Juvenile Justice Standards and Training Commission

2737 Centerview Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3100
(850)488-1850

Legal basis: 985.66 Florida Statutes

Created:1990

Membership: he 17-member commission shall consist of the Attorney General or designee, the Commissioner of Education or designee, a member of the juvenile court judiciary to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and 14 members to be appointed by the Secretary of Juvenile Justice as follows:
1.  Seven members shall be juvenile justice professionals: a superintendent or a direct care staff member from an institution; a director from a contracted community-based program; a superintendent and a direct care staff member from a regional detention center or facility; a juvenile probation officer supervisor and a juvenile probation officer; and a director of a day treatment or conditional release program. No fewer than three of these members shall be contract providers.
2.  Two members shall be representatives of local law enforcement agencies.
3.  One member shall be an educator from the state's university and community college program of criminology, criminal justice administration, social work,
psychology, sociology, or other field of study pertinent to the training of juvenile justice program staff. 4.  One member shall be a member of the public.
5.  One member shall be a state attorney, or assistant state attorney, who has juvenile court experience.
6.  One member shall be a public defender, or assistant public defender, who has juvenile court experience.
7.  One member shall be a representative of the business community.

All appointed members shall be appointed to serve terms of 2 years.



Duties: Designate the location of training academies; establish uniformminimum job-related training courses and examinations for juvenile justice staff; consult and cooperate with all entities concerning the development of juvenile justice training; make contracts and agreements with other agencies as are necessary for the performance of its duties;make all pertinent recommendations to the Department of Juvenile Justice.


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