Legislative Tracking

Legislative Tracking

2025 Legislative Tracker

Early Childhood

School Readiness Program - HB 877

Companion Bill: SB 1102

Revises criteria for a child to receive priority for participation in a school readiness program and provides requirements for school readiness program providers to be eligible for specified funding.

1st Reading (Original Filed Version) - 03/04/2024

K-12 Education

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program - HB 17

Requires public middle schools to provide for administration of PSAT/NMSQT to students who meet specified criteria for specified purposes relating to Florida Bright Futures Program; requires specified test preparation resources & information be provided to certain students; provides for funding for such assessments & resources; & revises eligibility criteria for certain awards under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

3/4/2024 - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 

Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program - HB 119

Requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and operate a program to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch meals to all public school students; deleting provisions requiring school districts to implement and charge students for a breakfast program; deleting provisions requiring only certain school districts to implement a universal free school breakfast program and encouraging districts to provide free breakfast meals; authorizing school districts to operate free school meal programs using offsite food preparation locations.

3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools - SB 166

Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions relating to instructional multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for instructional personnel in addition to annual contracts; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; revising requirements for assessments needed for a student to earn a high school diploma; providing requirements for advanced degrees which may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program.

3/6/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 03/11/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building

Education - HB 123

Revises provisions relating to conversion charter schools; authorizes municipality to apply for job engine charter under certain conditions; provides requirements for such schools; requires school board to submit 5-year plan to DOE before occupying purchased or acquired real property; provides requirements for school district real property.
3/7/2025 H Now in Education & Employment Committee

Statewide, Standardized Assessments - HB 159

Requires development of statewide standardized assessments & portions of coordinated screening & monitoring system in specified languages by specified school year; provides requirements for DOE; authorizes parents to prohibit use of such assessments & system in languages other than English

3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Health Screenings for K-12 Students - HB 219

Authorizes specified screening services to be performed on K-12 students after written parental notification of such services is provided & student's parents are given specified opportunities

3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Private School Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports - SB 248

Revising the criteria a private school student must meet to participate in a sport at a Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) member school; deleting a provision limiting which non-FHSAA member private school students are eligible to participate in FHSAA sports, etc.

3/6/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools - HB 257

Prohibits district school superintendents & principals from increasing total number of students in certain classes by more than specified percentage; requires video camera be placed in certain public school classrooms, including certain charter school classrooms; provides requirements for placement of such video cameras.

3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Middle School and High School Start Times - HB 261

Removes requirement that middle & high schools start by specified times beginning in certain year; requires district school boards to consider certain benefits relating to school start times when adopting such school start times.

3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Cardiac Emergencies on School Grounds - HB 337

Revises requirement for instruction on CPR & use of AED; requires each public school to develop cardiac emergency response plan (CERP); & provides school, CERP, & training requirements.

3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Student Elopement - HB 345

Requires public schools to create School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) Team & school elopement plan; provides requirements for SAFE Teams, elopement plans, & schools.

3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Emergency Opioid Antagonists in Public K-12 Schools and Postsecondary Educational Institutions - HB 355

Authorizes public schools to purchase, use, & maintain supply of emergency opioid antagonists that meet specified criteria, rather than only naloxone; & revises definition of term "emergency opioid antagonist."

3/11/2025 House - Now in Health & Human Services Committee

Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys - SB 364

Establishing the council within the Department of Education, rather than the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the Department of Education, rather than the Office of the Attorney General, to provide staff and administrative support to the council; providing that members of the council may be reimbursed for certain expenses by the Department of Education, rather than the Department of Legal Affairs, etc.
3/5/2025 Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle - HB 387

Prohibits discrimination based on protected hairstyle in K-20 public education system & specified private schools.
3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Family Empowerment Scholarship Program - HB 423

Requires private schools participating in Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to parents before student enrollment in school.
3/11/2025 House - Now in Education & Employment Committee

Charter Schools - HB 443

Revises provisions relating to charter schools, charter school sponsors, DOE duties, & disposal of school district real property.
 3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Career Planning Opportunities For Students - HB 571

Provides requirements relating to work-based learning opportunities, career fairs, career planning courses, & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires student's personalized academic & career plan to be reviewed annually for certain period of time & signed by certain persons; requires such plan to be revised as necessary; requires adoption of regulations & rules to enable certain students to earn postsecondary credit & career education clock hours for certain training & education acquired while apprentice or preapprentice; requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to convene workshop by date certain to develop certain process; requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to review apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs &, annually, approve prioritized list of postsecondary course equivalencies & minimum postsecondary credit or career education clock hours to be awarded for certain programs; requires certain information to be included in statewide articulation agreement; requires state universities, FCS institutions, & career centers to award postsecondary credit or career education clock hours; provides that postsecondary credit or career education clock hours are guaranteed to transfer to other state universities, FCS institutions, & career centers.
3/17/2025 House - Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

Diabetes Management In Schools - HB 597

Authorizes school district or charter school to annually request prescription for glucagon from certain entities; authorizes licensed pharmacist to dispense undesignated glucagon in accordance with specified provisions; authorizes school district or charter school to enter into arrangements with manufacturer or supplier to obtain glucagon free of charge or at fair market or reduced price; authorizes school district or charter school to obtain monetary donations or apply for grants to purchase glucagon; provides requirements for storage & administration of glucagon; requires parental notification after administration of glucagon; provides certain persons & entities with immunity from civil & criminal liability.
3/17/2025 House - Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

Required Instruction In Cursive Writing - HB 921

Requires students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; provides requirements for such instruction; & requires students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by end of specified grade.

3/18/2025 House - Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program - HB 1107

Revises eligibility requirements for student who earns high school diploma from non-Florida school.

3/5/2025 House - Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

Certificates of Completion - HB 1111

Provides that only students with disabilities may earn a certificate of completion; revises learning opportunities available to certain students.

3/11/2025 House - Now in PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

Mathematics Education Requirement - HB 1113

Revises uniform core curricula for state-approved teacher preparation programs to include specified mathematics content; revises requirements for postsecondary educator preparation institutes to include certain instruction & assessments on specified mathematics content; provides requirements for instructional materials reviewers & instructional materials for mathematics; requires competency-based professional learning certification programs to include specified mathematics content.

3/18/2025 H Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee

Personal Financial Literacy - HB 1261

Provides middle school & high school course requirements for Smart Living Course; provides requirements for such courses; revises high school graduation requirements to include such course.
3/17/2025 House - PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda

School Attendance - HB 1367

Revises provisions relating to school attendance.
3/17/2025 House - Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

Staffing

Educator Certifications and Training - HB 37

Revises provisions relating to teacher & educator preparation programs, educator certification requirements, & educator inservice training requirements to require certified educators to receive training relating to mass casualty incidents.
03/04/2024 - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Exceptional Student Education - HB 127

Requiring the Department of Education to develop and implement, by a specified date, a workforce credential program for students with an autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified curriculum; requiring the department to produce an annual report during a specified timeframe

 3/14/2025 H Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

Public School Personnel Salary Schedules - HB 439

Deleting a requirement relating to cost-of-living salary adjustments; revising requirements for salary schedules for school employees; revising conditions under which a district school board must provide salary supplements; deleting a provision that prohibits a performance salary schedule from being reduced due to budget constraints, etc.
3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

School Social Workers - HB 809

Provides that persons employed as school social workers are exempt from specified educator certification requirements.
3/17/2025 House - Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda

Education - HB 1255

Revises provisions relating to critical teacher shortage areas, Florida School for Competitive Academics, background screening requirements for private schools, & K-12 instruction.
3/18/2025 House - Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee

Instructional and Administrative Personnel - HB 1287

Requires district school boards to adopt policy to temporarily remove instructional personnel from classroom; revises offenses committed by certainly educational employees law enforcement must report to specified educational entities; requires instructional personnel & administrative personnel to self-report certain arrests & final judgements within specified time period.
3/5/2025 House - Now in Education Administration Subcommittee