NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT

School Board of Palm Beach County

RULE TITLE: Operational Procedures for Incidents and Actions for Secondary Students.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.1813.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Updating the coding system used by schools for classifying and handling infractions by secondary 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.