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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Youth Conflict Resolution and 2
Peer Mediation Pilot Program; creating the Youth 3
Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program 4
within the Community School Grant Program for a 5
specified period; providing the purpose of the pilot 6
program; requiring the Center for Community Schools at 7
the University of Central Florida to implement the 8
pilot program and a specified curriculum; providing 9
center responsibilities for the pilot program; 10
requiring the center to work with the Department of 11
Education to identify a curriculum for the pilot 12
program; providing participating school 13
responsibilities; requiring the center to provide a 14
report to the department; providing requirements for 15
the report; providing for the future expiration of the 16
pilot program; providing an effective date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 1003.64, 21
Florida Statutes, to read: 22
1003.64 Community School Grant Program. —It is the intent 23
of the Legislature to improve student success and well -being by 24
engaging and supporting parents and community organizations in 25
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their efforts to positively impact student learning and 26
development. 27
(5) YOUTH CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEER MEDIATION PILOT 28
PROGRAM.—No later than the 2026 -2027 school year, the center 29
shall administer the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer 30
Mediation Pilot Program for a period of 3 school years. The 31
center shall implement a conflict resolution and peer mediation 32
curriculum to reduce juvenile violence by equipping students 33
with essential skills for peaceful conflict resolution. The 34
center shall: 35
(a) Seek input from the Department of Education on the 36
selection of a conflict resolution and peer mediation curriculum 37
to implement at each selected school and identify potential ways 38
to integrate the curriculum during the school day to maximize 39
exposure to and use of conflict resolution skills. 40
(b) Identify middle or high schools to participate in the 41
program. Priority shall be given to schools with a high rate of 42
juvenile violence and community partners who will assist with 43
implementation. 44
(c) Require each participating school to: 45
1. Provide training on the curriculum and, where possible, 46
include community partners who interact with the students at the 47
school in such training. 48
2. Provide students with skills to resolve conflicts at 49
school and away from school without undermining the school's 50
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existing disciplinary framework. 51
3. Provide data and information requested by the center. 52
4. Complete a pre-pilot program and post -pilot program 53
survey created by the center. 54
(d) Monitor the implementation of the pilot program and 55
assist participating sc hools with integrating the curriculum and 56
reinforcing the conflict resolution skills throughout the school 57
day. 58
(e) Collect relevant student discipline data and 59
information relating to the rates of juvenile violence in 60
selected schools before and after i mplementation of the pilot 61
program. 62
(f) Create a pre-pilot program and post -pilot program 63
survey that must be completed by the school administrators, 64
teachers, and parents at participating schools. 65
(g) Provide periodic updates to the department on the 66
implementation of the pilot program. 67
(h) Upon completion of the pilot program, provide a report 68
to the department. The report must include, at a minimum, the 69
following: 70
1. The number of students enrolled at the participating 71
schools. 72
2. The rates of student discipline and juvenile violence 73
in selected schools before the pilot program. 74
3. The rates of student discipline and juvenile violence 75
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in selected schools after implementation of the pilot program. 76
4. The results from the pre -pilot program and post-pilot 77
program survey. 78
5. Recommendations for the inclusion of the curriculum at 79
middle and high schools across the state. 80
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This subsection expires upon the submission of the report 82
required under paragraph (h). 83
Section 2. This act shall take ef fect upon becoming a law. 84