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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

78 sections·Filtered byTitle XLVIII✕Ch 1013✕

Fla. Stat. § 1013.01 Definitions
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The following terms shall be defined as follows for the purpose of this chapter:(1) “Ancillary plant” is comprised of the building, site, and site improvements necessary to provide such facilities as vehicle maintenance, warehouses, maintenance, or administrative buildings necess…
Fla. Stat. § 1013.02 Purpose; rules and regulations
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(1) The purpose of this chapter is to authorize state and local officials to cooperate in establishing and maintaining educational plants that will provide for public educational needs throughout the state.(2)(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.…
Fla. Stat. § 1013.03 Functions of the department and the Board of Governors
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The functions of the Department of Education as it pertains to educational facilities of school districts and Florida College System institutions and of the Board of Governors as it pertains to educational facilities of state universities shall include, but not be limited to, the…
Fla. Stat. § 1013.04 School district educational facilities plan performance and productivity standards; development; measurement; application
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(1) The Office of Educational Facilities shall develop and adopt measures for evaluating the performance and productivity of school district educational facilities plans. The measures may be both quantitative and qualitative and must, to the maximum extent practical, assess those…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.041 Statewide inventory of unimproved real property owned by school districts

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Department” means the Department of Education.(b) “District” means each school district as defined in s. 1001.30.(c) “Unimproved real property” means any parcel of land owned in whole or in part by a district that does not c…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.10 Use of buildings and grounds

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The board may permit the use of educational facilities and grounds for any legal assembly or for community use centers or may permit the same to be used as voting places in any primary, regular, or special election. The board shall adopt rules, regulations, or policies and proced…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.101 Shared use agreements

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(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The Legislature finds that greater public access to recreation and sports facilities is needed to reduce the impact of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases on personal health and health care expenditures. Public schools are equipped w…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.11 Postsecondary institutions assessment of physical plant safety

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The president of each postsecondary institution shall conduct or cause to be conducted an annual assessment of physical plant safety. An annual report shall incorporate the assessment findings and recommendations for the improvement of safety on each campus. The annual report sha…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.12 Casualty, safety, sanitation, and firesafety standards and inspection of property

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(1) FIRESAFETY.—The State Board of Education shall adopt and administer rules prescribing standards for the safety and health of occupants of educational and ancillary plants as a part of State Requirements for Educational Facilities or the Florida Building Code for educational f…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.13 Submittal of facility construction design documents to jurisdictional public safety agencies; School Mapping Data Grant Program

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(1) Each district school superintendent must provide to the law enforcement agency and fire department that has jurisdiction over each educational facility a copy of the floor plans and other relevant documents for each educational facility in the district, as defined in s. 1013.…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.14 Proposed purchase of real property by a board; confidentiality of records; procedure

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(1)(a) In any case in which a board, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, seeks to acquire by purchase any real property for educational purposes, every appraisal, offer, or counteroffer must be in writing and is exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) until an option c…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.15 Lease, rental, and lease-purchase of educational plants, ancillary plants, and auxiliary facilities and sites

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(1) A board may lease any land, facilities, or educational plants owned by it to any person or entity for such term, for such rent, and upon such terms and conditions as the board determines to be in its best interests; any such lease may provide for the optional or binding purch…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.16 Construction of facilities on leased property; conditions

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(1) A board may construct or place educational facilities and ancillary facilities on land that is owned by any person after the board has acquired from the owner of the land a long-term lease for the use of this land for a period of not less than the life expectancy of the perma…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.17 University leasing in affiliated research and development park

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A university is exempt from the requirements of s. 255.25(3), (4), and (8) when leasing educational facilities in a research and development park with which the university is affiliated and when the Board of Governors certifies in writing that the leasing of such educational faci…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.171 University lease agreements; land, facilities

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(1) Each university board of trustees is authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements to lease land under its jurisdiction to for-profit and nonprofit corporations, registered by the Secretary of State to do business in this state, for the purpose of erecting thereon facilit…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.18 Radio and television facilities

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(1) A board may acquire, by purchase, license, permanent easement, or gift, suitable lands and other facilities, either within or without the boundaries of the district, for use in providing educational radio or television transmitting sites and may erect such buildings, antennas…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.19 Purchase, conveyance, or encumbrance of property interests above surface of land; joint-occupancy structures

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For the purpose of implementing jointly financed construction project agreements, or for the construction of combined occupancy structures, any board may purchase, own, convey, sell, lease, or encumber airspace or any other interests in property above the surface of the land, pro…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.20 Standards for relocatables used as classroom space; inspections

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(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle school, or high school. “Long-term use” means the use of relocatables at the same educational plant for a…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.22 Obscenity on educational buildings or vehicles

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Whoever willfully cuts, paints, pastes, marks, or defaces by writing or in any other manner any educational building, furniture, apparatus, appliance, outbuilding, ground, fence, tree, post, vehicle, or other educational property with an obscene word, image, or device commits a m…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.23 Energy efficiency contracting

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(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The Legislature finds that investment in energy conservation measures in educational facilities can reduce the amount of energy consumed and produce immediate and long-term savings. It is the policy of this state to encourage school districts, Florida Coll…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.24 Right of eminent domain

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There is conferred upon the district school boards in the state the authority and right to take private property for any public school purpose or use when, in the opinion of the school board, such property is needed in the operation of any or all of the public schools within the …

Fla. Stat. § 1013.25 When university or Florida College System institution board of trustees may exercise power of eminent domain

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Whenever it becomes necessary for the welfare and convenience of any of its institutions or divisions to acquire private property for the use of such institutions, and this cannot be acquired by agreement satisfactory to a university or Florida College System institution board of…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.26 Department of Legal Affairs to represent university board in condemnation proceedings

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Any suits or actions brought by a university board of trustees to condemn property, as provided in s. 1013.25, shall be brought in the name of the university board of trustees, and the Department of Legal Affairs shall conduct the proceedings for, and act as the counsel of, the u…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.27 Purchase of land by municipality

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Any municipality wherein a Florida College System institution as defined by s. 1004.65 is situated may purchase land with municipal funds and to donate and convey the land or any other land to the Florida College System institution board of trustees.History.—s. 821, ch. 2002-387;…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.28 Disposal of property

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(1) REAL PROPERTY.—(a) Subject to rules of the State Board of Education, a district school board, the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, or a Florida College System institution board of trustees may dispose of any land or real property to which t…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.30 University campus master plans and campus development agreements

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(1) This section contains provisions for campus planning and concurrency management that supersede the requirements of part II of chapter 163, except when stated otherwise in this section. These special growth management provisions are adopted in recognition of the unique relatio…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.31 Educational plant survey; need assessment criteria; PECO project funding

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(1) At least every 5 years, each Florida College System institution and state university board shall arrange for an educational plant survey, to aid in formulating plans for housing the educational program and student population, faculty, administrators, staff, and auxiliary and …

Fla. Stat. § 1013.33 Coordination of planning with local governing bodies

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(1) It is the policy of this state to require the coordination of planning between boards and local governing bodies to ensure that plans for the construction and opening of public educational facilities are facilitated and coordinated in time and place with plans for residential…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.35 School district educational facilities plan; definitions; preparation, adoption, and amendment; long-term work programs

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Adopted educational facilities plan” means the comprehensive planning document that is adopted annually by the district school board as provided in subsection (2) and that contains the educational plant survey.(b) “District …

Fla. Stat. § 1013.351 Coordination of planning between the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and local governing bodies

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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Board of Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.(b) “Local government” means the municipality or county in which the school is located.(c) “School” means the Florida School for the Deaf and…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.355 Educational facilities benefit districts

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage and authorize public cooperation among district school boards, affected local general-purpose governments, and benefited private interests in order to implement financing for timely construction and maintenance of school facili…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.356 Local funding for educational facilities benefit districts or community development districts

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Upon confirmation by a district school board of the commitment of revenues by an educational facilities benefit district or community development district necessary to construct and maintain an educational facility contained within an individual district facilities work program o…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.357 Educational facilities benefit district or community development district facility utilization

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The student population of all facilities funded pursuant to this act shall, to the greatest extent possible, reflect the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic balance of the school district pursuant to state and federal law. However, to the extent allowable pursuant to state and fede…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.36 Site planning and selection

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(1) Before acquiring property for sites, each district school board and Florida College System institution board of trustees shall determine the location of proposed educational centers or campuses. In making this determination, the board shall consider existing and anticipated s…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.365 Schools on contaminated site prohibited

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the same meaning as provided in the definitions in s. 376.301: “contaminant,” “contaminated site,” “discharge,” “engineering controls,” “hazardous substances,” “institutional controls,” “pollutants,” an…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.37 State uniform building code for public educational facilities construction

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(1) UNIFORM BUILDING CODE.—A uniform statewide building code for the planning and construction of public educational and ancillary plants by district school boards and Florida College System institution district boards of trustees shall be adopted by the Florida Building Commissi…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.371 Conformity to codes

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(1) CONFORMITY TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL.—(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), all public educational and ancillary plants constructed by a board must conform to the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Pre…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.372 Education facilities as emergency shelters

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(1) The Department of Education shall, in consultation with boards and county and state emergency management offices, include within the standards to be developed under this subsection public shelter design criteria to be incorporated into the Florida Building Code. The new crite…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.373 Educational facilities used for agricultural education

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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local government may not adopt any ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy to prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit any activities of public educational facilities and auxiliary facilities constructed by a board for agri…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.38 Boards to ensure that facilities comply with building codes and life safety codes

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(1) Boards shall ensure that all new construction, renovation, remodeling, day labor, and maintenance projects conform to the appropriate sections of the Florida Building Code, Florida Fire Prevention Code, or, where applicable as authorized in other sections of law, other buildi…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.385 School district construction flexibility; exception to public shelter design criteria

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A district school board may, with a majority vote at a public meeting that begins no earlier than 5 p.m., adopt a resolution to implement one or more exceptions to the educational facilities construction requirements to provide a school with the ability to operate in a facility o…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.39 Building construction standards; exemptions

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Universities are exempt from local amendments to the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code.History.—s. 838, ch. 2002-387.

Fla. Stat. § 1013.40 Planning and construction of Florida College System institution facilities; property acquisition

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(1) The need for Florida College System institution facilities shall be established by a survey conducted pursuant to this chapter. The facilities recommended by such survey must be approved by the State Board of Education, and the projects must be constructed according to the pr…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.41 SMART schools; Classrooms First; legislative purpose

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(1) SMART SCHOOLS.—“SMART schools” are schools that are soundly made, accountable, reasonable, and thrifty. It is the purpose of the Legislature to provide a balanced and principle-based plan for a functional, safe, adequate, and thrifty learning environment for Florida’s K-12 st…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.44 Low-energy use design; solar energy systems; swimming pool heaters

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(1)(a) Passive design elements and low-energy usage features shall be included in the design and construction of new educational facilities. Operable glazing consisting of at least 5 percent of the floor area shall be placed in each classroom located on the perimeter of the build…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.45 Educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions

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(1) District school boards and boards of trustees of Florida College System institutions may employ procedures to contract for construction of new facilities, or for additions, remodeling, renovation, maintenance, or repairs to existing facilities, which include, but are not limi…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.451 Life-cycle costs comparison

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(1) In order to ensure that the construction of new and expanded education facilities provides the best long-term value, school districts shall compare the following life-cycle costs of materials used by competing providers when constructing or expanding school capacity:(a) The a…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.46 Advertising and awarding contracts; prequalification of contractor

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(1)(a) As soon as practicable after any bond issue has been voted upon and authorized or funds have been made available for the construction, remodeling, renovation, demolition, or otherwise for the improvement, of any educational or ancillary plant, and after plans for the work …

Fla. Stat. § 1013.47 Substance of contract; contractors to give bond; penalties

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Each board shall develop contracts consistent with this chapter and statutes governing public facilities. Such a contract must contain the drawings and specifications of the work to be done and the material to be furnished, the time limit in which the construction is to be comple…

Fla. Stat. § 1013.48 Changes in construction requirements after award of contract

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The board may, at its option and by written policy duly adopted and entered in its official minutes, authorize the superintendent or president or other designated individual to approve change orders in the name of the board for preestablished amounts. Approvals must be for the pu…