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Title XLVIII K-20 EDUCATION CODE
Chapter 1000 K-20 GENERAL PROVISIONS Entire Chapter
SECTION 04
Components for the delivery of public education within the Florida K-20 education system.
F.S. 1000.04
1000.04

Components for the delivery of public education within the Florida K-20 education system.

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Florida’s K-20 education system provides for the delivery of public education through publicly supported and controlled K-12 schools, 1community colleges, state universities and other postsecondary educational institutions, other educational institutions, and other educational services as provided or authorized by the Constitution and laws of the state.

(1)

PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS.—The public K-12 schools include charter schools and consist of kindergarten classes; elementary, middle, and high school grades and special classes; school district virtual instruction programs; workforce education; career centers; adult, part-time, and evening schools, courses, or classes, as authorized by law to be operated under the control of district school boards; and lab schools operated under the control of state universities.

(2)

PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—Public postsecondary educational institutions include workforce education; 1community colleges; colleges; state universities; and all other state-supported postsecondary educational institutions that are authorized and established by law.

(3)

FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND.—The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind is a component of the delivery of public education within Florida’s K-20 education system.

(4)

THE FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL.—The Florida Virtual School is a component of the delivery of public education within Florida’s K-20 education system.

History.
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s. 6, ch. 2002-387; s. 23, ch. 2004-41; s. 69, ch. 2004-357; s. 1, ch. 2008-147.

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Note.
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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.