Florida HB 6031: Florida Tourism Marketing

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to objections to instructional 2
materials; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; removing 3
provisions authorizing parents and residents to object 4
to instructional materials; removing requirements for 5
certain meetings of committees related to such 6
objections; removing provisions authorizing the 7
Commissioner of Education to appoint a special 8
magistrate under certain circumstances; removing 9
district school board reporting requirements relating 10
to such objections; amending s. 1014.05, F.S.; 11
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 12
providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (d), and (e) of subsection (2) 17
of section 1006.28, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 18
1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school 19
superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 20
instructional materials.— 21
(2) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.—The district school board has 22
the constitutional duty and responsibility to select and provide 23
adequate instructional materials for all students in accordance 24
with the requirements of this part. The district school board 25

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also has the following specific duties and responsibilities: 26
(a) Courses of study; adoption.—Adopt courses of study, 27
including instructional materials, for use in the schools of the 28
district. 29
1. Each district school board is responsible for the 30
content of all instructional materials and any other materials 31
used in a classroom, made available in a school or classroom 32
library, or included on a reading list, whether adopted and 33
purchased from the state-adopted instructional materials list, 34
adopted and purchased through a district instructional materials 35
program under s. 1006.283, or otherwise purchased or made 36
available. 37
2. Each district school board must adopt a policy 38
regarding an objection by a parent or a resident of the county 39
to the use of a specific material, which clearly describes a 40
process to handle all objections and provides for resolution. 41
The objection form, as prescribed by State Board of Education 42
rule, and the district school board's process must be easy to 43
read and understand and be easily accessible on the homepage of 44
the school district's website. The objection form must also 45
identify the school district point of contact and contact 46
information for the submission of an objection. The process must 47
provide the parent or resident the opportunity to proffer 48
evidence to the district school board that: 49
a. An instructional material does not meet the criteria of 50

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s. 1006.31(2) or s. 1006.40(3)(c) if it was selected for use in 51
a course or otherwise made available to students in the school 52
district but was not subject to the public notice, review, 53
comment, and hearing procedures under s. 1006.283(2)(b)8., 9., 54
and 11. 55
b. Any material used in a classroom, made available in a 56
school or classroom library, or included on a reading list 57
contains content which: 58
(I) Is pornographic or prohibited under s. 847.012; 59
(II) Depicts or describes sexual conduct as defined in s. 60
847.001(19), unless such material is for a course required by s. 61
1003.46 or s. 1003.42(2)(o)1.g. or 3., or identified by State 62
Board of Education rule; 63
(III) Is not suited to student needs and their ability to 64
comprehend the material presented; or 65
(IV) Is inappropriate for the grade level and age group 66
for which the material is used. 67
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A resident of the county who is not the parent or guardian of a 69
student with access to school district materials may not object 70
to more than one material per month. The State Board of 71
Education may adopt rules to implement this provision. Any 72
material that is subject to an objection on the basis of sub-73
sub-subparagraph b.(I) or sub-sub-subparagraph b.(II) must be 74
removed within 5 school days after receipt of the objection and 75

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remain unavailable to students of that school until the 76
objection is resolved. Parents shall have the right to read 77
passages from any material that is subject to an objection. If 78
the school board denies a parent the right to read passages due 79
to content that meets the requirements un