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1 House Joint Resolution
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4
3 of Article IX and the creation of a new section in
4 Article XII of the State Constitution to limit the
5 terms of office for a member of a district school
6 board.
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8 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article IX and
11 the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State
12 Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the
13 electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
14 general election or at an earlier special election specifically
15 authorized by law for that purpose:
16 ARTICLE IX
17 EDUCATION
18 SECTION 4. School districts; school boards.—
19 (a) Each county shall constitute a school district;
20 provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the
21 electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into
22 one school district. In each school district there shall be a
23 school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of
24 the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately
25 staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.
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26 (b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise
27 all free public schools within the school district and determine
28 the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed
29 herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance
30 joint educational programs.
31 (c) A person may not appear on the ballot for reelection
32 to the office of school board member if, by the end of his or
33 her current term of office, the person will have served, or but
34 for resignation would have served, in that office for eight
35 consecutive years.
36 ARTICLE XII
37 SCHEDULE
38 Limitation on terms of office for members of a district
39 school board.—This section and the amendment to Section 4 of
40 Article IX imposing limits on the terms of office for members of
41 a district school board shall take effect upon approval by the
42 electors, but no service in a term of office which commenced
43 before November 8, 2022, will be counted toward the limitation
44 imposed by this amendment.
45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
46 placed on the ballot:
47 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
48 ARTICLE IX, SECTION 4
49 ARTICLE XII
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50 LIMITATION ON TERMS OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS OF A DISTRICT
51 SCHOOL BOARD.—Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution
52 to limit terms for school board members by prohibiting incumbent
53 members who have held the office for the preceding eight years
54 from appearing on a ballot for reelection to that office and to
55 specify that the amendment only applies to terms of office
56 beginning on or after November 8, 2022.
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