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(b)School Board Members Are Constitutional Officers. “In each school district there shall be a school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.” Art. IX, § 4(a), Cl. 2, Fla. Const. And:
Provide for the operation of school for a term of 180 days. 2. Arrange for the levying of district school taxes necessary to provide the amount needed from district sources to operate the district. 3. Cause to be prepared and then adopt the annual school budget.
The district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all powers and perform all duties listed below: (1) REQUIRE MINUTES AND RECORDS TO BE KEPT. — Require the district school superintendent, as secretary, to keep such minutes and records as are necessary to set forth clearly all actions and proceedings of the school board.
legislatures, Presidents, and governors (and, in the case of public schools in Florida, the people) have delegated specific authority to identified agencies to control and govern certain detailed facets of modern life:
Florida Constitution Article IX. School Board. Operate, control and supervise all free public schools within school district and determine rate of school district taxes. Two or more school districts may operate and finance joint educational programs. Superintendent. Provides that superintendent is in each school district and is elected at general
Each elected candidate for district school board member must, by the date she or he assumes office, be a resident of the district school board member residence area from which she or he was elected.
Alternate procedure for the election of district school board members to provide for single-member representation. 1001.363 District school board members to represent entire district.
