Florida Statute 1000.01 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

1000.01 The Florida Early Learning-20 education system; technical provisions.—

(1) NAME.—Chapters 1000 through 1013 shall be known and cited as the “Florida Early Learning-20 Education Code.”

(2) LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of the Florida Early Learning-20 Education Code shall be liberally construed to the end that its objectives may be effected. It is the legislative intent that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of the Florida Early Learning-20 Education Code is held invalid, the remainder of the code shall not be affected.

(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Florida Early Learning-20 Education Code is to provide by law for a state system of schools, courses, classes, and educational institutions and services adequate to allow, for all Florida’s students, the opportunity to obtain a high quality education. The Florida Early Learning-20 education system is established to accomplish this purpose; however, nothing in this code shall be construed to require the provision of free public education beyond grade 12.

(4) UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS INCLUDED.—As required by s. 1, Art. IX of the State Constitution, the Florida Early Learning-20 education system shall include the uniform system of free public K-12 schools. These public K-12 schools shall provide 13 consecutive years of instruction, beginning with kindergarten, and shall also provide such instruction for students with disabilities, gifted students, limited English proficient students, and students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs as may be required by law. The funds for support and maintenance of the uniform system of free public K-12 schools shall be derived from state, district, federal, and other lawful sources or combinations of sources, including any fees charged nonresidents as provided by law.

History.—s. 3, ch. 2002-387; s. 113, ch. 2003-1; s. 64, ch. 2007-217; s. 1, ch. 2011-5; s. 37, ch. 2011-34; s. 8, ch. 2014-39; s. 16, ch. 2021-10.

Cases Citing F.S. 1000.01

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·Williams v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. of Edison Cmty. Coll., 421 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2005).
Cited 18 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 23 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 595, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 18041, 2005 WL 2012592
...sections 228.001 through 228.041 of the Florida Statutes, to consolidate the educational code in one chapter. See Caldwell v. Bd. of Trs. Broward Cmty. Coll., 858 So. 2d 1199, 1201 n.1 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). The legislature enacted in its place the Florida K-20 Education Code, sections 1000.01 through 1013.01, to structure the new educational system....
...The vast majority of the substance of the educational code remained the same; most sections were merely renumbered. See id. The major substantive change was to transfer the powers of the former Board of Regents to the Florida Department of Education. See Fla. Stat. §§ 1000.01- 1013.01. C....
...The Florida K-20 Education Code was enacted to provide “a state system of schools, courses, classes, and educational institutions and services adequate to allow, for all of Florida’s students, the opportunity to obtain a high quality education.” Fla. Stat. § 1000.01(3)....
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·Shedrick v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. of Miami-Dade Coll., 941 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (S.D. Fla. 2013).
Cited 7 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2013 WL 1748789, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57947
...Bd. of Trs. of Edison Cmny. Coll., Fla., 421 F.3d 1190, 1192-95 (11th Cir.2005). The Eleventh Circuit’s analysis in Williams applies with equal force to Defendant here, a Florida community college under the Florida K-20 Educational Code, Fla. Stat. § 1000.01 , et seq....
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·Methelus v. Sch. Bd. of Collier Cnty., 243 F. Supp. 3d 1266 (M.D. Fla. 2017).
Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2017 WL 1037867, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38629
...orm system of free public K-12 schools. These public K-12 schools shall provide 13 consecutive years of instruction, beginning with kindergarten, and shall also provide such instruction for students with ... limited English proficiencfy], Fla. Stat. § 1000.01 (4); see also id....
...§ 1003.21(l)(a)(2)(c) (“Public school students who have attained the age of 16 years and who have not ■ graduated me Subject to compulsory school attendance until the formal declaration of intent is filed with the district school board.” (emphasis added)); cf. id. § 1000.01(4) (requiring public schools to provide thirteen consecutive years of instruction, beginning with kindergarten)....
...But the age of majority in Florida is eighteen years old. See Fla. Stat. § 743.07 (1). Florida education law is consistent with this general provision in that it guarantees thirteen consecutive years of free public education starting at age five or six. See id. § 1000.01(4)....
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·Gabriele v. Sch. Bd. of Manatee Cnty., 114 So. 3d 477 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 35 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1622, 2013 WL 2451349, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 9053
...DISCUSSION Florida has a detailed plan for education known as “the Florida K-20 education system.” This plan is statutory in nature. The legislature has codified the plan in chapters 1000 through 1013 of the Florida Statutes as the “Florida K-20 Education Code.” § 1000.01(1), Fla....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2003).
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...Stat., defines the term "local governmental unit" to include school boards. 2 The statute covers counties, municipalities, community college districts, school boards, and special districts and any county officer listed in s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State Constitution. See, s. 112.08 (1), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 1000.01 (1), Fla....
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S. J. v. Malcolm Thomas (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).
Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...y law for a state system of schools, courses, classes, and educational institutions and services adequate to allow, for all Florida’s students, the opportunity to obtain a high quality 17 education.” § 1000.01(2), Fla....

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Cases Citing F.S. 1000.01

·Williams v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. of Edison Cmty. Coll., 421 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2005).

·Shedrick v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. of Miami-Dade Coll., 941 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (S.D. Fla. 2013).

·Methelus v. Sch. Bd. of Collier Cnty., 243 F. Supp. 3d 1266 (M.D. Fla. 2017).

·Gabriele v. Sch. Bd. of Manatee Cnty., 114 So. 3d 477 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).

Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2003).

S. J. v. Malcolm Thomas (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).