RULE NUMBER: Policy 2.09.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To establish standards and procedures for school advisory councils and school improvement plans.

SUMMARY: This revision requires middle and junior-high schools to include student representation on their school advisory councils. The Policy is also being updated to include recent legislative requirements, primarily concerning the following topics in the school improvement plan: a goal concerning student health and fitness, including physical fitness, parental information on student health and fitness, and indoor environmental air quality; and the rigorous reading requirements for any middle school with fewer than 75 percent of its students reading at or above grade level.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.42(17), (22), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 24.121(5)(c); 1000.03(5); 1008.345(6); 1008.36(4), (5); 1008.385(1); 1001.42(17)(b); 1001.42(16); 1001.452, Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (optional, if one has been prepared): None prepared. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSON: Elaine Persek, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED REVISION: Elaine Persek and Sharon Brannon.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED REVISION WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: February 23 and May 11, 2005.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: February 9, 2005, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on July 13, 2005, anticipated to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by July 6 on the District's Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This hearing is open to the public.

Publish: June 15, 2005