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2001 Florida Code
TITLE XVI Education
Chapter 231 Personnel Of School System  
231.0851   Reports of school safety and discipline; standardized form.

231.0851  Reports of school safety and discipline; standardized form.--

(1)  Each principal must ensure that standardized forms prescribed by rule of the State Board of Education are used to report data concerning school safety and discipline to the Department of Education. The principal must develop a plan to verify the accuracy of reported incidents.

(2)  When a student has been the victim of a violent crime perpetrated by another student who attends the same school, the principal shall make full and effective use of the provisions of ss. 232.26(2) and 232.265. A principal who fails to comply with this subsection shall be ineligible for any portion of the performance pay policy incentive under s. 230.23(5)(c). However, if any party responsible for notification fails to properly notify the school, the principal shall be eligible for the incentive.

(3)  The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule a standardized form to be used by each school to report data concerning school safety and discipline.

History.--ss. 8, 9, ch. 2000-235; s. 5, ch. 2001-125.

Note.--Subsection (3) former s. 229.135.

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