Florida Teaching (K-12) CE requirements

Professional Certificate — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.

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Renewal: Five-year Professional Certificate cycle per Florida Statutes §1012.585(3)(a); Florida professional certificates run on school-year validity (July 1–June 30).

Required categories

Reading instruction (specified certificate fields; certificates expiring June 30, 2025 or later) (conditional)
40h
Teaching students with disabilities
20h

Details

Confirmed against Florida Statutes §1012.585(3)(a): renewal of a 5-year Professional Certificate requires a minimum of 6 college credits or 120 inservice points or a combination thereof, with at least 3 credit hours or equivalent inservice points per specialization area retained on the certificate. Includes 20 inservice points in teaching students with disabilities and, for specified certificate fields on certificates expiring June 30, 2025 or later, 40 points in reading instruction. Florida's native unit is inservice points (totalHours preserved as 120 points, not converted).

Official source: Florida Statutes, educator certification renewal provisions

⚠️Board rules change. Verify every figure against the official source before relying on it.

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