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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.63 - Illness-in-line-of-duty leave.

1012.63 Illness-in-line-of-duty leave.—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 in school work. The following requirements shall be observed:
(1) DURATION OF LEAVE AND COMPENSATION.—Leave of the district school board employee shall be authorized for a total of not to exceed 10 school days during any school year for illness contracted, or injury incurred, from the causes prescribed above. However, in the case of sickness or injury occurring under such circumstances as in the opinion of the district school board warrant it, additional emergency sick leave may be granted out of local funds for such term and under such conditions as the district school board deems proper. The district school board may carry insurance to safeguard the district school board against excessive payments during any year.
(2) CLAIMS.—Any district school board employee who has any claim for compensation while absent because of illness contracted or injury incurred as prescribed herein shall file a claim in the manner prescribed in s. 1012.61(2)(b) within 5 working days following the employee’s return from such absence. The school board of the district in which such person is employed shall approve the claims and authorize the payment thereof if the district school board is satisfied that the claim correctly states the facts and that the claim is entitled to payment in accordance with the provisions of this section.
History.—s. 739, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.64 - Sabbatical leave.

1012.64 Sabbatical leave.—
(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 negotiated agreement or district school board policy, and shall receive full benefits during such period. A person compensated under this section may not be compensated for other employment during the period of sabbatical leave so that he or she would receive combined compensation in excess of his or her ordinary salary.
(2) Funds, not to exceed 25 percent, of the district’s allocation for inservice training under s. 1011.62(3) or other district funds may be expended in order to fulfill the provisions of this section, provided that the district allocates $5 of district funds for each $1 of state inservice training funds expended under this subsection.
(3) Each district school board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
History.—s. 740, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.65 - Terminal pay for accrued vacation leave.

1012.65 Terminal pay for accrued vacation leave.—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 July 1, 2001, terminal pay for accrued vacation leave may not exceed a maximum of 60 days of actual payment. This limit does not impair any contractual agreement established before July 1, 2001. For unused vacation leave accumulated before July 1, 2001, terminal payment shall be made pursuant to the district school board’s policies, contracts, or rules that are in effect on June 30, 2001.
History.—s. 741, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.66 - Provisions for leaves of absence.

1012.66 Provisions for leaves of absence.—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 not limited to, professional leave and extended professional leave, personal leave, military leave granted in compliance with chapter 115, and maternity leave.
History.—s. 742, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.67 - Absence without leave.

1012.67 Absence without leave.—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.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.68 - Records of absences.

1012.68 Records of absences.—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 exact dates of, and the reasons for, each absence. Each district school superintendent shall establish procedures to ensure maintenance of the complete records of all such absences.
History.—s. 744, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.685 - Retirement; annuities authorized.

1012.685 Retirement; annuities authorized.—
(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 E of the Teachers’ Retirement System. No such annuity shall provide for more than the total difference in retirement income between the retirement benefit based on average monthly compensation and creditable service as of the member’s early retirement date and the early retirement benefit.
(2) District school boards may purchase annuities for members of the Florida Retirement System who have out-of-state teaching service in another state or country which is documented as valid by the appropriate district school board. Such annuities may be based on no more than 5 years of out-of-state teaching service and may equal, but not exceed, the benefits that would be payable under the Florida Retirement System if credit for out-of-state teaching was authorized under that system.
(3) District school boards may invest funds, purchase annuities, or provide local supplemental retirement programs for purposes of providing annuities for school personnel.
(4) All retirement annuities shall comply with s. 14, Art. X of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 745, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.69 - Provisions relating to Workers’ Compensation Law.

1012.69 Provisions relating to Workers’ Compensation Law.—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 compensation under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law exceed the amounts payable under the compensation law, payments shall be made, as provided in the education code, for the difference between the amount paid under the Workers’ Compensation Law and the amount due under the provisions of the education code.
History.—s. 746, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart E - Leave, Retirement, Workers’ Compensationin Public Schools › 1012.695 - Local civil service system laws not superseded.

1012.695 Local civil service system laws not superseded.—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.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart G - Personnel Discipline and Assistancein Public Schools › 1012.797 - Notification of certain charges against employees.

1012.797 Notification of certain charges against employees.—Notwithstanding the provisions of 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 Deaf and the Blind, or university lab schools director or principal, as applicable, when its employee is arrested for a felony or a misdemeanor involving the abuse of a minor child or the sale or possession of a controlled substance. The notification shall include the specific charge for which the employee of the school district was arrested. Notwithstanding ss. 1012.31(3)(a)1. and 1012.796(4), within 24 hours after such notification, the school principal or designee shall notify parents of enrolled students who had direct contact with the employee and include, at a minimum, the name and specific charges against the employee.
History.—s. 759, ch. 2002-387; s. 130, ch. 2006-120; s. 12, ch. 2021-138.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part III - Public Schools; Personnel (Ss. 1012.21-1012.799) › Subpart G - Personnel Discipline and Assistancein Public Schools › 1012.799 - Reporting certain offenses.

1012.799 Reporting certain offenses.—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 battery occurred if not on the grounds of the school plant.
History.—s. 761, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart A - General Provisions › 1012.80 - Participation by employees in disruptive activities at public postsecondary educational institutions; penalties.

1012.80 Participation by employees in disruptive activities at public postsecondary educational institutions; penalties.—
(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 Board of Education, and the laws of this state. Such policies shall include prohibition against disruptive activities at Florida College System institutions.
(b) Any person who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state of employment at any state university 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 Board of Governors, and the laws of this state. Such policies shall include prohibition against disruptive activities at state universities.
(2) After it has been determined that an employee of a public postsecondary educational institution has participated in disruptive activities, the institution may terminate the contract of the employee, and thereafter such person shall not be employed by any state public school or public postsecondary educational institution.
History.—s. 764, ch. 2002-387; s. 162, ch. 2007-217; s. 185, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart A - General Provisions › 1012.801 - Employees of the Board of Governors.

1012.801 Employees of the Board of Governors.—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 in continuous service.
History.—s. 765, ch. 2002-387; s. 163, ch. 2007-217.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.81 - Personnel records.

1012.81 Personnel records.—
(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). Limited-access records include only the following:
(a) Records containing information reflecting academic evaluations of employee performance; however, the employee and officials of the institution responsible for supervision of the employee shall have access to such records.
(b) Records maintained for the purposes of any investigation of employee misconduct, including, but not limited to, a complaint against an employee and all information obtained pursuant to the investigation of such complaint; however, these records become public after the investigation ceases to be active or when the institution provides written notice to the employee who is the subject of the complaint that the institution has either:
1. Concluded the investigation with a finding not to proceed with disciplinary action;
2. Concluded the investigation with a finding to proceed with disciplinary action; or
3. Issued a letter of discipline.
For the purpose of this paragraph, an investigation shall be considered active as long as it is continuing with a reasonable, good faith anticipation that a finding will be made in the foreseeable future. An investigation shall be presumed to be inactive if no finding is made within 90 days after the complaint is filed.
(c) Records maintained for the purposes of any disciplinary proceeding brought against an employee; however, these records shall be open to inspection by the employee and shall become public after a final decision is made in the proceeding.
(d) Records maintained for the purposes of any grievance proceeding brought by an employee for enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement or contract; however, these records shall be open to inspection by the employee and by officials of the institution conducting the grievance proceeding and shall become public after a final decision is made in the proceeding.
(2) Except as required for use by the president in the discharge of his or her official responsibilities, the custodian of limited-access employee records may release information from such records only upon authorization in writing from the employee or the president or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
History.—s. 767, ch. 2002-387; s. 186, ch. 2011-5; s. 1, ch. 2012-46.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.82 - Teaching faculty; minimum teaching hours per week.

1012.82 Teaching faculty; minimum teaching hours per week.—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 teach a minimum of 15 classroom contact hours per week at such institution. However, the required classroom contact hours per week may be reduced upon approval of the president of the institution in direct proportion to specific duties and responsibilities assigned the faculty member by his or her departmental chair or other appropriate college administrator. Such specific duties may include specific research duties, specific duties associated with developing television, video tape, or other specifically assigned innovative teaching techniques or devices, or assigned responsibility for off-campus student internship or work-study programs. A “classroom contact hour” consists of a regularly scheduled classroom activity of not less than 50 minutes in a course of instruction which has been approved by the Florida College System institution board of trustees. Any full-time faculty member who is paid partly from Florida College System institution program funds and partly from other funds or appropriations shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact hours per week in such proportion to 15 classroom contact hours as his or her salary paid from Florida College System institution program funds bears to his or her total salary. Any full-time faculty member who is paid partly from funds appropriated for Florida College System institution baccalaureate degree programs and partly from other funds or appropriations shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact hours per week in such proportion to 15 classroom contact hours as his or her salary paid from funds appropriated for Florida College System institution baccalaureate degree programs bears to his or her total salary.
History.—s. 768, ch. 2002-387; s. 10, ch. 2007-246; s. 187, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.83 - Contracts with administrative and instructional staff.

1012.83 Contracts with administrative and instructional staff.—
(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 existing contract or employment agreement, containing a provision for severance pay with an officer, agent, employee, or contractor must include the provisions required in s. 215.425.
History.—s. 769, ch. 2002-387; s. 34, ch. 2009-60; s. 188, ch. 2011-5; s. 37, ch. 2012-134.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.84 - Exemption from county civil service commissions.

1012.84 Exemption from county civil service commissions.—
(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 repealed to the extent that said law conflicts with this section.
History.—s. 770, ch. 2002-387; s. 189, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.85 - Payment of costs of civil actions against officers, employees, or agents of Florida College System institution board of trustees.

1012.85 Payment of costs of civil actions against officers, employees, or agents of Florida College System institution board of trustees.—
(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 institution for any act or omission arising out of and in the course of the performance of his or her duties and responsibilities, the Florida College System institution board of trustees may defray all costs of defending such action, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses together with costs of appeal, if any, and may save harmless and protect such person from any financial loss resulting therefrom; and the Florida College System institution board of trustees may be self-insured, to enter into risk management programs, or to purchase insurance for whatever coverage it may choose, or to have any combination thereof, to cover all such losses and expenses. However, any attorney’s fees paid from public funds for any officer, employee, or agent who is found to be personally liable by virtue of acting outside the scope of his or her employment or acting in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property may be recovered by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in a civil action against such officer, employee, or agent.
(2) Failure by a Florida College System institution board of trustees to perform any act authorized by this section shall not constitute a cause of action against a Florida College System institution or its trustees, officers, employees, or agents.
History.—s. 771, ch. 2002-387; s. 190, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.855 - Employment of Florida College System institution personnel; discrimination in granting salary prohibited.

1012.855 Employment of Florida College System institution personnel; discrimination in granting salary prohibited.—
(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 certification, tenure, leaves of absence of all types, including sabbaticals, remuneration, and such other conditions of employment as the State Board of Education deems necessary and proper; and to policies of the Florida College System institution board of trustees not inconsistent with law.
(b) Any internal auditor employed by a Florida College System institution shall be hired by the Florida College System institution board of trustees and shall report directly to the board.
(2) Each Florida College System institution board of trustees shall undertake a program to eradicate any discrimination on the basis of gender, race, or physical handicap in the granting of salaries to employees.
History.—s. 772, ch. 2002-387; s. 191, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.8551 - Employee background screening and investigations for Florida College System personnel.

1012.8551 Employee background screening and investigations for Florida College System personnel.—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.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.87 - Retirement annuities.

1012.87 Retirement annuities.—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. No such annuity may provide for more than the total difference in retirement income between the retirement benefit based on average monthly compensation and creditable service as of the member’s early retirement date and the early retirement benefit. Florida College System institution boards of trustees may also purchase annuities for members of the Florida Retirement System who have out-of-state teaching service in another state or country which is documented as valid by the appropriate educational entity. Such annuities may be based on no more than 5 years of out-of-state teaching service and may equal, but not exceed, the benefits that would be payable under the Florida Retirement System if credit for out-of-state teaching was authorized under that system. Each Florida College System institution board of trustees may invest funds, purchase annuities, or provide local supplemental retirement programs for purposes of providing retirement annuities for Florida College System institution personnel. All such retirement annuities shall comply with s. 14, Art. X of the State Constitution.
History.—s. 775, ch. 2002-387; s. 194, ch. 2011-5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.885 - Remuneration of Florida College System institution presidents; limitations.

1012.885 Remuneration of Florida College System institution presidents; limitations.—
(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.
(c) “Remuneration” means salary, bonuses, and cash-equivalent compensation paid to a Florida College System institution president by his or her employer for work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement benefits.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit a party from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds that are not appropriated state funds to a Florida College System institution president in excess of the limit in subsection (3). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a Florida College System institution president as permitted under this subsection, appropriated state funds may not be used to fulfill such obligation.
(3) LIMITATION ON REMUNERATION.—Notwithstanding a law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a Florida College System institution president may not receive more than $200,000 in remuneration from appropriated state funds. Only compensation, as defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a Florida College System institution president may be used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
History.—s. 28, ch. 2010-155; s. 197, ch. 2011-5; s. 39, ch. 2011-63; s. 38, ch. 2012-134; s. 21, ch. 2013-45; s. 98, ch. 2014-39.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart B - Florida College System Institutions;Personnel › 1012.886 - Remuneration of Florida College System institution administrative employees; limitations.

1012.886 Remuneration of Florida College System institution administrative employees; limitations.—
(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.
(c) “Remuneration” means salary, bonuses, and cash-equivalent compensation paid to a Florida College System institution administrative employee by his or her employer for work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement benefits.
(2) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding any other law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a Florida College System institution administrative employee may not receive more than $250,000 in remuneration annually from appropriated state funds. Only compensation, as such term is defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a Florida College System institution administrative employee may be used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit any party from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds that are not appropriated state funds to a Florida College System institution administrative employee in excess of the limit in subsection (2). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a Florida College System institution administrative employee as permitted under this subsection, appropriated state funds may not be used to fulfill such obligation. This section does not apply to Florida College System institution teaching faculty.
History.—s. 40, ch. 2011-63; s. 39, ch. 2012-134; s. 22, ch. 2013-45; s. 4, ch. 2023-95.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.915 - Employee background screening and investigations for State University System personnel.

1012.915 Employee background screening and investigations for State University System personnel.—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.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.93 - Faculty members; test of spoken English.

1012.93 Faculty members; test of spoken English.—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 Testing Service or a similar test approved by the Board of Governors.
History.—s. 781, ch. 2002-387; s. 164, ch. 2007-217.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.945 - Required number of classroom teaching hours for university faculty members.

1012.945 Required number of classroom teaching hours for university faculty members.—
(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 university.
(2) Each full-time equivalent teaching faculty member at a university who is paid wholly from state funds shall teach a minimum of 12 classroom contact hours per week at such university. However, any faculty member who is assigned by his or her departmental chair or other appropriate university administrator professional responsibilities and duties in furtherance of the mission of the university shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact hours in proportion to 12 classroom hours per week as such especially assigned aforementioned duties and responsibilities bear to 12 classroom contact hours per week. Any full-time faculty member who is paid partly from state funds and partly from other funds or appropriations shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact hours in such proportion to 12 classroom contact hours per week as his or her salary paid from state funds bears to his or her total salary. In determining the appropriate hourly weighting of assigned duties other than classroom contact hours, the universities shall develop and apply a formula designed to equate the time required for nonclassroom duties with classroom contact hours. “Full-time equivalent teaching faculty member” shall be interpreted to mean all faculty personnel budgeted in the instruction and research portion of the budget, exclusive of those full-time equivalent positions assigned to research, public service, administrative duties, and academic advising. Full-time administrators, librarians, and counselors shall be exempt from the provisions of this section; and colleges of medicine and law and others which are required for purposes of accreditation to meet national standards prescribed by the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, or other professional associations shall be exempt from the provisions of this section to the extent that the requirements of this section differ from the requirements of accreditation.
History.—s. 783, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.96 - IFAS extension personnel; federal health insurance programs notwithstanding the provisions of s. 110.123.

1012.96 IFAS extension personnel; federal health insurance programs notwithstanding the provisions of s. 110.123.—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 federal appointments and participating in the Federal Civil Service Retirement System.
History.—s. 785, ch. 2002-387.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.965 - Payment of costs of civil action against employees.

1012.965 Payment of costs of civil action against employees.—
(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 agreement whereby the hospital or health care facility provides to the university board a clinical setting for health care education, research, and services, shall not be deemed to be an agent of any person other than the university board in any civil action resulting from any act or omission of the employee or agent while rendering said medical care or treatment. For this subsection to apply, the patient shall be provided separate written conspicuous notice by the university board of trustees or by the hospital or health care facility, and shall acknowledge receipt of this notice, in writing, unless impractical by reason of an emergency, either personally or through another person authorized to give consent for him or her, that he or she will receive care provided by university board’s employees and liability, if any, that may arise from that care is limited as provided by law. Compliance by a hospital or health care facility with the requirements of chapter 395 or s. 766.110(1) shall not be used as evidence in any civil action to establish an employment or agency relationship between the hospital or health care facility and an employee or agent of the university board of trustees providing services within the hospital or health care facility.
(2) All faculty physicians employed by a university board of trustees who are subject to the requirements of s. 456.013 shall complete their risk management continuing education on issues specific to academic medicine. Such continuing education shall include instruction for the supervision of resident physicians as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(3) There are appropriated out of any funds available to a university, not subject to the obligation of contract, covenant, or trust, the amounts necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(4) Failure of a university board of trustees or an affiliated health care provider to do any act authorized by this section shall not constitute a cause of action against the university board, or an affiliated health care provider, or any of their members, officers, or employees.
History.—s. 786, ch. 2002-387; s. 123, ch. 2013-18.
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1012.975 Remuneration of state university presidents; limitations.—
(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 fees, or any funds from a state university trust fund regardless of repository.
(c) “Remuneration” means salary, bonuses, and cash-equivalent compensation paid to a state university president by his or her employer for work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement benefits.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit a party from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds that are not public funds to a state university president in excess of the limit in subsection (3). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a state university president as permitted under this subsection, public funds may not be used to fulfill such obligation.
(3) LIMITATION ON REMUNERATION.—Notwithstanding a law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a state university president may not receive more than $200,000 in remuneration from public funds. Only compensation, as defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a state university president may be used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
History.—s. 4, ch. 2003-392; s. 41, ch. 2011-63; s. 40, ch. 2012-134; s. 23, ch. 2013-45; s. 99, ch. 2014-39.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.976 - Remuneration of state university employees; limitations.

1012.976 Remuneration of state university employees; limitations.—
(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 and fees.
(c) “Remuneration” means salary, bonuses, and cash-equivalent compensation paid to a state university employee by his or her employer for work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement benefits.
(2) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding any other law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a state university employee may not receive more than $250,000 in remuneration annually from public funds. Only compensation, as such term is defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a state university employee may be used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit any party from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds that are not public funds to a state university employee in excess of the limit in subsection (2). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a state university employee as permitted under this subsection, public funds may not be used to fulfill such obligation. This section does not apply to university teaching faculty in instructional programs classified as Computer Information Sciences and Support Services; Engineering; Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields; Florida Mental Health Institute; Health Professions and Related Programs; Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting, and Related Fields; Mathematics; Nursing; or Physical Sciences; or to medical school faculty or staff.
History.—s. 42, ch. 2011-63; s. 41, ch. 2012-134; s. 24, ch. 2013-45; s. 7, ch. 2021-46; s. 88, ch. 2022-4; s. 7, ch. 2023-95.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.977 - Disclosure of contracts that affect the integrity of state universities or entities; penalties.

1012.977 Disclosure of contracts that affect the integrity of state universities or entities; penalties.—
(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 minimum, such policies shall require employees engaged in the design, conduct, or reporting of research to disclose and receive a determination that the outside activity or financial interest does not affect the integrity of the state university or entity.
(2)(a) “Financial interest” includes anything of value other than that provided directly by the university or entity.
(b) “Outside activity” includes anything an employee does for an organization or an individual, other than the university or entity, that is related to the employee’s expertise.
(3) An employee who has failed to disclose any outside activity or financial interest as required by subsection (1) shall be suspended without pay pending the outcome of an investigation which shall not exceed 60 days. Upon conclusion of the investigation, the university or entity may terminate the contract of the employee.
History.—s. 18, ch. 2020-117.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part IV - Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Personnel (Ss. 1012.80-1012.978) › Subpart C - Universities; Personnel › 1012.978 - Bonuses for state university system employees.

1012.978 Bonuses for state university system employees.—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 Governors shall develop a regulation to ensure consistency in the implementation of this section.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2021-160; s. 5, ch. 2023-95.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part V - Professional Development (Ss. 1012.98-1012.986) › 1012.986 - William Cecil Golden Professional Learning Program for School Leaders.

1012.986 William Cecil Golden Professional Learning Program for School Leaders.—
(1) There is established the William Cecil Golden Professional Learning Program for School Leaders to provide high-quality standards and sustained support for educational leaders. For purposes of this section, the term “educational leader” means teacher leaders, assistant principals, principals, or school district leaders. The program shall consist of a collaborative network of school districts, state-approved educational leadership programs, regional consortia, charter management organizations, and state and national professional leadership organizations to respond to educational leadership needs throughout the state. The network shall support the human-resource learning needs of educational leaders using the framework of leadership standards adopted by the State Board of Education. The goal of the network leadership program is to:
(a) Provide resources to support and enhance the roles of educational leaders.
(b) Maintain a clearinghouse and disseminate data-supported information related to the continued enhancement of student achievement and learning, civic education, coaching and mentoring, mental health awareness, technology in education, distance learning, and school safety based on educational research and best practices.
(c) Increase the quality and capacity of educational leadership learning programs.
(d) Support evidence-based leadership practices through dissemination and modeling at the preservice and inservice levels for educational leaders.
(e) Support the professional growth of instructional personnel who provide reading instruction and interventions by training school administrators on classroom observation, instructional coaching, and teacher evaluation practices aligned to evidence-based reading instruction and intervention strategies.
(2) The Department of Education shall coordinate through the network identified in subsection (1) to offer the program components through multiple delivery systems, including:
(a) Approved school district training programs.
(b) Interactive technology-based instruction.
(c) Regional consortium service organizations pursuant to s. 1001.451.
(d) State, regional, university, or local educational leadership academies.
(e) Educational leadership coaching and mentoring.
(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section.
History.—s. 63, ch. 2006-74; s. 24, ch. 2021-9; s. 8, ch. 2021-228; s. 34, ch. 2023-39.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code › Chapter 1012 - Personnel › Part VI - Interstate Compact on Qualifications of Educational Personnel (Ss. 1012.99-1012.9931) › 1012.991 - Commissioner designated official.

1012.991 Commissioner designated official.—For the purposes of the agreement set forth in Article IX, the “designated state official” for this state shall be the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner of Education shall enter into contracts pursuant to Article III of the agreement only with the approval of the specific texts thereof by the State Board of Education.
History.—s. 793, ch. 2002-387.