Juvenile Justice; Requiring a court to determine, for any delinquent child committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the minimum period of time rather than an indeterminate period of time for the child to remain in a commitment program; requiring that the delinquent child remain in the commitment program until he or she has completed it; revising the age at which children who have been adjudicated on specified offenses may be committed to maximum-risk residential facilities to include children who are at least 10 years of age, etc.
Freedom of Speech and Religious Expression in Public Schools; Prohibiting a school district from discriminating against students or school personnel on the basis of political or ideological viewpoints or expression; authorizing students to express political or ideological beliefs in coursework, artwork, and other specified assignments; authorizing a student to wear clothing, accessories, and jewelry displaying political or ideological messages or symbols; authorizing political or ideological groups to advertise or announce meetings in the same manner and to the same extent as other groups; creating a private cause of action for persons and student clubs or groups harmed by specified violations, etc.
Grandparent Visitation Rights; Authorizes grandparent of minor child to petition court for court-ordered visitation with child in certain circumstances; making technical changes.
Student Support Services for K-12 Schools; Authorizes district school boards to recommend, endorse, or refer students to organizations providing specified student support services; provides requirements for district school boards, district school superintendent, schools, & organizations providing such services; provides requirements relating to Level 2 background screenings for specified persons.
Student Support Services for K-12 Schools; Authorizing district school boards to refer students to organizations that provide specified student support services; providing requirements for such organizations; providing requirements relating to level 2 background screenings for specified persons; requiring certain public schools to post and maintain specified information on their websites, etc.
Equity and Inclusion; Repeals provisions relating to minority representation on boards, commissions, councils, & committees; repeals provisions relating to Center for Environmental Equity & Justice.
Child Welfare; Revising the definition of the term “harm” to provide that exposure of a child to a controlled substance may be established by evidence of acute or chronic use of a controlled substance by a parent to a specified extent; revising the definition of the term “neglect” to provide that neglect occurs when there is evidence of acute or chronic use of a controlled substance by a parent to a specified extent, etc.
Habitual Felony Offenders, Habitual Violent Felony Offenders, Three-time Violent Felony Offenders, and Violent Career Criminals; Revising the definitions of the terms “habitual felony offender,” “habitual violent felony offender,” “three-time violent felony offender,” and “violent career criminal”; revising the procedures that a court must follow in separate proceedings to determine whether a defendant is a habitual felony offender, a habitual violent felony offender, a three-time violent felony offender, or a violent career criminal, etc.
Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools; Removes references to Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms Pilot Program; requires district school board to establish specified policy relating to video cameras in self-contained classrooms; prohibits concealment of certain employee identities in video recording; & provides that video recording made available after request must include accompanying audio.
Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition; Repealing a provision relating to the preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of local jurisdictions, etc.
Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition; Repeals provisions preempting the field of regulation of firearms & ammunition to Legislature, to exclusion of local jurisdictions.
Education; Revises provisions relating to certain trainings & instruction, school district procedures & requirements relating to parental notification, classroom instruction, instructional materials, school personnel training, BOG reviews, state university performance-based incentives, required instruction, DEI program, & general education core courses; repeals provisions relating to personal titles; & revises provisions relating to educator preparation.
