1007.264 Persons with disabilities; admission to postsecondary educational institutions; substitute requirements; rules and regulations.—
(1) Any student with a disability, as defined in s. 1007.02(2), except those students who have been documented as having intellectual disabilities, shall be eligible for reasonable substitution for any requirement for admission into a public postsecondary educational institution where documentation can be provided that the person’s failure to meet the admission requirement is related to the disability.
(2) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Board of Governors, shall adopt rules to implement this section for 1community colleges and shall develop substitute admission requirements where appropriate.
(3) The Board of Governors, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall adopt regulations to implement this section for state universities and shall develop substitute admission requirements where appropriate.
History.—s. 355, ch. 2002-387; s. 4, ch. 2003-8; s. 118, ch. 2007-217; s. 8, ch. 2008-204; s. 19, ch. 2010-78.
1Note.—Section 21, ch. 2010-70, directs the Division of Statutory Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill to substitute the term “Florida College System institution” for the terms “Florida college,” “community college,” and “junior college” where those terms appear in the Florida K-20 Education Code.
