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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 11, 2024) |
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6. Department of Education |
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6A. State Board of Education |
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6A-1. Finance And Administration |
1(1) Each parent of a child within the compulsory attendance age shall be responsible for such child’s school attendance as required by law. Parents will not be held responsible for their child’s nonattendance at school under the conditions specified in Section 421003.24, F.S. 44The term insurmountable condition as used in Section 521003.24(4), F.S., 54is defined as follows:
58(a) Extreme weather conditions such as, but not limited to, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, or other acts of God which make it impracticable or inadvisable for the safety of the student to attend school.
91(b) Communicable disease outbreaks such as, but not limited to, measles and chicken pox, which the state health officer or county health medical director indicates a student should be excluded from school for reasons of health and safety.
129(c) Local conditions determined by the school district which, after taking into account the material circumstances, would render impracticable a student’s attendance at school.
153(2) The school district shall provide a parent with a reasonable opportunity to be heard before referring a case for enforcement pursuant to Section 232.19, F.S.
179Rulemaking Authority 1811001.02, 1821003.24 FS. 184Law Implemented 1861001.02 FS. 188History–New 11-23-88.
