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Introduced Session

An act relating to juvenile justice; amending s. 330.41, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 381.887, F.S.; authorizing certain employees of Department of Juvenile Justice and contracted providers to possess and administer opioid antagonists; providing immunity from liability for administration; amending ss. 553.865, 790.22, 938.17, 943.0515, and 948.51, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 985.02, F.S.; replacing the term “gender-specific” with “sex-specific”; conforming provisions; amending s. 985.03, F.S.; eliminating the minimum-risk nonresidential restrictiveness level; redesignating the nonsecure residential restrictiveness level as the “moderate-risk residential level”; revising the components of the maximum-risk residential restrictiveness level; defining “sex”; amending s. 985.039, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 985.115, F.S.; providing that juvenile assessment centers are not facilities that are permitted to receive certain children; amending ss. 985.126 and 985.17, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 985.26, F.S.; revising provisions concerning transitioning a child to and from secure detention care and supervised release detention care; amending ss. 985.27, 985.441, and 985.455, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 985.465, F.S.; replacing the term “juvenile correctional facility or juvenile prison” with “maximum-risk residential facilities”; amending s. 985.601, F.S.; authorizing the purchase of certain materials; amending s. 985.619, F.S.; providing the board of trustees of the Florida Scholars Academy the power and duty to review and approve an annual academic calendar; authorizing the board of trustees to decrease the minimum number of days for instruction; amending s. 985.664, F.S.; substantially revising provisions relating to juvenile justice circuit advisory boards; amending ss. 985.668, 985.676, and 1001.42, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “juvenile justice education programs or schools”; amending s. 1003.51, F.S.; revising requirements for certain State Board of Education rules to establish policies and standards for certain education programs; revising requirements for the Department of Education, in partnership with the Department of Juvenile Justice, district school boards, and education providers, to develop and implement certain contract requirements and to maintain standardized required content of education records; revising district school board requirements; revising departmental requirements relating to juvenile justice education programs; amending s. 1003.52, F.S.; revising the role of Coordinators for Juvenile Justice Education Programs in collecting certain information and developing certain protocols; deleting provisions relating to career and professional education (CAPE); requiring district school boards to select appropriate academic and career assessments to be administered at the time of program entry and exit; deleting provisions related to requiring residential juvenile justice education programs to provide certain CAPE courses; requiring each district school board to make provisions for high school level students to earn credits toward high school graduation while in juvenile justice detention, prevention, or day treatment programs; authorizing district school boards to contract with private providers for education programs for students in such programs; requiring each district school board to negotiate a cooperative agreement with the department on the delivery of educational services to students in such programs; revising requirements for such agreements; deleting provisions requiring the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Juvenile Justice, to adopt rules and collect data and report on certain programs; deleting a provision requiring that specified entities jointly develop a multiagency plan for CAPE; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 985.25(1), 985.255(3), 985.475(2)(h), 985.565(4)(b), and 985.721, F.S., relating to detention intakes, detention criteria and detention hearings, juvenile sexual offenders, juvenile sanctions, and escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facilities, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Jennifer Bradley (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (2)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1425 (on 03/01/2024)

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