Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 1012.83 (2025)

Contracts with administrative and instructional staff.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
1012.83 Contracts with administrative and instructional staff.
(1) Each person employed in an administrative or instructional capacity in a Florida College System institution shall be entitled to a contract as provided by rules of the State Board of Education.
(2) Each contract or employment agreement, or renewal or renegotiation of an existing contract or employment agreement, containing a provision for severance pay with an officer, agent, employee, or contractor must include the provisions required in s. 215.425.
History.s. 769, ch. 2002-387; s. 34, ch. 2009-60; s. 188, ch. 2011-5; s. 37, ch. 2012-134.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2015 · leading case: Abrams v. Seminole Cnty. Sch. Bd., 73 So. 3d 285 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011).
Abrams v. Seminole Cnty. Sch. Bd., 73 So. 3d 285 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). · cites it 2× “To determine whether Abrams’s behavior constituted “just cause” for termination of employment, 2 the ALJ looked to section 1012.83(l)(a), Florida Statutes, for the definition of “just cause,” which includes “misconduct in office.”
United Fac. of Florida v. Florida State Bd. of Educ., 157 So. 3d 514 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). · cites it 3× “” Section 1012.83(1) specifically provides that each college instructional employee “shall be entitled to a contract as provided by rules of the [Board]” and section 1012.”
— 1012.83(1) — 1 case
United Fac. of Florida v. Florida State Bd. of Educ., 157 So. 3d 514 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). “” Section 1012.83(1) specifically provides that each college instructional employee “shall be entitled to a contract as provided by rules of the [Board]” and section 1012.”
— 1012.83(l)(a) — 1 case
Abrams v. Seminole Cnty. Sch. Bd., 73 So. 3d 285 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). “To determine whether Abrams’s behavior constituted “just cause” for termination of employment, 2 the ALJ looked to section 1012.83(l)(a), Florida Statutes, for the definition of “just cause,” which includes “misconduct in office.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.

This Florida statute resource is curated by the lawyer who curates this resource, a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney (Florida Bar No. 39104). For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.