NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

SCHOOL BOARD OF POLK COUNTY, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-733 ) STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, ) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed February 9, 2018.

Appeal from the School Board of Polk County, Florida.

W. A. Crawford of Boswell & Dunlap, LLP, Bartow, for Appellant.

Matthew H. Mears, General Counsel, Tallahassee, and David L. Jordon, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee; and James L. Richmond, Assistant General Counsel, of Department of Education, Tallahassee (substituted for counsel of record), for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

LaROSE, C.J., and SLEET and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.