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House Joint Resolution 1
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 2
of Article IX and the creation of a new section in 3
Article XII of the State Constitution to require 4
members of a district school board to be elected in a 5
partisan election. 6
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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article IX and 10
the creation of a new section in Article XII of the Sta te 11
Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the 12
electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 13
general election or at an earlier special election specifically 14
authorized by law for that purpose: 15
ARTICLE IX 16
EDUCATION 17
SECTION 4. School districts; school boards. — 18
(a) Each county shall constitute a school district; 19
provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the 20
electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into 21
one school district. In each school district th ere shall be a 22
school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of 23
the electors in a partisan nonpartisan election for 24
appropriately staggered terms of four years, as provided by law. 25
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(b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise 26
all free public schools within the school district and determine 27
the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed 28
herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance 29
joint educational programs. 30
ARTICLE XII 31
SCHEDULE 32
Partisan election of members of district school boards. —33
This section and the amendment to Section 4 of Article IX 34
requiring members of a district school board to be elected in a 35
partisan election rather than a nonpartisan election shall take 36
effect upon approval by the e lectors, except that members of 37
district school boards may not be elected on a partisan basis 38
until the general election held in November 2026. However, 39
partisan primary elections may occur before the general election 40
held on November 3, 2026, for purposes of nominating political 41
party candidates to that office for placement on the 2026 42
general election ballot. 43
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 44
placed on the ballot: 45
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENT 46
ARTICLE IX, SECTION 4 47
ARTICLE XII 48
PARTISAN ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF DISTRICT SCHOOL B OARDS.—49
Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to require 50
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members of a district school board to be elected in a partisan 51
election rather than a nonpartisan election and to specify that 52
the amendment only appli es to elections held on or after the 53
November 2026 general election. However, partisan primary 54
elections may occur before the 2026 general election for 55
purposes of nominating political party candidates to that office 56
for placement on the 2026 general elect ion ballot. 57