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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

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Fla. Stat. § 1006.24 Tort liability; liability insurance
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(1) Each district school board shall be liable for tort claims arising out of any incident or occurrence involving a school bus or other motor vehicle owned, maintained, operated, or used by the district school board to transport persons, to the same extent and in the same manner…
Fla. Stat. § 1006.25 School buses
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School buses shall be defined and meet specifications as follows:(1) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this part, a “school bus” is a motor vehicle regularly used for the transportation of prekindergarten disability program and kindergarten through grade 12 students of the public sc…
Fla. Stat. § 1006.261 Use of school buses for public purposes
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(1)(a) Each district school board may enter into agreements with the governing body of a county or municipality in the school district or any state agency or agencies established or identified to assist in the provision of public transportation and other public purposes, includin…
Fla. Stat. § 1006.27 Pooling of school buses and other vehicles and related purchases by district school boards; transportation services contracts
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(1) The department shall assist district school boards in securing school buses and other vehicles for transporting students, contractual needs, equipment, and supplies at as reasonable prices as possible by providing a plan under which district school boards may voluntarily pool…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 instructional materials

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1(1) DEFINITIONS.—(a) As used in this section, the term:1. “Adequate instructional materials” means a sufficient number of student or site licenses or sets of materials that are available in bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hardbacked or softbacked textbook…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.283 District school board instructional materials review process

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(1) A district school board or consortium of school districts may implement an instructional materials program that includes the review, recommendation, adoption, and purchase of instructional materials. The district school superintendent shall annually certify to the department …

Fla. Stat. § 1006.29 State instructional materials reviewers

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(1)(a) The commissioner shall determine annually the areas in which instructional materials shall be submitted for adoption, taking into consideration the desires of the district school boards. The commissioner shall also determine the number of titles to be adopted in each area.…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.30 Affidavit of state instructional materials reviewers

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Before transacting any business, each state instructional materials reviewer shall make an affidavit, to be filed with the department, that:(1) The reviewer will faithfully discharge the duties imposed upon him or her.(2) The reviewer has no interest in any publishing or manufact…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.31 Duties of the Department of Education and school district instructional materials reviewer

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The duties of the instructional materials reviewer are:(1) PROCEDURES.—To adhere to procedures prescribed by the department or the district for evaluating instructional materials submitted by publishers and manufacturers in each adoption. This section applies to both the state an…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.32 Prohibited acts

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(1) A publisher or manufacturer of instructional material, or any representative thereof, may not offer to give any emolument, money, or other valuable thing, or any inducement, to any district school board official or state instructional materials reviewer to directly or indirec…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.33 Bids or proposals; advertisement and its contents

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(1)(a)1. Beginning with the 2026-2027 instructional materials adoption cycle and thereafter, the department shall publish an instructional materials adoption timeline which must include, but is not limited to, publishing bid specifications, advertising in the Florida Administrati…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.34 Powers and duties of the commissioner and the department in selecting and adopting instructional materials

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(1) PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.—The State Board of Education shall adopt rules prescribing the procedures by which the department shall evaluate instructional materials submitted by publishers and manufacturers in each adoption. Included in these procedures…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.35 Accuracy of instructional materials

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(1) In addition to relying on statements of publishers or manufacturers of instructional materials, the commissioner may conduct or cause to be conducted an independent investigation to determine the accuracy of state-adopted instructional materials.(2) When errors in state-adopt…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.36 Term of adoption for instructional materials

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(1) The term of adoption of any instructional materials must be a 5-year period beginning on April 1 following the adoption, except that the commissioner may approve terms of adoption of less than 5 years for materials in content areas which require more frequent revision. Any co…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.37 Requisition of instructional materials from publisher’s depository

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(1) The district school superintendent shall requisition adopted instructional materials from the depository of the publisher with whom a contract has been made. However, the superintendent shall requisition current instructional materials to provide each student with a textbook …

Fla. Stat. § 1006.38 Duties, responsibilities, and requirements of instructional materials publishers and manufacturers

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This section applies to both the state and district approval processes. Publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials, or their representatives, shall:(1) Comply with all provisions of this part.(2) Electronically deliver fully developed sample copies of all instruction…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.39 Production and dissemination of educational materials and products by department

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(1) Educational materials and products developed by or under the direction of the department, through research and development or other efforts, including those subject to copyright, patent, or trademark, shall be made available for use by teachers, students, administrators, and …

Fla. Stat. § 1006.40 Purchase of instructional materials

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(1) On or before July 1 each year, each district school superintendent shall certify to the Commissioner of Education the estimated allocation of state funds for instructional materials for the ensuing fiscal year.(2) Each district school board must purchase current instructional…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.41 Disposal of instructional materials

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(1) Instructional materials that have become unserviceable or surplus or are no longer on state contract may be disposed of, under adopted rule of the district school board, by:(a) Giving or lending the materials to other public education programs within the district or state, to…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.42 Responsibility of students and parents for instructional materials

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All instructional materials purchased under the provisions of this part are the property of the district school board. When distributed to the students, these instructional materials are on loan to the students while they are pursuing their courses of study and are to be returned…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.481 Human trafficking awareness training

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(1) No later than December 1, 2025, the Department of Education shall identify a free training curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness, which must include all of the following:(a) The definition of human trafficking and the difference between sex trafficking and labor tr…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.50 Student handbooks

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(1) Each Florida College System institution and state university shall compile and update annually a student handbook that includes, but is not limited to, a comprehensive calendar that emphasizes important dates and deadlines, student rights and responsibilities, appeals process…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.51 Student ombudsman office

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(1) There is created at each Florida College System institution and state university a student ombudsman office, which is accountable to the president.(2) Each institution must have an established procedure by which a student may appeal to the office of the ombudsman a decision t…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.52 Education records and applicant records; public records exemption

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(1) Each public postsecondary educational institution may prescribe the content and custody of records that the institution may maintain on its students and applicants for admission. A student’s education records, as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.53 Religious observances

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Each public postsecondary educational institution shall adopt a policy which reasonably accommodates the religious observance, practice, and belief of individual students in regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments. Each poli…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.54 Universities; public documents distributed to libraries

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The general library of each state university may receive copies of reports of state officials, departments, and institutions and all other state documents published by the state. Each officer of the state empowered by law to distribute such public documents may transmit without c…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.55 Law libraries of certain institutions of higher learning designated as state legal depositories

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(1) The law libraries of the University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida International University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Stetson University, Nova University, and the University of Miami are designated as state legal depositories.(2) Each off…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.56 Specified university publications; activities; trust funds

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(1) Subject to the approval of the appropriate university, the Florida Law Review, the Florida State University Law Review, the Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, the University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the Florida Internat…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.58 Collections management for museums and galleries of state universities

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(1) State universities may enter into contracts or agreements with or without competitive bidding, as appropriate, for the restoration of objects of art, art history, or natural history in their collections or for the purchase of objects of art, art history, or natural history wh…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.59 The Historically Black College and University Library Improvement Program

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance the quality of the libraries at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Bethune-Cookman University, Edward Waters College, and Florida Memorial University.(2) There is created the Historically Black College and University…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.60 Codes of conduct; disciplinary measures; rules or regulations

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(1) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors, respectively, shall require each Florida College System institution to adopt, by rule, and each state university to adopt, by regulation, codes of conduct and appropriate penalties for violations of rules or regulations…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.601 Active Response and Mitigation of On-Campus Risks (ARMOR) Act

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(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Active Response and Mitigation of On-Campus Risks (ARMOR) Act.”(2) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “public postsecondary educational institution” has the same meaning as in s. 1000.04(3).(3) SCHOOL GUARDIANS.—(a) Pu…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.61 Participation by students in disruptive activities, and promotion of foreign terrorist organizations, at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties

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(1) Any person who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state of attendance at any public postsecondary educational institution shall, by attending such institution, be deemed to have given his or her consent to the policies of that institution, the State Board of E…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.62 Expulsion and discipline of students of Florida College System institutions and state universities

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(1) Each student in a Florida College System institution or state university is subject to federal and state law, respective county and municipal ordinances, and all rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors regarding the State University Syste…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.63 Hazing prohibited

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(1) As used in this section, the term “hazing” means any action or situation that recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for purposes including, but not limited to:(a) Initiation into any organization operating under the sanctio…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.66 Regulation of traffic at universities

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(1) As defined under this section:(a) “Traffic,” when used as a noun, means the use or occupancy of, and the movement in, on, or over, streets, ways, walks, roads, alleys, and parking areas by vehicles, pedestrians, or ridden or herded animals.(b) “Adjacent municipality” means a …

Fla. Stat. § 1006.68 HIV and AIDS policy

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Each Florida College System institution and state university shall develop a comprehensive policy that addresses the provision of instruction, information, and activities regarding human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Such instruction, i…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.69 Vaccination against meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B

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(1) A postsecondary educational institution shall provide detailed information concerning the risks associated with meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B and the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine to every student, o…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.695 Sexual predator and sexual offender notification; Florida College System institutions, state universities, and career centers

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Each Florida College System institution as defined in s. 1000.21, state university as defined in s. 1000.21, and career center as provided in s. 1001.44 shall inform students and employees at orientation and on its website of the existence of the Department of Law Enforcement sex…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.71 Gender equity in intercollegiate athletics

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(1) GENDER EQUITY PLAN.—(a) Each Florida College System institution and state university shall develop a gender equity plan pursuant to s. 1000.05.(b) The plan shall include consideration of equity in sports offerings, participation, availability of facilities, scholarship offeri…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.73 Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network

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(1) PURPOSE.—The Board of Governors and the Department of Education will jointly oversee the host entity in accordance with subsection (6) that will deliver the following services to public postsecondary education institutions in this state, which, for the purposes of this sectio…

Fla. Stat. § 1006.74 Intercollegiate athlete compensation and rights; workshops; limitation on liability; rulemaking authority

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The Legislature finds that intercollegiate athletics provide intercollegiate athletes with significant educational opportunities. However, participation in intercollegiate athletics should not infringe upon an intercollegiate athlete’s ability to earn compensation for her or his …

Fla. Stat. § 1006.75 Student career services

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(1) Each career center, charter technical center, Florida College System institution, and state university shall ensure that their student career service centers and job placement resources prepare students for employment upon completion of their academic work.(2) Student career …

Fla. Stat. § 1006.751 State university career planning and information; online dashboard

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(1) To assist students and families in making better-informed decisions about educational options and future employment opportunities, the Board of Governors of the State University System shall publicly publish an online dashboard. The dashboard must present data, by academic di…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.01 Articulation; legislative intent; purpose; role of the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors; Articulation Coordinating Committee

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate articulation and seamless integration of the Early Learning-20 education system by building, sustaining, and strengthening relationships among Early Learning-20 public organizations, between public and private organizations, a…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.02 Students with disabilities; definition

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For the purposes of this chapter, the term “student with a disability” means a student who is documented as having an intellectual disability; a hearing impairment, including deafness; a speech or language impairment; a visual impairment, including blindness; an emotional or beha…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.22 Articulation; postsecondary institution coordination and collaboration

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(1) The university boards of trustees, Florida College System institution boards of trustees, and district school boards are encouraged to establish intrainstitutional and interinstitutional programs to maximize articulation. Programs may include upper-division-level courses offe…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement

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(1) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors shall enter into a statewide articulation agreement which the State Board of Education shall adopt by rule. The agreement must preserve Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation, facilitate the seamless articulation of stud…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.233 Career pathways agreements

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(1) Each career center and Florida College System institution with overlapping service areas must annually submit to the Department of Education, on or before May 1, a regional career pathways agreement for each certificate program offered by the career center that is aligned wit…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.24 Statewide course numbering system

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(1) The Department of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors, shall develop, coordinate, and maintain a statewide course numbering system for postsecondary and dual enrollment education in school districts, public postsecondary educational institutions, and partici…