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Florida House Bill H1509 Compare Versions

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15	15		An act relating to public records; amending s. 30.15, 2
16	16		F.S.; providing that certain information relating to 3
17	17		school guardians held by the Department of Law 4
18	18		Enforcement, a law enforcement agency, a school 5
19	19		district, or a charter school is exempt from public 6
20	20		records requirements; providing for future legislative 7
21	21		review and repeal of the exemption; providing a 8
22	22		statement of public necessity; providing a contingent 9
23	23		effective date. 10
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25	25		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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27	27		Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 30.15, 14
28	28		Florida Statutes, to read: 15
29	29		30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations. — 16
30	30		(6) Any information held by the Department of L aw 17
31	31		Enforcement, a law enforcement agency, a school district, or a 18
32	32		charter school that would identify whether a person has been 19
33	33		certified to serve as a school guardian is exempt from s. 20
34	34		119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This 21
35	35		subsection is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act 22
36	36		in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 23
37	37		2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 24
38	38		reenactment by the Legislature. 25
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51	51		Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 26
52	52		necessity that any information held by the Department of Law 27
53	53		Enforcement, a law enforcement agency, a school district, or a 28
54	54		charter school that would identify whether a person has been 29
55	55		certified to serve as a school guardian is exempt from s. 30
56	56		119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 31
57	57		State Constitution. School security and student safety are 32
58	58		fundamental priorities in this state as is the safety of people 33
59	59		serving or who have served as school guardians. School guardians 34
60	60		serve a critical role as safe-school officers and first 35
61	61		responders, and their presence on school grounds serves as a 36
62	62		deterrent against incidents threatening the lives of students 37
63	63		and school personnel. Disclosure of the identity of persons 38
64	64		certified as school guardians might undermine such deterrence 39
65	65		and may compromise their safety along with the safety of 40
66	66		students by allowing ill -intentioned persons to compare the 41
67	67		records of certified school guardians to information concerning 42
68	68		school employees to discern whether a perso n has been appointed 43
69	69		to serve as a school guardian. The public disclosure of such 44
70	70		information would also adversely affect their ability to 45
71	71		adequately respond to an active assailant incident as an 46
72	72		assailant might be alerted in advance that a particular pers on 47
73	73		is certified as a school guardian. Furthermore, school guardians 48
74	74		who have been appointed to that position might leave their 49
75	75		appointment for a period of time while maintaining their 50
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88	88		certification, and, thereafter, be reappointed at a future date. 51
89	89		The safety of such persons would be compromised if their status 52
90	90		as school guardians became public record by virtue of their 53
91	91		continued certification. Accordingly, it is necessary to protect 54
92	92		the identity of persons certified as school guardians from 55
93	93		public records requirements in order to effectively and 56
94	94		efficiently implement the purpose and intent of school guardian 57
95	95		programs. 58
96	96		Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 59
97	97		that HB 1473 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 60
98	98		legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 61
99	99		extension thereof and becomes a law. 62