RULE NUMBER: Policy 1.091.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Revising the Audit Committee charter in the form of a Policy and in accordance with School Board Policy 1.09, "Advisory Committees to the Board."

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This proposed Policy, based on the existing Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board in 1998, summarizes the authority, responsibilities, governance, and internal control of the Audit Committee as an advisory committee, and the Committee’s relationship to the School Board and District Auditor.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 230.22(2); 230.23(22), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 230.22; 230.23(10)(L); 286.011, Fla. Stat.

CONTACT PERSON: Lung Chiu, 3318 Forest Hill Blvd., Ste. B-302, West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the rule development may be promptly obtained without cost from the District’s web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm (or from Office of Public Affairs, 3336 Forest Hill Blvd. Ste. B-102, West Palm Beach, FL 33406).

RULE DEVELOPMENT HEARING: It is anticipated that development of this Policy may be considered at the Special Meeting on Policies at 2:00 p.m. on October 14 or the regular Board meeting on October 16, 2002, which begins at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. Both of these meetings are open to the public.