RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.01.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To clarify the process developing attendance boundaries and assigning students to schools based on those boundaries.

SUMMARY: This proposed revision would clarify standards for the staff, the ABC, and the Board to consider, as well as providing greater detail regarding the boundary development process. The amendment would allow consideration, in the future, of socioeconomic status of students as one criteria in setting boundaries. This revision is consistent with the development of a separate proposed new Policy 5.012, "Advisory Boundary Committee."

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

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 163.3180(13); 1001.41(6); 1001.42(4)(a); 1002.31, 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.

CONTACT PERSON: Judith Brennan, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED REVISION: Judith Brennan.

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

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

DATE PROPOSED REVISION WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: February 22, 2006.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: February 8, 2006, 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 April 5, 2006, anticipated to begin at 3:15 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 March 29 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: March 8, 2006