Legislative Update, Jan. 11-14, 2022
Overview
The Florida Legislature began its 60-day Legislative Session on Tuesday, Jan. 11. To open the session, Governor Ron DeSantis gave his annual State of the State Address, and legislative leaders previewed their policy priorities (see Opening Remarks below).
Issues related to education are expected to feature prominently during this Legislative Session. To date, more than
3,500 bills have been filed for consideration, including more than 200 education-related bills (see Bill Activity below). Of note, a bill that would end the Florida Standards Assessments received unanimous approval Tuesday in its first Senate committee. The Senate Education Committee approved the bill (
SB 1048) – sponsored by Sen. Diaz – without amendment. The bill seeks to replace the current standardized testing system with a computer-based coordinated screening and progress monitoring program starting in the 2022-23 school year. A similar bill (
HB 1193) was recently introduced by Rep. Plasencia.
The Governor is also seeking a nearly $100 billion
budget that includes bringing back the Florida State Guard, renewing teacher bonuses and increasing education funding, temporarily cutting the gas tax, and improving Florida waterways.
Opening Remarks
Gov. DeSantis – 2022 Florida Legislative Session Opening Remarks on K-12 and Workforce Education:
Education represents a major pillar of Florida’s future. I’m happy to note that Florida is again ranked number three for K-12 achievement in the latest Education Week Quality Counts rankings. We have worked hard to keep schools open, increase teacher compensation, promote workforce education and protect the rights of parents.
In pockets across America, schools are closing once again. These closures are enormously destructive and will not be tolerated in the state of Florida.
Florida has led the way in putting our kids first. In the summer of 2020, when it wasn’t fashionable, we made clear that kids needed to be in school. We faced opposition — from hysterical media, from unions and the politicians they control. We even faced lawsuits aiming to close the schools, but we wouldn’t allow fear or politics to harm our kids. We were right and they were wrong. And millions of families in Florida are better for it.
While it is important to embrace high academic standards and to measure student achievement, the FSA test is not the best way to do it. I am proposing the elimination of the FSA and replacing it with periodic progress monitoring. This will lead to meaningful feedback for parents and teachers and will reduce the amount of time dedicated to testing, leaving more time for learning. This reform will be better for students, teachers and parents, and it will help Florida remain a leader in education reform.
Over the past two years, we have increased the average minimum salary for teachers by more than $6,000. And last year, we provided $1,000 bonuses to every public school teacher and principal in the state.
Brittany Duquaine is a teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Pinellas County. She has benefitted from the bonuses and salary increases and the experience at Lakewood shows why this is important, as Brittany and her colleagues took the school from an F grade in 2019 to an A grade in 2021.
Let’s continue this progress by further increasing teacher pay and by approving $1,000 bonuses for a second year in a row.
Florida has enacted a Parents’ Bill of Rights and we reject the notion that parents shouldn’t have a say in what their kids learn in school. Indeed, Florida law should provide parents with the right to review the curriculum used in their children’s schools. We should provide parents with recourse so that state standards are enforced, such as Florida’s prohibition on infusing subjects with critical race theory in our classrooms.
Quisha King is a mother from Duval County who has joined moms all across Florida and America to speak out against divisive ideologies like CRT.
These moms are standing up for a principle that is the policy of the state of Florida: Our tax dollars should not be used to teach our kids to hate our country or to hate each other.
Florida’s public college and university system is ranked number one in the nation yet again. Higher education must remain affordable for Florida families. I will not support any tuition increases at Florida’s colleges and universities and I oppose cutting Bright Futures scholarships, which have benefited many Florida families.
As proud as we are of the quality and affordability of Florida’s university system, a four-year education at a traditional brick-and-ivy school isn’t the only pathway to success. Over the past three years, Florida has added more than 50 new apprenticeship programs. The credentials earned through our workforce initiatives have paved the way for employment in a variety of fields like aviation, logistics and welding. These are as valuable and as honorable endeavors as attending august universities, and they deserve our support.
Florida Senate President, Wilton Simpson – 2022 Florida Legislative Session Opening Remarks on K-12 Education:
First and foremost, we kept Florida open and free. Faced with tremendous pressure and criticism at every step of the way, we held the line. We showed the nation that the free state of Florida respects the dignity of work. We showed that you can operate in a pandemic with facts based on science not political agendas. We helped educate people to make choices, focusing on protecting the most vulnerable and providing options for those who were sick without shutting down the entire state.
We kept our schools open. We affirmed the right, and the responsibility, of parents to direct the upbringing, education and health care of their children. We invested record funding in education, with the highest per-pupil funding ever. We continued to increase teacher salaries to attract and keep great teachers in this noble profession. We expanded school choice. One of the cornerstones to breaking generational poverty is to ensure that we have strong school choice options so that parents can direct their children's education.
I am proud to say that Florida continues to lead the nation in school choice. One out of every four children in America that is enrolled in a school choice program lives right here in Florida. We are the promise-land for education-minded families.
And senators, I am especially proud that we continued to prioritize students with unique abilities, children from low-income families, children in foster care, children from military families and siblings of children already in these scholarship programs.
You’ve heard me say, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” School choice is the tide that allows every single child, regardless of where they come from, to rise.
Florida Speaker of the House, Chris Sprowls – 2022 Florida Legislative Session Opening Remarks on K-12 Education:
You don't have to look much further than the conversations around COVID-19. Here's an almost perfect example of the need to manage risks — to balance public health concerns against the need for people to maintain their livelihoods and the need to attend to the emotional, educational and social well-being of our children. And yet, the conversation has, at times, been dominated by extremes — the people who want to lock everyone inside at home and the people who think the virus is a conspiracy to microchip the masses.
Committee Activity
The following legislative committees held meetings this week on education-related matters:
House: Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0235: Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools (Plasencia)
• HB 0859: Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence (Williams)
• HB 0899: Mental Health of Students (Hunschofsky)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Education and Employment Committee
Update on the implementation of Student Literacy (HB 7011 2021), Portraits in Patriotism (HB 5 2021), and related Literacy and Civic Initiatives funded through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA Act)
Presentation on the approved American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund Initiatives related to Literacy, Civic Education and Student Learning Loss
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0457: St. Lucie County (Trabulsy)
• HB 6067: William L. Boyd, Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program (Fine)
Presentation(s) on higher education affordability, accelerated mechanisms, and student advising
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Consideration of a Consent Agenda of Appropriation Project Bills:
• HB 2635: STEM Teacher Pilot Program (Fernandez-Barquin)
• HB 3009: Academy at the Farm Charter High School (Maggard)
• HB 3409: Florida Teacher Recruitment (Duggan)
• HB 3489: Brain Bag Early Literacy Program (Andrade)
• HB 3689: Security Funding in Jewish Day Schools (Caruso)
• HB 3823: Preparing Florida’s Workforce through Agricultural Education (Brannan III)
• HB 3839: Career Discovery Camps & HS Pre-Apprenticeship Program (Mariano)
• HB 3959: St. Cloud Boys & Girls Club (Hawkins)
• HB 4375: Indi-ED (Individualized Education) (Chaney)
• HB 4577: Quality Life Center - Arts, Character & Education (ACE) (Persons-Mulicka)
• HB 4865: Florida Debate Initiative, Inc. (Williamson)
Presentation of the Governor’s Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0395: Victims of Communism Day (Borrero)
• HB 0447: Required Instruction in the History of African Americans (Trabulsy)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
Senate: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Presentation on Governor’s Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget Recommendations
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
Senate: Education Committee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• SB 0520: Public Records and Public Meetings (Brandes)
• SB 0802: School Safety (Gruters)
• SB 1048: Student Assessments (Diaz)
View a video recording of the Committee meeting.
Bill Activity
To begin the Legislative Session, below are all of the education-related bills filed to date, organized by bill number.
HB 0007 Individual Freedom by Avila
Individual Freedom: Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revises provisions relating to required instruction; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Judiciary Committee
HB 0015 Children with Developmental Delays by Tant
Children with Developmental Delays: Revises definition of term "exceptional student" to include additional students with developmental delays. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/14/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee, 01/19/22, 1 p.m., 102 H
HB 0045 Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans by Morales
Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans: Provides disabled veterans receiving certain federal educational assistance benefits are eligible to receive waiver for remaining cost of tuition & fees at certain institutions; requires institutions to submit annual report to Board of Governors & State Board of Education. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/01/2021 HOUSE Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
HB 0051 Required Instruction in the History of the Holocaust and the History of African Americans by Thompson
Required Instruction in the History of the Holocaust and the History of African Americans: Requires DOE to prepare standards & curriculum related to history of African Americans; provides for development of specified training & resources; provides requirements for specified entities relating to history of Holocaust & history of African Americans instruction; provides for inclusion of such content in certain statewide, standardized assessments. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/17/2021. HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0057 Racial and Sexual Discrimination by Fine
Racial and Sexual Discrimination: Prohibits state agencies, counties, municipalities, & public K-20 educational institutions from providing mandatory training for employees or students which espouses certain concepts; requires certain diversity & inclusion efforts; requires DMS, in consultation with Florida Commission on Human Relations, to review agency diversity & inclusion training; requires contracts with agency to include option to terminate if contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requires contractor to submit certification; requires each agency to report violations; authorizes contractor's placement on discriminatory vendor list. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/17/2021. HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
HB 0059 Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes by Hawkins
Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes: Requires certain students to receive electrocardiogram to participate in interscholastic athletic competition; provides exemption from such procedure; provides requirements for such exemption. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/17/2021. HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0077 Commissioner of Education by Driskell
Commissioner of Education: Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to provide for election of Commissioner of Education & his or her inclusion as a member of the Cabinet & the State Board of Education.
Actions — 09/22/2021 HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
HB 0125 Compulsory School Attendance by Chambliss
Compulsory School Attendance: Revises required age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age; removes requirement that student's parent sign declaration of intent to terminate school enrollment; removes requirement that school district notify student's parent upon receipt of such declaration. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/29/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0135 Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility by Bartleman
Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility: Increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Florida Kidcare program; requires applicant seeking coverage under program to provide specified documentation under certain circumstances; requires AHCA to examine graduated family contribution rates for newly qualifying families under program; requires agency to increase income eligibility threshold for coverage under program each fiscal year until meeting specified income threshold; authorizes agency to seek federal waiver approval or submit state plan amendments as necessary. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/05/2022 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
SB 0148 Individual Freedom by Diaz
Individual Freedom; Providing that subjecting any individual, as a condition of employment, membership, certification, licensing, credentialing, or passing an examination, to training, instruction, or any other required activity that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual to believe specified concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising the requirements for required instruction on health education; prohibiting instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/18/22, 11 a.m., 412 K
HB 0153 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children by Altman
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children: Requires President of Senate & Speaker of House of Representatives to each appoint one member to State Council on Interstate Educational Opportunity for Military Children, rather than appoint one member jointly; & extends scheduled repeal of compact & related provisions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions — 01/13/2022 HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
HB 0155 Certificates of Completion by Valdes
Certificates of Completion: Provides students who have been awarded certificate of completion are eligible to enroll in certain programs; requires identification of such programs by charter technical career centers; & requires students who will be awarded certificate of completion to be advised of specified educational options. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/29/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0165 School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program by Hinson
School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program: Establishes School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within DOE; provides for award of stipends for classroom teacher mentorship; provides DOE & school district responsibilities relating to development of policies, curriculum, & best practices relating to classroom instruction. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/29/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0173 Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders by Duran
Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders: Provides for creation of individualized seizure action plan for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders to receive health care at school; provides requirements for such students' parents, school nurses, certain school employees & plan; provides requirements for trainings relating to care of such students; requires school districts to provide specified information & training to school bus drivers; provides immunity from liability. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions — 09/29/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0175 Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools by Grieco
Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools: Defines "menstrual hygiene products"; requires school districts to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no charge, in each school nurse's office or other physical school facility for health services. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/29/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0179 Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety by Altman
Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety: Authorizes school districts to install & operate side stop signal arm enforcement systems on school buses; requires manufacturers & vendors to submit specified information to law enforcement agencies within specified timeframe; requires law enforcement agencies to review such information to determine whether violation occurred; provides notice requirements & procedures; provides payment of fine operates as final disposition of civil penalty; provides notice requirements, procedures, & actions by DSHMV for unpaid civil penalties; specifies requirements of use of recorded video & still images captured by system; provides civil penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 10/06/2021. HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
SB 0188 Civic Literacy Education by Brandes
Civic Literacy Education; Requiring the Commissioner of Education to develop criteria for a civic literacy practicum that meets certain goals; authorizing the practicum to be incorporated into a school’s curriculum beginning in a specified school year; establishing the Citizen Scholar Program within the University of South Florida; prohibiting engaging in protest civics from counting toward credit under the Citizen Scholar Program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 09/21/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0189 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits by Duran
Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits: Authorizes counties & municipalities to enforce school speed zones through use of speed detection systems; authorizes person who receives notification of violation to request hearing; requires counties & municipalities to pay certain funds to DOR; provides for distribution of funds; provides notification requirements & procedures; provides criminal penalties; specifies evidence that is admissible in certain proceedings; provides requirements for speed detection systems; prohibits points from being imposed against driver license for certain infractions; prohibits infractions from being used to set motor vehicle insurance rates. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions — 10/06/2021 HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
HB 0191 Fee Waivers For Students Living in Recovery Residence by Skidmore
Fee Waivers For Students Living in Recovery Residence: Authorizes FCS institutions, career centers, & charter technical career centers to waive out-of-state fees for students living in recovery residence; prohibits tuition & fees charged to student who is granted waiver from exceeding tuition & fees charged to resident student; provides requirements for such students & waivers. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 10/06/2021 HOUSE Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
SB 0192 Commissioner of Education by Cruz
Commissioner of Education; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide for the election of the Commissioner of Education and his or her inclusion as a member of the Cabinet and the State Board of Education, etc.
Actions — 09/21/2021 SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Education; Rules
HB 0203 Student Fee Exemptions by Duran
Student Fee Exemptions: Revises fee waiver eligibility for students who are or were placed in custody of relative or nonrelative to include students placed prior to specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 10/06/2021 HOUSE Now in Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
SB 0212 Fairness In Women’s Sports Act by Farmer Jr.
Fairness in Women’s Sports Act; Citing this act as the “Let Kids Play Act”; repealing provisions relating to the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 09/21/2021 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Education; Rules
HB 0225 Charter School Charters by Hawkins
Charter School Charters: Revises provisions relating to consolidation of multiple charter into single charter, renewals, nonrenewals, & terminations of charters. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/14/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee, 01/19/22, 3:30 p.m., 212 K
HB 0229 Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning by Arrington
Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning: Requires students & parents be informed of certain acceleration, academic, & career planning options; requires personalized academic & career plan be developed in consultation with certified school counselor for certain students; requires certain information to be included in such plan. Effective Date: July 1, 2021
Actions — 10/22/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0235 Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools by Plasencia
Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools: Prohibits school personnel from using mechanical restraint on students with disabilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
SB 0236 Children with Developmental Delays by Jones
Children with Developmental Delays; Revising the definition of the term “exceptional student” to include additional students with developmental delays, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/02/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0242 Racial and Sexual Discrimination by Gruters
Racial and Sexual Discrimination; Requiring each agency head to take certain measures to prevent the use of training for agency employees which espouses certain concepts; authorizing municipalities to provide certain training, workshops, or programming; prohibiting municipalities from providing mandatory employee training that espouses certain concepts; requiring contracts with an agency which are entered into or renewed on or after a specified date to include the option to terminate if the contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requiring public K-20 educational institutions to ensure certain diversity and inclusion efforts and to prohibit certain discrimination, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
HB 0243 Exemption from Taxation for Educational Properties by Roth
Exemption from Taxation for Educational Properties: Exempts from taxation property used by educational institutions that hold leasehold interests exceeding specified number of years. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/03/2021 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 11/05/21, 1:30 p.m., 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
SB 0248 Student Health Services by Book
Student Health Services; Citing this act as the “Learning with Dignity Act”; defining the term “menstrual hygiene products”; requiring school districts to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no charge, in each school nurse’s office or other physical school facility for health services, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0255 Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services by Plasencia
Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services: Revises definition of "private instructional personnel" to include certain registered behavior technicians. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 10/22/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0268 Proclamation of “Victims of Communism Day” by Diaz
Proclamation of “Victims of Communism Day”; Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim November 7 as “Victims of Communism Day”; requiring the day to be observed in public schools and by public exercise; requiring a day other than November 7 to be observed by public schools under a specified circumstance; requiring certain high school students to receive specified instruction on Victims of Communism Day, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions — 11/02/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0270 Funds for Student Transportation by Hutson
Funds for Student Transportation; Modifying requirements for determining student membership in a school district in order to determine the annual allocation for funding for student transportation, etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2022
Actions — 11/02/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
HB 0277 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program by Clemons
Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program: Extends expiration date of Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions — 10/22/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0281 Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by Eskamani
Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 10/22/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0289 School Absence Due to Sickness or Injury by Valdes
School Absence Due to Sickness or Injury: Authorizes district school boards to determine licensed professionals that may attest to sickness or injury for certain exemption to attendance policy. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 10/22/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0298 Teacher Salaries by Book
Teacher Salaries; Requiring each school district that has not yet reached a specified minimum base salary to use its share of the teacher salary increase allocation in a specified manner; authorizing school districts that have met the minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers to use funds to raise the salaries of specified personnel; authorizing, instead of prohibiting, district school boards to use advanced degrees as a criterion in setting a salary schedule for certain personnel; authorizing certain instructional personnel to continue to use a salary schedule adopted before a district school board adopts a performance salary schedule or opt into the performance salary schedule, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0304 Student Fee Exemptions by Garcia
Student Fee Exemptions; Revising fee waiver eligibility for students who are or were placed in the custody of a relative or nonrelative to include students placed prior to a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0318 Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program by Rouson
Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program: Establishing the Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within the Department of Education; specifying eligibility requirements for the awarding of a Seal of Fine Arts; requiring the Commissioner of Education and school districts to perform specified duties to administer the program; prohibiting a school district or the Department of Education from charging a fee for the seal, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/02/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0340 Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders by Garcia
Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders; Providing for the creation of an individualized seizure action plan for a student with epilepsy or seizure disorders to receive health care at school; requiring school nurses or appropriate school employees to coordinate the care of such students and ensure that specified training is provided to specified school employees and individuals; requiring school districts to provide specified information and training to school bus drivers who transport students with epilepsy or seizure disorders; providing immunity from liability under certain conditions, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/18/22, 11 a.m., 412 K
HB 0361 Required Instruction in Social Media Literacy by Yarborough
Required Instruction in Social Media Literacy: Requires members of instructional staff of public schools to provide instruction on social media literacy; defines "social media"; requires district school boards to make social media literacy instructional material available online. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/05/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0365 Computer Science Instruction in K-12 Public Schools by Hawkins
Computer Science Instruction in K-12 Public Schools: Provides requirements for computer science instruction in K-12 public schools; provides for professional development & training in computer science for instructional personnel & for bonuses for certain instructional personnel. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/05/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0390 Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools by Book
Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibiting school personnel from using mechanical restraint on students with disabilities; providing exceptions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0395 Victims of Communism Day by Borrero
Victims of Communism Day: Requires Governor to proclaim November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day"; requires day to be observed in public schools & by public exercise; requires certain high school students to receive specified instruction. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Actions — 01/13/2022 HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
SB 0396 Fee Waivers for Students Living in a Recovery Residence by Polsky
Fee Waivers for Students Living in a Recovery Residence; Authorizing each Florida College System institution, career center operated by a school district, and charter technical career center to waive out-of-state fees for students living in a recovery residence; providing eligibility criteria for such students; prohibiting tuition and fees charged to a student granted the waiver from exceeding the tuition and fees charged to a resident student; providing a statewide limit on such waivers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0400 Guidance Services for Academic and Career Planning by Bracy
Guidance Services for Academic and Career Planning; Requiring district school boards to inform students and parents of certain acceleration, academic, and career planning options; requiring certain information to be included in such notification; requiring a personalized academic and career plan be developed in consultation with a certified school counselor for certain students, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
SB 0410 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits by Rodriguez (A)
Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits; Authorizing counties and municipalities to enforce school speed zones through the use of speed detection systems; authorizing counties and municipalities to install, or contract with a vendor to install, speed detection systems; requiring counties and municipalities that install speed detection systems to provide certain notification to the public; authorizing counties and municipalities to authorize traffic infraction enforcement officers to issue certain traffic citations, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
HB 0415 Native Language Assessments in Public Schools by Plasencia
Native Language Assessments in Public Schools: Provides for administration of certain assessments in specified language under certain circumstances; authorizes certain students of limited English choose to have certain assessments administered in their native language or English; provides DOE & SBE duties relating to assessments in native languages. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/05/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0419 Florida Kidcare Program Income Eligibility by LaMarca
Florida Kidcare Program Income Eligibility: Establishes tiered system of family premiums for Title-XXI coverage under Florida Kidcare program beginning with specified fiscal year; prohibits total monthly aggregate family premium from exceeding specified amount; authorizes AHCA to seek federal waiver approval or submit any state plan amendments as necessary; provides for future expiration; increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under program; requires AHCA to notify Division of Law Revision within specified timeframe after receiving federal approval through waiver or state plan amendment. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/05/2021 HOUSE Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
HB 0429 Private Schools by Goff-Marcil
Private Schools: Revises provisions relating to private school participation in certain educational scholarship programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/10/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0430 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children by Wright
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; Requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member to the State Council on Interstate Educational Opportunity for Military Children, rather than appoint one member jointly; extending the scheduled repeal of the compact and related provisions, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions — 01/14/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 01/20/22, 11:30 am, 412 K
HB 0443 Athletic Associations by Beltran
Athletic Associations: Authorizes specified parties to approve athletic associations that meet certain requirements; provides private schools & public schools are considered high schools; provides athletic associations are subject to certain requirements; requires athletic associations to adopt bylaws & appeals process. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/10/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0447 Required Instruction in the History of African Americans by Trabulsy
Required Instruction in the History of African Americans: Provides instructional staff of public schools are encouraged to include history of local African-American cemeteries in study of history of African Americans. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
SB 0452 Public Health by Perry
Public Health; Prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring citizens of the United States to submit to any medical procedure or receive any medical treatment; prohibiting counties and municipalities from conditioning access to public property or services on whether a citizen has submitted to any medical procedure or received any medical treatment; prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring the wearing of a face covering; prohibiting district school boards from adopting, implementing, or enforcing a policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an order requiring the wearing of a face covering, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/21/2021 SENATE Withdrawn prior to introduction
SB 0480 Required Instruction in Public Schools by Burgess
Required Instruction in Public Schools; Requiring members of the instructional staff of public schools to provide instruction on social media literacy; defining the term “social media”; requiring district school boards to make social media literacy instructional material available online, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
HB 0487 State Scholarship Programs by Bush III
State Scholarship Programs: Renames Opportunity Scholarship Program, Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, Hope Scholarship Program, & reading scholarship accounts to honor Mary McLeod Bethune. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/10/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0488 Education Recovery Scholarship Accounts by Brodeur
Education Recovery Scholarship Accounts; Establishing education recovery scholarship accounts; providing the purpose of the accounts; specifying eligibility requirements; providing requirements for parent and student participation; prohibiting providers from sharing scholarship account moneys with parents or students; prohibiting a parent, student, or provider from billing specified entities for the same services that are paid for using scholarship account funds; specifying Department of Education scholarship obligations; specifying school district scholarship obligations; providing for funding and payment of scholarships; providing immunity from liability for the state, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 10/21/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0490 Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by Stewart
Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requiring the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/18/22, 11:00 am, 412 K
SB 0506 Hope Scholarship Program by Diaz
Hope Scholarship Program; Revising the purpose of the Hope Scholarship Program; revising program eligibility; providing for the use of funds under the program; revising school district, Department of Education, parent, and nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obligations under the program; authorizing payment of scholarship funds by organizations to be made by deposit into the student’s account instead of by individual warrant made payable to the student’s parent, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021. SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0522 Full-time Equivalent Student Membership for International General Certificate of Secondary Education Students by Bradley
Full-time Equivalent Student Membership for International General Certificate of Secondary Education Students; Providing a specified amount of full-time equivalent membership for each student enrolled in an International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) course who receives a score of “E” or higher on the corresponding pre-AICE subject examination, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0532 Private Schools by Stewart
Private Schools; Revising requirements that private schools participating in certain educational scholarship programs must meet; revising parent and student responsibilities for participating in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; revising school district obligations under the Hope Scholarship Program; requiring certain private schools to be graded according to specified rules; requiring private schools to comply with the State Requirements for Educational Facilities of the Florida Building Code, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/03/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0538 Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services by Hooper
Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services; Revising the definition of the term “private instructional personnel” to include certain registered behavior technicians, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE Now in Rules
HB 0573 Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans by Snyder
Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans: Expands eligibility to seek educator certification to specified military servicemembers; authorizes DOE to issue temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers & specifies duration of temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/14/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee, 01/19/22, 3:30 pm, 212 K
HB 0587 Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries by Plasencia
Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries: Revises requirements for use of teacher salary increase allocation by school districts; revises provisions relating to school district compensation & salary schedules. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/06/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 0599 Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters by Casello
Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters: Exempts certain costs associated with certain upgrades to education facilities from being included in certain cost per student station calculations; specifies eligible updates that may be made; provides requirements for specified renewable energy source devices; requires costs associated with certain upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in area where education facility is located. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/06/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
SB 0600 Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters by Berman
Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters; Exempting costs of less than $2 million associated with certain upgrades to education facilities from being included in certain cost per student station calculations; prohibiting renewable energy source devices located on the property of an education facility from generating more than a specified amount of energy; requiring costs associated with certain upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in the area where the education facility is located, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/03/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0605 Florida Education Finance Program Annual Allocations by Rizo
Florida Education Finance Program Annual Allocations: Provides for additional funding through Florida Education Finance Program for students who earn specified scores on International General Certificate of Secondary Education course subject examinations. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/06/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 0609 Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation by Borrero
Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation: Requires DOE to collaborate with Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation in developing sponsor evaluation framework for charter schools; establishes institute at Miami Dade College; provides purpose & duties of institute; authorizes institute to apply for & receive certain grants; requires District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College to establish certain policies. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/06/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
SB 0616 — Compulsory School Attendance by Jones
Compulsory School Attendance; Revising the required age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age; deleting a requirement that a student’s parent sign a declaration of intent to terminate school enrollment; deleting a requirement that the school district notify a student’s parent upon receipt of such declaration, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/03/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0618 School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program by Jones
School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program; Establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education; requiring the department to provide funds to school districts to place teachers who meet specified qualifications as mentors for certain other teachers, subject to appropriation; providing for the provision of stipends for classroom teacher mentorship, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/03/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0622 Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation by Diaz
Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation; Requiring the Department of Education to collaborate with the Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation in developing a sponsor evaluation framework for charter schools; establishing the institute at Miami Dade College; authorizing the institute to apply for and receive certain grants; requiring the District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College to establish policies regarding the institute, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0638 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program by Perry
Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program; Extending the expiration date of the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Actions — 01/14/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 01/20/22, 11:30 am, 412 K
SB 0640 Florida Kidcare Program Income Eligibility by Hooper
Florida Kidcare Program Income Eligibility; Establishing a tiered system of family premiums for Title XXI coverage under the Florida Kidcare program beginning with a specified fiscal year; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to seek federal waiver approval or submit any state plan amendments as necessary; providing for future expiration; increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the program to conform to changes made by the act; providing for reversion of certain provisions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021. SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
SB 0658 Persons Authorized to Visit Charter Schools by Cruz
Persons Authorized to Visit Charter Schools; Authorizing the Governor, all Cabinet members, and all members of the Legislature to visit any charter school in this state; authorizing such visitors to visit a charter school on any day at any time; providing that no prior notice is required for the visit; prohibiting any person from limiting the scope or duration of the visit; authorizing a charter school to require a visitor to sign in and out at the charter school’s main office and to wear an identification badge at all times while on the premises, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
SB 0670 Emergency Drills in Public Schools by Cruz
Emergency Drills in Public Schools; Revising district school board duties relating to fire drills and emergency drills; expanding requirements for district school board procedures relating to drills for active assailant and hostage situations; requiring district school boards to establish procedures to provide advance notification of drills for active assailant and hostage situations to parents and to provide parents with an option to excuse their students from drills requiring evacuation from a building; requiring such procedures to address the needs of exceptional education students, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules
SB 0672 School Safety Funding by Cruz
School Safety Funding; Revising certain allocations to school districts; specifying uses and distribution requirements for certain safe schools allocation funds for the 2022-2023 fiscal year; requiring each district school superintendent to remit specified unused funds from the 2021-2022 fiscal year to the Department of Education by a specified date; authorizing the department, upon request, to redistribute such funds to certain school districts for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0676 Drinking Water in Public Schools by Cruz
Drinking Water in Public Schools; Subject to legislative appropriation, requiring district boards to coordinate with district school boards to identify certain schools and to provide funding to those schools by a specified date; requiring school districts, as applicable, to install filters that meet certain specifications on drinking water sources; requiring school districts, as applicable, to post signage on certain water sources and requiring school districts to publish specified information on school district websites, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0680 Public School Transportation by Cruz
Public School Transportation; Revising the requirement that district school boards provide transportation for certain students; requiring a district school superintendent to request a review of a hazardous walking condition upon receipt of a written request from a parent of a student; requiring, rather than authorizing, a district school board to initiate a specified proceeding relating to hazardous walking conditions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0698 Standard High School Diploma Award Requirements by Cruz
Standard High School Diploma Award Requirements; Adding a new requirement for the award of a standard high school diploma to Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning students; requiring students, beginning with those entering grade 9 in a specified school year, to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid in order to be awarded a standard high school diploma; providing an exemption, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0702 Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety by Burgess
Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety; Defining the terms “school bus” and “side stop signal arm enforcement system”; authorizing school districts to install and operate side stop signal arm enforcement systems on school buses; providing that recorded images evidencing a violation of this act are admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding for a certain purpose; specifying requirements of and prohibitions on the use of recorded video and still images captured by the side stop signal arm enforcement system, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Transportation, 01/18/22, 3:30 pm, 110 S
SB 0706 School Concurrency by Perry
School Concurrency; Requiring, instead of encouraging, local governments that adopt school concurrency to apply such concurrency to development on a districtwide basis; removing provisions addressing school concurrency on a less than districtwide basis; revising provisions specifying when school concurrency is satisfied; specifying that proportionate-share mitigation must be set aside and not spent if an improvement has not been identified, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Education; Rules
SB 0708 Native Language Assessments in Public Schools by Rodriguez (A)
Native Language Assessments in Public Schools; Requiring that a high school equivalency examination administered in any language other than English be given the same weight as a high school equivalency examination administered in English; requiring written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring program for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program through grade 3 to be in specified native languages; revising requirements of the statewide, standardized assessment program to include native language versions of related assessments, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0710 Early Learning Scholarship Program by Ausley
Early Learning Scholarship Program; Establishing the Early Learning Scholarship program, administered by the Division of Early Learning; specifying eligibility criteria; providing that a student who receives a scholarship remains eligible to participate until the student is admitted to kindergarten or attains the age of 6 years by a specified date; requiring the division to contract with an independent contractor to evaluate the program; requiring the division to submit a written copy of the evaluation to the Legislature and certain state agencies by a specified date; exempting the state from liability; providing that the program does not expand the regulatory authority of the state, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0738 Athletic Associations by Hutson
Athletic Associations; Authorizing the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to approve nonprofit athletic associations that meet certain requirements; defining the term “approved athletic association” and including the Florida High School Athletic Association within the meaning of that term; specifying that both private high schools and traditional public high schools are authorized to become members of an approved athletic association; providing that approved athletic associations are subject to certain requirements, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Community Affairs; Rules
HB 0753 School Discipline Report Cards by Hart
School Discipline Report Cards: Requires Office of Safe Schools, beginning with certain school year, to develop & publish on its website school discipline report cards based on data collected through school environmental safety incident reports; & specifies requirements for reports. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0758 Education by Diaz
Education; Establishing the Charter School Review Commission within the Department of Education; requiring the Commissioner of Education to appoint members; authorizing the commission to solicit and review charter school applications; requiring that the district school board that oversees the school district where a charter school approved by the commission will be located shall serve as the charter school’s sponsor; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct an analysis of charter school capital outlay and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/06/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 0766 Schools of Innovation by Brodeur
Schools of Innovation; Establishing the Schools of Innovation Program within the Department of Education; authorizing the State Board of Education to authorize the Commissioner of Education to waive certain rules; authorizing public school districts to apply for identified schools to receive the designation of school of innovation; prohibiting a student attending a school of innovation who transfers to another school from being subject to specified penalties; authorizing schools designated as schools of innovation to use an alternative definition of letter grades, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 0790 Computer Science and Technology Instruction by Hooper
Computer Science and Technology Instruction; Requiring public schools to provide computer science instruction conforming to specified requirements; requiring the Florida Virtual School to offer computer science courses identified in the Course Code Directory; requiring school districts that do not offer an identified course to provide students access to the course through the Florida Virtual School or other means approved by the department; requiring instructional personnel who meet specified criteria to receive a bonus, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
HB 0797 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits by Overdorf
Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits: Authorizes county or municipality to contract with automated speed enforcement provider to install cameras in school speed zones to enforce school zone speed limits; provides criteria; provides civil penalty for certain violations; provides for disposition & use of funds; provides requirements for notices of violation; requires payment of certain penalties within certain periods; provides for determination of liability; provides for court jurisdiction & enforcement; provides final notice requirements; requires prohibition of motor vehicle registration renewal & transfer of title under certain circumstances; provides for collection of unpaid penalty imposed on owner of motor vehicle registered outside this state; prohibits warning or civil penalty for operator arrested or cited for same violation by peace officer. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
SB 0802 School Safety by Gruters
School Safety; Requiring the FortifyFL reporting tool to notify reporting parties that submitting false information may subject them to criminal penalties; requiring the Commissioner of Education to oversee and enforce compliance with requirements relating to school safety and security; requiring certain law enforcement officers to be physically present and directly involved in active assailant emergency drills; authorizing school safety officers to make arrests on property owned or leased by a charter school under a charter contract, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
HB 0825 School Nutrition Program Requirements by Daley
School Nutrition Program Requirements: Requires district school boards to provide specified information to parents & guardians of students eligible for certain school nutrition programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/16/2021. HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0851 School Concurrency by McClain
School Concurrency: Requires, instead of encourages, local governments that adopt school concurrency to apply concurrency to development on a districtwide basis; removes provisions addressing school concurrency on a less than districtwide basis; revises provisions specifying when school concurrency is satisfied; specifies proportionate-share mitigation may be set aside & not spent if improvement has not been identified. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/14/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/19/22, 1:00 pm, 404 H - PCS
SB 0858 Fee Exemptions for Reunited Students by Brodeur
Fee Exemptions for Reunited Students; Creating a tuition and fee exemption for students who enter the custody of the Department of Children and Families after a specified age and who are reunited with their biological or legal custodians before reaching a specified age after spending at least 18 months in department custody; requiring the student to meet certain federal financial aid eligibility requirements; providing that the exemption includes fees associated with enrollment in applied academics for adult education instruction; providing that the exemption remains valid until the student reaches a specified age, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/16/2021 SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0859. Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program by Williams
Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program: Authorizes tutoring within Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program to be provided after school day & for provision of stipend to instructional personnel & high school students serving as tutors for after school tutoring. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
HB 0865. Charter Schools by Rizo
Charter Schools: Creates Charter School Review Commission within DOE; provides requirements for commission; authorizes commission to approve charter applications; provides for oversight of such charter schools; revises provisions relating to reporting requirements & charter renewal, nonrenewal, & facilities; provides certain additional millage is part of operating discretionary millage. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/16/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
SB 0892 Charter School Charters by Burgess
Charter School Charters; Requiring a request for a consolidation of multiple charters to be approved or denied within a specified timeframe; requiring a charter school sponsor to provide to the charter school specified information relating to a denial of a request for a consolidation within a certain timeframe; providing for the automatic renewal of a charter under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Community Affairs; Rules
SB 0896 Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans by Burgess
Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans; Expanding eligibility to seek educator certification to specified military servicemembers who have completed a specified education requirement; authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who have completed a specified education requirement; specifying the duration of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022. SENATE Now in Education
HB 0899 Mental Health of Students by Hunschofsky
Mental Health of Students: Revises data DCF is required to analyze when creating its annual report on initiation of involuntary examinations; requires charter schools to be in compliance with involuntary reporting laws; requires DOE to share certain data with DCF; revises requirements for plans relating to mental health assistance allocations. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 HOUSE Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
HB 0903 Online Voter Registration of Students in Public High School by Eskamani
Online Voter Registration of Students in Public High School: Requires public high school to provide voter registration presentation to certain students & offer opportunity for students to register or preregister to vote using online voter registration system Internet website; requires notice of presentation; prohibits teacher from requiring, pressuring, or otherwise incentivizing student to take certain actions; provides students must be allowed to opt out of presentation; prohibits teacher presenting voter registration presentation from distributing, collecting, or otherwise handling physical voter registration applications. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/03/2022 HOUSE Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
HB 0911. Early Learning Scholarship Program by Roth
Early Learning Scholarship Program: Establishes Early Learning Scholarship Program; provides for eligibility, funding, administration, & requirements of program. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/03/2022. HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0919 Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program by McCurdy
Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program: Authorizes Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds to be used to purchase certain classroom equipment & personal protection equipment for classroom teachers. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/03/2022 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 0941. Certified School Counselors by Silvers
Certified School Counselors: Provides certification requirements for school counselors; requires certified school counselors to provide certain program for specified purpose; provides program requirements; authorizes such counselors to perform certain duties; prohibits such counselors from performing certain clerical & administrator-specific duties; requires such counselors to perform specified duties under certain circumstances. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 0945 The School Readiness Program by Roach
The School Readiness Program: Requires early learning coalitions to waive school readiness program copayment for children under court-ordered protective supervision or in out-of-home care; provides reimbursement in specified amount to school readiness providers for such children. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 0956 Public Schools by Baxley
Public Schools; Authorizing public schools in this state to enroll a student who meets certain attendance criteria on a part-time basis, subject to space and availability; providing for full-time equivalent student membership; authorizing funds awarded under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to be used for contracted services provided by a public school or school district, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0961 Schools of Innovation by DiCeglie
Schools of Innovation: Establishes Schools of Innovation Prog ram within DOE; provides requirements for program; provides specified flexibility for schools of innovation relating to award of credit & letter grades; requires statewide articulation agreement to include fair & equitable access for students who graduate with certain diplomas & transcripts. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022. HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 0979 High School Graduation Requirements by Daley
High School Graduation Requirements: Adds new requirement for award of standard high school diploma to ACCEL students; requires students to submit FAFSA to be awarded standard high school diploma; provides exception; requires high schools to enforce & monitor compliance with such requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022. HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
SB 0980 Virtual Instruction Programs by Diaz
Virtual Instruction Programs; Removing a requirement that a virtual instruction program provider document that it locates an administrative office or offices in this state, requires its administrative staff to be state residents, and requires all instructional staff to be Florida-certified teachers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/13/2021. SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 0989. Sparsity Supplement Funds Within the Florida Education Finance Program by Shoaf
Sparsity Supplement Funds Within the Florida Education Finance Program: Prohibits school district with specified student population from receiving sparsity wealth adjustment. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 0991 Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees by Shoaf
Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees: Authorizes district school boards & Florida College System institutions, in consultation with certain boards, to implement plan for differential out-of-state fee for specified purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 1017 K-12 Educational Support Employees by Learned
K-12 Educational Support Employees: Requires district school superintendents to identify critical employment shortages of educational support employees within school district, provide specified incentives, & annually provide certain report to Legislature by specified date; requires, rather than authorizes, school districts to adopt & implement specified programs for career development of education paraprofessionals by specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
SB 1048 Student Assessments by Diaz
Student Assessments; Revising the grade levels for which the coordinated screening and monitoring program measures student progress in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; revising requirements for the statewide, standardized comprehensive assessments program, beginning with a specified school year; requiring that progress monitoring include both a web-based and mobile device-compatible option; requiring 2022-2023 school and school district grades to serve as an informal baseline for schools and school districts; providing that school improvement ratings will not be calculated for a certain school year, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
SB 1054 Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools by Hutson
Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools; Citing this act as the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act”; revising the requirements regarding financial literacy for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards; revising the required credits for a standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy and money management and seven and one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Rules
HB 1055 Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms by Rommel
Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms: Authorizes school districts to adopt policy to place video cameras in public school classrooms; provides requirements for such policy; provides for viewing video recordings; provides DOE, school district, school, & certain employee responsibilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 1068 Certificates of Completion by Jones
Certificates of Completion; Providing that students awarded a certificate of completion are eligible to enroll in workforce education programs; providing that students awarded a certificate of completion are eligible to enroll in workforce education programs; requiring charter technical career centers to identify such programs; requiring that students be advised of specified educational options before being awarded a certificate of completion, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
SB 1070 School Absence Due to Sickness or Injury by Jones
School Absence Due to Sickness or Injury; Providing that a written statement attesting to the impracticability or inadvisability of attendance on account of sickness or injury may be attested to by a licensed professional other than a practicing physician, as determined by school board policy, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Health Policy; Rules
SB 1072 School Discipline Report Cards by Jones
School Discipline Report Cards; Requiring the Office of Safe Schools, beginning with a certain school year, to develop and publish on its website school discipline report cards based on data collected through school environmental safety incident reports, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/13/2021. SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1086. Exceptional Student Due Process Hearings by Gruters
Exceptional Student Due Process Hearings; Providing that district school boards have the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence in all exceptional student due process hearings that any challenged identification, evaluation, and eligibility determination, or lack thereof, was appropriate; providing that district school boards have the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that any challenged individual education plan is appropriate, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 SENATE Referred to Education; Judiciary; Rules
HB 1115 High School Graduation Requirements in Personal Finance by Busatta Cabrera
High School Graduation Requirements in Personal Finance: Revises required credits for standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy & money management & seven & one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives; authorizes students to earn one-half credit in personal financial literacy & money management as elective. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022. HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 1117 Education Recovery Scholarship Accounts by Stevenson
Education Recovery Scholarship Accounts: Establishes education recovery scholarship accounts; provides requirements for participation, DOE, parents, students & nonprofit scholarship funding organizations & administration of program; & provides immunity from liability for state. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022. HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommitteee
SB 1122 Student Fees by Gainer
Student Fees; Authorizing a district school board or Florida College System institution board of trustees, in consultation with specified entities, to implement a plan for a differential out-of-state fee; authorizing a Florida College System institution board of trustees, in consultation with specified entities, to implement a plan for a differential out-of-state fee, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/18/22, 11:00 am, 412 K
SB 1126 Exemption from Taxation for Educational Properties by Harrell
Exemption from Taxation for Educational Properties; Exempting from taxation property used by an educational institution that holds a leasehold interest in certain leases exceeding a specified number of years, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/05/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
SB 1148 Early Learning by Bean
Early Learning; Requiring the Division of Early Learning of the Department of Education to conduct an analysis of solutions to help close early learning opportunity gaps for children in the child welfare system; requiring the division to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/05/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 1181 Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility by Bartleman
Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility: Increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Florida Kidcare program; requires applicant seeking coverage under program to provide specified documentation under certain circumstances; requires that premiums for certain enrollees under program be based on tiered system of uniform premiums. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022 HOUSE Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
HB 1187 Reduced-price School Breakfast Meals by Trabulsy
Reduced-price School Breakfast Meals: Requires DACS to provide specified reimbursements to sponsors for certain breakfast meals. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022 HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
HB 1193 K-12 Assessments and Accountability by Plasencia
K-12 Assessments and Accountability: Renaming "Next Generation Sunshine State Standards" as "state academic standards"; revises provisions relating to statewide assessment program, DOE & school district requirements, & state accountability program; provides that certain end-of-year comprehensive progress monitoring assessments are statewide, standardized ELA & Mathematics assessments for certain students; & revises coordinated screening & progress monitoring program. Effective Date: July 1, 2021
Actions — 01/10/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 1199 Funding for School Readiness Program by Grall
Funding for School Readiness Program: Deletes requirement that school readiness program funds be used to increase number of children served; requires Division of Early Learning to conduct School Readiness Funding Formula Allocation Conference before distribution of certain funds for school readiness program; specifies conference principals; provides division duties; provides requirements for conference. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 1203 K-12 Personnel Evaluation Procedures and Criteria by Fetterhoff
K-12 Personnel Evaluation Procedures and Criteria: Provides certain procedures relating to school district's instructional personnel & school administrator evaluation systems set standards of service to be offered to public & are not subject to collective bargaining. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 1211 Use of School District Revenue by Roach
Use of School District Revenue: Proposes amendment to Section 1 of Article VII & creation of new section in Article XII of State Constitution to authorize Legislature, by general law, to provide for use of revenue from school district levies for educational benefit of students who are not attending full time school or program operated by district school board. Effective Date: Not Specified
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 1219 Instructional Personnel by Bartleman
Instructional Personnel: Revises definition of term "instructional personnel" to include specified prekindergarten instructors. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 1226 Virtual Learning by Brandes
Virtual Learning; Revising the purpose of the Florida Virtual School to provide for the development and delivery of blended learning; requiring the Florida Virtual School to give priority to students enrolled in certain Department of Corrections education programs; specifying conditions under which the Florida Virtual School may be funded through the Florida Education Finance Program; requiring students enrolled in the Florida Virtual School Justice Education Program to take specified examinations and assessments at institutions or facilities operated by, or under the supervision of, the Department of Corrections; requiring the Florida Virtual School to establish the Florida Virtual School Justice Education Program, beginning with a specified school year, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/05/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1228 Online Voter Registration of Students in Public High School by Taddeo
Online Voter Registration of Students in Public High School; Requiring each public high school to provide to certain students a voter registration presentation that demonstrates the steps required to register to vote online and offers an opportunity for certain students to register or preregister to vote using the online voter registration system Internet website; requiring the Division of Elections to prepare certain materials and make such materials readily available to each public high school; prohibiting a teacher from requiring, pressuring, or otherwise incentivizing a student to take certain actions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/05/2022 SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Education; Appropriations
SB 1240 Mental Health of Students by Harrell
Mental Health of Students; Revising data the Department of Children and Families is required to analyze when creating its annual report on the initiation of certain involuntary examinations; requiring charter schools to be in compliance with laws relating to reporting involuntary examinations; requiring the Department of Education, by a specified date, to share with the Department of Children and Families data received from school districts relating to involuntary examinations; revising requirements for plans relating to mental health assistance allocations, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022. SENATE On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/18/22, 11:00 am, 37 S
HB 1245 Drinking Water in Public Schools by Nixon
Drinking Water in Public Schools: Requires each school district to install certain number of water bottle filling stations which have certified point-of-use filter installed to remove lead & to identify all drinking water sources, install barcode on each source, & install filters that meet certain specifications on all such sources; requires school districts to publish & maintain specified list; authorizes each school district to use specified funds for certain purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 1275 School Meals by Morales
School Meals: Requires schools to provide certain information relating to free or reduced-price meals; provides school duties & responsibilities relating free or reduced-price meals & students; prohibits schools from taking specified actions. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022. HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 1294 Individual Education Plan Meetings by Gruters
Individual Education Plan Meetings; Authorizing a parent of a public school student to audio or video record any meeting with his or her child’s individual education plan (IEP) team; requiring the parent to notify the school district in writing a specified time in advance of his or her intent to record the meeting; providing that parents have the right to audio or video record meetings with their child’s IEP team, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/13/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/18/22, 11:00 am, 412 K
HB 1299 Early Learning Scholarship Program by Diamond
Early Learning Scholarship Program: Establishes Early Learning Scholarship program, administered by Division of Early Learning; provides requirements for administration of & participation in program; provides state exemption from liability; & provides that program does not expand state's regulatory authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
SB 1300 District School Board Meetings by Gruters
District School Board Meetings; Requiring all meetings of district school boards which are not exempt from certain public meeting requirements to be recorded by video and streamed live on a publicly accessible website; providing that parents have the right to be heard at district school board meetings, including the right to criticize individual district school board members, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/05/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
HB 1305 Materials Harmful to Minors by Borrero
Materials Harmful to Minors: Prohibits person from selling or renting specified materials to minor; requires school districts to proactively remove specified materials; requires school districts or specified schools to notify & request written consent of parents before teaching of reproductive health or any sexually transmitted disease; prohibits student whose parent does not give such written consent from being penalized; permits objections from parents or county residents to additional types of materials; requires school boards to annually review specified materials & immediately discontinue use of any found to be inappropriate or unsuitable; authorizes student's parent or county resident to contest on specified grounds school board's adoption of certain instructional materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 1317 Individual Education Plans by Tant
Individual Education Plans: Requires IEPs for certain students to contain information on legal rights & responsibilities that transfer to students at age 18; requires information to include ways in which student may provide informed consent to allow his or her parent to continue to participate in educational decisions. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Filed
HB 1319 School Readiness Program by Nixon
School Readiness Program: Requires early learning coalitions to adopt payment rate schedule; provides requirements for payment rate schedule; requires early learning coalitions to reimburse contracted school readiness program providers minimum payment rate; provides minimum payment rate reimbursements shall be charged as direct services; revises required contents of early learning coalition plans; requires division to annually collect data & include such data in annual report. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Filed
HB 1327 Funds for Student Transportation by Stevenson
Funds for Student Transportation: Modifying requirements for determining student membership in school district in order to determine annual allocation for funding for student transportation. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022. HOUSE Filed
HB 1337 Student Access to Internet Connections and Technology by Nixon
Student Access to Internet Connections and Technology: Establishes Digital Inclusion Technology Development Initiative; provides purpose, goal, & requirements for initiative; & establishes Initiative Educational Technology Advisory Council. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022 HOUSE Filed
SB 1340 School District Levies by Diaz
School District Levies; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to provide for the use of revenue from school district levies for the educational benefit of students who are not attending full time a school or program operated by the district school board, etc.
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
HB 1347 Charter School Loans by Snyder
Charter School Loans: Establishes Charter School Revolving Loan Program; provides purpose & requirements for DOE, third-party administrator, participation in program, & loans through program. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/07/2022. HOUSE Filed
SB 1348 Educational Choice Scholarships by Diaz
Educational Choice Scholarships; Revising eligibility for the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; deleting limits on the number of students receiving scholarships; deleting a requirement that the department cross-check the list of participating Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program students with the public school enrollment lists to avoid duplication; deleting a requirement that a nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obtain verification from the private school of a student’s continued attendance at the school for each period covered by a scholarship payment, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1376 Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program by Rodriguez (A)
Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program; Authorizing Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds to be used to purchase certain classroom equipment and personal protective equipment, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1386 Background Screenings for School Personnel by Diaz
Background Screenings for School Personnel; Requiring each employing entity that employs instructional and noninstructional personnel who have direct contact with students to submit certain individuals’ fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement; providing that an employing entity has the sole authority for determining the employment eligibility of certain personnel; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to report the results from background screenings to the employing entity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1398 Required Instruction in the History of the Holocaust and the History of African Americans by Berman
Required Instruction in the History of the Holocaust and the History of African Americans; Requiring the Department of Education to prepare and offer standards and curriculum related to the history of African Americans; requiring the department to annually verify that school districts, charter schools, and specified private schools implement certain instruction relating to the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans and providing requirements therefor; requiring district school superintendents, charter school principals, and private school directors or similar administrators to annually provide specified evidence to the department by a certain date; requiring certain statewide, standardized assessments to include curricula content from the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022. SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1404 School Counselors by Jones
School Counselors; Citing this act as the "School Counselors Supporting Students Act"; requiring certified school counselors to provide services within the context of a program developed by the Department of Education using a specified framework; prohibiting certified school counselors from performing certain tasks, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
HB 1409 Education in Public Schools Concerning Human Sexuality by Eskamani
Education in Public Schools Concerning Human Sexuality: Requires certain public schools that provide information or offer programs to students relating to human sexuality to provide information or offer programs that meet specified criteria; requires public schools to make certain curriculum available to parents & guardians upon request; authorizes students to be excused from certain portions of program without penalty; provides compliance review process. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/08/2022 HOUSE Filed
HB 1417 Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program by Brown
Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program: Revises instructional hours required in Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to provide for 8-hour program day in summer & school-year programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/08/2022 HOUSE Filed
HB 1421 School Safety by Hawkins
School Safety: Revises provisions relating to FortifyFL, Commissioner of Education oversight of enforcement of school safety and security requirements, Office of Safe Schools, certain emergency drills, family reunification plans, threat assessment teams, safe-school officers, DOE responsibilities, & Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/08/2022 HOUSE Filed
SB 1422 Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility by Perry
Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility; Increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the Florida Kidcare program; requiring an applicant seeking coverage under the program to provide certain documentation if eligibility cannot be verified using reliable data sources; requiring that premiums for certain enrollees under the program be based on a tiered system of uniform premiums, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
HB 1457 Contracts for Instructional Personnel by Driskell
Contracts for Instructional Personnel: Removes prohibition on awarding annual contracts by district school boards on basis of unauthorized contingencies or conditions; requires that annual contract of instructional personnel who meet certain criteria be renewed; provides responsibilities for district school superintendents who exercise certain authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022 HOUSE Filed
HB 1467 K-12 Education by Garrison
K-12 Education: Removes provisions relating to district school board members' salaries; & revises provisions relating to selection of instructional materials & other materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022 HOUSE Filed
SB 1500 Special Days of Observance by Bracy
Special Days of Observance; Designating “Emancipation Day” to officially commemorate the freeing of enslaved African Americans in Florida; authorizing the Governor to issue an annual proclamation honoring the significance of Emancipation Day; specifying that Juneteenth Day officially commemorates the freeing of all remaining enslaved African Americans in the United States; requiring high school students enrolled in a United States History course to receive specified instruction on the significance of Emancipation Day and Juneteenth Day, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Education; Rules
SB 1514 Energy SMART Schools by Berman
Energy SMART Schools; Requiring the Department of Education and the Department of Environmental Protection to consult with specified entities to coordinate to develop a program to jointly designate public schools as Energy SMART Schools; requiring the program to include an application process that meets specified requirements; requiring that awards, recognition, and designations be jointly granted annually; requiring the Office of Educational Facilities, in consultation with the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to provide, upon request, specified technical assistance and consultation with public schools and school districts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022. SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1516 Required Instruction in the History of African Americans by Jones
Required Instruction in the History of African Americans; Providing that instructional staff of public schools are encouraged to include the history of local African-American cemeteries in the study of the history of African Americans when practicable, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1522 Sparsity Supplement Funds within the Florida Education Finance Program by Ausley
Sparsity Supplement Funds within the Florida Education Finance Program; Prohibiting a school district with a specified student population from receiving a sparsity wealth adjustment; providing an appropriation; specifying the purpose of the allocation made from the appropriation to certain school districts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
HB 1533 Virtual Learning by Garrison
Virtual Learning: Revises purpose of FLVS to provide for development & delivery of blended learning; revises provisions relating to student priority, funding, reporting requirements, & examinations & assessments; provides for establishment of Florida Virtual School Justice Education Program; provides requirements for such program, including students participating in such program and FLVS, DOC, & DOE responsibilities; & revises definition of term "full-time equivalent student." Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/10/2022 HOUSE Filed
HB 1557 Parental Rights in Education by Harding
Parental Rights in Education: Requires district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with provisions of law for notifying student's parent of specified information; requires procedures to reinforce fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding upbringing & control of their children; provides requirements for such procedures, school districts, & personnel; requires DOE to review & update specified materials. Effective Date: This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
Actions — 01/11/2022 HOUSE Filed
SB 1566 School Nutrition Program Requirements by Jones
School Nutrition Program Requirements; Requiring district school boards to provide the parent or guardian of a student who is eligible for free or reduced-priced meals with information on the Florida Kidcare program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
SB 1576 Educational Support Staff by Polsky
Educational Support Staff; Providing that a staff support position that has over a specified amount of positions vacant constitutes a critical shortage area; requiring each district superintendent to compile specified information by a specified date each year; requiring districts to fund certain incentives; requiring district superintendents to file a report with the Legislature documenting certain information by a specified date each year, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1578 Instructional Personnel by Jones
Instructional Personnel; Revising the definition of the term “instructional personnel” to include specified prekindergarten instructors, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriation
SB 1590 Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes by Baxley
Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes; Requiring certain students to receive an electrocardiogram to participate in athletics; providing an exemption from such requirement; providing parental requirements for receiving the exemption, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Health Policy; Rules
SB 1592 Contracts for Instructional Personnel by Berman
Contracts for Instructional Personnel; Deleting a prohibition on the awarding of certain annual contracts by district school boards on the basis of unauthorized contingencies or conditions; requiring that the annual contract of instructional personnel who meet certain criteria be renewed; providing an exception; providing responsibilities for district school superintendents who exercise certain authority, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022. SENATE Referred to Education; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
SB 1602 District School Board Employment Contracts by Ausley
District School Board Employment Contracts; Deleting prohibitions on district school boards from awarding annual contracts on the basis of unauthorized contingencies or conditions and from altering or limiting their authority to award or not award an annual contract, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1616 Student Access to Internet Connections and Technology by Bracy
Student Access to Internet Connections and Technology; Establishing the Digital Inclusion Technology Development Initiative; providing the purpose and goal of the initiative; providing for funding; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Commissioner of Education; establishing the Initiative Educational Technology Advisory Council, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1646 School Meals by Farmer Jr.
School Meals; Requiring public schools and nonprofit private schools participating in certain federal programs to provide students, at no cost, a printed meal application or an explanation and instructions on how to apply; requiring schools to complete and file an application for free or reduced-price meals on a student’s behalf under certain circumstances; requiring school district liaisons for homeless children to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to ensure that homeless students in public schools receive free and reduced-price meals; providing duties for public and nonprofit private schools which apply regardless of a student’s ability to pay for meals or whether the student owes money for previous meals, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Agriculture; Rules
SB 1648 Drinking Water In Public Schools by Farmer Jr.
Drinking Water In Public Schools; Requiring each school district to install a specified number of water bottle filling stations with certified point-of-use filters installed to remove lead; requiring each school district to identify all drinking water sources, install a barcode on each source, and install filters that meet certain specifications on all such sources; requiring that the filters be replaced or maintained in a specified manner; requiring each school district to post certain signage on certain water sources and to publish specified information on the school district’s website, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1656 School Breakfast Programs by Rodriguez (A)
School Breakfast Programs; Requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to reimburse sponsors for school breakfast meals that meet certain requirements; providing a basis for the calculation of the reimbursement, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/14/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Agriculture, 01/19/22, 8:30 am, 110 S
SB 1674 Individual Education Plans by Ausley
Individual Education Plans; Requiring individual education plans for certain students to contain information and instruction on the legal rights and responsibilities regarding educational decisions which transfer to students at the age of 18; requiring such information to include ways in which a student may provide informed consent to allow his or her parent to continue to participate in his or her educational decisions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Judiciary; Rules
SB 1684 Parents’ Bill Of Rights by Gruters
Parents’ Bill Of Rights; Creating a cause of action for parents for an infringement of parental rights relating to the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their children; providing for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and the recovery of actual damages; providing for the recovery of reasonable attorney fees and costs; providing that a parent is considered a prevailing party under specified circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
SB 1690 Charter School Revolving Loan Program by Diaz
Charter School Revolving Loan Program; Establishing the program for a specified purpose; providing that funding for the program shall consist of specified funds; requiring the Department of Education to contract with a third-party administrator to administer the program; requiring all loan documents to include specified language and be expressly agreed to by the third-party administrator and loan recipients; requiring the third-party administrator to electronically provide copies of certain loan documents to the department; requiring all repayments of principal and interest to be returned to the loan fund and made available for loans to other applicants, etc. APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1700 School Readiness Program Funding by Gruters
School Readiness Program Funding; Deleting a requirement that all state, federal, and local matching funds provided to an early learning coalition for certain purposes be used for implementation of its approved school readiness plan; requiring the Division of Early Learning within the Department of Education to conduct an allocation conference; requiring conference principals to discuss and agree to all conventions and calculation methods to be used to calculate the school readiness funding formula for the early learning coalitions for the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1790 Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program by Farmer Jr.
Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program; Authorizing tutoring provided through the tutoring program of the Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program to be provided after the school day; authorizing school districts that participate in the tutoring program to provide a stipend to instructional personnel and high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
SB 1818 Early Learning Scholarship Program by Broxson
Early Learning Scholarship Program; Establishing the Early Learning Scholarship Program within the Department of Education; providing eligibility criteria for participation in the program; providing for a child’s continued eligibility for a specified period; providing program obligations for eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations and for parents and children; providing requirements for the amount and payment of scholarship funds, subject to appropriation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1834 Parental Rights in Education by Baxley
Parental Rights in Education; Requiring district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain provisions of law for notifying a student’s parent of specified information; requiring such procedures to reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their children in a specified manner; prohibiting a school district from adopting procedures or student support forms that require school district personnel to withhold from a parent specified information or that encourage or have the effect of encouraging a student to withhold from a parent such information; prohibiting a school district from encouraging classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a specified manner, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations; Rules
SB 1842 Reproductive Health and Disease Education by Baxley
Reproductive Health and Disease Education; Requiring school districts or schools within a district to notify and request the written consent of parents and guardians before the teaching of reproductive health or any sexually transmitted disease; prohibiting schools from allowing students to be exposed to such teaching without the written consent of their parents or guardians; prohibiting a student whose parent or guardian does not give such written consent from being penalized, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Education; Rules
SB 1860 Freedom of Speech and the Press in the Public Education System by Polsky
Freedom of Speech and the Press in the Public Education System; Providing that student journalists have the right to exercise freedom of the press in school-sponsored media; requiring that determinations regarding the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of school-sponsored media be made by student journalists; authorizing student media advisors to teach professional standards of journalism to student journalists; defining terms; prohibiting school districts from restricting the publication or broadcast of certain materials; requiring school districts to show prior justification for limiting student journalist expression, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Judiciary; Rules
SB 1918 School Readiness Program by Taddeo
School Readiness Program; Requiring early learning coalitions to adopt a payment rate schedule rather than a payment schedule; requiring early learning coalitions to reimburse contracted school readiness program providers the minimum payment rate; revising the required contents of early learning coalition plans; directing the Division of Early Learning within the Department of Education to amend its Child Care and Development Fund Plan to identify certain personnel as essential workers for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1922 Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program by Taddeo
Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; Revising the instructional hours required in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to provide for an 8-hour program day in the summer and school-year programs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
SB 1936 Education in Public Schools Concerning Human Sexuality by Farmer Jr.
Education in Public Schools Concerning Human Sexuality; Directing the Division of Early Learning within the Department of Education to amend its Child Care and Development Fund Plan to identify certain personnel as essential workers for a specified purpose; creating the "Florida Healthy Adolescent Act"; requiring certain public schools that provide information or offer programs to students relating to human sexuality to provide information or offer programs that meet specified criteria; requiring public schools to make a certain curriculum available to parents and guardians upon request; authorizing students to be excused from certain portions of a specified program under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 SENATE Referred to Education; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
HB 2063 Magic of Orange County Conservation and STEM Environmental Outdoor Learning for K-12 and Beyond by Morales
Magic of Orange County Conservation and STEM Environmental Outdoor Learning for K-12 and Beyond: Provides an appropriation for the Magic of Orange County Conservation and STEM Environmental Outdoor Learning for K-12 and Beyond. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 09/30/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 2323 SLPS: Growing Teachers From Within by Trabulsy
SLPS: Growing Teachers From Within: Provides an appropriation for the SLPS: Growing Teachers From Within. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/02/2021 HOUSE Now in Appropriations Committee
HB 2713 School Bond Issuance Database by Latvala
School Bond Issuance Database: Provides an appropriation for the School Bond Issuance Database. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/02/2021 HOUSE Now in Appropriations Committee
HB 3409 Florida Teacher Recruitment by Duggan
Florida Teacher Recruitment: Provides an appropriation for the Florida Teacher Recruitment. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Appropriations Committee
HB 3455 After-School All-Stars by Fernandez-Barquin
After-School All-Stars: Provides an appropriation for the After-School All-Stars. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/29/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 3835 Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation by Borrero
Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation: Provides an appropriation for the Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 3955 Safer, Smarter Schools by Aloupis, Jr.
Safer, Smarter Schools: Provides an appropriation for the Safer, Smarter Schools. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/30/2021 HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 4863 Learning Through Listening - Florida by Williamson
Learning Through Listening - Florida: Provides an appropriation for the Learning Through Listening - Florida. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/16/2021. HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
HB 6029 Traffic Infraction Detectors by Sabatini
Traffic Infraction Detectors: Repeals provisions relating to Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Program, authorization to use traffic infraction detectors, distribution of penalties, transitional implementation, & placement & installation. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Actions — 09/29/2021 HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
HB 6065 Fairness in Women's Sports Act by Arrington
Fairness in Women's Sports Act: Repeals Fairness in Women's Sports Act. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 11/05/2021 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
HB 6087 Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors by Beltran
Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors: Removes an exception for certain instructional materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 12/13/2021 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
HB 6107 District School Board Employment Contracts by Killebrew
District School Board Employment Contracts: Deletes prohibition on district school boards from awarding annual contracts on basis of unauthorized contingencies or conditions. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions — 01/12/2022 HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee