The resource manual is intended to help Florida school districts provide services to gifted students. Rules and regulations are cited along with recommended procedures for the following program areas: definitions, eligibility criteria, screening, referral, evaluation, determinaton of eligibility and placement, provision of an educational plan, dismissal or reassignment, program organization, instructional programs, supportive services, inservice, program evaluation, parent involvement, and facility considerations. More than one half of the manual is composed of appended material, including sample forms for individual project contracts and information on rating scales and performance data scales. (CL)