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.