Amend Florida SB 864 to REQUIRE all counties to create an instructional materials committee

According to the newly enacted Florida law SB 864, a District School Board can CHOOSE to create it’s own instructional materials program - consisting of reviewers that include parents with children in public schools.

The exact wording is:

128 (2)(a) If a district school board chooses to implement
129 its own instructional materials program, the school board shall
130 adopt rules implementing the district’s instructional materials
131 program which must include its processes, criteria, and
132 requirements for the following, but need not be limited to:
133 1. Selection of reviewers, one or more of whom must be
134 parents with children in public schools.

This legislation allows a county to “opt out” of creating this program.

We The People of the State of Florida want the legislation to be changed so that each county is REQUIRED to create this program.

The new wording would read:

A district school board SHALL implement its own instructional materials program.

Legally, the word SHALL requires that this must be done.