NOTICE OF RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP/PUBLIC HEARING FOR SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES
The School Board of Brevard County, Florida held a Policy Work Session on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 and will hold a Rule Development Workshop at 1pm on October 14, 2025 concerning revisions, to the Board Policies listed below, at the Educational Services Facility (ESF), 2700 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, Florida 32940. The public is invited to attend.
The proposed revisions to the Board policy will be placed on the School Board’s agenda for a public hearing during the October 28, 2025 Board Meeting in the Boardroom at the ESF beginning at 5:30pm.
The policy for these meetings will be available for viewing at:
https://agenda.brevardschools.org/publishing/ap-agendas.html
The purpose and effect of the revisions are to meet statutory and procedural requirements and make edits to existing content, formatting, and terminology.
The Board Policies to be revised at these meetings are:
POLICY: 0124 Standards of Ethical Conduct
Specific Authority: §112.312, 112.313, 112.3142 F.S.
POLICY: 1120 Employment of Administrators
Specific Authority: §1001.10, 1012.01, 1012.23, 1012.315, 1012.32, 1012.33, 1012.55, 1012.56, F.S.; U.S.C. 9858
POLICY: 2410 School Health Services
Specific Authority: §39.201, 381.00319, 381.0056, 349.495(7), 394.463, 1001.42, 1002.20, 1002.22, 1003.22, 1003.225, 1006.064, 1011.62, 1003.453, F.S.; F.A.C. 64F-6.002
POLICY: 3121.01 Criminal Background And Employment History Checks
Specific Authority: §435.09, 435.12, 448.095, 943.0435, 943.0585(4)(a), 943.059(4)(a), 1001.10(5), 1001.41, 1001.42, 1012.23, 1012.27(6), 1012.315, 1012.32, 1012.56, F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-10.083, 8 U.S.C. 1225a
POLICY: 3130 Appointment, Assignment, Transfer, And Promotion Of Staff
Specific Authority: §112.3135, 1001.32, 1004.04, 1012.22, 1012.23, 1012.2315, 1012.27, 1012.42, 1012.795, 1012.796 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-1.0503
POLICY: 3139 Employee Misconduct
Specific Authority: §1012.799, 1012.22, 943.0585(4)(c), 943.059(4)(c), 1012.795, 1012.796, F.S.; F.A.C. A-10.081, F.A.C. 6B-1.006
POLICY: 3210 Standards Of Ethical Conduct
Specific Authority: §112.317, 112.3131, 112.312, 112.313, 1001.42(6), 1001.421, 1006.32, 1012.23, F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-10.081
POLICY: 3213 Student Supervision And Welfare
Specific Authority: § 119.011, 847.012, 1001.42, 1001.51, 1002.22, 1003.32, 20 U.S.C. 1232,
34 C.F.R. Part 99
POLICY: 3242 Professional Learning
Specific Authority: §1001.42, 1011.62, 1011.67, 1012.22, 1012.34, 1012.56, 1012.98, 1012.985, 1012.986, F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-5.069, F.A.C. 6A-5.071
POLICY: 5136 Wireless Communication Devices
Specific Authority: §316.305, 847.0141, 1003.02, 1003.32, 1006.07 F.S.
POLICY: 5200 Attendance
Specific Authority: §984.151, 1002.20, 1003.02, 1003.21, 1003.23, 1003.24, 1003.26, 1003.27, F.A.C. 6A-1.044, F.A.C. 6A-1.09512, F.A.C. 6A-1.09513, F.A.C. 6A-1.09514
POLICY: 5223 Absences For Religious Instruction
Specific Authority: §1003.21 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-1.09514
POLICY: 5530 Drug Prevention
Specific Authority: §1001.43, 1006.07 F.S.; 20 U.S.C. 3171 et seq., 20 U.S.C. 3224A
POLICY: 5600 Student Discipline
Specific Authority: §1001.43, 1002.20, 1003.31, 1003.32, 1006.07, 1006.08, 1006.09, 1006.10 F.S.
POLICY: 5610 Removal, Out of School Suspension, Disciplinary Placement and Expulsion of Students
Specific Authority: §120.569, 120.57, 1002.20, 1003.02, 1003.32, 1006.07, 1006.08, 1006.09 F.S.; F.A.C. Chapter 28-106, 18 U.S.C. Section 921
POLICY: 5630 Corporal Punishment
Specific Authority: §1003.02, 1003.32 F.S.
POLICY: 8420 Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, and Emergency Response Agencies
Specific Authority: §633.202, 1001.43, 1006.07, 1013.13, NFPA 1, NFPA 101, F.A.C. 6A-1.0018