Between 1983 and 1985, the Florida Legislature enacted legislation that increased the credits required for high school graduation and redefined the closely related length and configuration of the school day. Members of the Superintendent's Task Force on the Seventh Period/Extended School Day, members and staff of the legislature's education and appropriations committees, and personnel from the Florida Department of Education were surveyed concerning the flexibility of the implementation policy. "Flexibility" refers to the differentially funded options for the length and number of periods in the school day for grades 9 through 12. Seventeen individuals responded to a survey or interview during February 1986 about: (1) the rationale for the flexible policy; (2) the intended goals of the policy; (3) the anticipated effects on students and parents; (4) the anticipated effects on teachers and staff; and (5) the anticipated impact of mandated implementation requirements. Respondents viewed the current flexible policy as a means of compromise, consolidating differing opinions expressed when the legislation was passed. Respondents believed that the purpose of the extended school day was related to the increased high school graduation requirements and to the desire to increase the quantity and variety of academic courses for students. An apparent consensus favored a continuing flexible implementation policy to accommodate district uniqueness and autonomy. (SLD)