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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. § 1012.61 Sick leave
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(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Any member of the instructional staff or any other employee of a district school system employed on a full-time basis in the public schools of the state who is unable to perform his or her duty in the school on account of personal sickness, accident disability, o…
Fla. Stat. § 1012.62 Transfer of sick leave and annual leave
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In implementing the provisions of ss. 402.22(1)(d) and 1001.42(4)(m), educational personnel in Department of Children and Families residential care facilities who are employed by a district school board may request, and the district school board shall accept, a lump-sum transfer …
Fla. Stat. § 1012.63 Illness-in-line-of-duty leave
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Any district school board employee shall be entitled to illness-in-line-of-duty leave when he or she has to be absent from his or her duties because of a personal injury received in the discharge of duty or because of illness from any contagious or infectious disease contracted i…
Fla. Stat. § 1012.64 Sabbatical leave
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(1) Any member of the instructional staff of any school district may be granted sabbatical leave for a period not to exceed 1 year. A person who receives such leave may be paid one-half of his or her ordinary salary during the period of such leave, or in accordance with negotiate…

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Fla. Stat. § 1012.65 Terminal pay for accrued vacation leave

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A district school board may establish policies to provide for a lump-sum payment for accrued vacation leave to an employee of the district school board upon termination of employment or upon retirement, or to the employee’s beneficiary if service is terminated by death. Effective…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.66 Provisions for leaves of absence

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All leaves of absence for all district school board employees, except those leaves prescribed by law, shall be granted with or without compensation pursuant to rules adopted by the district school board. Such leaves authorized by the district school board shall include, but are n…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.67 Absence without leave

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Any district school board employee who is willfully absent from duty without leave shall forfeit compensation for the time of such absence, and his or her employment shall be subject to termination by the district school board.History.—s. 743, ch. 2002-387.

Fla. Stat. § 1012.68 Records of absences

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The administrator of each designated organizational unit shall see that both the days present and the days absent for each employee are reported to the district school superintendent at least once each month in the manner prescribed for that purpose. This report shall include the…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.685 Retirement; annuities authorized

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(1) District school boards may purchase annuities for all school personnel with 25 or more years of creditable service who have reached age 50 and have applied for retirement under the Florida Retirement System or who have reached age 55 and have applied for retirement under plan…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.69 Provisions relating to Workers’ Compensation Law

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall supersede any of the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law; provided, however, that where amounts payable under the provisions of the education code, for injuries, accidents, or other disabilities which would entitle an employee to co…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.695 Local civil service system laws not superseded

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Sections 1012.61, 1012.63, and 1012.66 shall not be construed to supersede or modify any local law establishing a civil service system covering employees of any school district.History.—s. 747, ch. 2002-387.

Fla. Stat. § 1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program

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(1) For purposes of the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program, the term “classroom teacher” means a certified teacher employed by a public school district or a public charter school in that district on or before September 1 of each year whose full-time or job-share…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.715 Heroes in the classroom sign-on bonus

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1(1) PURPOSE.—Subject to legislative appropriation, the Department of Education shall provide a one-time sign-on bonus, as provided in the General Appropriations Act, to honorably discharged or retired military veterans and retired first responders, as defined in s. 112.1815(1), …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.75 Liability of teacher or principal; excessive force

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(1) Except in the case of excessive force or cruel and unusual punishment, a teacher or other member of the instructional staff, a principal or the principal’s designated representative, or a bus driver shall not be civilly or criminally liable for any action carried out in confo…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.77 Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for Education Program

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the positive and rewarding aspects of being a teacher, to encourage more individuals to become teachers, and to provide annual sabbatical support for outstanding Florida teachers to serve as goodwill ambassadors for education. Th…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.79 Education Practices Commission; organization

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(1) The Education Practices Commission is composed of the following 25 members: 10 teachers; 5 administrators, at least 1 of whom represents a private or virtual school; 4 lay citizens who are parents of public school students and who are unrelated to public school employees; 2 f…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.795 Education Practices Commission; authority to discipline

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(1) The Education Practices Commission may suspend the educator certificate of any instructional personnel or school administrator, as defined in s. 1012.01(2) or (3), for up to 5 years, thereby denying that person the right to teach or otherwise be employed by a district school …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.796 Complaints against teachers and administrators; procedure; penalties

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(1)(a) The Department of Education shall cause to be investigated expeditiously any complaint filed before it or otherwise called to its attention which, if legally sufficient, contains grounds for the revocation or suspension of a certificate or any other appropriate penalty as …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.797 Notification of certain charges against employees

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Notwithstanding s. 985.04(7) or any other law to the contrary, a law enforcement agency shall, within 48 hours, notify the appropriate district school superintendent, charter school governing board, private school owner or administrator, president of the Florida School for the De…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.798 Recovery network program for educators

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(1) RECOVERY NETWORK ESTABLISHED.—There is created within the Department of Education, a recovery network program to assist educators who are impaired as a result of alcohol abuse, drug abuse, or a mental condition to obtain treatment. Any person who has applied for or holds cert…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.799 Reporting and self-reporting certain offenses

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(1) Instructional personnel or administrative personnel having knowledge that a sexual battery has been committed by a student upon another student must report the offense to a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the school plant or over the place where the sexual bat…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.80 Participation by employees in disruptive activities at public postsecondary educational institutions; penalties

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(1)(a) Any person who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state of employment at any Florida College System institution shall, by working at such institution, be deemed to have given his or her consent to the policies of that institution, the policies of the State …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.801 Employees of the Board of Governors

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Employees of the Board of Governors who were participating in the State University Optional Retirement Program prior to June 30, 2002, shall be eligible to continue such participation as long as they remain employees of the Board of Governors or a state university without a break…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.81 Personnel records

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(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules prescribing the content and custody of limited-access records that a Florida College System institution may maintain on its employees. Limited-access employee records are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.82 Teaching faculty; minimum teaching hours per week

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Each full-time member of the teaching faculty at any Florida College System institution who is paid wholly from funds appropriated from the Florida College System Program Fund or from funds appropriated for Florida College System institution baccalaureate degree programs shall te…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.83 Contracts with administrative and instructional staff

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(1) Each person employed in an administrative or instructional capacity in a Florida College System institution shall be entitled to a contract as provided by rules of the State Board of Education.(2) Each contract or employment agreement, or renewal or renegotiation of an existi…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.84 Exemption from county civil service commissions

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(1) Any Florida College System institution located in a county which has either a budget commission or a civil service commission is exempt from the regulation, supervision, and control of any such commission.(2) Any general or special law conflicting with this section is repeale…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.85 Payment of costs of civil actions against officers, employees, or agents of Florida College System institution board of trustees

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(1) Whenever any civil action has been brought against any officer of the Florida College System institution board of trustees, including a board member, or any person employed by or agent of the Florida College System institution board of trustees, of any Florida College System …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.855 Employment of Florida College System institution personnel; discrimination in granting salary prohibited

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(1)(a) Employment of all personnel in each Florida College System institution shall be upon recommendation of the president, subject to rejection for cause by the Florida College System institution board of trustees; to the rules of the State Board of Education relative to certif…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.8551 Employee background screening and investigations for Florida College System personnel

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Section 110.1127 applies to each institution in the Florida College System. Each institution must designate the positions subject to background screening and investigation pursuant to that section.History.—s. 21, ch. 2019-15.

Fla. Stat. § 1012.865 Sick leave

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Each Florida College System institution board of trustees shall adopt rules whereby any full-time employee who is unable to perform his or her duties at the Florida College System institution on account of personal sickness, accident disability, or extended personal illness, or b…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.87 Retirement annuities

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Each Florida College System institution board of trustees may purchase annuities for its Florida College System institution personnel who have 25 or more years of creditable service and who have reached age 55 and have applied for retirement under the Florida Retirement System. N…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.875 State Community College System Optional Retirement Program

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Each Florida College System institution may implement an optional retirement program, if such program is established therefor pursuant to s. 1001.64(20), under which annuity or other contracts providing retirement and death benefits may be purchased by, and on behalf of, eligible…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.88 Florida College System institution police

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(1) Each Florida College System institution is permitted and empowered to employ police officers for the Florida College System institution, who must be designated Florida College System institution police.(2) Each Florida College System institution police officer is a law enforc…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.885 Remuneration of Florida College System institution presidents; limitations

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Appropriated state funds” means funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or funds appropriated from state trust funds.(b) “Cash-equivalent compensation” means any benefit that may be assigned an equivalent cash value…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.886 Remuneration of Florida College System institution administrative employees; limitations

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Appropriated state funds” means funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or funds appropriated from state trust funds.(b) “Cash-equivalent compensation” means any benefit that may be assigned an equivalent cash value…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.91 Personnel records

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(1) Each university board of trustees shall adopt rules prescribing the content and custody of limited-access records that the university may maintain on its employees. Such limited-access records are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). Such records are l…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.915 Employee background screening and investigations for State University System personnel

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Section 110.1127 applies to each institution in the State University System. Each institution must designate the positions subject to background screening and investigation pursuant to that section.History.—s. 22, ch. 2019-15.

Fla. Stat. § 1012.93 Faculty members; test of spoken English

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All faculty members in each state university, other than those persons who teach courses that are conducted primarily in a foreign language, shall be proficient in the oral use of English, as determined by a satisfactory grade on the “Test of Spoken English” of the Educational Te…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.945 Required number of classroom teaching hours for university faculty members

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(1) As used in this section:(a) “State funds” means those funds appropriated annually in the General Appropriations Act.(b) “Classroom contact hour” means a regularly scheduled 1-hour period of classroom activity in a course of instruction which has been approved by the universit…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.96 IFAS extension personnel; federal health insurance programs notwithstanding the provisions of s. 110.123

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The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida may pay the employer’s share of premiums to the Federal Health Benefits Insurance Program from its appropriated budget for any cooperative extension employee of the institute having both state and federa…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.965 Payment of costs of civil action against employees

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(1) An employee or agent under the right of control of a university board of trustees who, pursuant to the university board’s policies or rules, renders medical care or treatment at any hospital or health care facility with which the university board maintains an affiliation agre…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.97 University police

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(1) Each university is empowered and directed to provide for police officers for the university, and such police officers shall hereafter be known and designated as the “university police.”(2) The university police are declared to be law enforcement officers of the state and cons…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.975 Remuneration of state university presidents; limitations

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Cash-equivalent compensation” means any benefit that may be assigned an equivalent cash value.(b) “Public funds” means funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, funds appropriated from state trust funds, tuition and …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.976 Remuneration of state university employees; limitations

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(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Cash-equivalent compensation” means any benefit that may be assigned an equivalent cash value.(b) “Public funds” means funds appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, funds appropriated from state trust funds, or tuition a…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.977 Disclosure of contracts that affect the integrity of state universities or entities; penalties

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(1) Any person employed by a state university or entity engaging in research which was created or authorized pursuant to part II of chapter 1004 consents to the policies of the university or entity, the regulations of the Board of Governors, and the laws of this state. At a minim…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.978 Bonuses for state university system employees

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Notwithstanding s. 215.425(3), a university board of trustees may implement a bonus scheme based on awards for work performance or employee recruitment and retention. The board of trustees must submit an annual report to the Board of Governors when awarding bonuses. The Board of …

Fla. Stat. § 1012.98 School Community Professional Learning Act

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(1) The Department of Education, public postsecondary educational institutions, public school districts, public schools, state education foundations, consortia, and professional organizations in this state shall work collaboratively to establish a coordinated system of profession…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.981 The Florida Center for Teaching Excellence

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(1) The Florida Center for Teaching Excellence is established at Miami Dade College, subject to an appropriation, for the purpose of preparing high-quality teachers in this state through rigorous, evidence-based programs grounded in cognitive science, high-impact teaching strateg…

Fla. Stat. § 1012.985 Regional professional learning academies

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(1) The intent of this section is to facilitate a system of professional learning that provides a wide range of inservice training to teachers, managers, and administrative personnel which is designed to upgrade skills and knowledge needed to attain world class standards in educa…