The Broward County School Board voted unanimously late Tuesday night, without comment, to ban the Boy Scouts of America from using schools and centers for meetings after deciding the scouts violated a board policy prohibiting discrimination against gays.

In a sometimes raucous meeting, the board agreed to give the scouts 30 days notice to find another place to meet.

Superintendent Frank Till, who recommended his bosses ban the Scouts, now will begin reviewing the district's agreements with dozens of other organizations that use schools to ensure they do not discriminate.

Scouting officials said they plan to sue.

Scout leader Timothy P. Smith drew applause from the audience when he stood and condemned the School Board for considering ousting the Scouts.

``I seriously resent the actions of this board to discriminate against my rights to live this way,'' he said, referring to his belief in the Boy Scouts' policies.

At one point in the meeting, audience members became so contentious that security had to escort two angry Boy Scout supporters out.

The Boy Scouts have been under fire in South Florida and elsewhere for months, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the organization's decision to ban gays from becoming Scouts or scout leaders. The Scouts have been fighting to protect its funding in the halls of government and its privileges in the public schools.

In Miami-Dade, school lawyers still were reviewing their policies banning discrimination and their guidelines regarding use of school buildings.

``We want to be thorough and we want to make a decision that is compliant with the law and take into account our existing involvement and the rules,'' district spokesman Alberto Carvalho said.

Miami-Dade, which has about 27,000 Boy Scouts, backed down on canceling the Scouts' recruitment event in September.

In Broward, Tuesday's discussion placed in jeopardy the School Board's 40-year relationship with the Boy Scouts, who have been allowed to use dozens of the district's 215 schools to hold meetings and recruitment drives. There are about 12,000 Boy Scouts in the county.

Broward School Board members debated the issue late into the night -- listening to speaker after speaker plead with them not to kick the Scouts out of the schools.

They wrestled with the issue of whether they should single out the Scouts when there may be other organizations meeting in schools that discriminate.

Board members said they should uphold their policy prohibiting any organization using schools facilities from discriminating against anyone, including gays.

A few dozen Boy Scout supporters showed up, and a handful jeered the board at one point when members began discussing taking action against the Scouts.

Sabina Berrena, of Weston, stood up at the School Board meeting and shook her finger at members, yelling ``set an example!'' just before a security guard escorted her out.

Berrena said she came to support her nephews, Scouts who attend Flamingo Elementary. The School Board is practicing ``nondiscrimination policies, yet they're discriminating against an organization that has contributed so much to America,'' she said.

The board has a policy that prohibits discrimination and it shouldn't hesitate to end its agreement with the Scouts, said board member Diana Wasserman Rubin.

``How much clearer can you get than that?'' she asked.

Board member Miriam Oliphant agreed.

``By no means will I support any organization that discriminates,'' she said.

In order to use the schools, the Scouts, along with dozens of other organizations, were required to sign a partnership agreement with the school district.

The agreement included a clause that prohibits discrimination based on multiple factors, including sexual orientation.

Herald staff writer Analisa Nazareno contributed to this report.