(1) Each county may contract with a district school board, the Florida Virtual School, a charter school authorized to operate under s. 1002.33, or a Florida College System institution to provide education services for inmates at county detention facilities. The education services may include any educational, career, or vocational training authorized by the sheriff or chief correctional officer, or his or her designee.
(2) Minors who have not graduated from high school and eligible students with disabilities under the age of 22 who have not graduated with a standard diploma or its equivalent who are detained in a county or municipal detention facility as defined in s. 951.23 shall be offered educational services by the local school district in which the facility is located. These educational services shall be based upon the estimated length of time the youth will be in the facility and the youth’s current level of functioning. School district superintendents or their designees shall be notified by the county sheriff or chief correctional officer, or his or her designee, upon the assignment of a youth under the age of 21 to the facility. A cooperative agreement with the local school district and applicable law enforcement units shall be developed to address the notification requirement and the provision of educational services to these youth.
History.—s. 11, ch. 2000-137; s. 2, ch. 2018-104; s. 2, ch. 2022-143.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 951 - County and Municipal Prisoners
951.01 - County Prisoners May Be Put to Labor.
951.03 - County Commissioners to Provide Food, Etc.
951.032 - Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses.
951.033 - Income and Assets; Payment of Subsistence Costs.
951.04 - Furnishing of Transportation to Discharged Prisoners.
951.06 - Employment of Correctional Officers; Duties; Salary.
951.061 - Designation of Sheriff as Chief Correctional Officer; Duties.
951.062 - Contractual Arrangements for Operation and Maintenance of County Detention Facilities.
951.0623 - Application of Ch. 86-183; Agreement or Contract as of July 1, 1986.
951.063 - Privately Operated County Correctional Facilities.
951.10 - Leasing Prisoners to Work for Private Interests Prohibited.
951.11 - Turning Prisoners Over to Board of Bond Trustees, Etc.
951.12 - Working Prisoners on Public Roads and Exchange of Prisoners Between Counties.
951.13 - Transferring From One County to Another.
951.14 - Failure of Person to Discharge His or Her Duty; Penalty.
951.15 - Credit on Fines and Costs.
951.16 - Prisoners Entitled to Receive Credit on Fine Based on Imprisonment.
951.175 - Provision of Programs for Women.
951.176 - Provision of Education.
951.19 - Interference With County Prisoners.
951.21 - Gain-Time for Good Conduct for County Prisoners.
951.22 - County Detention Facilities; Contraband Articles.
951.221 - Sexual Misconduct Between Detention Facility Employees and Inmates; Penalties.
951.231 - County Residential Probation Program.
951.24 - Extend the Limits of Confinement for County Prisoners.
951.25 - Sale of Goods and Services Produced by County Prisoners.
951.26 - Public Safety Coordinating Councils.
951.27 - Blood Tests of Inmates.
951.28 - Transmitting Prisoner Information to Reduce Public Assistance Fraud.