Florida Public Innovation School Districts Amendment (2018)
| Florida Public Innovation School Districts Amendment | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Commission-referral | Origin Legislative commission |
The Florida Public Innovation School Districts Amendment was not on the ballot in Florida as a commission referral on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have authorized high-performing school districts to be designated as innovation school district. Districts designated as innovation school districts would have been allowed to request an exemption from certain state education laws.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | INNOVATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS.—Requires legislature to create process to designate high-performing school districts as innovation school districts; school boards may seek designation; permits flexibility from certain laws.[2] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Florida Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 4 of Article IX of the Florida Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added and struck-through text would have been deleted:[1]
Note: Hover over the text and scroll to see the full text.
School Districts; School Boards; Innovation School Districts.—
(a) Each county shall constitute a school district; provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into one school district. 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.
(b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise all free public schools within the school district and determine the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance joint educational programs.
(c) The legislature shall provide by law the process by which a high-performing school district can qualify for the designation of innovation school district. The district school board may, by majority vote of the board, seek the innovation school district designation. The school board shall continue to operate, control, and supervise all free public schools established by them and the school board shall remain the governing board of the innovation school district with the district school superintendent as the chief executive officer.
- (1) In order to promote diverse and innovative educational opportunities for all of Florida’s students, school districts granted innovation district status shall be eligible for flexibility from provisions of Florida law in the same manner as other public schools designated by Florida law. The district school board shall indicate the provisions of Florida law for which it seeks to obtain flexibility.
- (2) The legislature shall enact legislation implementing this subsection effective no later than July 1, 2019.[2]
Path to the ballot
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission rejected the constitutional amendment.[3] The Florida CRC is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution. The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote, which makes the commission unique amongst the states. Florida is the only state with a commission empowered to refer constitutional amendments to the ballot. The CRC convenes every 20 years.
Proposal 6008
In the CRC, the ballot measure was known as Proposal 6008. The measure needed to receive the vote of 22 commissions. The measure failed to receive enough votes. On April 16, 2018, a total of 13 members (35.14 percent) voted "yes" on Proposal 6008. Twenty-three members (62.16 percent) voted "no" on the proposal. One member (2.70 percent) did not vote.[3]
Proposal 6009 was a revision of Proposal 93.[3]
The following table illustrates how individual commissioners voted on Proposal 6008:[4]
| Commissioner | Appointed by | Occupation | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Marie Hernandez Gamez | Senate president | Former President, Cuban American Bar Association; Attorney |  |
| Arthenia Joyner | Chief Justice | Former State Senator; Attorney |  |
| Belinda Keiser | Governor | Vice Chancellor, Keiser University | |
| Bob Solari | Senate president | County Commissioner, Indian River County; Former President and Manager, RMS Financial Services; Former President and Director, International Citrus Corporation and Incitco Realty, Inc. | |
| Brecht Heuchan | Governor | CEO, ContributionLink, LLC; Owner, The Labrador Company | |
| Carlos Beruff (Chair) | Governor | CEO, Medallion Homes | |
| Carolyn Timmann | Senate president | Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller of Martin County | |
| Chris Nocco | House speaker | Sheriff of Pasco County | |
| Chris Smith | Senate president | Former State Senator; Attorney | |
| Chris Sprowls | House speaker | State Representative | N/A |
| Darlene Jordan | Governor | Executive Director, Gerald R. Jordan Foundation; Former Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts | |
| Darryl Rouson | House speaker | State Senator | |
| Don Gaetz | Senate president | Former State Senator; Retired Vice Chairman, VITAS Healthcare Corporation | |
| Emery Gainey | Governor | Director of Law Enforcement, Victim Services & Criminal Justice, Florida Department of Legal Affairs | |
| Erika Donalds | House speaker | Member, Collier County School Board; CFO, CCO, and Partner, Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLC | |
| Frank Kruppenbacher | Governor | Chairman, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority; Attorney | |
| Fred Karlinsky | Governor | Co-Chair, Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group | |
| Gary Lester | Governor | Developer and VP, The Villages for Community Relations; President, The Villages Charter School | |
| Hank Coxe | Chief Justice | Former President, The Florida Bar; Attorney | |
| Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch | Senate president | Former Mayor of Sewall's Point; Realtor | |
| Jeanette Nuñez | House speaker | State Representative | |
| John Stemberger | House speaker | President & General Counsel, Florida Family Policy Council | |
| John Stargel[5] | Governor | Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court | |
| Jose Felix Diaz | House speaker | State Representative | |
| Lisa Carlton | Governor | Former State Senator; Co–Owner and Manager, Mabry Carlton Ranch | |
| Marva Johnson | Governor | Chair, Florida State Board of Education; Regional VP of State Government Affairs, Charter Communications | |
| Nicole Washington | Governor | State Policy Consultant, Lumina Foundation | |
| Pam Bondi | Automatic | Attorney General | |
| Pam Stewart | Governor | Commissioner, Department of Education | |
| Patricia Levesque | Senate president | Executive Director, Foundation for Florida’s Future; CEO, Foundation for Excellence in Education | |
| Rich Newsome | House speaker | Senior Partner, Newsome Melton | |
| Roberto Martinez | Chief Justice | Former U.S. Attorney for South Florida; Attorney | |
| Sherry Plymale | Senate president | Former Member, State Board of Community Colleges | |
| Timothy Cerio | Governor | Former General Counsel to Governor Scott; Attorney | |
| Tom Grady | Governor | Former State Representative; CEO, Continental Equities Group and GradyLaw | |
| Tom Lee | House speaker | State Senator; VP and Director, Sabal Homes of Florida | |
| William “Bill” Schifino, Jr. | Senate president | President, The Florida Bar; Attorney | |
Proposal 93
Commissioner Roberto Martinez was the lead sponsor of Proposal 93. The proposal was designed to allow a high-performing school district to become an innovation school district exempt from certain provisions of education code. On March 21, 2018, Proposal 93 was approved 24 to nine with four commissioners not voting.[6] Proposal 93 needed to receive a simple majority vote of the commissioners to move forward.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 6008," accessed April 16, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 6008 Overview," accessed April 16, 2018
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 6009 Vote," April 16, 2018
- ↑ Stargel was a subsititute commissioner for Jose “Pepe” Armas
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 93," accessed April 16, 2018
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