Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 1012.26 (2025)
Legal services for employees; reimbursement for judgments in civil actions.
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1012.26 Legal services for employees; reimbursement for judgments in civil actions.—Each district school board may provide legal services for officers and employees of the school board who are charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities. The district school board shall provide for reimbursement of reasonable expenses for legal services for officers and employees of school boards who are charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities upon successful defense by the employee or officer. However, in any case in which the officer or employee pleads guilty or nolo contendere or is found guilty of any such action, the officer or employee shall reimburse the district school board for any legal services which the school board may have supplied pursuant to this section. A district school board may also reimburse an officer or employee of the school board for any judgment which may be entered against him or her in a civil action arising out of and in the course of the performance of his or her assigned duties and responsibilities. Each expenditure by a district school board for legal defense of an officer or employee, or for reimbursement pursuant to this section, shall be made at a public meeting with notice pursuant to s. 120.525(1). The provision of such legal services or reimbursement under the conditions described above is declared to be a district school purpose for which district school funds may be expended.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2009–2012 · leading case: Webb v. Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cnty., 1 So. 3d 1189 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009).
Webb v. Sch. Bd. of Escambia Cnty., 1 So. 3d 1189 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). “The appellant asserted a statutory claim for fees pursuant to section 1012.26, Florida Statutes (2007), as well as a common law claim.”
Silver v. Duval Cnty. Sch. Bd., 92 So. 3d 237 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). “She has by now been completely exonerated, but she appeals the final order of the School Board insofar as it denied her motion for reimbursement of legal fees, citing section 1012.26, Florida Statutes (2008), which provides in part: “The district school board shall provide for…”
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