Bill > S0970

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; providing a short title; amending s. 447.309, F.S.; providing that faculty of state universities and Florida College System institutions have the right to engage in collective bargaining; providing that faculty members have the right to resolve contractual disputes through third party arbitration; amending s. 1001.03, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term “shield”; requiring the State Board of Education to ensure that Florida College System intuitions are not subject to political influence in academic affairs; requiring the board to ensure that such institutions have the autonomy to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion on their campuses; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring each district school board to ensure that students and personnel are not subject to ideological training or instruction; amending s. 1001.706, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term “shield”; requiring the Board of Governors to ensure that state universities are not subject to political influence in academic affairs; requiring the board to ensure that state universities have the autonomy to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion on their campuses; amending s. 1001.7415, F.S.; conforming a provision to a change made by the act; amending s. 1002.22, F.S.; providing that K-12 students and their parents have the right not to be recorded or surveilled in the classroom without express consent; amending s. 1004.01, F.S.; revising the statement of purpose and mission of public postsecondary education to include ensuring that students have an inalienable right to pursue education without governmental or institutional interference; amending s. 1004.06, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; creating s. 1012.802, F.S.; granting faculty members at public postsecondary institutions the right to negotiate their annual assignments with certain entities; requiring that such negotiations be free from interference by governing bodies; amending s. 1012.83, F.S.; requiring that non tenure track faculty at Florida College System institutions have access to specified contracts; creating s. 1012.979, F.S.; requiring that non-tenure track faculty members at state universities have access to specified contracts; providing for rulemaking; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Geri Thompson (D)*, 

Died in Education Postsecondary (on 03/08/2024)

Official Document