NOTICE OF
PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT
School Board
of Palm Beach County
RULE TITLE: Operational
Procedures for Incidents and Actions for Elementary Students.
RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.1812.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE
ADDRESSED: Updating the coding system used by schools for classifying and
handling infractions by elementary students.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The
Discipline Committee has recommended a few new incident codes and action codes,
as well as some minor definition revisions and changes to the matrix, which
should assist in more accurately handling discipline in the schools; corrects
clerical errors in the current version and reflects revisions recommended when
training materials were developed. The
Policy will continue to prohibit use of cellular phones, while allowing
possession thereof. Retains the
statement that "the Matrix provides minimum mandatory actions for each
incident. More severe consequences may
be imposed at the discretion of the administrator."
SPECIFIC RULEMAKING
AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2) [230.22(2)]; 1001.42(22) [230.23(22)]; 1001.43(1)
[230.23005(1)], 1006.07 [230.23(6)], Fla. Stat.
LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§
1001.43(1) [230.23005(1)]; 1003.31(1), (3) [232.25(1), (3)]; 1006.07
[230.23(6)]; 1006.09 [232.26], 1006.13(4), [230.23015], Fla. Stat.
CONTACT PERSON: Dave Benson,
Safe Schools Center, 2051 Clint Moore Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33496.
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the
Proposed Policy Development may promptly be 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 this policy development will be considered at the School
Board's Special Meeting on Policies on December
2, 2002, 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.