In an effort to fulfill state policies on higher education articulation and student transfers, the Florida state legislature encouraged establishment of a common Statewide Course Numbering System (SCNS) which is presented in this document. Early sections describe the establishment and development of the SCNS and logistics of its maintenance. Also included are descriptions of the policies about course equivalencies, information on uses for the SCNS, and products that are available from the SCNS including subject-matter classification and course inventory reports, course equivalency profiles, course comparability reports, course equivalency and distribution directories, institution course inventory reports, and subject matter course inventory reports. A glossary of SCNS terms and abbreviations is included. Appendixes describe the responsibilities of faculty discipline committee coordinators and institutional contact persons, list course prefixes, list institutions and their identification numbers grouped by type of institutions (universities, community colleges, and technical education centers), and provide the texts of state statutes and Board of Education rules, respectively. (JB)