Florida Statute 1001.40 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII
EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1001
EARLY LEARNING-20 GOVERNANCE

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F.S. 1001.40

1001.40 District school board to constitute a corporation.—The governing body of each school district shall be a district school board. Each district school board is constituted a body corporate by the name of “The School Board of County, Florida.” In all suits against district school boards, service of process shall be had on the chair of the district school board or, if he or she cannot be found, on the district school superintendent as executive officer of the district school board or, in the absence of the chair and the district school superintendent, on another member of the district school board.

History.—s. 53, ch. 2002-387.

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Arthur Huggins v. School District of Manatee County

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 15, 2025 | Docket: 70455056

Published

Argued: Jun 4, 2025

support the same naming convention. See Fla. Stat. § 1001.40. So we use that term. USCA11 Case: 22-13325

Chabad Chayil, Inc. v. The School Board of Miami-Dade County Florida

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 8, 2022 | Docket: 64983730

Published

through Chapter 1001’s provisions, we come next to § 1001.40. That section flatly states (among other things)