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<p ><a href=https://imageserver.amlaw.com/adbase/mdcpsl.pdf><img src=https://imageserver.amlaw.com/adbase/mdcpsl.jpg /></a><br/><br/><b>NOTICE<br/><br/></b> NOTICE
CATEGORY Meetings FL
AD NUMBER 0000471535-01

The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida announces the following Board Policy action will be taken at its meeting on:

July 15, 2020
1:00 P.M.
School Board Auditorium
1450 N.E. Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132

To Amend Board Policy 6332, Professional Services Contracts for Insurance or Risk Management Programs, to ensure formal representation and participation, in the form of both voice and vote, of union representatives and employee organizations in matters that involve the selection of healthcare, fringe benefits, and related risk management professional services, and those required by and subject to collective bargaining for all contracts that exceed $50,000 annually. Other amendments expand the types of competitive solicitations that may be used when seeking to contract for insurance, delete the requirement for prior Board approval of solicitation specifications prior to issuance, and specify that solicitation committee members under this policy must recuse themselves from voting on the selection committees under this policy when the member or the organization they represent is offering a competing product or service to employees. Finally, additional policy amendments allow direct negotiations and contract under certain circumstances that do not involve collective bargaining.

Specific Authority: 1001.41(1),(2); 1001.43(2), (10), F.S.
Laws Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: 1001.43(2); 1001.43(10), F.S.

If requested a Hearing will be held during the July 15, 2020 School Board meeting. Persons requesting such a hearing must submit a written request to the Superintendent of Schools, Room 912, same address, by June 17, 2020. The policy will be effective upon filing with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida on July 15, 2020. 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.

Alberto M. Carvalho
Superintendent of Schools
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