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, March 11, 2025, at 1:30pm, and will hold a Rule Development Workshop starting at 1:00pm on April 8, 2025, concerning revisions, additions, or rescissions 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, additions, or rescissions to the Board policies will be placed on the School Board’s agenda for a public hearing during the April 22, 2025, Board Meeting in the Boardroom at the ESF beginning at 5:30pm.
The policies 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The Board Policies to be revised, added or rescinded at these meetings are:
POLICY: 0164 Notice of Meetings
Specific Authority: §1001.372(2)(c), 50.011, 50.0311 F.S.
POLICY: 0165 Meetings
Specific Authority: §447, 1001.372 F.S.
POLICY: 0165.2 Regular Meetings (rescinding)
Specific Authority: n/a
POLICY: 0165.3 Special and Emergency Meetings (rescinding)
Specific Authority: §120.535, 1001.372 F.S.
POLICY: 0166 Exempt Meetings (rescinding)
Specific Authority: §255.065, 281.301 F.S.
POLICY: 2120 School Improvement
Specific Authority: § 1001.42, 1001.452, 1003.02, 1008.345, 1012.98 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-6.0533. 6A-6.053
POLICY: 2125 School Advisory Councils for School Improvement and Accountability
Specific Authority: §1001.41, 1001.42, 1001.452 F.S.
POLICY: 2260.01 Section 504/ADA Prohibition Against Discrimination Based On Disability
Specific Authority: 34 C.F.R. Part 104; 29 U.S.C. 794, Sec. 504; 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq
POLICY: 2280 Physical Education
Specific Authority: § 1003.453, 1003.455, 1003.4282 F.S.
POLICY: 2411 Guidance and Counseling
Specific Authority: F.A.C. 6A-5.079; §1001.43 F.S.
POLICY: 2421 Career and Technical Education
Specific Authority: § 1004.096, 1004.91, 1004.92, 1007.271, 1009.21, 1009.22, 1009.26, 1009.40, 1009.536, 1009.896, 1011.62, 1011.80 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-20.0284, 29 U.S.C. 201 - 204, 206, 207, 209, 29 U.S.C. 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 216b, 217, 218, 218b, 218c, 219
POLICY: 2423 Career and Technical Education Work-Based Opportunities
Specific Authority: §446.021(1)(2), 446.0915, 446.54 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-23.002, 6A-23.0042, 6A-23.010; 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq.; 29 C.F.R. Part 570
POLICY: 2455 Dropout Prevention and Academic Intervention Programs
Specific Authority: §1003.53 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-6.0521
POLICY: 2460 Exceptional Student Education
Specific Authority: §1003.4282, 1001.41, 1001.42, 1002.20, 1003.01(3), 1003.4156, 1003.57, 1003.5715, 1003.572, 1008.212, 1008.22, 1008.24 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-1.09963, 6A-1.0943, 6A-1.09430, 6A-6.03028, 6A-6.03311, 6A-6.03313, 6A-6.0333, 6A.6.03411; 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., 1401 et seq.; 34 C.F.R. Part 300
POLICY: 2520 Selection and Adoption of Instructional Materials
Specific Authority: §119.071, 212.183, 1001.215, 1002.22, 1003.485, 1006.28, 1006.28 through 1006.42, 1008.22, 1008.25(5) (a), 1008.25 (5) (c), 1014.05 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-6.03028, 6A-6.053, 6A-7.0713, 6A-7.0715; 34 C.F.R. Part 300
POLICY: 2800 Educational Services for Students in Department of Juvenile Justice Education Programs
Specific Authority: §1003.01, 1003.21, 1003.51, 1003.52 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-6.05281
POLICY: 5136 Wireless Communications Devices
Specific Authority: § 316.305, 847.0141, 1003.02, 1003.32, 1006.07 F.S.
POLICY: 5410.01 Promotion, Placement, And Retention
Specific Authority: §1002.3105, 1003.02, 1003.4156, 1008.22, 1008.25 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-1.09422, 6A-1.094221, 6A-1.094222, 6A-6.0533, 6A-6.053
POLICY: 5463 Credits from Other Schools
Specific Authority: §1003.25, 1003.413, 1003.433, 1003.436, 1007.24 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-1.09941, 66A-1.09442
POLICY: 5465 General Education Development (GED) Tests
Specific Authority: §1003.435 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-6.0201
POLICY: 5780 Student Rights/Parent Rights
Specific Authority: §1003.4505, 1003.47, 1003.52, 1003.53, 1003.55, 1003.56, 1003.57, 1003.58, 1006.062(7), 1006.07, 1006.09, 1006.13, 1006.15, 1006.20, 1006.21, 1006.22, 1006.23, 1006.28, 1006.40, 1007.271, 1008.22, 1008.25, 1008.386, 1012.42, Chapter 1014 F.S.; F.A.C. 6A-6.0521, 6A-6.0533, 6A-6.053
POLICY: 8405 School Safety and Security; Threat Assessment Teams
Specific Authority: § 1001.212, 1006.07, 1006.13, 1006.1493 F.S.; Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool; Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education); F.A.C. 6A-1.0018; 6A-1.0019, 6AER23-02
Ref-15897 Florida Harm Prevention and Threat Management Manual, Form OSS-001, Ref-15898 Florida Harm Prevention and Threat Management Instrument, Form OSS-002, Ref-15899 Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines, Form CSTAG-2022, Ref-15900 Model Behavioral Threat Assessment Policies and Best Practices for K-12 Schools, Form BTAP-2022
POLICY: 8500 Food Services
Specific Authority: §595.405, 1001.41, 1001.42, 1001.51, 1013.12 F.S.; F.A.C. 5P-1.002, 5P-1.003, 5P-1.004, 5P-1.005; 42 U.S.C. 1758, 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.; 7 C.F.R. Part 15b, Part 210, Part 215, Part 220, Part 225, Part 226, Part 227, Part 235, Part 240, Part 245, Part 3015; 80 F.R. 11077; OMB Circular No. A-87, SP 32-2015