Each school district that participates in the state
appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program shall:
(1) Operate all schools, except a juvenile
justice education school or program, for a term of one hundred eighty (180)
actual teaching days as prescribed by Section
1011.60(2),
F.S., or the hourly equivalent of one hundred eighty (180) actual teaching
days, determined as prescribed below:
(a)
Kindergarten through grade 3 or in an authorized prekindergarten exceptional
program: No fewer than seven hundred twenty (720) net instructional
hours.
(b) Grades 4 through 12: No
fewer than nine hundred (900) net instructional hours.
(2) Operate a juvenile justice education
nonresidential school or program for a term of two hundred fifty (250) actual
teaching days or the hourly equivalent which is no fewer than one thousand two
hundred fifty (1, 250) instructional hours. The district school board may
decrease the minimum number of days of instruction by up to twenty (20) days or
the equivalent hours for teacher planning for nonresidential programs. Each
teacher planning day is equivalent to five (5) instructional hours.
(3) Operate a juvenile justice education
residential school or program for a term of two hundred fifty (250) actual
teaching days. The district school board may decrease the minimum number of
days of instruction by up to ten (10) days for teacher planning for residential
programs.
(4) For students who
receive instruction in a school that operates for less than the minimum term,
report full-time equivalent student membership proportional to the number of
instructional hours provided by the school divided by the minimum term
requirement as provided in Section
1011.60(2),
F.S.
(5) An academically
high-performing school district under Section
1003.621, F.S., may provide up
to two days of the required one hundred eighty (180) actual teaching days or
the hourly equivalent through virtual instruction. The hourly equivalent is
based on the student's daily instructional schedule as reported in the
full-time equivalent student membership surveys required by Rule
6A-1.0451, F.A.C., Florida
Education Finance Program Membership Surveys.
Notes
Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R.
6A-1.045111
Rulemaking Authority
1001.02(1),
1001.42(12)(a),
1001.51(11)(a),
1003.01(11)(a),
1003.02(1)(g),
1003.621(2)(g),
1011.60(2),
1011.61 FS. Law Implemented
1001.42(12)(a),
1001.51(11)(a),
1003.01(11)(a),
1003.02(1)(g),
1003.621(2)(g),
1011.60(2),
1011.61
FS.
New 5-3-10, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 43, Number 070, April 11, 2017 effective
4/25/2017, Amended
by
Florida
Register Volume 47, Number 218, November 9, 2021 effective
11/23/2021.
New 5-3-10, Amended 4-25-17,
11-23-21.
