The Florida civic literacy requirement
Who has to satisfy it, how to satisfy it, what counts instead, and what happens if you do not. Written from the statute and the rule.
How to satisfy Florida's civic literacy requirement
Florida offers three real routes through the civic literacy requirement, not one. Here they are side by side, so you can see which route is actually yours.
What happens if you fail the FCLE
Nothing ends. You retake it. What the statute actually requires, what stays open on your degree audit, and what a fail does to a graduation timeline.
Who has to take the FCLE in Florida
A look at which Florida students the civic literacy requirement actually reaches, which it does not yet reach, and why your entry year decides your answer.
Does AP Government count instead of the FCLE?
At many Florida institutions a 3 on AP Government satisfies both halves of the civic literacy requirement at once. Here is how to check if you are done.
What score do you need on the FCLE?
Sixty percent, which is forty-eight of eighty questions. Where that number comes from, and why we hold you to seventy-two.
You can't just take the course. What Florida requires.
Most students think the civic literacy requirement is a choice between a course and the FCLE. For anyone who started in 2021-22 or later, it is both.