Initiative Information

Replacing District School Boards with Parental Governing Councils With State Administrative Oversight

03-04

Reference:

Article IX

Summary:

View Full Text(pdf)Proposes to give Parents and Local Communities more control in their schools by establishing parental governing councils. Parental governing councils shall have full authority in organizing their schools to achieve the Maximum Quality & Cost Efficiency possible, subject to state & federal laws. The district parental governing council shall determine the rate of school district taxes. The state board of education shall operate, control and supervise all public schools and locally elected superintendent of schools.

Sponsor:

Save Our Schools
Post Office Box 5595
Lighthouse Point, FL 33074-
(561) 868-2098

Contact:

Elliot Shaw, Chairperson

Signatures:

Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review (signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts):	67,683
Statewide total needed to make ballot position (signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election):	676,811
Statewide total currently valid:	0*
Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures:	View by District by County

*Statewide and congressional district totals for ballot position are NOT OFFICAL until the Secretary of State determines the requisite signatures have been obtained and issues a certificate of ballot position. Once an initiative petition is certified for ballot position, total currently valid may exceed the official totals at time of certification. For status on ballot position, see Status Table below.

To find out the signature threshold required in each Congressional District for review and ballot position, the current number of verified signatures in each Congressional District by county, and how many Congressional Districts may have met or exceeded signature thresholds, click the link above titled "View by District by County".

Status: Closed

Approval Date:	03/04/2003
Undue Burden:	07/15/2004
Made Review:
Attorney General:
Sent to Supreme Court:
Supreme Court Ruling:
SC Ruling Date:
Financial Impact Statement Date:
SC Approval of Financial Impact Statement:
Made Ballot:
Ballot Number:	0
Election Year:	2012

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