Legislative Update, Jan. 17-21, 2022
Overview
The Florida Legislature completed the second week of its 60-day Legislative Session. And bills related to education continue to feature prominently.
On Tuesday, a Senate committee approved a bill (SB 148) banning the teaching of certain ideas related to race in workplace training sessions or Florida public schools. The Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 in favor of the bill seeking to reduce the influence of “critical race theory” in schools and businesses across Florida. The bill does not, as of now, allow parents of students to sue over alleged violations in the schools.
On Thursday, the House Education and Employment Committee approved a wide-ranging bill (HB 1557) requiring schools to notify parents about elements of their children’s education and their mental, emotional, or physical health. The bill, approved by a 15-5 committee vote, also creates a legal cause of action for parents in cases where they think schools have violated the provisions of the bill. The bill also prohibits school districts from encouraging classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in lower grade levels.
The same committee also voted 13-7 to approve HB 1467, which would eliminate district school board salaries, making the elected positions volunteer only. The bill also creates new rules for choosing which books and other instructional materials schools make available to students, including making meetings related to choosing instructional materials open to the public. No Senate version of the bill is currently filed.
The Week Ahead
House Calendar - The House released the agenda calendar for January 24, 2022. It contains agendas for meetings through January 25, 2022.
Senate Calendar - The Senate released the agenda calendar for January 24, 2022. It contains agendas for meetings through January 26, 2022.
Committee Activity
The following legislative committees held meetings this week on education-related matters:
House: Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee
Update on the implementation of early learning initiatives funded through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA Act)
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0015: Children with Developmental Delays (Tant)
• HB 0497: Lee County School District, Lee County (Persons-Mulicka)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Education and Employment Committee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0153: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Altman)
• HB 1467: K-12 Education (Garrison)
• HB 1557: Parental Rights in Education (Harding)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0055: Assistive Technology Advisory Council (Tant)
• HB 0703: Pub. Rec. & Meetings/Postsecondary Educ. Executive Search (Garrison)
• HB 0823: Florida Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant Program (Tuck)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Consideration of a Consent Agenda of Appropriation Project Bills
• HB 2043: Special Olympics of Florida Unified Champions Schools (Tomkow)
• HB 2065: YMCA State Alliance/YMCA Reads (Latvala)
• HB 2075: YMCA Youth in Government (Tomkow)
• HB 2345: Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Environmental Education Center (Snyder)
• HB 2383: Loggerhead Marinelife Center Educ. Material for Underserved Youth (Snyder)
• HB 2413: First Tee Program for At-Risk & Developmentally Disabled Students (Geller)
• HB 2417: Health Careers Pipeline – Seminole HS Academy of Careers (Smith (D))
• HB 2509: Mote Marine STEM Education Facilities (McFarland)
• HB 2591: Moffitt Cancer Center Partnership School Pasco County 6-12 (Zika)
• HB 2689: LHANC - Rainbow Intergenerational Child Learning Center (Fabricio)
• HB 2691: Near Peer Coaching for Post-Secondary Success (Mariano)
• HB 2705: Youth at Risk Program (Fabricio)
• HB 2711: Florida Trade Academy (Beltran)
• HB 2745: Best Buddies Mentoring and Student Assistance Initiatives (Smith (D))
• HB 2771: Florida Holocaust Museum: Security & Educational Enhancements (Chaney)
• HB 2789: Learning Independence for Tomorrow, Inc. (LiFT) Campus (DiCeglie)
• HB 2809: Lil Abner Foundation #1 & Expansion into Second Location (Avila)
• HB 2979: Big Brothers Big Sisters Bigs Inspiring Scholastic Success (BISS) (Garrison)
• HB 3003: BLUE Missions REACH Program (Tomkow)
• HB 3063: Coding in Color (Duggan)
• HB 3075: State Academic Tourney (Bell)
• HB 3083: All Pro Dad's Fatherhood Literacy and Family Engagement (Koster)
• HB 3487: National Flight Academy (Andrade)
• HB 3549: Florida Rural Digital Literacy Program (FRDLP) (Burton)
• HB 3569: AMIkids Recovery of Education Disparities (Yarborough)
• HB 3599: USF Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) (Koster)
• HB 3727: Learning Ally/FSU Dyslexia Screener (Rizo)
• HB 3861: Baker County - Legacy Elementary School Special Facility (Brannan III)
• HB 3911: Jackson County School District - Support Services Center (Drake)
• HB 3917: Paxton School - Academy of Agritechnology (Drake)
• HB 3931: Jackson County - Hope School Center Renovations (Drake)
• HB 3935: Washington County - Vernon Voluntary Prekindergarten Center (Drake)
• HB 3955: Safer, Smarter Schools (Aloupis, Jr.)
• HB 4009: Walkabouts Kinesthetic Learning Program Pilot (Bell)
• HB 4057: The Greatest Save Teen PSA Program (Aloupis, Jr.)
• HB 4059: Learning for Life (Aloupis, Jr.)
• HB 4151: Overtown Youth Center, Inc. (Bush III)
• HB 4163: East Mims Innovation Lab (Plasencia)
• HB 4181: VFW Youth Civics Educ. Scholarship & Educator of Year Prog. (Fetterhoff)
• HB 4213: Help Me Grow Florida Program (Fetterhoff)
• HB 4237: DREAM Academy & STEM Saturdays (Brown)
• HB 4487: FL School for the Deaf and the Blind - Kramer Hall Renovation (Stevenson)
• HB 4509: Pinellas Schools Summer Career Acceleration Internship Prog. (DiCeglie)
• HB 4669: Pinellas Schools - Leadership and Professional Development Center (Latvala)
• HB 4743: Okeechobee County - High School Special Facility (Tuck)
• HB 4751: Florida Medal of Honor Memorial (Tuck)
• HB 4833: Jackson County School District - Transportation Coordination Center (Drake)
• HB 4863: Learning Through Listening – Florida (Williamson)
• HB 9023: FL Youth Leadership, Mentoring & Character Educ. Pilot Prog. (Alexander)
• HB 9047: Bradford County - K-7 New School Special Facility (Payne)
• HB 9153: Levy County - Chiefland Middle High School Special Facility (Harding)
• HB 9301: Spell 2 Communicate Pilot Program at Ave Maria Prep. School (Buchanan)
• HB 9317: Calhoun County Schools - Classroom Construction - Hurricane Michael (Shoaf)
• HB 9341: Lafayette Schools Electronic Access Control Key System (Shoaf)
Presentation and Discussion on the FY 2021-22 FEFP, 3rd Calculation.
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0225: Charter School Charters (Hawkins)
• HB 0573: Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans (Snyder)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
Senate: Education Committee
Presentation on the State University System MyFloridaFuture Tool
Consideration of Bills on Agenda
• SB 0148: Individual Freedom (Diaz)
• SB 0490: Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans (Stewart)
View a video recording of the Committee meeting.
Bill Activity
Below are education-related bills that received action in the last week.
HB 0573 Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans by Snyder
Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans: Authorizes DOE to issue temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requires teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold temporary certificate; specifies duration & issuance of temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions
01/19/2022 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/20/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/21/2022 HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
Similar SB 0896 Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans (Burgess)
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
01/21/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee, 01/25/22, 1 pm, 17 H
Similar SB 0554 Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans (Cruz)
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
01/21/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee, 01/25/22, 9:00 am, 102 H - PCS
Similar SB 0340 Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders (Garcia)
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
01/21/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee, 01/25/22, 9:00 am, 102 H - PCS
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
01/21/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee, 01/25/22, 9:00 am, 102 H
Similar SB 0802 School Safety (Gruters)
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
01/21/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee, 01/25/22, 3:30 pm, 102 H
Identical SB 1240 Mental Health of Students (Harrell)
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
01/21/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/26/22, 1:00 pm, 110 S
Compare HB 0797 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits (Overdorf)
Identical HB 0189 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits (Duran)
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: July 1, 2022
Actions
01/18/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education & Employment Committee, 01/20/22, 9:00 am, 17 H
01/20/2022 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee; 15 Yeas, 5 Nays
01/21/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Similar SB 1834 Parental Rights in Education (Baxley)
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
01/21/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 412 K
Similar HB 0865 Charter Schools (Rizo)
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
01/21/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 412 K
Similar HB 1421 School Safety (Hawkins)
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
01/21/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 412 K
Compare HB 1193 K-12 Assessments and Accountability (Plasencia)
HB 1467 K-12 Education by Garrison
K-12 Education: Removes provisions relating to distirct school board members' salaries; & revises provisions relating to selection of instructional materials & other materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Actions
01/18/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education & Employment Committee, 01/20/22, 9:00 am, 17 H
01/20/2022 HOUSE Favorable by Education & Employment Committee; 13 Yeas, 7 Nays
01/21/2022 HOUSE Now in Appropriations Committee
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
01/18/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education & Employment Committee, 01/20/22, 9:00 am, 17 H
01/20/2022 HOUSE Favorable by Education & Employment Committee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/21/2022 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Compare SB 0438 United States Space Force (Burgess)
Identical SB 0430 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Wright)
Linked HB 0465 United States Armed Forces (Sirois)
HB 0851 School Concurrency by McClain
School Concurrency: 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
01/19/2022 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/19/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/20/2022 HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
Similar SB 0706 School Concurrency (Perry)
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
01/19/2022 SENATE Favorable by Agriculture; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/20/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Similar HB 1187 Reduced-price School Breakfast Meals (Trabulsy)
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
01/20/2022 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/20/2022 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Compare SB 0438 United States Space Force (Burgess)
HB 0465 United States Armed Forces (Sirois)
Identical HB 0153 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Altman)
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
01/20/2022 SENATE Favorable by Appropriations; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/20/2022 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Identical HB 0277 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program (Clemons)
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
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 01/25/22, 3:30 pm, 37 S
Similar HB 0851 School Concurrency (McClain)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Not Considered by Education
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K
Similar HB 0173 Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders (Duran)
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
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K
Similar HB 0225 Charter School Charters (Hawkins)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Not Considered by Education
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K
Similar HB 0991 Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees (Shoaf)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Not Considered by Education
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K
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
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K - PCS
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
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K - PCS
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
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K
Similar HB 1017 K-12 Educational Support Employees (Learned)
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
01/20/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 412 K
Compare HB 1199 Funding for School Readiness Program (Grall)
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
01/19/2022 HOUSE Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/19/2022 HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
Similar SB 0892 Charter School Charters (Burgess)
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
01/19/2022 HOUSE Favorable by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/19/2022
HOUSE Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Identical SB 0236
Children with Developmental Delays (Jones)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Favorable by Transportation; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/19/2022 SENATE Now in Judiciary
Identical HB 0179 Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety (Altman)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/18/2022 SENATE Now in Education
Identical HB 0899 Mental Health of Students (Hunschofsky)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Favorable by Education; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/18/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Identical HB 0281 Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Eskamani)
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
01/18/2022 SENATE Favorable by Education; 6 Yeas, 3 Nays
01/18/2022 SENATE Now in Rules
Similar HB 0007 Individual Freedom (Avila)