Fla. Stat. 1003.49
Graduation and promotion requirements for publicly operated schools

(1)

Each state or local public agency, including the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the boards of trustees of universities and Florida College System institutions, and the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, which agency is authorized to operate educational programs for students at any level of grades kindergarten through 12, shall be subject to all applicable requirements of ss. 1002.3105(5), 1003.4281, 1003.4282, 1008.23, and 1008.25. Within the content of these cited statutes each such state or local public agency or entity shall be considered a “district school board.”

(2)

The Commissioner of Education shall establish procedures to extend the state-administered assessment program to school programs operated by such state or local public agencies or entities in the same manner and to the same extent as such program is administered in each district school system.

Source: Section 1003.49 — Graduation and promotion requirements for publicly operated schools, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/1003.­49 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

1003.41
State academic standards 1003.42
Required instruction 1003.44
Patriotic programs 1003.45
Permitting study of the Bible and religion 1003.46
Health education 1003.47
Biological experiments on living subjects 1003.48
Instruction in operation of motor vehicles 1003.49
Graduation and promotion requirements for publicly operated schools 1003.421
Recitation of the Declaration of Independence 1003.432
Florida Seal of Biliteracy Program for high school graduates 1003.433
Learning opportunities for out-of-state and out-of-country transfer students and students needing additional instruction to meet high school graduation requirements 1003.435
High school equivalency diploma program 1003.436
Definition of “credit.” 1003.437
Middle and high school grading system 1003.451
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 1003.453
School wellness and physical education policies 1003.455
Physical education 1003.481
Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program 1003.482
mSCALES Pilot Program 1003.485
The New Worlds Reading Initiative 1003.491
Florida Career and Professional Education Act 1003.492
Industry-certified career education programs 1003.493
Career and professional academies and career-themed courses 1003.497
Service learning 1003.498
School district virtual course offerings 1003.499
Florida Approved Courses and Tests (FACT) Initiative 1003.4156
General requirements for middle grades promotion 1003.4201
Comprehensive system of reading instruction 1003.4203
Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool certificates, and technical assistance 1003.4204
Safer, Smarter Schools Program 1003.4205
Disability history and awareness instruction 1003.4206
Charity for Change Program 1003.4281
Early high school graduation 1003.4282
Requirements for a standard high school diploma 1003.4285
Standard high school diploma designations 1003.4286
Award of standard high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans 1003.4295
Acceleration options 1003.4321
Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program for high school graduates 1003.4505
Protection of school speech 1003.4933
911 public safety telecommunication training programs 1003.4935
Middle grades career and professional academy courses and career-themed courses 1003.49965
Art in the Capitol Competition 1003.49966
Law Enforcement Explorer Program

Current through Fall 2025

§ 1003.49. Graduation & promotion requirements for publicly operated schools's source at flsenate​.gov