# Fla. Stat. § 1002.21: 1002.21 Postsecondary student and parent rights

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.21

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 1002.21
- **Heading:** 1002.21 Postsecondary student and parent rights
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1002 / Part II / Section 1002.21

## Text

(1) LEARNING DISABLED STUDENTS. — Impaired 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. 1007.264 and 1007.265.

(2) EXPULSION, SUSPENSION, DISCIPLINE. — Public 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. 1006.62.

(3) RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. — Public 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. 1006.53, and 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.

(4) STUDENT HANDBOOKS. — Each 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. 1006.50.

(5) STUDENT OMBUDSMAN OFFICE. — Each 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. 1006.51.

History: s. 93, ch. 2002-387; s. 8, ch. 2003-8; s. 1, ch. 2009-239; s. 26, ch. 2011-5.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.20 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.20.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.21 1002.21 Postsecondary student and parent rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.21.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.22 1002.22 Education records and reports of K-12 students; rights of parents and students; notification; penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.22.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.23 1002.23 Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.23.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.205 1002.205 Guidelines on religious expression; distribution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.205.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.206 1002.206 Religious expression in public schools.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.206.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.221 1002.221 K-12 education records; public records exemption.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.221.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.222 1002.222 Limitations on collection of information and disclosure of confidential and exempt student records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.222.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 1002.225 1002.225 Education records of students in public postsecondary educational institutions; penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVIII_C1002_PII_S1002.225.md)

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