Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 1012.465 (2025)
Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees, contractors, and volunteer school chaplains.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2008–2017 · leading case: Amador v. the Sch. Bd. of Monroe Cnty., Florida, 225 So. 3d 853 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).
Amador v. the Sch. Bd. of Monroe Cnty., Florida, 225 So. 3d 853 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017). “The School Board noted that the Jessica Lunsford Act and section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes, require background screening for “non- instructional school district employees or contractual personnel who are permitted access on school grounds when students are present, who have…”
Sch. Bd. of Miami-dade Cty. v. Carralero, 992 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). “" In 2007, the Legislature removed non-instructional contractors such as Carralero from the scope of section 1012.465 and placed them under newly enacted section 1012.”
— 1012.465(1) — 2 cases
Amador v. the Sch. Bd. of Monroe Cnty., Florida, 225 So. 3d 853 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017). “The School Board noted that the Jessica Lunsford Act and section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes, require background screening for “non- instructional school district employees or contractual personnel who are permitted access on school grounds when students are present, who have…”
Sch. Bd. of Miami-dade Cty. v. Carralero, 992 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). “" In 2007, the Legislature removed non-instructional contractors such as Carralero from the scope of section 1012.465 and placed them under newly enacted section 1012.”
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