Skip to Navigation | Skip to Main Content | Skip to Site Map

MyFloridaHouse.gov | Mobile Site

Senate Tracker: Sign Up | Login

The Florida Senate

2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)

Title XXXI LABOR
Chapter 446 JOB TRAINING Entire Chapter
SECTION 54
Reimbursement for workers’ compensation insurance premiums.
F.S. 446.54
446.54 Reimbursement for workers’ compensation insurance premiums.—A student 18 years of age or younger who is in a paid work-based learning opportunity shall be covered by the workers’ compensation insurance of his or her employer in accordance with chapter 440. For purposes of chapter 440, a school district or Florida College System institution is considered the employer of a student 18 years of age or younger who is providing unpaid services under a work-based learning opportunity provided by the school district or Florida College System institution. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Education may reimburse employers, including school districts and Florida College System institutions, for the proportionate cost of workers’ compensation premiums for students in work-based learning opportunities in accordance with department rules.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2021-162.