The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION
AND PUBLIC HEARING

RULE TITLE: Construction Oversight and Review Committee.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 1.093.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To provide an updated charter outlining procedures for filling vacancies, the nomination of new voting members, protocols for members to appear by electronic media, and processes for recording committee votes.

SUMMARY: This revision sets forth, and clarifies practices, structure, function, membership and protocols of the Committee, and modifies the scope of key areas of CORC’s recommendations. It further provides procedures for filling vacancies and the nomination of new voting members, and sets forth a process for members to appear by electronic media and processes for recording Committee votes, which includes the e-agenda program

SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.32(2); 1001.41(2); 1001.42(23); 1001.43(2), (4) & (10).

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.32(2); 1001.41(1); 1001.42(9); 1001.43(4) & (10); 119.071; 286.011; 112.313.

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: Joseph Sanches, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Joseph Sanches.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the proposed rule may be obtained promptly without cost from the School District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm .

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

RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: June 25, 2008, in The Palm Beach Post.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: July 9, 2008.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on August 27, 2008, anticipated to begin at 4:00 p.m. (an approximate time, as the actual start time may vary earlier or later) in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: An agenda will be available by August 20, 2008 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. A person may submit written comments (12 copies) about the proposed action to the clerk no later than the time of the public hearing. This hearing is open to the public.

Publish: July 30, 2008