CRC - 2017                                   COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. P 93, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                  04/03/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Style and Drafting (Martinez) recommended the
       following:
       
       
    1         CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the proposal clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 4 of Article IX of the State Constitution is
    6  amended to read:
    7                             ARTICLE IX                            
    8                              EDUCATION                            
    9         SECTION 4. School districts; school boards; innovation
   10  school districts.—
   11         (a) Each county shall constitute a school district;
   12  provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the
   13  electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into
   14  one school district. In each school district there shall be a
   15  school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of
   16  the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately
   17  staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.
   18         (b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise
   19  all free public schools within the school district and determine
   20  the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed
   21  herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance
   22  joint educational programs.
   23         (c) The legislature shall provide by law the process by
   24  which a high-performing school district can qualify for the
   25  designation of innovation school district. The district school
   26  board may, by majority vote of the board, seek the innovation
   27  school district designation. The school board shall continue to
   28  operate, control, and supervise all free public schools
   29  established by the innovation school district and the school
   30  board shall remain the governing board of the innovation school
   31  district with the district school superintendent as the chief
   32  executive officer.
   33         (1) In order to promote diverse and innovative educational
   34  opportunities for all of Florida’s students, school districts
   35  granted innovation district status shall be eligible for
   36  flexibility from provisions of Florida law in the same manner as
   37  other public schools designated by Florida law. The district
   38  school board shall indicate what flexibility from provisions of
   39  Florida law it seeks to obtain.
   40         (2) The legislature shall enact legislation implementing
   41  subsection (c) of this section, effective no later than July 1,
   42  2019.
   43  
   44  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   45  And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Delete everything before the proposal clause
   47  and insert:
   48                         A proposal to amend                       
   49         Section 4 of Article IX of the State Constitution to
   50         authorize high-performing school districts to become
   51         innovation school districts exempt from certain
   52         provisions of law applicable to school districts and
   53         requiring the legislature to implement by July 1,
   54         2019.