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Parents and students should be
aware of the Broward School Board Policy regarding picking up students
after events and school liability. Read the statement below. |
| Florida State Statute limits school responsibility for supervising students to 30 minutes before and after an event. Of course, common sense has to prevail. If the event ends at 11:00pm and there are no adults on campus, it is not prudent to leave a child unattended just because it is 11:30. However, at that time, it is protocol to call the non-emergency number for the Police department and advise the dispatcher that there is an abandoned child that needs to be transported to the police department for parent pick up. |
Below is the
State of Florida Statute 1003.31 (d) regarding this policy for further
clarificaion. |
| d) During a reasonable time before and after the student is
on the premises for attendance at school or for authorized participation
in a school-sponsored activity, and only when on the premises, be under the control and direction of the principal or teacher in charge of the school, and under the immediate control and direction of the teacher or other member of the instructional staff or of the bus driver to whom such responsibility may be assigned by the principal. However, the State Board of Education or the district school board may, by rules, subject each student to the control and direction of the principal or teacher in charge of the school during the time she or he is otherwise en route to or from school or is presumed by law to be attending school. Each district school board, each district school superintendent, and each school principal shall fully support the authority of teachers, according to s. [ http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=1003.31&URL=CH1003/Sec31.HTM/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=1003.31&URL=Ch1003/Sec32.HTM ]1003.32, and school bus drivers to remove disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students from the classroom and the school bus and, when appropriate and available, place such students in an alternative educational setting. (2) There is a rebuttable presumption that the term "reasonable time" means 30 minutes before or after the activity is scheduled or actually begins or ends, whichever period is longer. A school or district school board may, by policy or other formal action, assume a longer period of supervision. Casual or incidental contact between school district personnel and students on school property shall not result in a legal duty to supervise outside of the reasonable times set forth in this section, provided that parents shall be advised in writing twice per year or by posted signs of the school's formal supervisory responsibility and that parents should not rely on additional supervision. The duty of supervision shall not extend to anyone other than students attending school and students authorized to participate in school-sponsored activities. |