To set forth requirements relating to school safety and to define certain safety measures that schools are expected to meet. Amendments will address new requirements as a result of recent legislation and HB 543, including ....  

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    State Board of Education

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    6A-1.0018School Safety Requirements and Monitoring

    PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To set forth requirements relating to school safety and to define certain safety measures that schools are expected to meet. Amendments will address new requirements as a result of recent legislation and HB 543, including removing threat assessment from the rule so that a new threat management rule can be created. Amendments will also clarify the rule’s application to entities such as charter schools, Schools of Hope, and others providing education to students. Other general matters relating to school safety monitoring, reporting and training, will also be considered.

    SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Office of Safe Schools procedures for monitoring, reporting, and training.

    RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1001.11(9), 1001.212(14), F.S.

    LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.11(9), 1001.212(4), (12), (14), (15), 1006.07(4), (6), (7), (9), 1006.12(5), 1006.147, 1006.1493, 1008.386(3), F.S.

    A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

    DATE AND TIME: June 23, 2023, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. (ET), or until business is concluded, whichever is earlier.

    PLACE: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/86676aba-4812-4d9b-b3ea-d72e1db0c917@63bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794

    THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Julie Collins, Office of Safe Schools, Julie.Collins@fldoe.org. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, (850)245-9601 or email Christian.Emerson@fldoe.org.

    THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available prior to the workshop at, https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.