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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to middle school and high school start 2
times; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; providing 3
requirements for middle school and high school start 4
times; requiring such school start times to be 5
implemented by a specified date; providing district 6
school board requirements; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; 7
requiring charter schools to meet certain requirements 8
relating to middle school and high school start times; 9
providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section 14
1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15
1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. —The 16
district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all 17
powers and perform all duties listed below: 18
(4) ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF 19
SCHOOLS.—Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the 20
establishment, organization, and oper ation of the schools of the 21
district, including, but not limited to, the following: 22
(f) Opening and closing of schools; fixing uniform date ; 23
middle school and high school start times .—Adopt policies for 24
the opening and closing of schools , and fix uniform dates, and 25
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middle school and high school start times. ; however, 26
1. The opening date for schools in the district may not be 27
earlier than August 10 of each year. 28
2. By July 1, 2026, the instructional day for middle 29
schools may not begin earlier than 8 a .m. and the instructional 30
day for high schools may not begin earlier than 8:30 a.m. Each 31
district school board must inform its community, including 32
parents, students, teachers, school administrators, athletic 33
coaches, and other stakeholders, about the heal th, safety, and 34
academic impacts of sleep deprivation on middle school and high 35
school students and the benefits of a later school start time 36
and discuss local strategies to successfully implement the later 37
school start times. 38
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section 39
1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 40
1002.33 Charter schools. — 41
(16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES. — 42
(b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance 43
with the following statutes: 44
1. Section 286.011, relatin g to public meetings and 45
records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties. 46
2. Chapter 119, relating to public records. 47
3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size, 48
except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s. 49
1003.03 shall be the average at the school level. 50
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4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and 51
salary schedules. 52
5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions. 53
6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with 54
instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011. 55
7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive 56
requirements for performance evaluations for instructional 57
personnel and school administrators. 58
8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe -school officers. 59
9. Section 1006.07(7), re lating to threat assessment 60
teams. 61
10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental 62
Safety Incident Reporting. 63
11. Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of 64
involuntary examinations. 65
12. Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe 66
Schools Assessment Tool. 67
13. Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting an active 68
assailant response plan. 69
14. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile 70
suspicious activity reporting tool. 71
15. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health 72
awareness and assistance training. 73
16. Section 1001.42(4)(f)2., relating to middle school and 74
high school start times. 75
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Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 76