Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Board and its attorney as to the proper interpretation of the regulation, the Board is the arbiter of the meaning of its regulations. The Board, and not its attorneys, decides for the Board and for the schools within the district. See Fla. Stat. § 1001.33 (“[A]ll public schools conducted within the district shall be under the direction and control of the district school board with the district superintendent as executive officer.”)....

materiality of a false statement under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 33 from the judge to the jury. We have extended

...unction with the school board—not alone. 3 Nearly everything in Chapter 1001 of the Florida Statutes undermines Chabad’s contention that Superintendent Carvalho has Monell-qualifying “final policymaking authority.” Take, for instance, § 1001.33, which states that “[e]xcept as otherwise provided by law, all public schools conducted within the district shall be under the direction and control of the district school board with the district superintendent as executive officer.” Fla. Stat. § 1001.33. Section 1001.33’s language—particularly its recognition that the district is “under the direction and control” of the school board—strongly suggests that the board is ultimately in charge of school-district policy. Working through Chapter 1001’s provisions, we come next to § 1001.40....