School Board to amend policies regarding student assignments and ethical conduct.

NOTICE
 
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida announces the following Board Policy action will be taken at its meeting on:
 
JUNE 17, 2026
1:00 P.M.
School Board Auditorium
1450 N.E. Second Avenue
Miami, Florida  33132
 
To Amend School Policy 5120, Student School Assignment and Attendance Boundary Committee, to establish attendance zones for elementary and secondary schools for the 2026-2027 school year which are in the best interest of students and better utilize existing student stations. Board approval of this policy would support previously approved attendance boundary zones and establish all Board-approved attendance zones as a Board policy.
 
Specific Authority: 1001.41(1) (2); 1001.42(10); F.S.
Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: 1000.05; 1001.42(4), (10); 1001.49(3); 1003.06, F.S.
 
To Amend School Board Bylaw 0124, Standards of Ethical Conduct; Policy 4210, Standards of Ethical Conduct; Policies 1210.01/3210.01/4210.01, Code of Ethics; Policies 1121.01/3121.01/4121.01, Employment Standards and Fingerprinting; Policy 6470, Payment of Invoices; and Policy 8310, Public Records, per Board action and in response to a State Auditor Report. The policies would also be revised to reflect current practices.  School Board Bylaw 0124, Standards of Ethical Conduct; Policy 4210, Standards of Ethical Conduct; Policies 1210.01/3210.01/4210.01, Code of Ethics; Policies 1121.01/3121.01/4121.01, Employment Standards and Fingerprinting; Policy 6470, Payment of Invoices; and Policy 8310, Public Records, are proposed for amendment in response to a 2024-2025 State Auditor Report and board action. Policy 8310 would delineate the process of receiving public records requests, routing them, requesting clarification, conditioning production on special service charges, and providing periodic updates; and clarify employees' responsibilities, highlighting factors that will not excuse compliance and outlining the legal penalties for violations. Bylaw 0124, Policies 1210.01/3210.01/4210.01, and Policies 1121.01/3121.01/4121.01 would be revised to require all Board members and employees to complete required annual trainings and electronically certify doing so; specify that each employee's background will undergo level 2 re-screening at least once every five years; list only the Board-adopted disqualifying offenses; clarify background screening costs; and shorten two policy titles. Policy 4210 would be revised to require all educational support employees to complete annual ethics training and to add arrest reporting requirements. Policy 6470 would be amended to require pre-payment verification and to add references to prompt payment laws.
 
Specific Authority: Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.41; 1001.42(5)(7), (12), (15); 1012.23.
Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: Fla. Stat. Ch. 119, Ch. 218, Part VII; Fla. Stat. ss. 112.313, 435.04, 435.12, 668.6076, 1012.27, 1012.315, 1012.32; Fla. Admin. Code r. 6A-10.081.
 
To Amend School Board Policy 2111, Parent and Family Engagement  A Home-School-District Partnership, in response to Board action. The policy would be amended to specify that in collaboration with the M-DCPS Parent Academy and relevant District offices, schools will establish community-centered, accessible educational programs for parents, and that such initiatives must be tailored to specific student age groups to address the unique developmental and cognitive requirements of every student. The policy would also be revised to clarify that training programs for parents and families must be on topics including, but not limited to, academic expectations, student progress monitoring, Florida standards, graduation pathways, parental rights, and available District and school-based supports and related technologies, and that such trainings must be conducted in through virtual and in-person sessions in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole.
 
Specific Authority: Title I, Section 1116; Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.32(2); 1001.41(1), (2); 1001.42(8), (15), (17); 1001.43(5).
Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: Fla. Stat. ss. 1000.03; 1001.42(17); 1002.20; 1002.23.
 
To Amend School Policy 7460, Conservation of Natural and Material Resources, in response to Board action to provide that resource efficiency cost savings must be reinvested into a designated fund that must be utilized for clearly defined additional resource efficiency efforts, such as those outlined in the policy, and that the effectiveness of waste management programs must be reviewed annually.
 
Specific Authority: Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.32(2); 1001.41(1)(2); 1001.42(11)(12); 1001.51(4), (11).
Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.51; 1003.42(2)(n); 1013.23.
 
If requested, a hearing will be held during the June 17, 2026 School Board meeting.  Persons requesting such a hearing must submit a written request to the Superintendent of Schools, Room 912, same address as above, by May 19, 2026. The policy will be effective upon filing with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida on June 17, 2026. A person wishing to appeal any decision made by The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, with respect to any action on this policy should ensure the preparation of a verbatim record of the proceedings, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.  Copies of the policy and the notice of intended action are available to the public for inspection and copying at cost in the Citizen Information Center, Room 102, 1450 N.E. Second Avenue, Miami, Florida.
 
Dr. Jose L. Dotres
Superintendent of Schools
4/27/26