RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.11.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This revision clarifies and expands the detail of the procedures to ensure that the release of students during the school day is authorized by the parent/guardian and/or state law.

SUMMARY: This revision will specify procedures to be followed at school centers when a person other than the parent or legal guardian will pick up a student from school, or when a DCF or law enforcement officer will remove the student from school; may provide for limited exception for certain high school students with a valid driver's license and their own transportation and an occasional verified valid reason for leaving campus with parental approval; incorporates material from related administrative Directives.

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

LAWS IMPLEMENTED §§ 1001.41(1), (2); 1006.07; 39.301; 985.207, Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. 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: Ron Armstrong, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE REVISION: JulieAnn Allison, Esq.

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

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: January 13, 2003.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: November 25, 2002 and Jan. 6, 2003, in The Palm Beach Post.

RULE ADOPTION HEARING: Pursuant to School Board Policy 1.03(16), rules may be developed or adopted via the consent agenda of a special meeting. It is anticipated that adoption of this policy will be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on February 17, 2003, anticipated to be at 2:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.