DOE General Counsel Memos RE: SAC
1. [PDF] DOE Memo: assurances SAC & SIP
2. [PDF] DOE Memo: SAC Changes (5/29/2002)
3. DOE General Counsel office email response: regarding the use of "alternates" for SAC
4. DOE General Counsel Memo: regarding "balanced" SAC membership
5. Auditor General's Office email: response from the regarding "balanced SACs" and audit guidelines
6. PDF, OPPAGA "District Use of Lottery Proceeds" - re Advisory Councils
Email Inquiry about the use of Alternates
on School Advisory Councils
I asked: "If a district has no policy or
guidelines regarding elected SAC alternates (of respective peer groups)
to be used for absentee voting and quorums, can a SAC include wording specifically
addressing the allowance of alternates for voting and quorums for an absentee
member of same peer group?"
"Does
Sunshine law allow proxy voting by SAC members on known SAC voting issues/motions?"
T. McCormick
Answer Received on 8/8/2003:
"Your local school board attorney should address these issues."
Jason Fudge
Asst. General Counsel
Florida Department of Education
My Notes on This: It would seem that the use of alternates would be a district-by-district decision. I thought my question was a Sunshine Law question (statewide implications) on the use of alternates. My assumption now is that there is nothing in Sunshine that prevents the use of alternates if a school or district chooses to use them. I would further assume that this would be detailed in either district policy or guidelines or school bylaws.