Florida Senate - 2023 SB 444 By Senator Ingoglia 11-00362-23 2023444__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to district school board elections; 3 amending s. 1001.361, F.S.; providing that an elected 4 candidate for district school board must reside in the 5 district school board member residence area by the 6 date she or he assumes office instead of upon 7 qualifying for office; making technical changes; 8 providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Section 1001.361, Florida Statutes, is amended 13 to read: 14 1001.361Election of board by districtwide vote. 15 Notwithstanding any provision of local law or any county 16 charter, the election of members of the district school board 17 must shall be by vote of the qualified electors of the entire 18 district in a nonpartisan election as provided in chapter 105. 19 Each elected candidate for district school board member must 20 shall, by the date at the time she or he assumes office 21 qualifies, be a resident of the district school board member 22 residence area from which she or he was elected the candidate 23 seeks election. Each candidate who qualifies to have her or his 24 name placed on the ballot must shall be listed according to the 25 district school board member residence area in which she or he 26 is a candidate resides. Each qualified elector of the district 27 is shall be entitled to vote for one candidate from each 28 district school board member residence area. The candidate from 29 each district school board member residence area who receives 30 the highest number of votes in the general election shall be 31 elected to the district school board. 32 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.