Section A: Florida Statutes Pertaining to Exceptional ...

1 Section A: Florida Statutes Pertaining to Exceptional Student education Chapter 1000, K-20 General Provisions Function, mission, and goals of the Florida K-20 education system Discrimination against students and employees in the Florida K-20 public education system prohibited; equality of access required Systemwide definitions Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children Chapter 1001, K-20 Governance General powers of State Board of education Commissioner of education ; other duties Office of Early Learning Powers and duties of district school board Regional consortium service organizations General powers of district school superintendent Duties and responsibilities of district school superintendent Reproduction and destruction of district school records Chapter 1002, Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices K-12 student and parent rights Postsecondary student and parent rights education records and reports of K-12 students ; rights of parents and students ; notification.

2 Penalty Limitations on collection of information and disclosure of confidential and exempt student records Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) options Charter schools Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind Opportunity Scholarship Program Florida personal learning scholarship accounts The John M. McKay Scholarships for students with Disabilities Program Auditory-oral education programs Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Private schools District innovation school of technology program Definitions Voluntary Prekindergarten education Program; eligibility and enrollment Specialized instructional services for children with disabilities Definitions Office of Early Learning; powers and duties Early learning coalitions Early learning coalitions; school readiness powers and duties Early learning coalition plans School readiness program; education component School readiness program.

3 Eligibility and enrollment School readiness program provider standards; eligibility to deliver the school readiness program School readiness program; funding Market rate schedule Investigations of fraud or overpayment; penalties Child care and early childhood resource and referral School readiness program transportation services Child Care Executive Partnership Program Teacher education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program Early Head Start collaboration grants Records of children in the school readiness program Chapter 1003, Public K-12 education Definitions District school board operation and control of public K-12 education within the school district Maximum class size Student conduct and parental involvement Assistance to transitioning students from military families School attendance School-entry health examinations.

4 Immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health Attendance records and reports Parents responsible for attendance of children; attendance policy Procedures for maintenance and transfer of student records Enforcement of school attendance Court procedure and penalties Continuation of truancy remedial activities upon transfer of student; retention of legal jurisdiction Notice to schools of court action students subject to control of school Authority of teacher; responsibility for control of students ; district school board and principal duties Report cards; end-of -the-year status Next Generation Sunshine State Standards General requirements for middle grades promotion Required instruction Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool certificates.

5 And technical assistance Disability history and awareness instruction Requirements for a standard high school diploma Standard high school diploma designations Learning opportunities for out-of -state and out-of -country transfer students and students needing additional instruction to meet high school graduation requirements High school equivalency diploma program Definition of credit Middle and high school grading system Graduation and promotion requirements for publicly operated schools Florida Approved Courses and Tests (FACT) Initiative Fine arts report Other public educational services Educational services in Department of Juvenile Justice programs Dropout prevention and academic intervention Teenage parent programs Instructional programs for blind or visually impaired students and deaf or hard-of -hearing students English language instruction for limited English proficient students Exceptional students instruction Instruction for Exceptional students who have a disability Parental consent.

6 Individual education plan Transition to postsecondary education and career opportunities Collaboration of public and private instructional personnel Use of restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities Assistive technology devices; findings; interagency agreements Individual education plans for Exceptional students students in residential care facilities Academically high-performing school districts Chapter 1004, Public Postsecondary education Credit for online courses Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Florida Center for Cybersecurity Regional autism centers; public record exemptions Chapter 1006, Support for Learning Diagnostic and learning resource centers Educational multiagency services for students with severe emotional disturbance Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy Administration of medication and provision of medical services by district school board personnel Administration of psychotropic medication; prohibition.

7 Conditions District school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety District school superintendent duties relating to student discipline and school safety Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety Authority of school bus drivers and district school boards relating to student discipline and student safety on school buses Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization Student standards for participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student activities; regulation Automated external defibrillator; user training Duties of district school superintendent and district school board regarding transportation Safety and health of students being transported Duties of district school board, district school superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 instructional materials District school board instructional materials review process Duties, responsibilities, and requirements of instructional materials publishers and manufacturers Chapter 1007, Articulation and Access students with disabilities; definition American Sign Language; findings; foreign-language credits authorized.

8 Teacher licensing Computer science and technology instruction Florida College System institutions; admissions of students Persons with disabilities; admission to postsecondary educational institutions; substitute requirements; rules and regulations Persons with disabilities; graduation, study program admission, and upper-division entry; substitute requirements; rules and regulations Articulated acceleration mechanisms Collegiate high school program Chapter 1008, Assessment and Accountability students with disabilities; extraordinary exemption Student assessment program for public schools Test administration and security; public records exemption Public school student progression; student support; reporting requirements Common placement testing for public postsecondary education School grading system; school report cards; district grade School grade or school improvement rating for Exceptional student education centers CAPE Industry Certification Funding List and CAPE Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding List Chapter 1009, Educational Scholarships, Fees, and Financial Assistance State financial aid; students with a disability Grants for teachers for special training in Exceptional student education The Theodore R.

9 And Vivian M. Johnson Scholarship Program Benacquisto Scholarship Program Chapter 1010, Financial Matters Cost accounting and reporting for school districts Educational funding accountability Audit of student enrollment Chapter 1011, Planning and Budgeting Definitions Funds for operation of schools Adjustments for students without a Florida student identification number Funds for student transportation Class size reduction; operating categorical fund Medicaid certified school funding maximization Gifted education exemplary program grants Procedure for determining state financial support and annual apportionment of state funds to each Florida College System institution district Chapter 1012, Personnel Definitions Identification of critical teacher shortage areas Public school personnel; powers and duties of the district school board Public school personnel.

10 Powers and duties of district school superintendent Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria education paraprofessionals Teacher teaching out-of -field Qualifications for certain persons providing speech-language services Positions for which certificates required Educator certification requirements Educator certification for blind and visually impaired students Continuing education and inservice training for teaching students with developmental disabilities Process for renewal of professional certificates Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate certificates School Community Professional Development Act Chapter 39, Proceedings Relating to Chil