A Florida license to carry a concealed firearm does not authorize a person to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed firearm into :

• Any elementary or secondary school administration building;

• Any elementary or secondary school facility;

• Any area technical center or career center;

• Any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms; or

• Any college or university facility.¹

Florida law also prohibits a person who is trespassing on school property from possessing a firearm. “School property” means the grounds or facility of any kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary school, career center, or postsecondary school, whether public or nonpublic.²

School districts in Florida must each adopt a student code of conduct that includes notice that possession of a firearm by any student while on school property or in attendance at a school function may result in disciplinary action and criminal prosecution.³ School districts may also adopt written and published policies that prohibit the possession of concealed firearms within the interior of a private vehicle for the purposes of student and campus parking privileges.⁴

Florida law gives the board of trustees of a community college the authority to place restrictions on access to firearms on community college-owned or controlled buildings and grounds.⁵ The board of trustees of a state university has similar authority, as developed through the guidelines of the Board of Governors of the State University System.⁶

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1. Fla. Stat. § 790.06(12).[↩]
2. Fla. Stat. § 810.095.[↩]
3. Fla. Stat. § 1006.07(2)(g), (k). See also Fla. Stat. § 1006.13(3)(a) (mandating expulsion for students who possess a firearm at school).[↩]
4. Fla. Stat. § 790.115(2)(a)(3). “School” means any preschool, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary school, career center, or postsecondary school, whether public or private. Id.[↩]
5. Fla. Stat. § 1001.64(5).[↩]
6. Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.706(7)(b).[↩]