The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida announces the following Board Policy action will be taken at its meeting on:
JULY 22, 2026
1:00 P.M.
School Board Auditorium
1450 N.E. Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132
To Amend School Policies 8405, School Safety, 8410, Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Response, and 8330, Student Information, Records, and Privacy Rights, in response to H.B. 757, revisions to State Board rules 6A-1.0018 and 6A-1.0019 and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulations, and Board action concerning a State Operational Audit. Policy 8405 is proposed for amendment to expand certain school safety requirements to the District's public post-secondary institutions; specify school security risk assessment reporting requirements; require that SBTMT meetings be maintained in the Florida Safety and Threat Management Portal and thoroughly documented; require that a bullying contact person be designated; and expressly require that all employees involved in threat management complete all trainings, annual refresher trainings, and position-specific trainings required by F.A.C. 6A-1.0019, and document that such trainings have been completed. Policy 8410 would be amended to require the District's post-secondary institutions to be incorporated in its family reunification plan and specify which emergency drills must be done and how often. Policy 8330 would require that a student's threat management records, associated documentation, and psychological evaluations be transferred to the student's Florida college system institution or State university of enrollment in accordance with State Board rules and would specify that "personally identifiable information," in the context of online service agreements, includes categories of information additionally delineated in 16 C.F.R. 312.2, such as biometric identifiers.
Specific Authority: Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.32(2), 1001.41(1)–(2), 1001.42(8), 1001.51(14), 1003.25, 1006.07, 1006.601; F.A.C. rr. 6A-1.0018, 6A-1.0019, 6A-1.09550
Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: 16 C.F.R. Part 312; Fla. Stat. ss. 1001.212, 1006.07, 1006.601; Fla. Admin. Code rr. 6A-1.0018, 6A-1.0019, 6A-1.09550
If requested, a hearing will be held during the July 22, 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 July 15, 2026. The policy will be effective upon filing with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida on July 22, 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
6/22/26