(1) Each state or local public agency, including the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the boards of trustees of universities and Florida College System institutions, and the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, which agency is authorized to operate educational programs for students at any level of grades kindergarten through 12, shall be subject to all applicable requirements of ss. 1002.3105(5), 1003.4281, 1003.4282, 1008.23, and 1008.25. Within the content of these cited statutes each such state or local public agency or entity shall be considered a “district school board.”
(2) The Commissioner of Education shall establish procedures to extend the state-administered assessment program to school programs operated by such state or local public agencies or entities in the same manner and to the same extent as such program is administered in each district school system.
History.—s. 142, ch. 2002-387; s. 36, ch. 2011-5; s. 48, ch. 2013-35; s. 180, ch. 2014-17; s. 367, ch. 2014-19; s. 44, ch. 2014-39.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code
Chapter 1003 - Public K-12 Education
Part IV - Public K-12 Educational Instruction (Ss. 1003.41-1003.49966)
1003.41 - State academic standards.
1003.4156 - General requirements for middle grades promotion.
1003.42 - Required instruction.
1003.4203 - Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool certificates, and technical assistance.
1003.4204 - Safer, Smarter Schools Program.
1003.4205 - Disability history and awareness instruction.
1003.421 - Recitation of the Declaration of Independence.
1003.4281 - Early high school graduation.
1003.4282 - Requirements for a standard high school diploma.
1003.4285 - Standard high school diploma designations.
1003.4286 - Award of standard high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans.
1003.4295 - Acceleration options.
1003.432 - Florida Seal of Biliteracy Program for high school graduates.
1003.435 - High school equivalency diploma program.
1003.436 - Definition of “credit.”
1003.437 - Middle and high school grading system.
1003.44 - Patriotic programs; rules.
1003.45 - Permitting study of the Bible and religion; requiring a moment of silence.
1003.4505 - Protection of school speech.
1003.453 - School wellness and physical education policies; nutrition guidelines.
1003.455 - Physical education; assessment.
1003.46 - Health education; instruction in acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
1003.47 - Biological experiments on living subjects.
1003.48 - Instruction in operation of motor vehicles.
1003.481 - Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program.
1003.485 - The New Worlds Reading Initiative.
1003.49 - Graduation and promotion requirements for publicly operated schools.
1003.491 - Florida Career and Professional Education Act.
1003.492 - Industry-certified career education programs.
1003.493 - Career and professional academies and career-themed courses.
1003.4933 - 911 public safety telecommunication training programs.
1003.4935 - Middle grades career and professional academy courses and career-themed courses.
1003.498 - School district virtual course offerings.
1003.499 - Florida Approved Courses and Tests (FACT) Initiative.
1003.4996 - Competency-Based Education Pilot Program.