The Florida Senate

231.30  Certification fees.--

(1)  The State Board of Education, by rule, shall establish separate fees for applications, examinations, certification, certification renewal, late renewal, recordmaking, and recordkeeping, and may establish procedures for scheduling and administering an examination upon an applicant's request. Each fee shall be based on department estimates of the revenue required to implement the provisions of law with respect to certification of school personnel and shall not exceed $60, except as otherwise provided in this section. The application fee shall be nonrefundable. Each examination fee shall be sufficient to cover the actual cost of administering the examination, but shall not exceed $60 for any regularly scheduled examination or $100 for an examination administered upon an applicant's request.

(2)  The proceeds from the collection of certification fees, fines, penalties, and costs levied pursuant to this chapter shall be remitted by the Department of Education to the Treasurer for deposit into a separate fund to be known as the "Educational Certification and Service Trust Fund" and disbursed for the payment of expenses incurred by the Educational Standards Commission, by the Educational Practices Commission, and in the printing of forms and bulletins and the issuing of certificates, upon vouchers approved by the department.

History.--s. 530, ch. 19355, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 892(134); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 17, ch. 26869, s. 5, ch. 26894, 1951; s. 1, ch. 57-330; s. 2, ch. 61-119; s. 61, ch. 65-239; s. 4, ch. 67-440; ss. 15, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 72-333; s. 5, ch. 75-302; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 8, ch. 78-423; ss. 3, 11, ch. 80-190; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 28, 31, ch. 82-242; s. 5, ch. 84-94; s. 9, ch. 86-156; s. 24, ch. 91-105; s. 7, ch. 92-67; s. 37, ch. 94-232.