Ethics class and joint school board training
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It's kind of to all of us, and I guess it's more to Jeff Steinsnyder. So um Um Commissioner no, school board member Altman contacted me just a few minutes ago and asking asking if we'd had our ethics class yet. And um I said no and um he wanted to know if we wanted to do a joint one again. But this brings up the uh question, um, board members, if we wanna go reach out to our legislators and ask that maybe they relook at this rule that was enacted
a few years ago. Um, as you know it was uh when you were elected, every time you were elected um you had to take an ethics course and then it was changed to every year. Now that's for school board members and county commissioners. It's not for legislators or anyone else. It's kind of specifically calls us out. Um I personally think that's uh a little onerous. Um so Um So one Do we want to schedule an ethics um class with the school board members and anyone
else who's required to take it in the county. And two, do we wanna ask our legislature in the upcoming session if they would relook at that n at least at the most every other year? Um maybe back to where it was before.
Cool. Well we know we took it online, Commissioner, this past year. At least I did. I like taking I personally like taking it online because it's at your it's your at your own time frame. And they can do the same thing. They uh they can do the same thing through their association, I would assume, Mr. Steinsteiner.
I don't know what what uh m Mr Chairman M you know last year I asked the board the question whether or not you wanted to continue for us to use our resources to prepare A course for you and it was the overwhelming majority that said, No, you do it online. Um and so
Done with the with the classroom. the ethics classroom for the board. But we'll be happy to if that's what the board wishes us to do. Uh I don't know whether or not the school board, I would imagine the associ their association would provide the same sort of um training that Florida Association of Counties provides for you all. and just adding municipalities were added into that law so they're uh they're on the hook for the for the training as well.
Okay, and uh c school board member Altman is texting me as we speak. Um, but what do you think of the idea of uh just Putting it up the flagpole about dialing that back to where it used to be.
Mr. Chairman Mariano.
Mariano Yes, please go ahead, Commissioner Mariano.
I mean I I think that's a a I'm I'm fine to go down that road. I think we should go to FAC, uh maybe League of Cities too, if the if they are responsible to it, and then just try to like Have the school board do it for their association as well and just try to try to go that way with it. But I'm happy to Eliminate that.