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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to instructional and administrative 2
personnel; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; requiring 3
district school boards to adopt a policy to 4
temporarily remove instructional personnel from the 5
classroom under certain circumstances; amending s. 6
1012.797, F.S.; revising the offenses committed by 7
certain educational employees that law enforcement 8
must report to specified educational entities; 9
amending s. 1012.799, F.S.; requiring instructional 10
personnel and administrative personnel to self -report 11
certain arrests and final judgements within a 12
specified time period; providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (1) of 17
section 1012.22, Florida Statutes, to read: 18
1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the 19
district school board. —The district school board shall: 20
(1) Designate positions to be filled, p rescribe 21
qualifications for those positions, and provide for the 22
appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal 23
of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this 24
chapter: 25
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(j) Temporary removal from the classroom. —The district 26
school board shall adopt a policy to temporarily remove 27
instructional personnel from the classroom within 24 hours after 28
notification by law enforcement or the instructional personnel 29
of any arrest for a felony, or of an arrest for a misdemeanor 30
involving any offense listed in s. 435.04(2). 31
Section 2. Section 1012.797, Florida Statutes, is amended 32
to read: 33
1012.797 Notification of certain charges against 34
employees.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 985.04(7) or any 35
other law to the contrary, a law enforcement agency shall, 36
within 48 hours, notify the appropriate district school 37
superintendent, charter school governing board, private school 38
owner or administrator, president of the Florida School for the 39
Deaf and the Blind, or university lab schools d irector or 40
principal, as applicable, when its employee is arrested for a 41
felony, or a misdemeanor involving any offense listed in s. 42
435.04(2) the abuse of a minor child or the sale or possession 43
of a controlled substance . The notification shall include th e 44
specific charge for which the employee of the school district 45
was arrested. Notwithstanding ss. 1012.31(3)(a)1. and 46
1012.796(4), within 24 hours after such notification, the school 47
principal or designee shall notify parents of enrolled students 48
who had direct contact with the employee and include, at a 49
minimum, the name and specific charges against the employee. 50
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Section 3. Section 1012.799, Florida Statutes, is amended 51
to read: 52
1012.799 Reporting certain offenses. — 53
(1) Instructional personnel or a dministrative personnel 54
having knowledge that a sexual battery has been committed by a 55
student upon another student must report the offense to a law 56
enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the school plant or 57
over the place where the sexual battery occ urred if not on the 58
grounds of the school plant. 59
(2) Instructional personnel or administrative personnel 60
must self-report to a school district authority, as determined 61
by the district school superintendent: 62
(a) Within 48 hours of any arrest for a felon y, or for a 63
misdemeanor involving any offense listed in s. 435.04(2). Such 64
notice shall not be considered an admission of guilt and such 65
notice shall not be admissible for any purpose in any civil, 66
criminal, administrative, judicial, investigatory, or 67
adjudicatory proceeding. 68
(b) Within 48 hours after a final judgement, any 69
conviction, finding of guilt, withholding of adjudication, 70
commitment to a pretrial diversion program, or entering a plea 71
of guilty or nolo contendere for any criminal offense other th an 72
a traffic violation. When handling sealed and expunged records 73
disclosed pursuant to this paragraph, school district personnel 74
must comply with the confidentiality provisions in ss. 75
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943.0585(4)(c) and 943.059(4)(c). 76
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 77