§ 1012.799, Fla. Stat. · Part III. PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PERSONNEL
Reporting and self-reporting certain offenses.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Instructional personnel or administrative personnel having knowledge that a sexual battery has been committed by a student upon another student must report the offense to a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the school plant or over the place where the sexual battery occurred if not on the grounds of the school plant.
(2) Instructional personnel and administrative personnel shall self-report within 48 hours to a school district authority, as determined by the district superintendent, any arrest for a felony offense or for a misdemeanor offense listed in s. 435.04(2). Such self-report is not considered an admission of guilt and is not admissible for any purpose in any proceeding, civil or criminal, administrative or judicial, investigatory or adjudicatory. In addition, instructional personnel and administrative personnel shall self-report any conviction, finding of guilt, withholding of adjudication, commitment to a pretrial diversion program, or entering of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for any criminal offense other than a minor traffic violation within 48 hours after the final judgment. When handling sealed and expunged records disclosed under this rule, school districts must comply with the confidentiality provisions of ss. 943.0585(4)(c) and 943.059(4)(c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 761, ch. 2002-387; s. 4, ch. 2025-56.
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The Florida Statutes
- § 435.04, Fla. Stat.Level 2 screening standards.Printed as s. 435.04(2)
- § 943.0585, Fla. Stat.Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records.Printed as ss. 943.0585(4)(c) and 943.059(4)(c)
- § 943.059, Fla. Stat.Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records.Printed as ss. 943.0585(4)(c) and 943.059(4)(c)
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