NOTICE The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida announces the following Board Policy action will be taken at its meeting on: OCTOBER 8, 2025 1:00 P.M. School Board Auditorium 1450 N.E. Second Avenue Miami, Florida 33132 To Amend Board Policy 8320, Records Management, in response to Board action and to further align the policy with State law. School Board Policy 8320, Records Management, is proposed for amendment to incorporate a new section on individual Board member and District employee responsibilities. Consistent with F.S. 257.36, the amended policy would clarify that all Board members and District employees with public records in their possession, custody, or control are responsible for retaining and preserving those records, and that any Board member or employee who requires assistance in meeting those responsibilities must contact the District's Records Management Liaison Officer. The amended policy would also specify that before Board members or District employees separate from the District, they must produce all public records in their possession, custody or control (including but not limited to all records related to purchases and travel using Board funds) to the Superintendent or designee. The policy would further be amended to require that training on retaining and preserving public records be made available to Board members and employees. Specific Authority: Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.32(2), 1001.41(1)–(2), 1001.42(13), 1001.43(6), (10). Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: Fla. Stat. ss. 119.01, 119.011, 119.021, 257.36, 1001.371; Fla. Admin. Code r. 1B-24.003. To Amend Board Policies 1129, 3129, and 4129, Conflict of Interest, 1139, 3139, and 4139, Educator Misconduct, and 8141, Mandatory Reporting of Misconduct by Employees, in response to recommendations made by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in a May 2025 report, and in response to 2025 Senate Bill 1374 (S.B. 1374). School Board Policies 1129, 3129, and 4129, Conflict of Interest, are proposed for amendment in response to a recommendation from the OIG that the District strengthen its outside employment and business relationship self-reporting requirements. The amended policies would clarify that all District employees must self-report not only employment and business relationships that may implicate violations of the conflict-of-interest policy, but also those relationships that may implicate violations of other Board policies. Policies 1139, 3139, and 4139, Educator Misconduct, are proposed for amendment pursuant to S.B. 1374, which requires employees to self-report within 48 hours to a District authority any arrest for a felony or misdemeanor offense listed in F.S. 435.04. The policy would also be amended to clarify that the notification requirements under F.S. 1012.797 apply to school boards and charter school governing boards individually. Policy 8141, Mandatory Reporting of Misconduct by Employees, is additionally proposed to be amended pursuant to S.B. 1374 and F.S. 1012.796, Florida Statutes, to provide: (a) that when the District is notified by law enforcement or through a self-report that an instructional employee has been arrested for a felony offense or for a misdemeanor offense listed in F.S. 435.04(2), the instructional employee must be temporarily removed from the classroom within 24 hours; and (b) that when an employee's alleged misconduct affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student, the Superintendent, in consultation with the school principal—or upon the request of the Commissioner of Education—must, at a minimum, immediately suspend the employee from regularly assigned duties, with pay, in addition to removing the suspended employee from positions that may require direct contact with District students. A provision specific to the Florida Department of Education is also proposed to be removed as inapplicable to the Board. Specific Authority: Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.32(2), 1001.41(1)–(2), 1001.42(6), 1001.43(11). Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: Fla. Stat. ss. 112.313(7), 1012.22, 1012.796, 1012.797, 1012.799. If requested, a hearing will be held during the October 8, 2025 School Board meeting. Persons request¬ing such a hearing must submit a written request to the Superin¬tendent of Schools, Room 912, same address as above, by September 10, 2025. The policy will be effec¬tive upon filing with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida on October 8, 2025. 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 prepa¬ration of a verbatim record of the proceed¬ings, including the testimony and evi¬dence upon which the appeal is to be based. Copies of the policy and the notice of inten¬ded action are avail¬able to the public for inspec¬tion 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 8/18/25