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The 2001 Florida Statutes

Title XVI
Education
Chapter 228
Public Education: General Provisions
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Chapter 228, Florida Statutes 2001

TITLE XVI

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 228

PUBLIC EDUCATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS

228.001  Name.

228.002  Purpose; construction.

228.01  State plan for public education.

228.02  State system of public education established.

228.03  Scope of state system.

228.04  Uniform system of public schools included.

228.041  Definitions.

228.051  Organization and funding of required public schools.

228.053  Developmental research schools.

228.055  Regional autism centers.

228.056  Charter schools.

228.0561  Charter schools capital outlay funding.

228.0565  Deregulated public schools.

228.0568  Charter school financial arrangements; indemnification of the state and school district; credit or taxing power not to be pledged.

228.057  Public school parental choice.

228.058  Charter School Districts Pilot Program.

228.0581  Conversion charter school pilot program.

228.061  Other public schools; preschool programs, prekindergarten early intervention programs, school-age child care programs, special schools and courses.

228.062  Migrant education program.

228.081  Other public educational services.

228.082  The Florida Virtual High School.

228.0857  Regional consortium service organizations.

228.086  Regional centers of excellence in mathematics, science, computers, technology, and global awareness.

228.092  Retention of records of students attending nonpublic schools.

228.093  Pupil and student records and reports; rights of parents, guardians, pupils, and students; notification; penalty.

228.101  Display of flags.

228.111  School officers to turn over money and property to successors.

228.121  Nonresident tuition fee; tuition fee exemptions.

228.151  Sources of State School Fund.

228.195  School food service programs.

228.2001  Discrimination against students and employees in state system of public education; prohibitions; equality of access; strategies to overcome underrepresentation; remedies.

228.301  Test security.

228.401  Temporary assignment of professional staff among public education agencies.

228.501  Learning Development and Evaluation Center.

228.503  Dropout reentry and mentor project.

228.505  Charter technical career centers.