Florida HB 1073: Department of Financial Services

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An act relating to public education; creating s. 2
1001.366, F.S.; providing members of a district school 3
board with specified rights; amending s. 1001.42, 4
F.S.; requiring that certain documents from district 5
school board meetings be kept as public records; 6
amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; defining the term "good 7
cause"; providing that a school district employee may 8
not be required or incentivized to sign a 9
nondisclosure agreement or confidentiality agreement; 10
prohibiting a school district from imposing certain 11
conditions on employment; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Section 1001.366, Florida Statutes, is created 16
to read: 17
1001.366 District School Board Members' Bill of Rights.—A 18
member of a district school board has the right to: 19
(1) Upon request, be given free and timely access to all 20
school district documents necessary to fulfill the duties and 21
responsibilities required under the State Constitution and the 22
Florida Early Learning-20 Education Code. Access to documents 23
that are confidential or exempt from public disclosure must be 24
provided in compliance with applicable law. A request not 25

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related to a matter on a publicly noticed meeting of the 26
district school board must be fulfilled within 10 business days 27
after receipt of such request. Any document provided to a 28
district school board member must be offered to all board 29
members. 30
(2) Consult with the school district's chief financial 31
officer on general matters related to the budget and sources and 32
uses of school district funds, and have reasonable access, upon 33
request, to any detail or line item in any proposed or approved 34
budget or in any financial transaction by the school district. 35
(3) Request any document or information, except for 36
documents or information that the member would be prohibited by 37
law from accessing, from school district staff with the 38
permission of the superintendent or other members of the 39
administration where such permission may not be unreasonably 40
withheld. 41
(4) Comment publicly during or outside of district school 42
board meetings on any matter of district school board business, 43
except for student and employee disciplinary hearings that are 44
specifically addressed in ss. 1006.07 and 1012.34, respectively, 45
or other matters prohibited by law. 46
Section 2. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (1) of 47
section 1001.42, Florida Statutes, to read: 48
1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The 49
district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all 50

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powers and perform all duties listed below: 51
(1) REQUIRE MINUTES AND RECORDS TO BE KEPT.—Require the 52
district school superintendent, as secretary, to keep such 53
minutes and records as are necessary to set forth clearly all 54
actions and proceedings of the school board. 55
(c) Other records.—Other documents, including attachments 56
for agenda items, such as vendor contracts or budget documents, 57
must be kept as a public record with the minutes of each 58
meeting. 59
Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 60
1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (k) is 61
added to that subsection, to read: 62
1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the 63
district school board.—The district school board shall: 64
(1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe 65
qualifications for those positions, and provide for the 66
appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal 67
of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this 68
chapter: 69
(a) Positions, qualifications, and appointments.— 70
1. The district school board shall act upon written 71
recommendations submitted by the district school superintendent 72
for positions to be filled, for minimum qualifications for 73
personnel for the various positions, and for the persons 74
nominated to fill such positions. 75

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2. The district school board may reject for good cause any 76
employee nominated. 77
3. If the third nomination by the district school 78
superintendent for any po