Florida Statute 1012.465 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII
EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1012
PERSONNEL

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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.

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Amador v. the School Board of Monroe County, Florida

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 24, 2017 | Docket: 6065466

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Board noted that the Jessica Lunsford Act and section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes, require background ■

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 21, 2008 | Docket: 3258037

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Stat. 6 Section 1012.467(4), Fla. Stat. 7 Section 1012.465, Fla. Stat., requires background screening

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

992 So. 2d 353, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 15129, 2008 WL 4414304

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 2008 | Docket: 1723716

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access to public school grounds. In 2004, section 1012.465(1), Florida Statutes (2004), was enacted to

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 16, 2007 | Docket: 3258139

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section435.04, Florida Statutes? 2) If so, does section 1012.465, Florida Statutes, or other authority allow

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