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Florida Statutes, Title XLVIII

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Title XLVIII, Early Learning-20 Education Code

14 chapters · 985 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XLVIII985 Ch 1004, Public Postsecondary Education122 Ch 1012, Personnel111 Ch 1009, Educational Scholarships, Fees, and …100 Ch 1003, Public K-12 Education91 Ch 1011, Planning and Budgeting88 Ch 1001, Early Learning-20 Governance84 Ch 1006, Support for Learning81 Ch 1013, Educational Facilities78 Ch 1002, Student and Parental Rights and Educ…73 Ch 1010, Financial Matters57 Ch 1008, Assessment and Accountability35 Ch 1005, Nonpublic Postsecondary Education25 Ch 1007, Articulation and Access22 Ch 1000, Early Learning-20 General Provisions18

88 sections·Filtered byTitle XLVIII✕Ch 1011✕

Fla. Stat. § 1011.01 Budget system established
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(1) The State Board of Education shall prepare and submit a coordinated K-20 education annual legislative budget request to the Governor and the Legislature on or before the date provided by the Governor and the Legislature. The board’s legislative budget request must clearly def…
Fla. Stat. § 1011.011 Legislative capital outlay budget request
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The State Board of Education shall submit an integrated, comprehensive budget request for educational facilities construction and fixed capital outlay needs for school districts, Florida College System institutions, and, in conjunction with the Board of Governors, universities pu…
Fla. Stat. § 1011.012 Annual capital outlay budget
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(1) Each district school board, Florida College System institution board of trustees, and university board of trustees shall, each year, adopt a capital outlay budget for the ensuing year in order that the capital outlay needs of the board for the entire year may be well understo…
Fla. Stat. § 1011.02 District school boards to adopt tentative budget
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(1) On or before the date prescribed in rules of the State Board of Education, each district school board shall receive and examine the tentative budget submitted by the district school superintendent, and shall require such changes to be made, in keeping with the purposes of the…

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Fla. Stat. § 1011.03 Public hearings; budget to be submitted to Department of Education

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(1) Each district school board shall cause a summary of its tentative budget, including the proposed millage levies as provided for by law, to be posted on the district’s official website or on a publicly accessible website as provided in s. 50.0311.(2) The advertisement shall ap…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.035 School district fiscal transparency

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(1) It is important for school districts to provide budgetary transparency to enable taxpayers, parents, and education advocates to obtain school district budget and related information in a manner that is simply explained and easily understandable. Budgetary transparency leads t…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.04 Levying of taxes

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(1) Upon receipt of the certificate of the property appraiser giving the assessed valuation of the county and of each of the special tax school districts pursuant to s. 200.065, the district school board shall determine by resolution the amounts necessary to be raised for current…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.05 Implementation of the official budget

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The official budget shall give the appropriations and reserves therein the force and effect of fixed appropriations and reserves, and the same shall not be altered, amended, or exceeded except as authorized. However, if the actual receipts during any year are less than budgeted r…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.051 Guidelines for general funds

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The district school board shall maintain a general fund ending fund balance that is sufficient to address normal contingencies.(1) If at any time the portion of the general fund’s ending fund balance not classified as restricted, committed, or nonspendable in the district’s appro…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.06 Expenditures

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(1) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE AMOUNT.—Expenditures shall be limited to the amount budgeted under the classification of accounts provided for each fund and to the total amount of the budget after the same have been amended as prescribed by law and rules of the State Board of Educa…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.07 Internal funds

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(1) The district school board shall be responsible for the administration and control of all local school funds derived by any public school from all activities or sources, and shall prescribe the principles and procedures to be followed in administering these funds consistent wi…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.08 Expenditures between July 1 and date budget becomes official

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During the period from July 1 to the date the tentative budget becomes official, district school boards are authorized to approve ordinary expenditures, including salary payments, which are necessary for the approved school program.History.—s. 611, ch. 2002-387.

Fla. Stat. § 1011.09 Expenditure of funds by district school board

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All state funds apportioned to the credit of any district constitute a part of the district school fund of that district and must be budgeted and expended under authority of the district school board subject to the provisions of law and rules of the State Board of Education.(1) A…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.10 Penalty

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(1) Any member of a district school board or any district school superintendent who violates the provisions of this section commits malfeasance and misfeasance in office and shall be subject to removal from office by the Governor, and any contract or attempted contract entered in…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.11 Certain provisions to be directory

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No irregularities of form or manner in the preparation or adoption of any budget under the provisions of this chapter shall invalidate either the budget adopted or the taxes levied therefor. However, the budget and the taxes levied must conform substantially to the principles and…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.12 Purposes of and procedures in incurring school indebtedness

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Indebtedness for school purposes may be incurred only as follows:(1) School districts may issue bonds creating a long-term indebtedness as prescribed by law.(2) Notes may be issued for money borrowed in anticipation of the receipt of current school funds, included in the budget f…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.13 Current loans authorized under certain conditions

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Except as provided in subsection (2), for any fiscal year in which school funds are estimated to be insufficient at any time during that fiscal year to pay obligations created by the district school board in accordance with the official budget of the district, or a budget approve…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.14 Obligations for a period of 1 year

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District school boards are authorized only under the following conditions to create obligations by way of anticipation of budgeted revenues accruing on a current basis without pledging the credit of the district or requiring future levy of taxes for certain purposes for a period …

Fla. Stat. § 1011.15 Obligations to eliminate major emergency conditions

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The district school board of any district experiencing a major emergency condition in an existing school plant that demands immediate correction in order to prevent further damage to the building or equipment or to eliminate a safety hazard that constitutes an immediate danger to…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.16 Provisions for retirement of existing indebtedness which is unfunded or in default

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In any district in which there is any indebtedness outstanding against the district school fund which has not yet been funded, or at any time any such indebtedness is in default as to principal or interest, the district school board shall proceed as follows:(1) PLAN FOR RETIRING …

Fla. Stat. § 1011.17 School funds to be paid to Chief Financial Officer or into depository

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(1) Every tax collector or other person having moneys which by law go to any district school fund shall at least once each month pay the same over to the depository or depositories designated by the district school board for such purpose, and shall provide said board with confirm…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.18 School depositories; payments into and withdrawals from depositories

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(1) SCHOOL FUNDS TO BE PAID INTO DEPOSITORIES.—The tax collector, the clerk of the circuit court, the superintendent, and all other persons having, receiving, or collecting any money payable to the school district shall promptly pay the same to the bank or banks selected by the d…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.19 Sources of district school fund

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The district school fund shall consist of funds derived from the district school tax levy; state appropriations; appropriations by county commissioners; local, state, and federal school food service funds; any and all other sources for school purposes; national forest trust funds…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.20 Apportionment and use of district school fund

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The district school fund shall be apportioned, expended and disbursed in the district solely for the support of the public schools of the district as prescribed by law; provided, however, that the district school fund shall also be used to pay the principal and interest on bonds …

Fla. Stat. § 1011.21 Source and use of district interest and sinking fund

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The district interest and sinking fund of any school district shall comprise the proceeds of the tax levied for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of bonds outstanding against the district as provided in this chapter and in addition such funds as may accrue to the c…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.22 Interest and sinking funds may be invested in certain bonds, warrants, and notes

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Each district school board shall have the power at all times to invest the interest and sinking funds collected for the retirement of any bonds of the school district in any investment as authorized in s. 1010.53(2). The district school board shall have authority at any time to u…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.23 Disposition of balance in interest and sinking fund

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If all principal and interest outstanding against any school district shall have been paid, and there shall still remain a balance in the interest and sinking fund to the credit of that district, the district school board shall, by resolution, authorize this balance to be transfe…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.24 Special district units

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For the purposes of funding through this chapter and chapter 1013, lab schools shall be designated as special school districts. Such districts shall be accountable to the Department of Education for budget requests and reports on expenditures.History.—s. 627, ch. 2002-387; s. 65,…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.30 Budgets for Florida College System institutions

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Each Florida College System institution president shall recommend to the Florida College System institution board of trustees a budget of income and expenditures at such time and in such form as the State Board of Education may prescribe. Upon approval of a budget by the Florida …

Fla. Stat. § 1011.31 Current loans to Florida College System institution boards of trustees

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(1) At any time the current funds on hand are insufficient to pay obligations created by a Florida College System institution board of trustees in accordance with the approved budget of the Florida College System institution, the Florida College System institution board of truste…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.32 Florida College System Institution Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program

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(1) The Legislature recognizes that the Florida College System institutions do not have sufficient physical facilities to meet the current demands of their instructional and community programs. It further recognizes that, to strengthen and enhance Florida College System instituti…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.40 Budgets for universities

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(1) LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST.—The Board of Governors shall provide instructions, guidelines, and standard formats to be used by each university that will provide to the Board of Governors and the Legislature adequate information to support and justify the legislative budget req…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.41 University appropriations

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Funds for the general operations of universities shall be requested and appropriated as Aid to Local Governments Grants and Aids, subject to provisions of the General Appropriations Act. Funds provided to state universities in the General Appropriations Act are contingent upon ea…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.4106 Trust fund dissolution and local account appropriations

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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 215.3206(2) and 215.3208(2), and pursuant to s. 216.351, all unexpended balances as of June 30, 2002, in the following State University System trust funds are hereby appropriated to the appropriate accounts of each university based upon t…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.411 Budgets for sponsored research at universities

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Funds for sponsored research at each university shall be budgeted and expended pursuant to ss. 1004.22 and 1011.42.History.—s. 637, ch. 2002-387; s. 154, ch. 2007-217.

Fla. Stat. § 1011.42 University depositories; deposits into and withdrawals from depositories

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(1) The board of trustees of each university shall designate the depositories in which any university funds may be deposited. No bank shall be designated unless it is a qualified depository as provided by Florida Statutes.(2) All funds received by a university, from whatever sour…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.43 Investment of university agency and activity funds; earnings used for scholarships

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Each university is authorized to invest available agency and activity funds and to use the earnings from such investments for student scholarships and loans. The university board of trustees shall provide procedures for the administration of these scholarships and loans by regula…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.45 End of year balance of funds

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Unexpended amounts in any fund in a university current year operating budget shall be carried forward and included as the balance forward for that fund in the approved operating budget for the following year.(1) Each university shall maintain a minimum carry forward balance of at…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.47 Auxiliary enterprises; contracts, grants, and donations

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As used in s. 19(f)(3), Art. III of the State Constitution, the term:1(1)(a) “Auxiliary enterprises” includes activities that directly or indirectly provide a product or a service, or both, to a university or its students, faculty, or staff and for which a charge is made. These a…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.48 Establishment of educational research centers for child development

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(1) Upon approval of the university president, the student government association of any state university may establish an educational research center for child development in accordance with the provisions of this section. Each such center shall be a child day care center establ…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.49 Assent to Smith-Lever Act; university board of trustees authorized to receive grants

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The Legislature, in behalf of and for the state, assents to, and gives its assent to, the provisions and requirements of the Act of Congress commonly known as the “Smith-Lever Act,” and all acts supplemental thereto, and the University of Florida Board of Trustees, having supervi…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.50 Agricultural experiment stations; assent to Act of Congress; federal appropriation

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The objects and purposes contained in the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof” are assented to; and the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida is auth…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.501 Assent to ss. 1444 and 1445 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977; board of trustees authorized to receive grants, etc

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The assent of Legislature is given to the provisions and requirements of ss. 1444 and 1445 of the Act of Congress commonly known as the “Food and Agriculture Act of 1977” and all acts supplemental thereto. The Board of Trustees of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Universit…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.51 Independent postsecondary endowment grants

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(1) The Legislature finds and declares that accredited baccalaureate-degree-granting independent nonprofit colleges and universities are an integral part of the higher education system in this state; that significant numbers of persons choose to utilize these institutions for obt…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.52 Appropriation to first accredited medical school

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(1) Subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, the Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation to the first accredited medical school. Payments of moneys from such appropriation shall be made semiannually at the beginning of the first and third quarters.(2) In order f…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.521 Appropriation to private colleges and universities

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(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Legislature may provide an annual appropriation to support Florida private colleges and universities. Such appropriations may be used to provide access to Florida residents seeking a postsecondary education, to fulfill the state’…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.55 Procedure for legislative budget requests for the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

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(1) The legislative budget request of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind shall be prepared using the same format, procedures, and timelines required for the submission of the legislative budget of the Department of Education. The Florida School for the Deaf and the Bli…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.56 Operating budget for the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

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The president of the school shall recommend to the board of trustees a budget of income and expenditures at such time and in such form as the board of trustees may prescribe. The board of trustees shall adopt procedures for the approval of budget amendments. If at any time the un…

Fla. Stat. § 1011.57 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind; board of trustees; management flexibility

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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 216.031, 216.181, and 216.262 to the contrary and pursuant to the provisions of s. 216.351, but subject to any guidelines imposed in the General Appropriations Act, funds for the operation of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind …

Fla. Stat. § 1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education Finance Program

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Each district which participates in the state appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program shall provide evidence of its effort to maintain an adequate school program throughout the district and shall meet at least the following requirements:(1) ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS.—…