Florida Statutes
Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)
1006.62 - Expulsion and discipline of students of Florida College System institutions and state universities.


(1) Each student in a Florida College System institution or state university is subject to federal and state law, respective county and municipal ordinances, and all rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors regarding the State University System, or the board of trustees of the institution.
(2) Violation of these published laws, ordinances, or rules and regulations may subject the violator to appropriate action by the institution’s authorities.
(3) Each president of a Florida College System institution or state university may, after notice to the student of the charges and after a hearing thereon, expel, suspend, or otherwise discipline any student who is found to have violated any law, ordinance, or rule or regulation of the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors regarding the State University System, or the board of trustees of the institution. A student may be entitled to waiver of expulsion:
(a) If the student provides substantial assistance in the identification, arrest, or conviction of any of his or her accomplices, accessories, coconspirators, or principals or of any other person engaged in violations of chapter 893 within a state university or Florida College System institution;
(b) If the student voluntarily discloses his or her violations of chapter 893 prior to his or her arrest; or
(c) If the student commits himself or herself, or is referred by the court in lieu of sentence, to a state-licensed drug abuse program and successfully completes the program.

History.—s. 332, ch. 2002-387; s. 108, ch. 2007-217; s. 81, ch. 2011-5.

Structure Florida Statutes

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.

1006.51 - Student ombudsman office.

1006.52 - Education records and applicant records; public records exemption.

1006.53 - Religious observances.

1006.54 - Universities; public documents distributed to libraries.

1006.55 - Law libraries of certain institutions of higher learning designated as state legal depositories.

1006.56 - Specified university publications; activities; trust funds.

1006.58 - Collections management for museums and galleries of state universities.

1006.59 - The Historically Black College and University Library Improvement Program.

1006.60 - Codes of conduct; disciplinary measures; rules or regulations.

1006.61 - Participation by students in disruptive activities at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties.

1006.62 - Expulsion and discipline of students of Florida College System institutions and state universities.

1006.63 - Hazing prohibited.

1006.66 - Regulation of traffic at universities.

1006.68 - HIV and AIDS policy.

1006.69 - Vaccination against meningococcal meningitis and hepatitis B.

1006.695 - Sexual predator and sexual offender notification; Florida College System institutions, state universities, and career centers.

1006.71 - Gender equity in intercollegiate athletics.

1006.73 - Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network.

1006.74 - Intercollegiate athlete compensation and rights.

1006.75 - Student career services.

1006.751 - State university career planning and information; online dashboard.