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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XVI
EDUCATION
Chapter 228
Public Education: General Provisions
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Section 228.101, Florida Statutes 2000

228.101  Display of flags.--Every publicly supported and controlled school, institution of higher education and other educational institution as may be provided or authorized by the Constitution and laws of Florida shall display daily the flag of the United States and the official flag of Florida when the weather permits upon one building or on a suitable flagstaff upon the grounds of each state educational institution and upon every district school building or the grounds of the same except when the institution or school is closed for vacation; provided, that for a school center at which two or more school buildings are located on the same or on adjacent sites one flag may be displayed for the entire group of buildings.

History.--s. 206, ch. 19355, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 892(25); s. 1, ch. 29789, 1955; s. 3, ch. 65-239; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 1, ch. 72-221.

Note.--Former s. 228.06.