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The 2000 Florida Statutes

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

CHAPTER 232

COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; CHILD WELFARE

232.001  Pilot project.

232.01  School attendance.

232.02  Regular school attendance.

232.0201  Home education programs.

232.0202  Private tutoring programs.

232.0205  Student disclosures required at school registration.

232.021  Attendance records and reports required.

232.022  Attendance defined.

232.0225  Absence for religious instruction or holidays.

232.03  Evidence of date of birth required.

232.0315  School-entry health examinations.

232.032  Immunization against communicable diseases; school attendance requirements; exemptions.

232.042  Swim lessons; school enrollment requirements.

232.06  Certificates of exemptions authorized in certain cases.

232.09  Parents and legal guardians responsible for attendance of children; attendance policy.

232.16  Superintendent responsible for enforcement.

232.17  Enforcement of school attendance.

232.19  Court procedure and penalties.

232.195  Continuation of truancy remedial activities upon transfer of student; retention of legal jurisdiction.

232.197  Notice to schools of court action.

232.23  Procedures for maintenance and transfer of pupil records.

232.245  Pupil progression; remedial instruction; reporting requirements.

232.2451  Readiness for postsecondary education and the workplace.

232.24521  Report cards; end-of-the-year status.

232.2454  District student performance standards, instruments, and assessment procedures.

232.246  General requirements for high school graduation.

232.2462  Definition of "credit".

232.2463  High school grading system.

232.2466  College-ready diploma program.

232.247  Special high school graduation requirements for certain exceptional students.

232.248  Confidentiality of assessment instruments.

232.2481  Graduation and promotion requirements for publicly operated schools.

232.25  Pupils subject to control of school.

232.256  Search of student locker or storage area; authority.

232.26  Authority of principal.

232.27  Authority of teacher; responsibility for control of students; school district duties.

232.271  Removal by teacher.

232.272  Placement review committee.

232.273  Standards for use of reasonable force.

232.275  Liability of teacher or principal.

232.277  Reports of suspected substance or alcohol abuse; exemption from liability.

232.28  Authority of school bus drivers; school district duties.

232.39  Secret societies prohibited in public schools.

232.40  Pupils prohibited from belonging to secret societies.

232.41  School boards may prescribe regulations.

232.425  Student standards for participation in interscholastic extracurricular student activities; regulation.

232.426  Sponsorship of athletic activities similar to those for which scholarships offered; rulemaking.

232.43  Insuring school students engaged in athletic activities against injury.

232.433  Safety standards for cheerleaders.

232.435  Extracurricular athletic activities; athletic trainers.

232.44  Audit of records of nonprofit corporations and associations handling interscholastic activities.

232.45  Eye-protective devices required in certain chemical laboratory courses.

232.46  Administration of medication by school district personnel.

232.465  Provision of medical services; restrictions.

232.47  Asthmatic students; possession of inhalers.

232.50  Child abuse, abandonment, and neglect policy.

232.60  Athletics; governing nonprofit organization.

232.61  Governing organization for athletics; adoption of bylaws.

232.62  Governing organization for athletics; structure.

232.63  Governing organization for athletics; board of directors.

232.64  Governing organization for athletics; representative assembly.

232.65  Governing organization for athletics; public liaison advisory committee.

232.66  Governing organization for athletics; appeals.

232.67  Governing organization for athletics; amendment of bylaws.

232.68  Governing organization for athletics; rules adoption.