Parents/guardians have the right to review the professional qualifications of their child's classroom teacher(s) including the licensing status, degree major, graduate degree(s) andthe field of certification. This "right to know", available from your child's school, includes whether your child is receiving services provided by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
Whoever knowingly makes a false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his/her official duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of thesecond degree under Fla. Stat § 837.06, or whoever makes a false verified declaration is guilty of the crime of perjury, a felony of the third degree, under Fla. Stat. § 95.525, whichare punishable as provided in Fla. Stat., §§ 775.082, 775.083 and 775.084.
The name of any individual who is authorized or unauthorized by the registering parent to pick up a student from school must be contained on the Emergency Student Data Formfor that student to be released to the individual by school staff (See Fla. Stat. 1000.21(5) and Policy 0100 for definitions of “parent”). The school shall abide by the informationprovided on the Emergency Student Data Form. Any person verified as a parent in the District’s Student Information System is presumed to be authorized to pick up the studentunless otherwise indicated. The registering parent who completes the Emergency Student Data Form is responsible for providing information that is truthful and accurate – and inthe case of unmarried, divorced, or separated parents, consistent with any court order in effect governing their divorce, separation, or parenting matters. Any parent contestingthe information provided in the Emergency Student Data Form by another parent may seek assistance from the court governing their parenting matters to compel the registeringparent to revise the information. School staff shall provide such persons with the website for the Family Court Self-Help Program at http://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Family-Court-Self-Help-Program. Parents may also agree to change the registering parent and submit an Agreement to Change Registering Parent Form (FM-7600) at any time.
FM-2733E Rev. (07-22)