CRC - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 93, 1st Eng. Ì474794TÎ474794 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 04/03/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Style and Drafting (Martinez) recommended the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposal clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 4 of Article IX of the State Constitution is 6 amended to read: 7 ARTICLE IX 8 EDUCATION 9 SECTION 4. School districts; school boards; innovation 10 school districts.— 11 (a) Each county shall constitute a school district; 12 provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the 13 electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into 14 one school district. In each school district there shall be a 15 school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of 16 the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately 17 staggered terms of four years, as provided by law. 18 (b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise 19 all free public schools within the school district and determine 20 the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed 21 herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance 22 joint educational programs. 23 (c) The legislature shall provide by law the process by 24 which a high-performing school district can qualify for the 25 designation of innovation school district. The district school 26 board may, by majority vote of the board, seek the innovation 27 school district designation. The school board shall continue to 28 operate, control, and supervise all free public schools 29 established by the innovation school district and the school 30 board shall remain the governing board of the innovation school 31 district with the district school superintendent as the chief 32 executive officer. 33 (1) In order to promote diverse and innovative educational 34 opportunities for all of Florida’s students, school districts 35 granted innovation district status shall be eligible for 36 flexibility from provisions of Florida law in the same manner as 37 other public schools designated by Florida law. The district 38 school board shall indicate what flexibility from provisions of 39 Florida law it seeks to obtain. 40 (2) The legislature shall enact legislation implementing 41 subsection (c) of this section, effective no later than July 1, 42 2019. 43 44 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 45 And the title is amended as follows: 46 Delete everything before the proposal clause 47 and insert: 48 A proposal to amend 49 Section 4 of Article IX of the State Constitution to 50 authorize high-performing school districts to become 51 innovation school districts exempt from certain 52 provisions of law applicable to school districts and 53 requiring the legislature to implement by July 1, 54 2019.