Art. IX, § 4, Fla. Const. · Article IX. EDUCATION
School districts; school boards.
Text — As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
(a) Each county shall constitute a school district; provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into one school district. In each school district there shall be a school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.
(b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise all free public schools within the school district and determine the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance joint educational programs.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 11, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.
Source of truth
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- As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Art. IX, § 4, Fla. Const.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 1001.32, Fla. Stat.Management, control, operation, administration, and supervision.Printed as s. 4(b), Art. IX of the State Constitution
- § 1001.42, Fla. Stat.Powers and duties of district school board.Printed as s. 4(b), Art. IX of the State Constitution
- § 1003.01, Fla. Stat.Definitions.Printed as s. 4, Art. IX of the State Constitution
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