SECTION 1002.21. Postsecondary student and parent rights.
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1(1) 2LEARNING DISABLED STUDENTS.5-6Impaired and learning disabled students may be eligible for reasonable substitution for admission, graduation, and upper-level division requirements of public postsecondary educational institutions, in accordance with the provisions of ss. 361007.26437and 381007.26539.
40(2) 41EXPULSION, SUSPENSION, DISCIPLINE.44-45Public postsecondary education students may be expelled, suspended, or otherwise disciplined by the president of a public postsecondary educational institution after notice to the student of the charges and a hearing on the charges, in accordance with the provisions of s. 861006.6287.
88(3) 89RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.91-92Public postsecondary educational institutions must provide reasonable accommodations for the religious practices and beliefs of individual students in regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1301006.53, 131and must provide and describe in the student handbook a grievance procedure for students to seek redress when they feel they have been unreasonably denied an educational benefit due to their religious beliefs or practices.
166(4) 167STUDENT HANDBOOKS.169-170Each state university and Florida College System institution shall provide its students with an up-to-date student handbook that includes student rights and responsibilities, appeals processes available to students, contact persons available to help students, student conduct code, and information regarding HIV and AIDS, in accordance with the provisions of s. 2201006.50221.
222(5) 223STUDENT OMBUDSMAN OFFICE.226-227Each state university and Florida College System institution shall maintain a student ombudsman office and established procedures for students to appeal to the office regarding decisions about the student’s access to courses and credit granted toward the student’s degree, in accordance with the provisions of s. 2731006.51274.
