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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

111 sections·Filtered byTitle XLVIII✕Ch 1012✕

Fla. Stat. § 1012.01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) SCHOOL OFFICERS.—The officers of the state system of public K-12 and Florida College System institution education shall be the Commissioner of Education and the members of the State Board of Education; f…
Fla. Stat. § 1012.05 Teacher recruitment and retention
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(1) The Department of Education, in cooperation with teacher organizations, district personnel offices, and schools, colleges, and departments of all public and nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, shall concentrate on the recruitment and retention of qualified teach…
Fla. Stat. § 1012.06 Temporary assignment of professional staff within the state education system
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To facilitate economical and effective use of professional staff, school districts, public postsecondary educational institutions, and the Department of Education may enter into written agreements assigning employees among themselves. The purpose of the temporary assignment is to…
Fla. Stat. § 1012.07 Identification of high-demand teacher needs areas
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1The term “high-demand teacher needs area” means high-need content areas and high-priority location areas identified by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to annually identify high-demand te…

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Fla. Stat. § 1012.21 Department of Education duties; K-12 personnel

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(1) PERIODIC CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS.—In cooperation with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of Education may periodically perform criminal history record checks on individuals who hold a certificate pursuant to s. 1012.56 or s. 1012.57.(2) COMPUTER …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the district school board

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The district school board shall:(1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe qualifications for those positions, and provide for the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this chapter:(a) Positio…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.23 School district personnel policies

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(1) Except as otherwise provided by law or the State Constitution, district school boards may adopt rules governing personnel matters, including the assignment of duties and responsibilities for all district employees.(2) Neither the district school superintendent nor a district …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.2315 Assignment of teachers

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(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The Legislature finds disparities between teachers assigned to teach in a majority of schools that do not need improvement and schools that do need improvement pursuant to s. 1008.33. The disparities may be found in the assignment of inexperie…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.24 Employment and compensation of instructional personnel during specific emergencies

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In the event of an epidemic, strike, mass walkout, substantial numbers of teacher resignations, or other urgent condition, a district school board upon recommendation of the district school superintendent may find and declare that an emergency exists because there is not a suffic…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.25 School officers to turn over money and property to successors

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Every school officer shall turn over to his or her successor or successors in office, on retiring, all books, papers, documents, records, funds, money, and property of whatever kind which the officer may have acquired, received, and held by virtue of his or her office and shall t…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.26 Legal services for employees; reimbursement for judgments in civil actions

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Each district school board may provide legal services for officers and employees of the school board who are charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities. The district school board shall provide…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.27 Public school personnel; powers and duties of district school superintendent

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The district school superintendent is responsible for directing the work of the personnel, subject to the requirements of this chapter, and in addition the district school superintendent shall perform the following:(1) POSITIONS, QUALIFICATIONS, AND NOMINATIONS.—(a) Recommend to …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.28 Public school personnel; duties of school principals

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(1) Public school principals shall supervise public school personnel as the district school board determines necessary.(2) The school principal is responsible for recommending to the district school superintendent the employment of instructional personnel to be assigned to the sc…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.31 Personnel files

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Public school system employee personnel files shall be maintained according to the following provisions:(1)(a) Except for materials pertaining to work performance or such other matters that may be cause for discipline, suspension, or dismissal under laws of this state, no derogat…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.315 Screening standards

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(1) A person is ineligible for educator certification or employment in any position that requires direct contact with students in a district school system, a charter school, or a private school that participates in a state scholarship program under chapter 1002, which includes be…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.32 Qualifications of personnel

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(1) To be eligible for appointment in any position in any district school system, a person must be of good moral character; must have attained the age of 18 years, if he or she is to be employed in an instructional capacity; must not be ineligible for such employment under s. 101…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.321 Exceptions for certain instructional personnel from background screening requirements

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Instructional personnel who are required to undergo level 2 background screening under s. 393.0655 or s. 402.305 and who meet the level 2 screening standards in s. 435.04 are not required to be rescreened in order to satisfy the screening requirements in s. 1012.32 if the instruc…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.33 Contracts with instructional staff, supervisors, and school principals

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(1)1(a) Each person employed as a member of the instructional staff in any district school system shall be properly certified pursuant to s. 1012.56 or s. 1012.57 or employed pursuant to s. 1012.39 and shall be entitled to and shall receive a written contract as specified in this…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.335 Contracts with instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Annual contract” means an employment contract for a period of no longer than 1 school year which the district school board may choose to award or not award without cause.(b) “Instructional personnel” means instructional pers…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.34 Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria

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(1) EVALUATION SYSTEM APPROVAL AND REPORTING.—(a) For the purpose of increasing student academic performance by improving the quality of instructional, administrative, and supervisory services in the public schools of the state, the district school superintendent shall establish …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.35 Substitute teachers

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(1) Each district school board shall adopt rules prescribing the compensation of, and the procedure for employment of, substitute teachers.(a) The procedure for employment must include, but is not limited to, the filing of a complete set of fingerprints as required in s. 1012.32;…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.36 Part-time teachers

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(1) District school boards may hire certified and qualified personnel as provided in ss. 1012.39 and 1012.57 to teach a specified number of periods, which may be less than a full school day or less than a full school year.(2) Assigned additional school duties and salaries shall b…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.37 Education paraprofessionals

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A district school board may appoint education paraprofessionals to assist members of the instructional staff in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. An education paraprofessional shall not be required to hold a teaching certificate. An education paraprofessional, while…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.38 Education paraprofessional career development

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(1)(a) Each school district may adopt a program for the career development of education paraprofessionals. The purpose of the program is to provide to education paraprofessionals a system of career development which is based upon education and training advancement, and to furnish…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.39 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and career specialists and nondegreed teachers of fine and performing arts; students performing clinical field experience

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(1) Notwithstanding ss. 1012.32, 1012.55, 1012.56, and 1012.57, or any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, each district school board shall establish the minimal qualifications for:(a) Substitute teachers to be employed pursuant to s. 1012.35. The qualifications shall…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.40 Educational support employees

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(1) As used in this section:(a) “Educational support employee” means any person employed by a district school system who is employed as a teacher assistant, an education paraprofessional, a member of the transportation department, a member of the operations department, a member o…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.42 Teacher teaching out-of-field

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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Each district school board shall adopt and implement a plan to assist any teacher teaching out-of-field, and priority consideration in professional learning activities shall be given to a teacher who is teaching out-of-field. The district school board shall requir…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.43 Career teachers

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(1) Career teachers and other teachers who qualify for certificates on the basis of nonacademic preparation shall be entitled to all the contractual rights and privileges now granted to other instructional personnel holding equivalent certificates.(2) A holder of a certificate ba…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.44 Qualifications for certain persons providing speech-language services

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The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for speech-language services to school districts that qualify for additional full-time equivalent membership under s. 1011.62(1)(f). These services may be provided by baccalaureate degree level persons for a period of 3 years. The ru…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.45 School bus drivers; requirements and duties

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(1) Each school bus driver must be of good moral character, of good vision and hearing, able-bodied, free from communicable disease, mentally alert, and sufficiently strong physically to handle the bus with ease, and he or she must possess other qualifications prescribed by the C…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.46 Athletic trainers

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(1) School districts may establish and implement an athletic injuries prevention and treatment program. Central to this program should be the employment and availability of persons trained in the prevention and treatment of physical injuries that may occur during athletic activit…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.461 School chaplains

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(1) Each school district or charter school may adopt a policy to authorize volunteer school chaplains to provide supports, services, and programs to students as assigned by the district school board or charter school governing board. The school district or charter school policy m…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.465 Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees, contractors, and volunteer school chaplains

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(1) Except as provided in s. 1012.467 or s. 1012.468, noninstructional school district employees, contractual personnel, or volunteer school chaplains who are permitted access on school grounds when students are present, who have direct contact with students or who have access to…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.467 Noninstructional contractors who are permitted access to school grounds when students are present; background screening requirements

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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Noninstructional contractor” means any vendor, individual, or entity under contract with a school or with the school board who receives remuneration for services performed for the school district or a school, but who is not otherwise con…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.468 Exceptions to certain fingerprinting and criminal history checks

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(1) As used in this section, the term “noninstructional contractor” means any vendor, individual, or entity under contract with a school or with the school board who receives remuneration for services performed for the school district or a school, but who is not otherwise conside…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.51 Legislative intent; declaration

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It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that the practice of teaching in the public school system and its related services, including administering and supervisory services, shall be designated as professional services. Teaching is hereby declared to be a profession in Fl…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.53 Duties of instructional personnel

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(1) The primary duty of instructional personnel is to work diligently and faithfully to help students meet or exceed annual learning goals, to meet state and local achievement requirements, and to master the skills required to graduate from high school prepared for postsecondary …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.54 Purpose of instructional personnel certification

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It is the intent of the Legislature that school personnel certified in this state possess the credentials, knowledge, and skills necessary to allow the opportunity for a high-quality education in the public schools. The purpose of school personnel certification is to protect the …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.55 Positions for which certificates required

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(1)(a) The State Board of Education shall classify school services, designate the certification subject areas, establish competencies, including the use of technology to enhance student learning, and certification requirements for all school-based personnel, and adopt rules in ac…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.551 Teacher preparation core principles, standards, and content

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(1) Beginning August 1, 2027, each teacher preparation program approved pursuant to ss. 1004.04, 1004.85, and 1012.552 must provide uniform core curricula courses aligned with the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices that establish the foundational standards and expectations f…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.552 The Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching (CERT) Certification Program

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(1) OBJECTIVE.—The Department of Education shall create the Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching (CERT) Certification Program as an alternative pathway for teachers to enter the teaching profession. School districts, charter schools, and charter management organizations m…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.555 Teacher Apprenticeship Program

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(1) The Teacher Apprenticeship Program is established to create an alternative pathway for individuals to enter the teaching profession. The Department of Education shall administer the program in accordance with s. 446.011.(2)(a) An individual must meet the following minimum eli…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.56 Educator certification requirements

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(1) APPLICATION.—Each person seeking certification pursuant to this chapter shall submit a completed application containing the applicant’s social security number to the Department of Education and remit the fee required pursuant to s. 1012.59 and rules of the State Board of Educ…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.561 Address of record

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Each certified educator or applicant for certification is solely responsible for maintaining his or her current address with the Department of Education and for notifying the department in writing of a change of address. A certified educator or applicant for certification who is …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.562 Public accountability and state approval of school leader preparation programs

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The Department of Education shall establish a process for the approval of Level I and Level II school leader preparation programs that will enable aspiring school leaders to obtain their certificates in educational leadership under s. 1012.56. School leader preparation programs m…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.565 Educator certification for blind and visually impaired students

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As a part of the certification process, teachers certified in the education of blind and visually impaired students shall be required to demonstrate competence in reading, writing, and teaching braille pursuant to standards adopted by the Department of Education, comparable to th…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.57 Certification of adjunct educators

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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1012.32, 1012.55, and 1012.56, or any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, district school boards and charter school governing boards shall adopt rules to allow for the issuance of an adjunct teaching certificate to any applica…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.575 Alternative preparation programs for certified teachers to add additional coverage

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A district school board, an organization of private schools, a consortium of charter schools with an approved professional learning system as described in s. 1012.98(7), or the Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation may design alternative teacher preparation programs to …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.582 Continuing education and inservice training for teaching students with developmental and emotional or behavioral disabilities

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(1) The Commissioner of Education shall develop recommendations to incorporate instruction regarding autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, other developmental disabilities, and emotional or behavioral disabilities into continuing education or inservice training requirements fo…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.583 Continuing education and inservice training for youth suicide awareness and prevention

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(1) By July 1, 2019, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention and suicide prevention experts, shall develop a list of approved youth suicide awareness and prevention training materials and suicide screening instruments that may…