Title: District School Boards

Summary: Requires that district school board organize & elect chair in November &, in election year, elect chair in compliance with requirements for general election year; provides exception if chair is elected by districtwide vote.

Full Text:
An act relating to district school boards; amending s. 1001.371, F.S.; requiring that each district school board organize and elect a chair in November and, in an election year, elect a chair in compliance with requirements for a general election year; providing an exception if the chair is elected by a districtwide vote; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flo rida: Section 1. Section 1001.371, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1001.371 Organization of district school board.-On the third Tuesday after the first Monday In November of each year, the district school board shall organize by elec ting a chair. In an election year, that date shall coincide with the requirements of s. 100.041(3)(a). It may elect a vice chair, and the district school superintendent shall act ex officio as the secretary. If a vacancy should occur in the positio nof chair, the district school board shall proceed to elect a chair at the next ensuing regular or special meeting. At the organization meeting, the district school superintendent shall act as chair until the organization is completed. The chair a nd secretary shall then make and sign a copy of the proceedings of organization, including the schedule for regular meetings and the names and addresses of all district school officers, and annex their affidavits that the same is a true and correct copy of the ENROLLED CS/HB 1357 2012 Legislature original, and the secretary shall file the document within 29 weeks with the Department of Education. This section does not apply to any school district with a district school board chair who is elected by districtwide vote. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.