The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida

NOTICE OF RULE DEVELOPMENT
AND PUBLIC HEARING

RULE TITLE: Program Capacity.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 7.135.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: This revision addresses the scope of the deviation from approved standards for determining space needs and the exception to the recommendations in the educational plant survey.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To allow the school facilities space to meet the educational needs of all students while complying with statutory and local regulations by establishing procedures to allow deviations from and exceptions to the Educational Plant Survey.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.42(22); 1001.43(4); 1003.62(2) 1013.31(1)(b)(5); 1013.32.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.41(1), (3); 1001.42(4), (9); 1013.03(10)(a); 1013.72.

CONTACT PERSON: Kristin Garrison, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach FL 33406.

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

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Development of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on May 26, 2010, anticipated to begin at 2:00 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 May 19, 2010 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: May 12, 2010