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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1005 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education › Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions (Ss. 1005.31-1005.39) › 1005.39 - Continuing education and training for administrators and faculty.

1005.39 Continuing education and training for administrators and faculty.—
(1) The commission is authorized to ensure that the administrators of licensed institutions are qualified to conduct the operations of their respective positions and to require such administrators and faculty to receive continuing education and training as adopted by rule of the commission. The positions for which the commission may review qualifications and require continuing education and training may include the positions of chief administrator or officer, director of education or training, placement director, admissions director, and financial aid director and faculty members.
(2) The training of each administrator and faculty member shall be the type of training necessary to assure compliance with statutes and rules of the commission and the State Board of Education and with those of other state or federal agencies in relation to the responsibilities of the respective positions.
(3) The commission shall adopt general qualifications for each of the respective positions and establish guidelines for the minimum amount and type of continuing education and training to be required. The continuing education and training may be provided by the commission, appropriate state or federal agencies, or professional organizations familiar with the requirements of the particular administrative positions. The actual curricula should be left to the discretion of those agencies and organizations.
(4) Evidence of the administrator’s and faculty member’s compliance with the continuing education and training requirements established by the commission may be included in the initial and renewal application forms provided by the commission. Actual records of the continuing education and training received by administrators and faculty shall be maintained at the institution and available for inspection at all times.
(5) Qualifications of administrators and faculty in their respective fields, as well as continuing education and training, may be established by the commission as a condition of an application for licensure by a new institution or for renewal of a license.
History.—s. 262, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart A - Learning Services Generally › 1006.025 - Guidance services.

1006.025 Guidance services.—
(1) Each district school board shall annually submit a district guidance report to the Commissioner of Education by June 30.
(2) The guidance report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Examination of student access to certified school counselors.
(b) Degree to which a district has adopted or implemented a guidance model program.
(c) Evaluation of the information and training available to certified school counselors and career specialists to advise students on areas of critical need, labor market trends, and technical training requirements.
(d) Progress toward incorporation of best practices for advisement as identified by the department.
(e) Consideration of alternative guidance systems or ideas, including, but not limited to, a teacher-advisor model, mentoring, partnerships with the business community, web-based delivery, and parental involvement.
(f) A guidance plan for the district.
(3) The department shall provide resources to district school boards that may assist districts in preparing the annual guidance report. The resources shall include, but are not limited to, materials relating to guidance model programs, training available through the department for career guidance, adopted best practices, alternative guidance systems or ideas, and a model district guidance plan.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2004-357; s. 51, ch. 2013-35; s. 8, ch. 2013-89.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart A - Learning Services Generally › 1006.03 - Diagnostic and learning resource centers.

1006.03 Diagnostic and learning resource centers.—
(1) The department shall maintain regional diagnostic and learning resource centers for exceptional students, to assist in the provision of medical, physiological, psychological, and educational testing and other services designed to evaluate and diagnose exceptionalities, to make referrals for necessary instruction and services, and to facilitate the provision of instruction and services to exceptional students. The department shall cooperate with the Department of Children and Families in identifying service needs and areas.
(2) Within its identified service area, each regional center shall:
(a) Provide assistance to parents, teachers, and other school personnel and community organizations in locating and identifying exceptional children and planning educational programs for them.
(b) Assist in the provision of services for exceptional children, using to the maximum, but not supplanting, the existing facilities and services of each district.
(c) Provide orientation meetings at least annually for teachers, principals, supervisors, and community agencies to familiarize them with center facilities and services for exceptional children.
(d) Plan, coordinate, and assist in the implementation of inservice training programs, consistent with each district’s program of staff development, for the development and updating of attitudes, skills, and instructional practices and procedures necessary to the education of exceptional children.
(e) Assist districts in the identification, selection, acquisition, use, and evaluation of media and materials appropriate to the implementation of instructional programs based on individual educational plans for exceptional children.
(f) Provide for the dissemination and diffusion of significant information and promising practices derived from educational research, demonstration, and other projects.
(g) Assist in the delivery, modification, and integration of instructional technology, including microcomputer applications and adaptive and assistive devices, appropriate to the unique needs of exceptional students.
(3) Diagnostic and resource centers may provide testing and evaluation services to private school students and other children who are not enrolled in public schools.
(4) Diagnostic and learning resource centers may assist districts in providing testing and evaluation services for infants and preschool children with or at risk of developing disabilities, and may assist districts in providing interdisciplinary training and resources to parents of infants and preschool children with or at risk of developing disabilities and to school readiness programs.
History.—s. 267, ch. 2002-387; s. 374, ch. 2014-19.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart B - Student Food and Health Services › 1006.0625 - Administration of psychotropic medication; prohibition; conditions.

1006.0625 Administration of psychotropic medication; prohibition; conditions.—
(1) As used in this section, the term “psychotropic medication” means a prescription medication that is used for the treatment of mental disorders and includes, without limitation, antihypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiety agents, sedatives, psychomotor stimulants, and mood stabilizers.
(2) A public school may not deny any student access to programs or services because the parent of the student has refused to place the student on psychotropic medication.
(3) A public school teacher and school district personnel may share school-based observations of a student’s academic, functional, and behavioral performance with the student’s parent and offer program options and other assistance that is available to the parent and the student based on the observations. However, a public school teacher and school district personnel may not compel or attempt to compel any specific actions by the parent or require that a student take medication. A parent may refuse psychological screening of the student.
Any medical decision made to address a student’s needs is a matter between the student, the student’s parent, and a competent health care professional chosen by the parent.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2005-65.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart B - Student Food and Health Services › 1006.063 - Eye-protective devices required in certain laboratory courses.

1006.063 Eye-protective devices required in certain laboratory courses.—
(1) Eye-protective devices shall be worn by students, teachers, and visitors in courses including, but not limited to, chemistry, physics, or chemical-physical laboratories, at any time at which the individual is engaged in or observing an activity or the use of hazardous substances likely to cause injury to the eyes. Activity or the use of hazardous substances likely to cause injury to the eye includes:
(a) Heat treatment; tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials;
(b) Working with caustic or explosive materials; or
(c) Working with hot liquids or solids, including chemicals which are flammable, caustic, toxic, or irritating.
(2) District school boards shall furnish plano safety glasses or devices for students, may provide such glasses to teachers, and shall furnish such equipment for all visitors to such classrooms or laboratories, or may purchase such plano safety glasses or devices in large quantities and sell them at cost to students and teachers, but shall not purchase, furnish, or dispense prescription glasses or lenses.
History.—s. 275, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart B - Student Food and Health Services › 1006.064 - Availability of menstrual hygiene products.

1006.064 Availability of menstrual hygiene products.—
(1) As used in this section, the term “menstrual hygiene products” means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
(2) A school district may make menstrual hygiene products available in each school within the district, at no charge. The menstrual hygiene products may be located in the school nurse’s office, other school facilities for health services, and in restrooms within each school, including wheelchair accessible restrooms. The menstrual hygiene products may not display any advertisement, logo, or text except for the brand name and any product information provided by the manufacturer. Any associated dispensing mechanism may not display any advertisement, logo, or text except for the brand name and product information provided by the manufacturer or information necessary to maintain the dispensing mechanism. If the products or dispensing mechanism is provided, sponsored, or otherwise funded by a person or an organization other than the school district or the manufacturer, information related to the provider, sponsor, or person or organization making such donation may not be displayed.
(3) Participating schools shall ensure that students are provided appropriate notice as to the availability and location of the menstrual hygiene products.
(4) School districts are encouraged to partner with nonprofit organizations, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and other organizations to assist in supplying and maintaining such menstrual hygiene products.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2023-100.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart C - Student Disciplineand School Safety › 1006.08 - District school superintendent duties relating to student discipline and school safety.

1006.08 District school superintendent duties relating to student discipline and school safety.—
(1) The district school superintendent shall recommend plans to the district school board for the proper accounting for all students of school age, for the attendance and control of students at school, and for the proper attention to health, safety, and other matters which will best promote the welfare of students. Each district school superintendent shall fully support the authority of his or her principals, teachers, and school bus drivers to remove disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students from the classroom and the school bus and, when appropriate and available, to place such students in an alternative educational setting. When the district school superintendent makes a recommendation for expulsion to the district school board, he or she shall give written notice to the student and the student’s parent of the recommendation, setting forth the charges against the student and advising the student and his or her parent of the student’s right to due process as prescribed by ss. 120.569 and 120.57(2). When district school board action on a recommendation for the expulsion of a student is pending, the district school superintendent may extend the suspension assigned by the principal beyond 10 school days if such suspension period expires before the next regular or special meeting of the district school board.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 985.04(7) or any other provision of law to the contrary, the court shall, within 48 hours of the finding, notify the appropriate district school superintendent of the name and address of any student found to have committed a delinquent act, or who has had adjudication of a delinquent act withheld which, if committed by an adult, would be a felony, the name and address of any student found guilty of a felony, or the name and address of any student the court refers to mental health services. Notification shall include the specific delinquent act found to have been committed or for which adjudication was withheld, or the specific felony for which the student was found guilty.
(3) Except to the extent necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of other students, the information obtained by the district school superintendent pursuant to this section may be released only to appropriate school personnel or as otherwise provided by law.
History.—s. 278, ch. 2002-387; s. 38, ch. 2003-391; s. 128, ch. 2006-120; s. 25, ch. 2018-3.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart C - Student Disciplineand School Safety › 1006.10 - Authority of school bus drivers and district school boards relating to student discipline and student safety on school buses.

1006.10 Authority of school bus drivers and district school boards relating to student discipline and student safety on school buses.—
(1) The school bus driver shall require order and good behavior by all students being transported on school buses.
(2) The district school board shall require a system of progressive discipline of transported students for actions which are prohibited by the code of student conduct. Disciplinary actions, including suspension of students from riding on district school board owned or contracted school buses, shall be subject to district school board policies and procedures and may be imposed by the principal or the principal’s designee. The principal or the principal’s designee may delegate any disciplinary authority to school bus drivers except for suspension of students from riding the bus.
(3) The school bus driver shall control students during the time students are on the school bus, but shall not have such authority when students are waiting at the school bus stop or when students are en route to or from the school bus stop except when the bus is present at the bus stop.
(4) If an emergency should develop due to the conduct of students on the bus, the school bus driver may take such steps as are immediately necessary to protect the students on the bus.
(5) School bus drivers shall not be required to operate a bus under conditions in which one or more students pose a clear and present danger to the safety of the driver or other students, or the safety of the bus while in operation. The district school board shall have measures in place designed to protect the school bus driver from threats or physical injury from students.
(6) District school boards may use transportation, school safety, or FEFP funds to provide added security for buses transporting disruptive or delinquent students to and from school or other educational activities.
(7) In the case of a student having engaged in violent or blatantly unsafe actions while riding the school bus, the district school board shall take corrective measures to ensure, to the extent feasible, that such actions are not repeated prior to reassigning the student to the bus.
History.—s. 280, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart C - Student Disciplineand School Safety › 1006.11 - Standards for use of reasonable force.

1006.11 Standards for use of reasonable force.—
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt standards for the use of reasonable force by district school board personnel to maintain a safe and orderly learning environment. Such standards shall be distributed to each school in the state and shall provide guidance to district school board personnel in receiving the limitations on liability specified in subsection (2).
(2) 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 school bus driver shall not be civilly or criminally liable for any action carried out in conformity with the State Board of Education and district school board rules regarding the control, discipline, suspension, and expulsion of students, including, but not limited to, any exercise of authority under s. 1003.32 or s. 1006.09.
History.—s. 281, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart C - Student Disciplineand School Safety › 1006.145 - Disturbing school functions; penalty.

1006.145 Disturbing school functions; penalty.—Any person not subject to the rules of a school who creates a disturbance on the property or grounds of any school, who commits any act that interrupts the orderly conduct of a school or any activity thereof commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 286, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart C - Student Disciplineand School Safety › 1006.148 - Dating violence and abuse prohibited.

1006.148 Dating violence and abuse prohibited.—
(1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement a dating violence and abuse policy. The policy shall:
(a) Prohibit dating violence and abuse by any student on school property, during a school-sponsored activity, or during school-sponsored transportation.
(b) Provide procedures for responding to such incidents of dating violence or abuse, including accommodations for students experiencing dating violence or abuse.
(c) Define dating violence and abuse and provide for a teen dating violence and abuse component in the health education curriculum, according to s. 1003.42(2)(o)2., with emphasis on prevention education.
(d) Be implemented in a manner that is integrated with a school district’s discipline policies.
(2) Each district school board shall provide training for teachers, staff, and school administrators to implement this section.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2010-217; s. 58, ch. 2014-39; s. 2, ch. 2021-83; s. 17, ch. 2023-39.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart D - Student ExtracurricularActivities and Athletics › 1006.16 - Insuring school students engaged in athletic activities against injury.

1006.16 Insuring school students engaged in athletic activities against injury.—Any district school board, school athletic association, or school may formulate, conduct, and purchase a plan or method of insuring, or may self-insure, school students against injury sustained by reason of such students engaging and participating in the athletic activities conducted or sponsored by the district school board, association, or school in which such students are enrolled. A district school board, school athletic association, or school may add a surcharge to the fee charged for admission to athletic events as a means of producing revenue to purchase such insurance or to provide self-insurance. Any district school board may pay for all or part of such plan or method of insurance or self-insurance from available district school board funds.
History.—s. 289, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart D - Student ExtracurricularActivities and Athletics › 1006.18 - Cheerleader safety standards.

1006.18 Cheerleader safety standards.—The Florida High School Athletic Association or successor organization shall adopt statewide uniform safety standards for student cheerleaders and spirit groups that participate in any school activity or extracurricular student activity. The Florida High School Athletic Association or successor organization shall adopt the “Official High School Spirit Rules,” published by the National Federation of State High School Associations, as the statewide uniform safety standards.
History.—s. 291, ch. 2002-387; s. 1, ch. 2003-129.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart D - Student ExtracurricularActivities and Athletics › 1006.185 - Opening remarks at high school athletic contests.

1006.185 Opening remarks at high school athletic contests.—Each athletic association designated under s. 1006.20 whose membership includes public schools shall adopt bylaws, policies, or procedures that provide each school participating in a high school championship contest or series of contests under the direction and supervision of the association the opportunity to make brief opening remarks, if requested by the school, using the public address system at the event. Such remarks may not be longer than 2 minutes per participating school. The athletic association may not control, monitor, or review the content of the opening remarks and may not control the school’s choice of speaker. Member schools may not provide remarks that are derogatory, rude, or threatening. Before the opening remarks, an announcement must be made that the content of any opening remarks by a participating school is not endorsed by and does not reflect the views and/or opinions of the athletic association. The decision to allow opening remarks before regular season contests is at the discretion of each school.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2023-97.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart D - Student ExtracurricularActivities and Athletics › 1006.19 - Audit of records of nonprofit corporations and associations handling interscholastic activities.

1006.19 Audit of records of nonprofit corporations and associations handling interscholastic activities.—
(1) Each nonprofit association or corporation that operates for the purpose of supervising and controlling interscholastic activities of public high schools and whose membership is composed of duly certified representatives of public high schools, and whose rules and regulations are established by members thereof, shall have an annual financial audit of its accounts and records by an independent certified public accountant retained by it and paid from its funds. The accountant shall furnish a copy of the audit report to the Auditor General.
(2) Any such nonprofit association or corporation shall keep adequate and complete records of all moneys received by it, including the source and amount, and all moneys spent by it, including salaries, fees, expenses, travel allowances, and all other items of expense. All records of any such organization shall be open for inspection by the Auditor General.
History.—s. 292, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart E - Transportation ofPublic K-12 Students › 1006.24 - Tort liability; liability insurance.

1006.24 Tort liability; liability insurance.—
(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 as the state or any of its agencies or subdivisions is liable for tort claims under s. 768.28, except that the total liability to persons being transported for all claims or judgments of such persons arising out of the same incident or occurrence shall not exceed an amount equal to $5,000 multiplied by the rated seating capacity of the school bus or other vehicle, as determined by rules of the State Board of Education, or $100,000, whichever is greater. The provisions of s. 768.28 apply to all claims or actions brought against district school boards, as authorized in this subsection.
(2) Each district school board may secure and keep in force a medical payments plan or medical payments insurance on school buses and other vehicles. If a medical payments plan or insurance is provided, it shall be carried in a sum of no less than $500 per person.
(3) Expenses, costs, or premiums to protect against liability for torts as provided in this section may be paid from any available funds of the district school board.
(4) If vehicles used in transportation are not owned by the district school board, the district school board may require owners of such vehicles to show evidence of adequate insurance during the time that such vehicles are in the services of the district school board.
History.—s. 298, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart E - Transportation ofPublic K-12 Students › 1006.25 - School buses.

1006.25 School buses.—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 schools to and from school or to and from school activities, and owned, operated, rented, contracted, or leased by any district school board, except:
(a) Passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and trucks as defined in 49 C.F.R. part 571.
(b) Motor vehicles subject to, and meeting all requirements of, the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations under Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations and operated by carriers operating under the jurisdiction of these regulations but not used exclusively for the transportation of public school students.
(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—Each school bus as defined in 49 C.F.R. part 571 and subsection (1) that is rented, leased, purchased, or contracted for must meet the applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and other specifications as prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education.
(3) STANDARDS FOR LEASED VEHICLES.—A motor vehicle owned and operated by a county or municipal transit authority that is leased by the district school board for transportation of public school students must meet such standards as the State Board of Education establishes by rule. A school bus authorized by a district school board to carry passengers other than school students must have the words “School Bus” and any other signs and insignia that mark or designate it as a school bus covered, removed, or otherwise concealed while such passengers are being transported.
(4) OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEMS.—Students may be transported only in designated seating positions, except as provided in s. 1006.22(11), and must use the occupant crash protection system provided by the manufacturer, which system must comply with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. part 571 or with specifications of the State Board of Education.
History.—s. 299, ch. 2002-387; s. 18, ch. 2023-16.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.30 - Affidavit of state instructional materials reviewers.

1006.30 Affidavit of state instructional materials reviewers.—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 manufacturing organization that produces or sells instructional materials.
(3) The reviewer is in no way connected with the distribution of the instructional materials.
(4) The reviewer does not have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the business or profits of any person engaged in manufacturing, publishing, or selling instructional materials designed for use in the public schools.
(5) The reviewer will not accept any emolument or promise of future reward of any kind from any publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials or his or her agent or anyone interested in, or intending to bias his or her judgment in any way in, the selection of any materials to be adopted.
(6) The reviewer understands that it is unlawful to discuss matters relating to instructional materials submitted for adoption with any agent of a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, either directly or indirectly, except during the period when the publisher or manufacturer is providing a presentation for the reviewer during his or her review of the instructional materials submitted for adoption.
History.—s. 305, ch. 2002-387; s. 22, ch. 2011-55.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.35 - Accuracy of instructional materials.

1006.35 Accuracy of instructional materials.—
(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-adopted materials are confirmed, the publisher of the materials shall provide to each district school board that has purchased the materials the corrections in a format approved by the department.
(3) The commissioner may remove materials from the list of state-adopted materials if he or she finds that the content is in error and the publisher refuses to correct the error when notified by the department.
(4) The commissioner may remove materials from the list of state-adopted materials at the request of the publisher if, in his or her opinion, there is no material impact on the state’s education goals.
History.—s. 310, ch. 2002-387; s. 27, ch. 2011-55.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.36 - Term of adoption for instructional materials.

1006.36 Term of adoption for instructional materials.—
(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 contract for instructional materials may be extended as prescribed in s. 1006.34(3).
(2) The department shall publish annually an official schedule of subject areas to be called for adoption for each of the succeeding 2 years, and a tentative schedule for years 3, 4, and 5. If extenuating circumstances warrant, the commissioner may add one or more subject areas to the official schedule, in which event the commissioner shall develop criteria for such additional subject area or areas and make them available to publishers as soon as practicable before the date on which bids are due. The schedule shall be developed so as to promote balance among the subject areas so that the required expenditure for new instructional materials is approximately the same each year in order to maintain curricular consistency.
History.—s. 311, ch. 2002-387; s. 28, ch. 2011-55.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.37 - Requisition of instructional materials from publisher’s depository.

1006.37 Requisition of instructional materials from publisher’s depository.—
(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 or other materials as a major tool of instruction in core courses of the subject areas specified in s. 1006.40(2). These materials must be requisitioned within the first 3 years of the adoption cycle, except for instructional materials related to growth of student membership or instructional materials maintenance needs. The superintendent may requisition instructional materials in the core subject areas specified in s. 1006.40(2) that are related to growth of student membership or instructional materials maintenance needs during the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th years of the original contract period.
(2) The district school superintendent shall verify that the requisition is complete and accurate and order the depository to forward to him or her the adopted instructional materials shown by the requisition. The depository shall prepare an invoice of the materials shipped, including shipping charges, and mail it to the superintendent to whom the shipment is being made. The superintendent shall pay the depository within 60 days after receipt of the requisitioned materials from the appropriation for the purchase of adopted instructional materials.
(3) A district school board or a consortium of school districts which implements an instructional materials program pursuant to s. 1006.283 is not required to requisition instructional materials from the publisher’s depository.
History.—s. 312, ch. 2002-387; s. 4, ch. 2013-237.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.39 - Production and dissemination of educational materials and products by department.

1006.39 Production and dissemination of educational materials and products by department.—
(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 other appropriate persons in the state system of education at the earliest practicable date and in the most economical and efficient manner possible.
(2) To accomplish this objective, the department may publish, produce, or have produced educational materials and products and make them readily available for appropriate use in the state system of education. The department may charge an amount adequate to cover the essential cost of producing and disseminating such materials and products in the state system of education and may sell copies for educational use to private schools in the state and to the public.
(3) All proceeds from the sale of educational materials and products shall be remitted to the Chief Financial Officer and shall be kept in a separate fund to be known as the “Educational Media and Technology Trust Fund” and, when properly budgeted as approved by the Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor, used to pay the cost of producing and disseminating educational materials and products.
(4) In cases in which the educational materials or products are of such nature, or the circumstances are such, that it is not practicable or feasible for the department to produce or have produced materials and products so developed, it may, after review and approval by the Department of State, license, lease, assign, sell, or otherwise give written consent to any person, firm or corporation for the manufacture or use thereof, on a royalty basis, or for such other consideration as the department finds proper and in the best interest of the state. The department shall protect educational materials and products against improper or unlawful use or infringement and enforce the collection of any sums due for the manufacture or use thereof by any other party.
(5) The department shall not enter into the business of producing or publishing instructional materials for general use in classrooms.
History.—s. 314, ch. 2002-387; s. 1953, ch. 2003-261; s. 30, ch. 2011-55.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.41 - Disposal of instructional materials.

1006.41 Disposal of instructional materials.—
(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 the teachers to use in developing supplementary teaching materials, to students or others, or to any charitable organization, governmental agency, home education students, private school, or state.
(b) Selling the materials to used book dealers, recycling plants, pulp mills, or other persons, firms, or corporations upon such terms as are most economically advantageous to the district school board.
(2) The district school board may prescribe by rule the manner for destroying instructional materials that cannot be disposed of as provided in subsection (1).
(3) All moneys received for the sale, exchange, or other disposition of instructional materials shall be deposited in the district school fund and added to the district appropriation for instructional materials.
(4) Instructional materials which have been sold, exchanged, lost, destroyed, or damaged and for which proper charges have been assessed and collected, and instructional materials which have been destroyed by fire or storm damage or by order of a competent health officer or the district school superintendent, shall be dropped from the record of instructional materials for which, as provided by law, district school boards are held responsible.
History.—s. 316, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part I - Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.025-1006.42) › Subpart F - Instructional Materials forK-12 Public Education › 1006.42 - Responsibility of students and parents for instructional materials.

1006.42 Responsibility of students and parents for instructional materials.—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 at the direction of the school principal or the teacher in charge. Each parent of a student to whom or for whom instructional materials have been issued, is liable for any loss or destruction of, or unnecessary damage to, the instructional materials or for failure of the student to return the instructional materials when directed by the school principal or the teacher in charge, and shall pay for such loss, destruction, or unnecessary damage as provided under s. 1006.28(4).
History.—s. 317, ch. 2002-387; s. 64, ch. 2014-39; s. 6, ch. 2017-177.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751) › 1006.50 - Student handbooks.

1006.50 Student handbooks.—
(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 processes available to students, and a roster of contact persons within the administrative staff available to respond to student inquiries.
(2) Each student handbook shall list the legal and institution-specific sanctions that will be imposed upon students who violate the law or institutional policies regarding controlled substances and alcoholic beverages.
(3) Each student handbook shall provide information related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) education or identify sites from which AIDS education information may be obtained.
History.—s. 320, ch. 2002-387; s. 77, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751) › 1006.51 - Student ombudsman office.

1006.51 Student ombudsman office.—
(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 that is related to the student’s access to courses and credit granted toward the degree. Detailed information concerning this procedure must be included in the institution’s catalog.
(3) Each Florida College System institution and state university shall develop minimum standards for the role of ombudsman or student advocate. The standards shall address the issue of notification of students of opportunities for assistance or appeal.
History.—s. 321, ch. 2002-387; s. 78, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751) › 1006.52 - Education records and applicant records; public records exemption.

1006.52 Education records and applicant records; public records exemption.—
(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), 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, and the federal regulations issued pursuant thereto, and applicant records are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For the purpose of this subsection, applicant records are records that are:
(a) Directly related to an applicant for admission to a public postsecondary educational institution who has not been in attendance at the institution; and
(b) Maintained by a public postsecondary educational institution or by a party acting on behalf of the public postsecondary educational institution.
(2)(a) A public postsecondary educational institution may not release a student’s education records without the written consent of the student to any individual, agency, or organization, except in accordance with and as permitted by the FERPA.
(b) Education records released by public postsecondary educational institutions to the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, which are necessary for such agencies to perform their official duties and responsibilities, must be used and maintained by the Auditor General and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability in accordance with the FERPA.
History.—s. 322, ch. 2002-387; s. 2, ch. 2009-240; s. 1, ch. 2014-11.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning › Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751) › 1006.53 - Religious observances.

1006.53 Religious observances.—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 policy shall include a grievance procedure by which a student who believes that he or she has been unreasonably denied an educational benefit due to his or her religious belief or practices may seek redress. Such policy shall be made known to faculty and students annually in inclusion in the institution’s handbook, manual, or other similar document regularly provided to faculty and students.
History.—s. 323, ch. 2002-387; s. 105, ch. 2007-217.