Fla. Stat. 951.176
Provision of education

(1)

Each county may contract with a district school board, the Florida Virtual School, a charter school authorized to operate under s. 1002.33, or a Florida College System institution to provide education services for inmates at county detention facilities. The education services may include any educational, career, or vocational training authorized by the sheriff or chief correctional officer, or his or her designee.

(2)

Minors who have not graduated from high school and eligible students with disabilities under the age of 22 who have not graduated with a standard diploma or its equivalent who are detained in a county or municipal detention facility as defined in s. 951.23 shall be offered educational services by the local school district in which the facility is located. These educational services shall be based upon the estimated length of time the youth will be in the facility and the youth’s current level of functioning. School district superintendents or their designees shall be notified by the county sheriff or chief correctional officer, or his or her designee, upon the assignment of a youth under the age of 21 to the facility. A cooperative agreement with the local school district and applicable law enforcement units shall be developed to address the notification requirement and the provision of educational services to these youth.

Source: Section 951.176 — Provision of education, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0951.­176 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

951.01
County prisoners may be put to labor 951.03
County commissioners to provide food, etc 951.04
Furnishing of transportation to discharged prisoners 951.05
Working county prisoners on roads and bridges or other public works of the county 951.06
Employment of correctional officers 951.08
Prisoner workday 951.10
Leasing prisoners to work for private interests prohibited 951.11
Turning prisoners over to board of bond trustees, etc 951.12
Working prisoners on public roads and exchange of prisoners between counties 951.13
Transferring from one county to another 951.14
Failure of person to discharge his or her duty 951.15
Credit on fines and costs 951.16
Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment 951.19
Interference with county prisoners 951.21
Gain-time for good conduct for county prisoners 951.22
County detention facilities 951.23
County and municipal detention facilities 951.24
Extend the limits of confinement for county prisoners 951.25
Sale of goods and services produced by county prisoners 951.26
Public safety coordinating councils 951.27
Blood tests of inmates 951.28
Transmitting prisoner information to reduce public assistance fraud 951.29
Procedure for requesting restoration of civil rights or restoration of voting rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies 951.032
Financial responsibility for medical expenses 951.033
Income and assets 951.061
Designation of sheriff as chief correctional officer 951.062
Contractual arrangements for operation and maintenance of county detention facilities 951.063
Contractor-operated county correctional facilities 951.175
Provision of programs for women 951.176
Provision of education 951.221
Sexual misconduct between detention facility employees and inmates 951.225
Persons authorized to visit county and municipal detention facilities 951.231
County residential probation program 951.0623
Application of ch. 86-183 951.2302
Inspection of county and municipal detention facilities

Current through Fall 2025

§ 951.176. Provision of education's source at flsenate​.gov