Florida Statute 1003.23 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII
EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1003
PUBLIC K-12 EDUCATION

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F.S. 1003.23

1003.23 Attendance records and reports.—

(1) The attendance of all public K-12 school students shall be checked each school day in the manner prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education and recorded in the teacher’s register or by some approved system of recording attendance. Students may be counted in attendance only if they are actually present at school or are away from school on a school day and are engaged in an educational activity which constitutes a part of the school-approved instructional program for the student.

(2) All officials, teachers, and other employees in public, parochial, religious, denominational, and private K-12 schools, including private tutors, shall keep all records and shall prepare and submit promptly all reports that may be required by law and by rules of the State Board of Education and district school boards. Such records shall include a register of enrollment and attendance and all persons described above shall make these reports therefrom as may be required by the State Board of Education. The enrollment register shall show the absence or attendance of each student enrolled for each school day of the year in a manner prescribed by the State Board of Education. The register shall be open for the inspection by the designated school representative or the district school superintendent of the district in which the school is located. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided by law. This section shall not apply to home education programs provided in s. 1002.41.

History.—s. 118, ch. 2002-387.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 1003.23

Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 1003.23

Total Results: 8

Xue Xian Jiang v. U.S. Attorney General

568 F.3d 1252, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 10981, 2009 WL 1423343

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 22, 2009 | Docket: 553283

Cited 223 times | Published

changed country conditions, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(i). Jiang argues that the BIA abused its

Bing Quan Lin v. U.S. Attorney General

881 F.3d 860

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 31, 2018 | Docket: 6288645

Cited 141 times | Published

S.C. § 1229a(b)(5)(C), (c)(7)(C)(i); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1), (b)(4)(h). We have held that the 90-day

Rigoberto Avila-Santoyo v. U.S. Attorney General

713 F.3d 1357, 2013 WL 1499419, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 7417

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 12, 2013 | Docket: 296894

Cited 84 times | Published

C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(3)(ii)~ (iii); 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)®, (b)(4)(iv). The time limitation also does

Montano Cisneros v. US Atty. Gen.

514 F.3d 1224, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1799, 2008 WL 217364

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 28, 2008 | Docket: 1600576

Cited 83 times | Published

one motion pursuant to this paragraph. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(4)(ii). The BIA ruled Petitioners' present

Saul Contreras-Rodriguez v. U.S. Attorney General

462 F.3d 1314, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 22095

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 29, 2006 | Docket: 2230898

Cited 28 times | Published

receive notice.” 8 U.S.C.§ 1229a(b)(5)(C); 8 C.F.R § 1003.23(b)(4) (ii). In reviewing the motion to reopen

Ivenne Lillianne Alexis v. U.S. Attorney General

431 F.3d 1291, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 28903

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 21, 2005 | Docket: 398456

Cited 1 times | Published

Immigration Court, as authorized by 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23. Because those options were available to Alexis

Franco P. Clement v. U.S. Attorney General

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 28, 2023 | Docket: 67276923

Published

Argued: Apr 26, 2023

of removal proceedings under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1) was not warranted given the continued USCA11

Polyakov v. U.S. Attorney General

297 F. App'x 844

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 21, 2008 | Docket: 65955850

Published

proceedings, 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7) and 8. C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1), and the BIA’s order denying their motion