Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida  

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    State Board of Education

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    6A-10.081Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida

    NOTICE OF CHANGE

    Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 50 No. 60, March 26, 2024 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    The State Board of Education amended the rule as follows:

     

    (1) No change.

    (2) Florida educators shall comply with the following disciplinary principles. Violation of any of these principles shall subject the individual to revocation or suspension of the individual educator’s certificate, or the other penalties as provided by law.

    (a) through (c) No change.

    (d) A certificate holder serving as a school principal shall not prevent, direct school personnel to prevent, or allow school personnel to prevent students from accessing any material used in a classroom, made available in a school or classroom library, or included on a reading list unless the certificate holder or his or her designee has reviewed the material and determines it violates the prohibitions in Section 1006.28(2)(a)2., F.S., or the material is unavailable to students based upon school board polices adopted to implement Section 1006.28(2)(d), F.S., or it was determined under the district’s objection process adopted to implement Section 1006.28(2)(a)2., F.S., that the material violated one of the prohibitions in that section.