Early Childhood
School Readines Program - HB 859
Revises provisions relating to school readiness program.
03/04/2024 - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
K-12 Education
Exceptional Student Education - SB 102
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, etc.
3/27/2025 - Approved by the Senate, 36-0
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
Charter Schools - SB 140
Revising which persons or entities may apply for a conversion charter school; revising entities that are included in the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program to include charter schools; requiring a district school board to approve a 5-year plan before occupying purchased or acquired real property, etc.
3/31/2025 - On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
Middle School and High School Start Times - SB 296
Middle School and High School Start Times; Providing that district school boards and charter schools, respectively, are in compliance with certain provisions relating to middle school and high school start times upon submission of a specified report to the Department of Education, etc.
3/27/2025 - Approved by Senate, 38-0
Disability History and Awareness Instruction - SB 540
Disability History and Awareness Instruction; Citing this act as the "Evin B. Hartsell Act"; requiring, rather than authorizing, disability history and awareness instruction; requiring that disability history and awareness instruction include specified material; authorizing a district school board to consult with the Evin B. Hartsell Foundation to further develop material, etc.
3/31/2025 - On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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
Education, Charter Schools - SB 822
Education; Providing requirements for specified deadlines for charter schools; authorizing a charter school to assign its charter to another governing board under certain circumstances; revising which facilities and land are exempt from specified ad valorem taxes; authorizing high-performing charter schools to assume the charters of certain charter schools; requiring school districts to take specified actions before the disposal of real property, etc.
3/31/2025 - On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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
Use of Wireless Communications Devices in Schools - SB 1296
Use of Wireless Communications Devices in Schools; Requiring the Commissioner of Education to coordinate with school districts selected by the Department of Education to implement a policy for a specified school year prohibiting the use of cell phones while on school grounds or engaged in certain activities off school grounds; requiring the department to provide a report to the Legislature before a specified date; providing requirements for the report, etc.
03/31/2025 - On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
School Attendance - HB 1367
Revises provisions relating to school attendance.
3/17/2025 House - Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
School District Reporting Requirements - SB 1374
School District Reporting Requirements; Requiring district school boards to adopt a policy temporarily removing instructional personnel under specified circumstances; revising requirements for law enforcement to notify specified entities when an employee is arrested for certain offenses; requiring instructional personnel and administrative personnel to self-report certain arrests or judgments within specified timeframes, etc.
04/01/2025 - On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
School Safety - SB 1470
School Safety; Requiring a sheriff to establish a school guardian program if a school board contracts for the use of security guards; requiring the Office of Safe Schools to convene a workgroup of specified entities; requiring the Department of Education to establish a centralized system to integrate all panic alert systems and digital school maps used by specified entities; requiring that a person who serves as a school security guard be approved by the sheriff, etc. APPROPRIATION: $450,000
04/02/2025 - On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
Prekindergarten Through 12th Grade Education - SB 1618
Removing the Florida School for Competitive Academics from audit requirements; removing the Florida School for Competitive Academics from specified classification and pay plans; removing the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the definition of a public employer; prohibiting the expenditure of funds by public schools, charter schools, school districts, charter school administrators, or direct-support organizations to purchase membership in, or goods or services from, any organization that discriminates on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or religion, etc.
03/27/2025 Senate - CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
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)
School Social Workers - HB 809
Provides that persons employed as school social workers are exempt from specified educator certification requirements.
3/19/2025 House - Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
Revises provisions relating to critical teacher shortage areas, Florida School for Competitive Academics, background screening requirements for private schools, & K-12 instruction.
3/28/2025 House - Added to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee agenda
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
