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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

985 sections·Filtered byTitle XLVIII✕

Fla. Stat. § 1007.25 General education courses; common prerequisites; other degree requirements
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(1) The department shall identify the degree programs offered by public postsecondary educational institutions.(2) The department shall identify postsecondary career education programs offered by Florida College System institutions and district school boards. The department shall…
Fla. Stat. § 1007.2615 American Sign Language; findings; foreign-language credits authorized; teacher licensing
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(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE.—(a) The Legislature finds that:1. American Sign Language (ASL) is a fully developed visual-gestural language with distinct grammar, syntax, and symbols and is one of hundreds of signed languages of the world.2. ASL is recognized as the language …
Fla. Stat. § 1007.2616 Computer science and technology instruction
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(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “computer science” means the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, hardware and software designs, applications, and their impact on society, and includes computer coding and computer programming.(2…
Fla. Stat. § 1007.262 Foreign language competence; equivalence determinations

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The Department of Education shall identify the competencies demonstrated by students upon the successful completion of 2 credits of sequential high school foreign language instruction. For the purpose of determining postsecondary equivalence, the department shall develop rules th…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.263 Florida College System institutions; admissions of students

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Each Florida College System institution board of trustees is authorized to adopt rules governing admissions of students subject to this section and rules of the State Board of Education. These rules shall include the following:(1) Admissions counseling shall be provided to all st…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.264 Persons with disabilities; admission to postsecondary educational institutions; substitute requirements; rules and regulations

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(1) A student with a disability who is otherwise eligible shall be eligible for reasonable substitution for any requirement for admission into a public postsecondary educational institution where documentation can be provided that the person’s failure to meet the admission requir…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.265 Persons with disabilities; graduation, study program admission, and upper-division entry; substitute requirements; rules and regulations

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(1) A student with a disability in a public postsecondary educational institution shall be eligible for reasonable substitution for any requirement for graduation, for admission into a program of study, or for entry into the upper division where documentation can be provided that…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.27 Articulated acceleration mechanisms

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(1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a variety of articulated acceleration mechanisms be available for secondary and postsecondary students attending public educational institutions. It is intended that articulated acceleration serve to shorten the time necessary for a…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs

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(1) The dual enrollment program is the enrollment of an eligible secondary student in this state or home education student in this state in a postsecondary course creditable toward high school completion and a career certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree. Postsecond…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.273 Early college program

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(1) Each Florida College System institution shall work with each district school board in its designated service area to establish one or more early college programs. As used in this section, the term “early college program” means a structured high school acceleration program in …

Fla. Stat. § 1007.33 Site-determined baccalaureate degree access

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(1)(a) The Legislature recognizes that public and private postsecondary educational institutions play an essential role in improving the quality of life and economic well-being of the state and its residents. The Legislature also recognizes that economic development needs and the…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.331 Site-determined associate in applied science and associate in science degree access

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(1) Any career center that offers one or more associate in applied science or associate in science degree programs must maintain an open-door admission policy for associate-level degree programs and workforce education programs.(2) A career center may not terminate its existing p…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.34 College reach-out program

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(1) There is established a college reach-out program to increase the number of low-income educationally disadvantaged students in grades 6-12 who, upon high school graduation, are admitted to and successfully complete postsecondary education. Participants should be students who o…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.35 Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement

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(1) This section may be referred to by the popular name the “Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement Act.”(2)(a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of not only access to college but also success in college for all students. It is the inten…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.36 Inclusive Transition and Employment Management Program

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As authorized by and consistent with funding appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, the Inclusive Transition and Employment Management Program is created within the Department of Education for the purpose of providing young adults with disabilities who are between the ag…

Fla. Stat. § 1007.55 General education course principles, standards, and content

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(1) The Legislature finds it necessary to ensure that every undergraduate student of a Florida public postsecondary educational institution graduates as an informed citizen through participation in rigorous general education courses that promote and preserve the constitutional re…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.02 Definitions

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As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Developmental education” means instruction through which a high school graduate who applies for any college credit program may attain the communication and computation skills necessary to successfully complete college credit instruction. Dev…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.212 Students with disabilities; extraordinary exemption

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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Circumstance” means a situation in which accommodations allowable for use on the statewide standardized assessment, a statewide standardized end-of-course assessment, or an alternate assessment pursuant to s. 1008.22(3)(d) are not offere…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.2125 The Council for Early Grade Success

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(1) The Council for Early Grade Success, a council as defined in s. 20.03(7), is created within the Department of Education to oversee the coordinated screening and progress monitoring program under s. 1008.25(9) for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program thr…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.213 Children of military families residing outside this state; flexible assessment administration

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(1) A Florida Virtual School full-time student of a military family residing outside this state who is prevented by his or her parent’s or guardian’s out-of-state military duty station’s location from participating in a Florida-based Florida Virtual School secure and proctored ex…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools

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(1) PURPOSE.—The primary purpose of the student assessment program is to provide student academic achievement and learning gains data to students, parents, teachers, school administrators, and school district staff. This data is to be used by districts to improve instruction; by …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.23 Confidentiality of assessment instruments

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(1)(a) All examination and assessment instruments, including developmental materials and workpapers directly related thereto, which are held by a public school, a district school board, a Florida College System institution, a state university, a board of trustees, the Department …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.24 Test administration and security; public records exemption

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(1) A person may not knowingly and willfully violate test security rules adopted by the State Board of Education for mandatory tests administered by or through the State Board of Education or the Commissioner of Education to students, educators, or applicants for certification or…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements

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(1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that each student’s progression from one grade to another be determined, in part, upon satisfactory performance in English Language Arts, social studies, science, and mathematics; that district school board policies facilitate stude…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.30 Assessing college-level communication and computation skills for public postsecondary education

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(1) The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors, shall develop and implement a common placement test for the purpose of assessing the basic communication and computation skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any public postseconda…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.31 Florida’s Early Learning-20 education performance accountability system; legislative intent; mission, goals, and systemwide measures; data quality improvements

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(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that:(a) The performance accountability system implemented to assess the effectiveness of Florida’s seamless Early Learning-20 education delivery system provide answers to the following questions in relation to its missi…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.32 State Board of Education oversight enforcement authority

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The State Board of Education shall oversee the performance of early learning coalitions, district school boards, and Florida College System institution boards of trustees in enforcement of all laws and rules. District school boards and Florida College System institution boards of…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.322 Board of Governors oversight enforcement authority

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(1) The Board of Governors of the State University System shall oversee the performance of state university boards of trustees in the enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations. State university boards of trustees shall be primarily responsible for compliance with laws and Board…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement

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(1) The State Board of Education shall comply with the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. ss. 6301 et seq., its implementing regulations, and the ESEA plan approved for Florida by the United States Secretary of Education. The state board may adopt ru…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.332 Committee of practitioners pursuant to federal Every Student Succeeds Act

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The Department of Education shall establish a committee of practitioners pursuant to federal requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. The committee members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Education. The committee shall meet regularly and is authorized to …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.34 School grading system; school report cards; district grade

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of the statewide, standardized assessment program and school grading system, the following terms are defined:(a) “Achievement level,” “student achievement,” or “achievement” describes the level of content mastery a student has acquired in a particula…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.341 School improvement rating for alternative schools

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(1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Commissioner of Education shall prepare an annual report on the performance of each school receiving a school improvement rating pursuant to this section if the provisions of s. 1002.22 pertaining to student records apply.(2) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATING.—An …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.3415 School grade or school improvement rating for exceptional student education centers

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(1) Each exceptional student education center shall choose to receive a school grade pursuant to s. 1008.34 or a school improvement rating pursuant to s. 1008.341.(2) Notwithstanding s. 1008.34, the achievement levels and Learning Gains of a student with a disability who attends …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.345 Implementation of state system of school improvement and education accountability

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(1) The Commissioner of Education is responsible for implementing and maintaining a system of intensive school improvement and stringent education accountability, which shall include policies and programs to implement the following:(a) A system of data collection and analysis tha…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.36 Florida School Recognition Program

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(1) The Legislature finds that there is a need for a performance incentive program for outstanding faculty and staff in highly productive schools. The Legislature further finds that performance-based incentives are commonplace in the private sector and should be infused into the …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.365 Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Act

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(1) This section may be cited as the “Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Act.”(2) The Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence (RAISE) Program is established within the Department of Education to provide instructional supports to school distr…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.366 The New Worlds Tutoring Program

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(1) The New Worlds Tutoring Program is created to support school districts and schools in improving student achievement in reading and mathematics by:(a) Providing best practice science of reading guidelines for districts in consultation with the Just Read, Florida! Office.(b) Pr…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.37 Postsecondary feedback of information to high schools

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(1) The Commissioner of Education shall report to the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors, the Legislature, and the district school boards on the performance of each first-time-in-postsecondary education student from each public high school in this state who is enrol…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.38 Articulation accountability process

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The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors, shall develop articulation accountability measures which assess the status of systemwide articulation processes authorized under s. 1007.23 and establish an articulation accountability process which at a mi…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.385 Educational planning and information systems

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(1) EDUCATIONAL PLANNING.—(a) The Commissioner of Education is responsible for all planning functions for the department, including collection, analysis, and interpretation of all data, information, test results, evaluations, and other indicators that are used to formulate policy…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.386 Florida student identification

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(1) When a student enrolls in a public school in this state, the district school board shall request that the student provide his or her social security number and shall indicate whether the student identification number assigned to the student is a social security number. A stud…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.39 Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program

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(1) The Department of Education shall develop and maintain a continuing program of information management named the “Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program,” the purpose of which is to compile, maintain, and disseminate information concerning the educational…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.40 Workforce Development Information System

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The Department of Education shall:(1) Design specifications for the collection and reporting of data and performance specifications for the Workforce Development Information System. This design must:(a) Use common terms and enable parallel reporting and state-level access of work…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.405 Adult student information

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Each school district and Florida College System institution shall maintain sufficient information for each student enrolled in workforce education to allow local and state administrators to locate such student upon the termination of instruction and to determine the appropriatene…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.41 Workforce education; management information system

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(1) The Commissioner of Education shall coordinate uniform program structures, common definitions, and uniform management information systems for workforce education for all divisions within the department. In performing these functions, the commissioner shall designate deadlines…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.42 Public information on career education programs

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(1) The Department of Education shall disseminate information derived from the reports required by s. 1008.43. The department shall ensure that the information disseminated does not name or otherwise identify a student, a former student, or the student’s employer.(2) The dissemin…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.43 Career program reporting requirements

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(1)(a) The Department of Education shall develop a system of performance measures in order to evaluate the career education programs as required in s. 1008.42. This system must measure program enrollment, completion rates, placement rates, and amount of earnings at the time of pl…

Fla. Stat. § 1008.44 CAPE Industry Certification Funding List

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(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt, at least annually, based upon recommendations by the Commissioner of Education, the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List that assigns categories of certificates and certifications as provided for in s. 1003.4203 to certifications …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.45 Florida College System institution accountability process

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a management and accountability process be implemented which provides for the systematic, ongoing improvement and assessment of the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the Florida College System institutions. Accordingly, the …

Fla. Stat. § 1008.46 State university accountability process

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It is the intent of the Legislature that an accountability process be implemented that provides for the systematic, ongoing evaluation of quality and effectiveness of state universities. It is further the intent of the Legislature that this accountability process monitor performa…