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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 948
PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CONTROL
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F.S. 948.037
948.037 Education and learning as a condition of probation or community control.
(1) As a condition of community control, probation, or probation following incarceration, the court may require an offender who has not obtained a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma or who lacks basic or functional literacy skills, upon acceptance by an adult education program, to make a good faith effort toward completion of such basic or functional literacy skills or high school equivalency diploma, as defined in s. 1003.435, in accordance with the assessed adult general education needs of the individual offender. The court may not revoke community control, probation, or probation following incarceration because of the offender’s inability to achieve such skills or diploma but may revoke community control, probation, or probation following incarceration if the offender fails to make a good faith effort to achieve such skills or diploma. The court may grant early termination of community control, probation, or probation following incarceration upon the offender’s successful completion of the approved program. As used in this subsection, “good faith effort” means the offender is enrolled in a program of instruction and is attending and making satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements.
(2) A juvenile on community control who is a public school student must attend a public adult education program or a dropout prevention program, pursuant to s. 1003.53, which includes a second chance school or an alternative to expulsion, if the school district where the juvenile is enrolled offers such programs, unless the principal of the school determines that special circumstances warrant continuation in the regular educational school program.
(3) If a juvenile on community control attends a regular educational school program because a public adult education program or dropout prevention program, which includes a second chance school or an alternative to expulsion, is not available in the school district, the identity of the juvenile on community control, the nature of the felony offense committed by the juvenile, and the conditions of community control must be made known to each of the student’s teachers.
History.s. 23, ch. 92-310; s. 27, ch. 97-234; s. 1045, ch. 2002-387; s. 22, ch. 2004-373; s. 8, ch. 2017-115.
Note.Former s. 948.03(9).

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 948.037

Total Results: 4

Zavon Deshawn Taylor v. State of Florida

185 So. 3d 1281

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 25, 2016 | Docket: 3039566

Cited 2 times | Published

condition to conform to the requirements of section 948.037(1), Florida Statutes (2012), which would require

Silas v. State

208 So. 3d 1289, 2017 WL 539278, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1778

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 10, 2017 | Docket: 60258190

Cited 1 times | Published

condition to conform to the requirements of section 948.037(1), Florida Statutes (2014), which would require

Carissa Parker v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 2, 2025 | Docket: 69323778

Published

do 5 so. See § 948.037(1), Fla. Stat.; Taylor v. State, 185 So. 3d 1281

Carissa Parker v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 2024 | Docket: 69323778

Published

she “make a good faith effort” to do so. See § 948.037(1), Fla. Stat.; Taylor v. State, 185 So. 3d 1281