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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XVI
EDUCATION
Chapter 232
Compulsory School Attendance; Child Welfare
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Section 232.021, Florida Statutes 2000

232.021  Attendance records and reports required.--All officials, teachers, and other employees in public, parochial, denominational, and private schools, including private tutors, shall keep all records and shall prepare and submit promptly all reports that may be required by law and by regulations of state and district boards. Such records shall include a register of enrollment and attendance and all such persons named above shall make such reports therefrom as may be required by the state board. The enrollment register shall show the absence or attendance of each child enrolled for each school day of the year in a manner prescribed by the state board. The register shall be open for the inspection by the designated school representative or the superintendent of the district in which the school is located. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided by law. This section shall not apply to home education programs provided in s. 232.0201.

History.--s. 614, ch. 19355, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 892(185); s. 75, ch. 65-239; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 134, ch. 71-136; s. 96, ch. 72-221; s. 18, ch. 97-190; s. 6, ch. 98-272.

Note.--Former s. 232.14.