Chapter 6A-1 — Finance and Administration
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| 6A-1.001 | District Financial Records | 2/20/2024 |
| 6A-1.0011 | Data Collection Activities, Instruments, Forms and Instructions (Repealed) | 5/19/2008 |
| 6A-1.0012 | Minimum Security Measures for Direct Deposit by Electronic Transfer of Funds or Other Medium | 12/4/1979 |
| 6A-1.0013 | Audits of Direct-Support Organizations | 6/6/1985 |
| 6A-1.0014 | Comprehensive Management Information System | 12/21/2025 |
| 6A-1.00141 | Florida Education Identifier Assignment and Requirements | 6/16/2020 |
| 6A-1.0015 | K-20 Data Warehouse | 6/18/2012 |
| 6A-1.0016 | Application for and Issuance and Revocation of Master School Identification (MSID) Numbers | 3/25/2014 |
| 6A-1.0017 | School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR) | 8/22/2023 |
| 6A-1.0018 | School Safety Requirements and Monitoring | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-1.0019 | Threat Management | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-1.002 | District School Budgets (Repealed) | 4/25/2017 |
| 6A-1.0020 | Florida Safe Schools Canine Program | 9/26/2023 |
| 6A-1.0021 | Annual School Budget Form | |
| 6A-1.0022 | Method of Accounting | |
| 6A-1.003 | Budgets Certified | |
| 6A-1.004 | School District Budget Requirements | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-1.005 | Commissioner of Education to Submit Reports on Budgets | |
| 6A-1.006 | Budget Amendments (Repealed) | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.007 | Execution of the Budget | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.0071 | Fiscal Reporting Dates | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-1.008 | Financial Statements | 12/5/1974 |
| 6A-1.0081 | Charter School and Charter Technical Career Center Financial Statements and Financial Conditions. | 11/19/2013 |
| 6A-1.009 | Establishment of District Capital Improvement Fund | |
| 6A-1.010 | Administration of Bond Construction Funds and Interest and Sinking Funds | |
| 6A-1.011 | Project or Construction Accounts for Capital Outlay Projects | 12/4/1989 |
| 6A-1.012 | Purchasing Policies | 2/25/2009 |
| 6A-1.013 | Pool Purchases | 2/21/1977 |
| 6A-1.014 | Expenditure of Funds in Programs and Schools Where Generated | 6/10/1987 |
| 6A-1.0141 | Categorical Program Funds | 4/8/1975 |
| 6A-1.01411 | Categorical Program Funds 1990-91 | |
| 6A-1.0142 | Legal Counsel for District School System | |
| 6A-1.0143 | Promotion and Public Relations Funding | 11/15/1993 |
| 6A-1.015 | Commission to Administer Capital Outlay Programs | |
| 6A-1.0151 | Special Advance Funding from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund | |
| 6A-1.016 | Capital Outlay and Debt Service Administrative Expense Fund Established | |
| 6A-1.017 | Deducations for Direct Costs of Issuing State Board of Education Boards | |
| 6A-1.018 | State Board of Administration Designated as Agent for Administration of Debt Service and Investments | |
| 6A-1.019 | Investment of Undistributed Balances of CO&DS Funds and Bond Proceeds | |
| 6A-1.020 | Reimbursement of State Board of Administration for Fiscal Services | |
| 6A-1.021 | Commissioner of Education to Certify Amounts of CO&DS School Funds to Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Division of Motor Vehicles | |
| 6A-1.022 | Distribution of School District Capital Outlay and Debt Service School Funds | |
| 6A-1.023 | CO&DS Funds to Be Calculated Separately for Junior College Units | |
| 6A-1.024 | Current CO&DS Funds to Be Deposited Locally in Special CO&DS Depository Account | |
| 6A-1.025 | CO&DS Funds to Be Administered Alike | |
| 6A-1.026 | Reimbursement of Capital Outlay Funds Improperly Expended | |
| 6A-1.027 | Use of Current CO&DS Funds | |
| 6A-1.028 | Eligibility for Expenditure of Funds Authorized by Article XII, Section 9(d), Florida Constitution | |
| 6A-1.029 | Establishing Order of Priorities for Expenditure of Funds Authorized by Article XII, Section 9(d), Florida Constitution, and Bond Proceeds | |
| 6A-1.030 | Establishment of Priorities of Capital Outlay Projects | |
| 6A-1.0301 | Issuance of Local Bonds Pledging CO&DS and Forestry Funds for Debt Service | |
| 6A-1.03025 | Special Programs for Excpetional Students who Require Occupational Therapy | |
| 6A-1.031 | Separate Priorities for Junior College Projects | |
| 6A-1.032 | Use of CO&DS Funds if There are No Capital Outlay Needs | |
| 6A-1.033 | Procedure for Headling State Board of Education Bond Proceeds | |
| 6A-1.034 | Duty of School Board to Invest State Board of Education Bond Proceeds | |
| 6A-1.035 | State Board of Education Bond Proceeds to Be Expended Only as Authorized in Resolution | |
| 6A-1.036 | Administration of School District Supplemental Capital Outlay Funds | |
| 6A-1.037 | Approval of Proposals for Issuing Special Tax School Distict Bonds | |
| 6A-1.038 | Funding and Refunding of School District Indebtedness | 12/20/2011 |
| 6A-1.039 | Supplemental Educational Services in Title I Schools (Repealed) | 3/23/2016 |
| 6A-1.0391 | Evaluation of Supplemental Educational Service Providers (Repealed) | 3/23/2016 |
| 6A-1.040 | Organization of Special Tax School District Trustees | |
| 6A-1.0401 | Annual Report of Progress | |
| 6A-1.0402 | School and District Annual Reports (Repealed) | 6/23/2016 |
| 6A-1.0403 | Secondary School Security Programs (Repealed) | 4/25/2017 |
| 6A-1.0404 | Zero Tolerance for School Related Violent Crime (Repealed) | 10/25/2010 |
| 6A-1.041 | School Advisory Committees | |
| 6A-1.0411 | District Comprehensive Planning | |
| 6A-1.042 | Legal Counsel for District School System | |
| 6A-1.0421 | Temporary Inability of Superintendent of Schools to Perform the Duties of Office (Repealed) | 5/3/2010 |
| 6A-1.043 | Guidelines for a Unitary School System | |
| 6A-1.044 | Pupil Attendance Records | 4/30/2024 |
| 6A-1.0441 | Vocational Attendance Records | |
| 6A-1.0442 | Educational Requirements for Application, Suspension and Reinstatement of a Driver’s License | |
| 6A-1.045 | Classifying Schools as Isolated or Non-isolated | |
| 6A-1.0450 | Academically High-Performing School District Virtual Instruction Plan | 5/3/2022 |
| 6A-1.0451 | Florida Education Finance Program Student Membership Surveys | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-1.04511 | Full-time Equivalent Student Membership in Basic Programs Beyond the One Hundred Eighty (180) Day School Year (Repealed) | 11/26/2008 |
| 6A-1.045111 | Hourly Equivalent to 180-Day School Year and 250-Day School Year for Juvenile Justice Education Programs | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-1.04513 | Maintaining Auditable FTE Records (Repealed) | 9/19/2017 |
| 6A-1.04514 | Exceptional Student Membership in Mainstream Programs (Repealed) | 2/25/2009 |
| 6A-1.0452 | Distribution of Florida Education Finance Program Funds | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.0453 | Educational Program Audits | 9/19/2017 |
| 6A-1.0455 | Middle School and High School Start Times | 3/26/2026 |
| 6A-1.046 | Calculation of Instruction Units for Isolated and Non-isolated Schools | |
| 6A-1.047 | Recalculation Funds | |
| 6A-1.048 | Calculation of Instruction Units and Salary Allocations; Class Loads | |
| 6A-1.049 | Funds Designated for Instructional Materials | |
| 6A-1.050 | Planned Program for Effective Use of Instructional Personnel | |
| 6A-1.0501 | Policies Relating to Personnel Employed Beyond Ten Months (Summer Program) | |
| 6A-1.0502 | Non-certificated Instructional Personnel | 10/27/2020 |
| 6A-1.0503 | Definition of Qualified Instructional Personnel | 12/22/2019 |
| 6A-1.05031 | Personnel Employed to Teach Mathematics and Science | |
| 6A-1.0504 | Best and Brightest Award Subject Area Content Expert (Repealed) | 10/27/2020 |
| 6A-1.051 | Policies Relating to Personnel Employed Beyond Ten Months (Summer Program) (Repealed) | |
| 6A-1.052 | Salary Schedules to Be Adopted for All Personnel | 12/5/1974 |
| 6A-1.053 | Plans and Policies Authorized for Withholding Yearly Increments and Minimum Salaries (Repealed) | |
| 6A-1.054 | Employment of Emergency Teachers (Substitute Teachers) | |
| 6A-1.055 | Determining Salary of County Superintendents on Basis of Instruction Units | |
| 6A-1.0551 | Special Qualification Salary for Elected District School Superintendents | 9/22/2008 |
| 6A-1.056 | Travel and Subsistence for School Board Members, Superintendents and School Employees | 12/5/1974 |
| 6A-1.057 | Petty Cash Funds (Repealed) | 11/26/2008 |
| 6A-1.064 | Forms for Contracts for Instructional and Professional Administrative Personnel, and Other Personnel | 9/9/1984 |
| 6A-1.065 | Continuing Contract Equivalency in Districts Having Local Tenure Laws | |
| 6A-1.0651 | Employment of Teachers over Seventy Years of Age | |
| 6A-1.066 | Minimum Service, Effective Date, and Other Conditions for Continuing Contract Status | |
| 6A-1.067 | Definition of Regular Certificate as a Qualification for Establishing Eligibility for Consideration for a Continuing Contract | |
| 6A-1.068 | Definition of CC-7, CC-10 and CC-15 Status | |
| 6A-1.069 | Responsibility for District School Personnel Records | |
| 6A-1.0691 | Procedures for Appealing a District School Board Decision (Repealed) | 5/3/2010 |
| 6A-1.0692 | Fidelity Bonds Required for School Officials | |
| 6A-1.070 | Teacher Aides and Volunteers | 7/26/2016 |
| 6A-1.075 | School Board to Adopt Policies on Leave of Absence | |
| 6A-1.076 | Definition of Leave of Absence | |
| 6A-1.077 | All Proper Absence from Duty to Be Covered by Leave | |
| 6A-1.078 | Leave Discretionary with Board Unless Otherwise Provided by Law | |
| 6A-1.079 | Leave to Be Used for the Purposes Set Forth in Application (Repealed) | 11/26/2008 |
| 6A-1.080 | Maximum Extent of Leave | 12/5/1974 |
| 6A-1.081 | Professional Leave and Extended Professional Leave; Definition | 12/5/1974 |
| 6A-1.082 | Vacation Leave for Personnel Employed on Twelve Months Contract | 2/16/1994 |
| 6A-1.0831 | Sick Leave | |
| 6A-1.084 | Assignment of Employees for Temporary Duty | |
| 6A-1.085 | Basic Principles of Internal Fund Accounting (Repealed) | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.086 | Administration of Internal Funds and Properties | |
| 6A-1.087 | School Board Responsible for Internal Funds (Repealed) | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.088 | Responsibilities of the Superintendent for Internal Funds | |
| 6A-1.089 | Duties of the Principal with Respect to Internal Funds | |
| 6A-1.090 | Reporting Internal Funds | |
| 6A-1.091 | Purchases from Internal Funds (Repealed) | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.092 | Florida Gold Seal Vocational Endorsement | |
| 6A-1.093 | Florida Academic Scholars Certificate (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-1.094 | Report on Acceleration Mechanisms for Program Completion | |
| 6A-1.09401 | Student Performance Standards | 8/3/2026 |
| 6A-1.0941 | Minimum Student Performance Standards (Repealed) | 11/13/2012 |
| 6A-1.09411 | K-12 Civic Education Curriculum | 11/23/2021 |
| 6A-1.09412 | Course Requirements - Grades K-12 Basic and Adult Secondary Programs | 12/21/2025 |
| 6A-1.094120 | Youth Mental Health Awareness Training and Reporting | 6/17/2026 |
| 6A-1.094121 | Mental and Emotional Health Education (Repealed) | 12/22/2020 |
| 6A-1.094122 | Substance Use and Abuse Health Education (Repealed) | 12/22/2020 |
| 6A-1.094123 | Child Trafficking Prevention Education (Repealed) | 12/22/2020 |
| 6A-1.094124 | Required Instruction Planning and Reporting | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-1.094125 | Special Magistrate for Unresolved Student Welfare Complaints | 9/26/2023 |
| 6A-1.094126 | Special Magistrate for Materials Used in Classroom or School Libraries | 9/26/2023 |
| 6A-1.094127 | Special Magistrate for Teacher Empowerment | 8/22/2023 |
| 6A-1.09413 | Curriculum Frameworks – Grades 6-8 | |
| 6A-1.09414 | Course Requirements - Grades PK-12 Exceptional Student Education | 2/24/2026 |
| 6A-1.09415 | Uniform Student Performance Standards for Selected Courses, Grades 9-12 for Florida Schools | |
| 6A-1.09416 | Uniform Student Performance Standards for Selected Courses, Grades 6-8 for Florida Schools | |
| 6A-1.09417 | Curriculum Frameworks - Lifelong Learning Noncredit Courses, Adults - High School and Non-High School Graduates (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-1.0942 | State Student Assessment Test Requirements for Graduation from High School (Repealed) | 11/26/2008 |
| 6A-1.09421 | High School Competency Test Requirements (Repealed) | 12/2/2015 |
| 6A-1.09422 | Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring System and Statewide, Standardized Assessment Program Requirements | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-1.094221 | Alternative Standardized Reading Assessment and Use of Student Portfolio for Good Cause Promotion | 3/15/2022 |
| 6A-1.094222 | Standards for Mid-Year Promotion of Retained Third Graders | 2/21/2023 |
| 6A-1.094223 | Comparative and Concordant Scores for the Statewide Assessment Program (Repealed) | 6/28/2018 |
| 6A-1.094224 | Uniform Assessment Calendar | 8/19/2025 |
| 6A-1.0943 | Statewide Assessment for Students with Disabilities | 7/14/2021 |
| 6A-1.09430 | Statewide, Standardized Alternate Assessment Program Requirements | 12/24/2024 |
| 6A-1.09431 | Procedures for Special Exemption from Graduation Test Requirement for Students with Disabilities Seeking a Standard High School Diploma (Repealed) | 12/23/2013 |
| 6A-1.09432 | Assessment of English Language Learners | 6/23/2016 |
| 6A-1.09433 | Voluntary Prekindergarten Pre- and Post-Assessments (Repealed) | 11/22/2022 |
| 6A-1.0944 | Access, Maintenance and Destruction of State Student Assessment Tests and Related Materials (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-1.09441 | Requirements for Programs and Courses that are Funded Through the Florida Education Finance Program and for Which the Student May Earn Credit Toward High School Graduation | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-1.09442 | Process and Minimum Standards for the Award of High School Credit for Career and Technical Student Organization Participation | 2/20/2024 |
| 6A-1.09512 | Equivalent Minimum School Term for Compulsory Attendance Purposes | 4/21/1980 |
| 6A-1.09513 | Parents' Responsibility for School Attendance | 11/23/1988 |
| 6A-1.09514 | Excused Absences for Religious Instruction or Holiday | 6/17/2026 |
| 6A-1.09515 | Excused Absences for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder | 4/30/2018 |
| 6A-1.0952 | Length of School Day for Double Sessions | |
| 6A-1.09521 | Minimum Length of One-Half Day Kindergarten | |
| 6A-1.09531 | Minimum School Day for Emergency Situations (Repealed) | 4/25/2007 |
| 6A-1.09533 | Minimum School Term, Emergencies | 12/20/2016 |
| 6A-1.0954 | Extended School Term | |
| 6A-1.0955 | Education Records | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-1.09550 | Student Online Personal Information Protection | 9/26/2023 |
| 6A-1.0956 | Suspension on the Basis of Felony Charges | 5/3/2010 |
| 6A-1.0957 | Internet Safety Policy | 8/22/2023 |
| 6A-1.096 | Extended School Term | |
| 6A-1.097 | Issuance of Age Certificates | |
| 6A-1.098 | Non-resident Tuition Fee; Definitions; Procedure | |
| 6A-1.0981 | Readiness Test for Early Admission to First Grade | |
| 6A-1.0982 | Residency for First Grade Administration | |
| 6A-1.0983 | Criteria for Early Entrance to First Grade | |
| 6A-1.0984 | Criteria for Early Entrance to Kindergarten | |
| 6A-1.0985 | Entry Into Kindergarten and First Grade by Out-of-State Transfer Students | 7/29/1982 |
| 6A-1.099 | Cooperative Projects and Activities | 4/21/2009 |
| 6A-1.0991 | Fees for Enrichment Classes | |
| 6A-1.09911 | Basic Skills and Functional Literacy Compensatory Education Program | |
| 6A-1.0992 | Florida Finance Program Compensatory Education Funds | |
| 6A-1.0993 | Energy Conservation Program | |
| 6A-1.0994 | Educational Alternative Programs | |
| 6A-1.09941 | State Uniform Transfer of Students in Middle Grades and High School | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-1.09942 | State Uniform Transfer of Students in the Middle Grades (Repealed) | 8/20/2017 |
| 6A-1.0995 | Form of High School Diplomas | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-1.09951 | Requirements for the Florida Seal of Biliteracy Program | 3/22/2017 |
| 6A-1.09952 | Requirements for the Florida Seal of Fine Arts | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-1.09953 | Statewide Uniform Weighted Grading System in Honors and Articulated Accelerated Courses | 9/2/2026 |
| 6A-1.09961 | Graduation Requirements for Certain Students with Disabilities (Repealed) | 12/22/2020 |
| 6A-1.09963 | High School Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-1.0997 | Settlement of Area and Attendance Disputes Between County School Boards | 4/3/1990 |
| 6A-1.0998 | Standards for Indicating Progress Toward the State Education Goals (Repealed) | 4/30/2012 |
| 6A-1.09981 | School and District Accountability | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-1.099811 | School Improvement State System of Support for Deficient and Failing Schools | 12/24/2024 |
| 6A-1.099812 | Education Accountability for Department of Juvenile Justice Education Programs (Repealed) | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-1.099813 | Education Program Improvement Process for Department of Juvenile Justice Programs (Repealed) | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-1.099814 | Principal Autonomy Program Initiative | 8/21/2018 |
| 6A-1.09982 | Reporting Requirements for School Improvement and Accountability (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-1.099821 | Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate (Transferred) | 5/10/2012 |
| 6A-1.099822 | School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools. | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-1.099823 | Performance Standards for Children Participating in the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program (Transferred) | 11/22/2011 |
| 6A-1.099824 | Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider Placed on Probation Good Cause Exemption (Transferred) | 5/10/2012 |
| 6A-1.099825 | Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Curriculum Approval Process (Transferred) | 11/22/2012 |
| 6A-1.099826 | VPK Staff Development Plan for Providers on Probation (Transferred) | 8/21/2012 |
| 6A-1.099827 | Charter School Corrective Action and School Improvement Plans | 11/21/2023 |
| 6A-1.0998271 | Schools of Hope | 3/26/2026 |
| 6A-1.099828 | School Accountability for Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Center Schools | 2/20/2018 |
| 6A-1.09983 | Fees for Programs and Classes Not Part of Required Public Schools | 8/15/1994 |
| 6A-1.0999 | Purple Star School of Distinction and Purple Star School District Designations | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-1.09991 | Collegiate Purple Star Campuses | 9/26/2023 |