Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1287 Compare Versions

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14	14		A bill to be entitled 1
15	15		An act relating to school district personnel and 2
16	16		volunteers; amending s. 435.12, F.S.; authorizing 3
17	17		certain volunteers to undergo a specified background 4
18	18		screening at the discretion of specified entities; 5
19	19		amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; requiring district school 6
20	20		boards to adopt a policy to temporarily remove 7
21	21		instructional personnel from the classroom under 8
22	22		certain circumstances; amending s. 1012.797, F.S.; 9
23	23		revising the offenses committed by certain educational 10
24	24		employees that law enforcement must report to 11
25	25		specified educational entities; amending s. 1012.799, 12
26	26		F.S.; requiring instructional personnel and 13
27	27		administrative personnel to self -report certain 14
28	28		arrests and final judgm ents within a specified time 15
29	29		period; providing an effective date. 16
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31	31		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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33	33		Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (3) of 20
34	34		section 435.12, Florida Statutes, to read: 21
35	35		435.12 Care Provider B ackground Screening Clearinghouse. — 22
36	36		(3) 23
37	37		(c) An individual who volunteers for an entity listed in 24
38	38		paragraph (a) may be screened at the discretion of the entity. 25
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51	51		If the entity elects to conduct a background screening, the 26
52	52		screening may be conducted pursua nt to this section or s. 27
53	53		943.0542. 28
54	54		Section 2. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (1) of 29
55	55		section 1012.22, Florida Statutes, to read: 30
56	56		1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the 31
57	57		district school board. —The district school board shall: 32
58	58		(1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe 33
59	59		qualifications for those positions, and provide for the 34
60	60		appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal 35
61	61		of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this 36
62	62		chapter: 37
63	63		(j) Temporary removal from the classroom. —The district 38
64	64		school board shall adopt a policy to temporarily remove 39
65	65		instructional personnel from the classroom within 24 hours after 40
66	66		notification by law enforcement or the instructional personnel 41
67	67		of any arrest for a felony or for a misdemeanor involving any 42
68	68		offense listed in s. 435.04(2). 43
69	69		Section 3. Section 1012.797, Florida Statutes, is amended 44
70	70		to read: 45
71	71		1012.797 Notification of certain charges against 46
72	72		employees.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 985.04(7) or any 47
73	73		other law to the contrary, a law enforcement agency shall, 48
74	74		within 48 hours, notify the appropriate district school 49
75	75		superintendent, charter school governing board, private school 50
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88	88		owner or administrator, president of the Florida School for the 51
89	89		Deaf and the Blind, or university lab schools director or 52
90	90		principal, as applicable, when its employee is arrested for a 53
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92		-	435.04(2), the abuse of a minor child , or the sale or possession 55
93		-	of a controlled substance . The notification ~~must~~ shall include 56
94		-	~~the~~ specific charge for which the employee of the school 57
95		-	~~district~~ was arrested. Notwithstanding ss. 1012.31(3)(a)1. and 58
	91	+	felony, or a misdemeanor involving any offense listed in s. 54
	92	+	435.04(2) the abuse of a minor child or the sale or possession 55
	93	+	of a controlled substance . The notification shall include the 56
	94	+	specific charge for which the employee of the school district 57
	95	+	was arrested. Notwithstanding ss. 1012.31(3)(a)1. and 58
96	96		1012.796(4), within 24 hours after such notification, the school 59
97	97		principal or designee shall notify parents of en rolled students 60
98	98		who had direct contact with the employee and include, at a 61
99	99		minimum, the name and specific charges against the employee. 62
100	100		Section 4. Section 1012.799, Florida Statutes, is amended 63
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102	102		1012.799 Reporting certain offenses. — 65
103	103		(1) Instructional personnel or administrative personnel 66
104	104		having knowledge that a sexual battery has been committed by a 67
105	105		student upon another student must report the offense to a law 68
106	106		enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the school plant or 69
107	107		over the place where the sexual battery occurred if not on the 70
108	108		grounds of the school plant. 71
109	109		(2) Instructional personnel or administrative personnel 72
110	110		must self-report to a school district authority, as determined 73
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112	112		(a) Within 48 hours after any arrest for a felony or for a 75
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125	125		misdemeanor involving any offense listed in s. 435.04(2). Such 76
126	126		notice shall not be considered an admission of guilt and such 77
127	127		notice shall not be admissible for any purpose in any civil, 78
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129	129		adjudicatory proceeding. 80
130	130		(b) Within 48 hours after a final judgment, any 81
131	131		conviction, finding of guilt, withholding of adjudication, 82
132	132		commitment to a pretrial diversion program, or entering a plea 83
133	133		of guilty or nolo contendere fo r any criminal offense other than 84
134	134		a traffic violation. When handling sealed and expunged records 85
135	135		disclosed pursuant to this paragraph, school district personnel 86
136	136		must comply with the confidentiality provisions in ss. 87
137	137		943.0585(4)(c) and 943.059(4)(c). 88
138	138		Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 89