Florida Statute 1012.465 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII
EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1012
PERSONNEL

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F.S. 1012.465

1012.465 Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees, contractors, and volunteer school chaplains.—

(1) Except as provided in s. 1012.467 or s. 1012.468, noninstructional school district employees, contractual personnel, or volunteer school chaplains who are permitted access on school grounds when students are present, who have direct contact with students or who have access to or control of school funds must meet the screening requirements of s. 1012.32. Contractual personnel shall include any vendor, individual, or entity under contract with a school or the school board.

(2) The cost of the state and federal criminal history check required by level 2 screening may be borne by the district school board, the contractor, or the person fingerprinted. Under penalty of perjury, each person who is employed or under contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) must agree to inform his or her employer or the party with whom he or she is under contract within 48 hours if convicted of any disqualifying offense while he or she is employed or under contract in that capacity.

(3) If it is found that a person who is employed or under contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) does not meet the screening requirements, the person shall be immediately suspended from working in that capacity and shall remain suspended until final resolution of any appeals.

History.—s. 14, ch. 2004-295; s. 21, ch. 2005-28; s. 6, ch. 2007-207; s. 62, ch. 2022-154; s. 2, ch. 2024-103.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 1012.465

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 1012.465.

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Cases Citing Statute 1012.465

Total Results: 4

Amador v. the School Board of Monroe County, Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-05-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 225 So. 3d 853, 2017 WL 2264605, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 7516

Snippet: noted that the Jessica Lunsford Act and section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes, require background ■ screening…argued that if the Jessica Lunsford Act and section 1012.465(1) apply to Amador because his employment permits

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2008-10-21T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: and criminal history checks required by sections 1012.465 and 1012.467, Florida Statutes.7 Noninstructional…concluded that in light of the mandatory language of s.1012.465, Fla. Stat., all noninstructional school district…Stat. 6 Section 1012.467(4), Fla. Stat. 7 Section 1012.465, Fla. Stat., requires background screening for

SCHOOL BD. OF MIAMI-DADE CTY. v. Carralero

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 992 So. 2d 353

Snippet: access to public school grounds. In 2004, section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes (2004), was enacted to require…requirements." The following year, section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes (2005), was enacted expanding…contractors such as Carralero from the scope of section 1012.465 and placed them under newly enacted section 1012.467…'s nolo contendere plea in 1996, neither ß 1012.465, ß 1012.467 nor level 2 screening requirements…colloquy. 8 years later, the Legislature enacted ß 1012.465, Fla. Stat., which changed the nature of a nolo

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2007-10-16T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: section435.04, Florida Statutes? 2) If so, does section 1012.465, Florida Statutes, or other authority allow for…related, they will be answered together. Section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes, as amended in 2007, provides…undergo background screening as required under s. 1012.465 or s. 1012.56, [Florida Statutes,] whichever is… is applicable."2 While sections 1012.465 and 1012.32, Florida Statutes, refer to level 2 screening…standards set forth in section435.04.3 Section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes, is phrased in mandatory