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Part I - General Provisions (S. 1002.01)
1002.01 - Definitions. - (1) A “home education program” means the sequentially progressive instruction...
Part II - Student and Parental Rights (Ss. 1002.20-1002.23)
1002.20 - K-12 student and parent rights. - (1) SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.—In accordance with s. 1, Art. IX...
1002.205 - Guidelines on religious expression; distribution. - History.—s. 1063, ch. 2002-387.
1002.206 - Religious expression in public schools. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Florida Student...
1002.21 - Postsecondary student and parent rights. - (1) LEARNING DISABLED STUDENTS.—Impaired and learning disabled students may be...
1002.22 - Education records and reports of K-12 students; rights of parents and students; notification; penalty. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Agency”...
1002.221 - K-12 education records; public records exemption. - (1) Education records, as defined in the Family Educational Rights...
1002.222 - Limitations on collection of information and disclosure of confidential and exempt student records. - (1) An agency or institution as defined in s. 1002.22(1)...
1002.225 - Education records of students in public postsecondary educational institutions; penalty. - (1) As used in this section, the term “education records”...
1002.23 - Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act. - (1) The purpose of the Family and School Partnership for...
Part III - Educational Choice (Ss. 1002.31-1002.40)
1002.31 - Controlled open enrollment; public school parental choice. - (1) As used in this section, “controlled open enrollment” means...
1002.3105 - Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) options. - (1) ACCEL OPTIONS.— (a) Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning...
1002.311 - Single-gender programs authorized. - (1) Subject to subsection (2) and in accordance with 34...
1002.32 - Developmental research (laboratory) schools. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Sidney...
1002.321 - Digital learning. - (1) DIGITAL LEARNING NOW ACT.—There is created the Digital Learning...
1002.33 - Charter schools. - (1) AUTHORIZATION.—All charter schools in Florida are public schools and...
1002.3301 - Charter School Review Commission. - (1) The commission shall consist of seven members who have...
1002.3305 - College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program for at-risk students. - (1) PROGRAM CREATION.—The College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program is created...
1002.331 - High-performing charter schools. - (1) A charter school is a high-performing charter school if...
1002.332 - High-performing charter school system. - (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Entity”...
1002.333 - Persistently low-performing schools. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Florida...
1002.334 - Innovative Blended Learning and Real-Time Student Assessment Pilot Program. - (1) There is created within the Department of Education the...
1002.34 - Charter technical career centers. - (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Legislature finds that the establishment of charter technical...
1002.345 - Determination of deteriorating financial conditions and financial emergencies for charter schools and charter technical career centers. - (1) EXPEDITED REVIEW; REQUIREMENTS.— (a) A charter school or a...
1002.35 - New World School of the Arts. - (1) The New World School of the Arts is created...
1002.36 - Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. - (1) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind,...
1002.37 - The Florida Virtual School. - (1)(a) The Florida Virtual School is established for the development...
1002.38 - Opportunity Scholarship Program. - (1) FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The purpose of this section is to...
1002.39 - The John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. - (1) THE JOHN M. MCKAY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES...
1002.391 - Auditory-oral education programs. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Auditory-oral...
1002.394 - The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. - (1) PURPOSE.—The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program is established to provide...
1002.395 - Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. - (1) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.— (a) The Legislature finds that: 1....
1002.40 - The Hope Scholarship Program. - (1) PURPOSE.—The Hope Scholarship Program is established to provide the...
Part IV - Home Education, Private Schools, Other Education Options (Ss. 1002.41-1002.455)
1002.41 - Home education programs. - (1) As used in this section, the term “home education...
1002.411 - New Worlds Reading Scholarship Accounts. - (1) NEW WORLDS READING SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS.—New Worlds Reading Scholarship Accounts...
1002.42 - Private schools. - (1) DEFINITION.—A “private school” is defined in s. 1002.01. (2)...
1002.421 - State school choice scholarship program accountability and oversight. - (1) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—A private school participating in...
1002.43 - Private tutoring programs. - (1) Regular school attendance as defined in s. 1003.01(13) may...
1002.45 - Virtual instruction programs. - (1) PROGRAM.— (a) For purposes of this section, the term:...
1002.451 - District innovation school of technology program. - (1) DISTRICT INNOVATION SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.— (a) A district school...
1002.455 - Student eligibility for K-12 virtual instruction. - (1) School district operated part-time or full-time kindergarten through grade...
Part V - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (Ss. 1002.51-1002.79)
1002.51 - Definitions. - (1) “Department” means the Department of Education. (2) “Disability” means...
1002.53 - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; eligibility and enrollment. - (1) The Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program is created and shall...
1002.55 - School-year prekindergarten program delivered by private prekindergarten providers. - (1) Each early learning coalition shall administer the Voluntary Prekindergarten...
1002.57 - Prekindergarten director credential. - (1) The department, in consultation with the Department of Children...
1002.59 - Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses. - (1) The department, in collaboration with the Just Read, Florida!...
1002.61 - Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. - (1)(a) Each school district shall administer the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education...
1002.63 - School-year prekindergarten program delivered by public schools. - (1) Each school district may administer the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education...
1002.66 - Specialized instructional services for children with disabilities. - (1) A child who has a disability and enrolls with...
1002.67 - Performance standards and curricula. - (1)(a) The department shall develop and adopt performance standards for...
1002.68 - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability. - (1)(a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 program year, each private prekindergarten...
1002.71 - Funding; financial and attendance reporting. - (1) Funds appropriated for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program may...
1002.72 - Records of children in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. - (1)(a) The records of a child enrolled in the Voluntary...
1002.73 - Department of Education; powers and duties; accountability requirements. - (1) The department shall adopt by rule a standard statewide...
1002.79 - Rulemaking authority. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2004-484; s. 458, ch. 2011-142; s. 79,...
Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)
1002.81 - Definitions. - (1) “At-risk child” means: (a) A child from a family...
1002.82 - Department of Education; powers and duties. - (1) For purposes of administration of the Child Care and...
1002.83 - Early learning coalitions. - (1) Thirty or fewer early learning coalitions are established and...
1002.84 - Early learning coalitions; school readiness powers and duties. - (1) Administer and implement a local comprehensive program of school...
1002.85 - Early learning coalition plans. - (1) The department shall adopt rules prescribing the standardized format...
1002.86 - School readiness program; education component. - History.—s. 17, ch. 2013-252.
1002.87 - School readiness program; eligibility and enrollment. - (1) Each early learning coalition shall give priority for participation...
1002.88 - School readiness program provider standards; eligibility to deliver the school readiness program. - (1) To be eligible to deliver the school readiness program,...
1002.89 - School readiness program; funding. - (1) DETERMINATION OF EARLY LEARNING COALITION SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM FUNDING.—Funding...
1002.895 - Market rate schedule. - (1) The department shall establish procedures for the adoption of...
1002.90 - School readiness cost-of-care information. - History.—s. 26, ch. 2022-154.
1002.91 - Investigations of fraud or overpayment; penalties. - (1) As used in this subsection, the term “fraud” means...
1002.92 - Child care and early childhood resource and referral. - (1) As a part of the school readiness program, the...
1002.93 - School readiness program transportation services. - (1) The department may authorize an early learning coalition to...
1002.945 - Gold Seal Quality Care Program. - (1)(a) There is established within the Department of Education the...
1002.95 - Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Scholarship Program. - (1) The department may contract for the administration of the...
1002.96 - Early Head Start collaboration grants. - (1) Contingent upon specific appropriation, the department shall establish a...
1002.97 - Records of children in the school readiness program. - (1) The individual records of children enrolled in the school...
1002.995 - Early learning professional development standards and career pathways. - (1) The department shall: (a) Develop early learning professional development...