleting a provision requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt certain rules and regulations, respectively, governing access to records; extending the scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 1008.23, F.S.; deleting a duplicative exemption from 
 4 public records requirements for certain examination 
 5 and assessment instruments; expanding an exemption 
 6 from public records requirements for examination and 
 7 assessment instruments to include such instruments 
 8 when held by certain entities; requiring the State 
 9 Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt 
 10 rules and regulations, respectively, governing the 
 11 retention and disposal process for specified records; 
 12 deleting a provision requiring the State Board of 
 13 Education and the Board of Governors to adopt certain 
 14 rules and regulations, respectively, governing access 
 15 to records; authorizing specified entities to disclose 
 16 exempt information to certain entities; requiring 
 17 specified entities to disclose confidential and exempt 
 18 information in certain circumstances; providing 
 19 construction; extending the scheduled repeal of the 
 20 exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; 
 21 providing an effective date. 
 22 
 23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 24 
 25 Section 1. Section 1008.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 26 read: 
 27 1008.23 Confidentiality of assessment instruments.— 
 28 (1) All examination and assessment instruments, including 
 29 developmental materials and workpapers directly related thereto, 
 30 which are prepared, prescribed, or administered pursuant to ss. 
 31 1002.69, 1003.52, 1003.56, 1007.25, 1007.35, 1008.22, 1008.25, 
 32 and 1012.56 shall be confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) 
 33 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Provisions 
 34 governing access, maintenance, and destruction of such 
 35 instruments and related materials shall be prescribed by rules 
 36 of the State Board of Education. 
 37 (2)(a) All examination and assessment instruments, 
 38 including developmental materials and workpapers directly 
 39 related thereto, which are held prepared, prescribed, or 
 40 administered by a public school, a district school board, a 
 41 Florida College System institution, a state university, a board 
 42 of trustees, or the Department of Education, the State Board of 
 43 Education, or the Board of Governors shall be confidential and 
 44 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 45 Constitution. 
 46 (b) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors 
 47 shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, establishing 
 48 retention schedules and a disposal process for the records 
 49 described in paragraph (a) Provisions governing access, 
 50 maintenance, and destruction of the instruments and related 
 51 materials identified under paragraph (a) shall be prescribed by 
 52 rules of the State Board of Education and regulations of the 
 53 Board of Governors, respectively. 
 54 (c)1. An entity listed in paragraph (a) may disclose the 
 55 information made confidential and exempt from public records 
 56 inspection and copying requirements by this section to any other 
 57 entity listed in that paragraph. 
 58 2. A public school, district school board, Florida College 
 59 system institution, or state university must, upon request, 
 60 disclose the information made confidential and exempt from 
 61 public records inspection and copying requirements by this 
 62 section to the Department of Education, the State Board of 
 63 Education, or the Board of Governors. 
 64 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 
 65 abridge, or infringe on the rights of students and parents with 
 66 respect to student records and education records pursuant to ss. 
 67 1002.20 and 1002.22. 
 68 (2)(3) This section is subject to the Open Government 
 69 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 
 70 repealed on October 2, 2031 2026, unless reviewed and saved from 
 71 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 
 72 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 
 73 necessity that examination and assessment instruments, including 
 74 developmental materials and workpapers directly related thereto, 
 75 which are held by a public school, a