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FL Stat § 1012.25 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart A - Department of Education, District SchoolBoard, District School Superintendent, andSchool Principal Duties;Public School Personnel|1012.25 - School officers to turn over money and property to successors.

1012.25 School officers to turn over money and property to successors.—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 take full receipt for them from his or her successor and shall make in correct form all reports required by the state. No school officer who receives any salary or compensation for his or her services shall be entitled to be paid or compensated for the last month served until the provisions of this section have been fully observed. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit his or her compensation for the last month served and commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.History.—s. 700, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1012.26 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart A - Department of Education, District SchoolBoard, District School Superintendent, andSchool Principal Duties;Public School Personnel|1012.26 - Legal services for employees; reimbursement for judgments in civil actions.

1012.26 Legal services for employees; reimbursement for judgments in civil actions.—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 for reimbursement of reasonable expenses for legal services for officers and employees of school boards who are charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities upon successful defense by the employee or officer. However, in any case in which the officer or employee pleads guilty or nolo contendere or is found guilty of any such action, the officer or employee shall reimburse the district school board for any legal services which the school board may have supplied pursuant to this section. A district school board may also reimburse an officer or employee of the school board for any judgment which may be entered against him or her in a civil action arising out of and in the course of the performance of his or her assigned duties and responsibilities. Each expenditure by a district school board for legal defense of an officer or employee, or for reimbursement pursuant to this section, shall be made at a public meeting with notice pursuant to s. 120.525(1). The provision of such legal services or reimbursement under the conditions described above is declared to be a district school purpose for which district school funds may be expended.History.—s. 701, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1012.321 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart B - Personnel Files, Qualifications,Contracts, Assessment for Public Schools|1012.321 - Exceptions for certain instructional personnel from background screening requirements.

1012.321 Exceptions for certain instructional personnel from background screening requirements.—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 instructional personnel:(1) Have completed the criminal history check within 5 years prior to having direct contact with students;(2) Are rescreened every 5 years and meet the level 2 screening standards; and(3) Have their fingerprints retained by the Department of Law Enforcement.History.—s. 9, ch. 2007-207.
FL Stat § 1012.35 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.35 - Substitute teachers.

1012.35 Substitute teachers.—(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; documentation of a minimum education level of a high school diploma or equivalent; and completion of an initial orientation and training program in district policies and procedures addressing school safety and security procedures, educational liability laws, professional responsibilities, and ethics.(b) Candidates who have no prior teaching experience, as determined by the employing school district, must complete an additional training program that includes classroom management skills and instructional strategies.(c) The required training programs for substitute teachers may be provided by Florida College System institutions, colleges of education, district school boards, educational consortia, or commercial vendors.(d) It is recommended that ongoing training and access to professional development offerings be made available to substitute teachers by the employing district.(2) The Department of Education shall develop web-based resources to enhance district substitute orientation programs.(3) Districts shall develop performance appraisal measures for assessing the quality of instruction delivered by substitutes who provide instruction for 30 or more days in a single classroom placement.History.—s. 710, ch. 2002-387; s. 12, ch. 2004-295; s. 183, ch. 2011-5.
FL Stat § 1012.36 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.36 - Part-time teachers.

1012.36 Part-time teachers.—(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 be given in direct ratio to the number of periods taught. Other benefits shall be provided by district school board rule or, if applicable, pursuant to chapter 447.History.—s. 711, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1012.37 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.37 - Education paraprofessionals.

1012.37 Education paraprofessionals.—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 rendering services under the supervision of a certified teacher, shall be accorded the same protection of laws as that accorded the certified teacher. Paid education paraprofessionals employed by a district school board shall be entitled to the same rights as those accorded noninstructional employees of the district school board.History.—s. 712, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1012.40 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.40 - Educational support employees.

1012.40 Educational support employees.—(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 of the maintenance department, a member of food service, a secretary, or a clerical employee, or any other person who by virtue of his or her position of employment is not required to be certified by the Department of Education or district school board pursuant to s. 1012.39. This section does not apply to persons employed in confidential or management positions. This section applies to all employees who are not temporary or casual and whose duties require 20 or more hours in each normal working week.(b) “Employee” means any person employed as an educational support employee.(2)(a) Each educational support employee shall be employed on probationary status for a period to be determined through the appropriate collective bargaining agreement or by district school board rule in cases where a collective bargaining agreement does not exist.(b) Upon successful completion of the probationary period by the employee, the employee’s status shall continue from year to year unless the district school superintendent terminates the employee for reasons stated in the collective bargaining agreement, or in district school board rule in cases where a collective bargaining agreement does not exist, or reduces the number of employees on a districtwide basis for financial reasons.(c) In the event a district school superintendent seeks termination of an employee, the district school board may suspend the employee with or without pay. The employee shall receive written notice and shall have the opportunity to formally appeal the termination. The appeals process shall be determined by the appropriate collective bargaining process or by district school board rule in the event there is no collective bargaining agreement.History.—s. 715, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1012.42 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.42 - Teacher teaching out-of-field.

1012.42 Teacher teaching out-of-field.—(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 development activities shall be given to a teacher who is teaching out-of-field. The district school board shall require that the teacher participate in a certification or staff development program designed to provide the teacher with the competencies required for the assigned duties. The board-approved assistance plan must include duties of administrative personnel and other instructional personnel to provide students with instructional services.(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—When a teacher in a district school system is assigned teaching duties in a class dealing with subject matter that is outside the field in which the teacher is certified, outside the field that was the applicant’s minor field of study, or outside the field in which the applicant has demonstrated sufficient subject area expertise, as determined by district school board policy in the subject area to be taught, the parents of all students in the class shall be notified in writing of such assignment, and each school district shall report out-of-field teachers on the district’s website within 30 days before the beginning of each semester. A parent whose student is assigned an out-of-field teacher may request that his or her child be transferred to an in-field classroom teacher within the school and grade in which the student is currently enrolled. The school district must approve or deny the parent’s request and transfer the student to a different classroom teacher within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 2 weeks, if an in-field teacher for that course or grade level is employed by the school and the transfer does not violate maximum class size pursuant to s. 1003.03 and s. 1, Art. IX of the State Constitution. If a request for transfer is denied, the school must notify the parent and specify the reasons for the denial. An explanation of the transfer process must be made available in the student handbook or a similar publication. This subsection does not provide a parent the right to choose a specific teacher.History.—s. 717, ch. 2002-387; s. 182, ch. 2010-102; s. 30, ch. 2016-237.
FL Stat § 1012.43 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.43 - Career teachers.

1012.43 Career teachers.—(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 based on nonacademic preparation which entitled him or her to employment to teach classes in career or adult education shall not be assigned to teach in a regular academic field of the kindergarten through grade 12 school program.History.—s. 718, ch. 2002-387; s. 134, ch. 2004-357.
FL Stat § 1012.44 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.44 - Qualifications for certain persons providing speech-language services.

1012.44 Qualifications for certain persons providing speech-language services.—The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for speech-language services to school districts that qualify for the sparsity supplement as described in s. 1011.62(7). These services may be provided by baccalaureate degree level persons for a period of 3 years. The rules shall authorize the delivery of speech-language services by baccalaureate degree level persons under the direction of a certified speech-language pathologist with a master’s degree or higher.History.—s. 719, ch. 2002-387; s. 14, ch. 2006-27; s. 95, ch. 2014-39.
FL Stat § 1012.45 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.45 - School bus drivers; requirements and duties.

1012.45 School bus drivers; requirements and duties.—(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 Commissioner of Education, including those qualifications described in 49 C.F.R. s. 391, relating to physical qualifications and examinations, and 49 C.F.R. part 40 and part 382, relating to controlled substance and alcohol use and testing, and he or she must hold a valid commercial driver license with a passenger endorsement.(2) Each school bus driver has the authority and responsibility to control students during the time students are on the school bus pursuant to s. 1006.10.(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules outlining requirements that school bus drivers must meet before they are employed by district school boards.(4) Each district school board may provide a school bus driver training program and may make this program available to private school bus drivers by contract.(5) Each district school board may implement a safe driver toll-free telephone hotline for motorists or others who observe improper driving or operation by a school bus driver to report such violations to the district school board for investigation and corrective or disciplinary action by the school board.History.—s. 720, ch. 2002-387; s. 3, ch. 2015-101.
FL Stat § 1012.46 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.46 - Athletic trainers.

1012.46 Athletic trainers.—(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 activities. The program should reflect opportunities for progressive advancement and compensation in employment as provided in subsection (2) and meet certain other minimum standards developed by the Department of Education. The goal of the Legislature is to have school districts employ and have available a full-time athletic trainer in each high school in the state.(2) To qualify as an athletic trainer, a person must be licensed as required by part XIII of chapter 468 and may possess a professional, temporary, part-time, adjunct, or substitute certificate pursuant to s. 1012.35, s. 1012.56, or s. 1012.57.History.—s. 721, ch. 2002-387; s. 4, ch. 2006-39.
FL Stat § 1012.465 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart C - Personnel, Instructionaland Noninstructional; Authorization;Requirements|1012.465 - Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees and contractors.

1012.465 Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees and contractors.—(1) Except as provided in s. 1012.467 or s. 1012.468, noninstructional school district employees or contractual personnel who are permitted access on school grounds when students are present, who have direct contact with students or who have access to or control of school funds must meet level 2 screening requirements as described in s. 1012.32. Contractual personnel shall include any vendor, individual, or entity under contract with a school or the school board.(2) Every 5 years following employment or entry into a contract in a capacity described in subsection (1), each person who is so employed or under contract with the school district must meet level 2 screening requirements as described in s. 1012.32, at which time the school district shall request the Department of Law Enforcement to forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the level 2 screening. If, for any reason following employment or entry into a contract in a capacity described in subsection (1), the fingerprints of a person who is so employed or under contract with the school district are not retained by the Department of Law Enforcement under s. 1012.32(3)(a) and (b), the person must file a complete set of fingerprints with the district school superintendent of the employing or contracting school district. Upon submission of fingerprints for this purpose, the school district shall request the Department of Law Enforcement to forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the level 2 screening, and the fingerprints shall be retained by the Department of Law Enforcement under s. 1012.32(3)(a) and (b). The cost of the state and federal criminal history check required by level 2 screening may be borne by the district school board, the contractor, or the person fingerprinted. Under penalty of perjury, each person who is employed or under contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) must agree to inform his or her employer or the party with whom he or she is under contract within 48 hours if convicted of any disqualifying offense while he or she is employed or under contract in that capacity.(3) If it is found that a person who is employed or under contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) does not meet the level 2 requirements, the person shall be immediately suspended from working in that capacity and shall remain suspended until final resolution of any appeals.History.—s. 14, ch. 2004-295; s. 21, ch. 2005-28; s. 6, ch. 2007-207.
FL Stat § 1012.51 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart D - Educator Certificationfor Public Schools; Renewal; Duties|1012.51 - Legislative intent; declaration.

1012.51 Legislative intent; declaration.—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 Florida, with similar rights, responsibilities, and privileges accorded other legally recognized professions.History.—s. 723, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1012.53 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1012 - Personnel|Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799)|Subpart D - Educator Certificationfor Public Schools; Renewal; Duties|1012.53 - Duties of instructional personnel.

1012.53 Duties of instructional personnel.—(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 education and work. This duty applies to instructional personnel whether they teach or function in a support role.(2) Members of the instructional staff of the public schools shall perform duties prescribed by rules of the district school board. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, rules relating to a teacher’s duty to help students master challenging standards and meet all state and local requirements for achievement; teaching efficiently and faithfully, using prescribed materials and methods, including technology-based instruction; recordkeeping; and fulfilling the terms of any contract, unless released from the contract by the district school board.History.—s. 725, ch. 2002-387.