Legislative Update, Jan. 24-28, 2022
Overview
The Florida Legislature completed the third week of its 60-day Legislative Session. Bills related to education continue to feature prominently (see Bill Activity below).
A bill that would end the Florida Standards Assessments in public schools and replace them with a computer-based “progress monitoring” system continues to advance in the Senate. The Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee unanimously approved the bill (SB 1048) on Wednesday. Under the bill, starting in the 2022-23 school year, students in grades 3 through 10 would be administered progress-monitoring tests in English Language Arts three times a year under the bill. Math assessments for grades 3 through 8 would also be given to students at the beginning, middle, and end of each school year.
The Senate Education Committee approved a proposal (SB 1300) to limit school board pay to what state legislators are paid (currently $29,697). The bill also provides specific requirements for school districts in selecting instructional materials and materials used in school libraries and media centers.
Separately, Florida voters will not have a chance to decide whether to legalize sports betting after supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment acknowledged Friday they lack the required signatures to make it on the 2022 ballot. A political committee sponsoring the sports-betting measure, had until Feb. 1 to submit nearly 900,000 valid signatures to place the proposal on the November ballot. The proposal would have steered tax revenues from sports betting toward the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to supplement public school funding.
The Week Ahead
House Calendar - House released the agenda calendar for January 28, 2022. It contains agendas for meetings through January 31, 2022.
Senate Calendar - Senate released the agenda calendar for January 28, 2022. It contains agendas for meetings through February 1, 2022.
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 1421: School Safety (Hawkins)
• HB 0173: Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders (Duran)
• HB 1203: K-12 Personnel Evaluation Procedures and Criteria (Fetterhoff)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Education and Employment Committee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0225: Charter School Charters (Hawkins)
• HB 1505: Background Screenings (Trabulsy)
Update on the status of implementation of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act (SB 7026 2018) and related school safety measures.
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Post-Secondary Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0045: Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans (Morales)
• HB 0461: FL Bright Futures Scholarship Program Student Service Requirements (Melo)
• HB 7019: OGSR/Technology Systems/State Univ. or a Florida College System Institution (Government Operations Subcommittee)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0447: Required Instruction in the History of African Americans (Trabulsy)
• HB 0599: Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters (Casello)
• HB 1199: Funding for School Readiness Program (Grall)
Consideration of a Consent Agenda of Appropriation Project Bills:
• HB 2179: In School Music Program and Music Grants (Bartleman)
• HB 2399: Panhandle Holocaust Education & Teacher Training Center (Tant)
• HB 2463: Straz Center and Patel Conservatory Master Plan Expansions (Toledo)
• HB 2687: City of Hialeah Educational Academy (COHEA) Expansion (Fabricio)
• HB 2715: Muzology (Latvala)
• HB 2765: Youth Of Valor Empowerment (Y.O.V.E.) Program (Woodson)
• HB 2961: The Florida Orchestra: Music Education for All (Latvala)
• HB 2965: Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach (Grieco)
• HB 3017: Health Information Project Support (Duran)
• HB 3073: Fort Meade Community Athletic Courts (Bell)
• HB 3099: Career Training & Workforce Dev. for At-Risk Women & Girls (Rizo)
• HB 3193: Aviate Lake (Truenow)
• HB 3223: Ari J. Arteaga Foundation - BE THE LIGHT Scholarships (Fernandez-Barquin)
• HB 3455: After-School All-Stars (Fernandez-Barquin)
• HB 3771: Sarasota Academy of the Arts Student Success Plan Project (McFarland)
• HB 3779: General Operating Support for Educational Programming (Valdes)
• HB 3855: Junior Achievement of South FL Youth Workforce Program (Hunschofsky)
• HB 3859: Code/Art Computer Coding Program (Hunschofsky)
• HB 3919: Freeport High School - Aquaculture Marine Academy Program (Drake)
• HB 3965: Joshua's House Fdn. Bilingual Behavioral, Technical & Academic (Morales)
• HB 4019: Family Program Support Network (Aloupis, Jr.)
• HB 4043: Breakthrough Miami (Aloupis, Jr.)
• HB 4111: Fortlo Academy - After School Program (Bush III)
• HB 4149: Excelling Eagles After School Assistance Program (Bush III)
• HB 4233: STEM Education Program at the Grand Avenue Center (Brown)
• HB 4319: Florida State University Schools Campus Expansion (Tant)
• HB 4327: Summer Enrichment Program (Williams)
• HB 4451: The Family Café (Plakon)
• HB 4475: Academic Advancement Zone (Duggan)
• HB 4479: READ USA Book Choice and Ownership Program (Duggan)
• HB 4503: Pinellas County Joint Use Recreation Facility (DiCeglie)
• HB 4557: HSU Educ. Fdn. - Proposal for Non-public CTE Certification Pilot Pgm. (Maney)
• HB 4627: Guest Lecturer to Substitute Teacher Pilot Program (Giallombardo)
• HB 4673: NEFL 21st Century Workforce Development Program (Stevenson)
• HB 4689: Certified Teens (Davis)
• HB 4709: Putnam County Schools Construction Academy (Payne)
• HB 4723: Wayman Academy of the Arts (Davis)
• HB 4823: Fdn. for Community Driven Innovation - STEAM Education Program (Driskell)
• HB 4923: Future Career Academy (FCA) (McClure)
• HB 4965: Canes Construction Academy - Citrus High School (Massullo, Jr.)
• HB 9015: Tallahassee Lighthouse At-Risk Mentorship Program (Alexander)
• HB 9219: STEM Teaching, Application, Rigor and Training (START) (Plakon)
• HB 9257: Florida's Hands-On STEM (Student & Teacher Pilot Program) (Bell)
• HB 9367: Liberty County School District School Bus Replacement (Shoaf)
• HB 9369: Hosford School / Tolar School Intercom Upgrades (Shoaf)
• HB 9387: Taylor County Schools Safe & Secure Schools Access Control System (Shoaf)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
House: Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• HB 0155: Certificates of Completion (Valdes)
• HB 0235: Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools (Plasencia)
• HB 0609: Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation (Borrero)
• HB 0865: Charter Schools (Rizo)
• HB 0991: Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees (Shoaf)
• HB 0443: Athletic Associations (Beltran)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
Senate: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• SB 0758: Education (Diaz)
• SB 1048: Student Assessments (Diaz)
View a video recording of the Subcommittee meeting.
Senate: Education Committee
Senate Confirmation Hearing: Consideration of executive appointment.
Consideration of Bills on Agenda:
• SB 0082 : Relief of Kareem Hawari by the Osceola County School Board (Torres, Jr.)
• SB 0340: Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders (Garcia)
• SB 0892: Charter School Charters (Burgess)
• SB 1034 : Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program (Gruters)
• SB 1122: Student Fees (Gainer)
• SB 1294: Individual Education Plan Meetings (Gruters)
• SB 1300: District School Boards (Gruters)
• SB 1348: Educational Scholarship Program Funding (Diaz)
• SB 1552 : Direct-support Organization for the Florida Prepaid College Board (Gruters)
• SB 1576: Educational Support Staff (Polsky)
• SB 1700: School Readiness Program Funding (Gruters)
View a video recording of the Committee meeting.
Bill Activity
Below are education-related bills that received legislative action this week.
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Education & Employment Committee
Actions
01/28/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education & Employment Committee, 02/01/22, 10:00 am, 17 H
Identical SB 0390 Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools (Book)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Education & Employment Committee
Actions
01/28/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education & Employment Committee, 02/01/22, 10:00 am, 17 H
Identical SB 1516 Required Instruction in the History of African Americans (Jones)
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: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference: House Education & Employment Committee
Actions
01/28/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education & Employment Committee, 02/01/22, 10:00 am, 17 H - PCS
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
Current Committee of Reference: House State Affairs Committee
Actions
01/28/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 02/01/22, 9:00 am, 212 K
Compare SB 0242 Racial and Sexual Discrimination (Gruters)
Similar SB 0148 Individual Freedom (Diaz)
HB 0865 Charter Schools by Rizo
Charter Schools: Creates Charter School Review Commission within DOE; provides requirements for commission; authorizes commission to approve charter school applications; provides for oversight of such charter schools; revises provisions relating to reporting requirements & charter renewal & nonrenewal & charter school facilities; requires OPPAGA to conduct specified study & provide report. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Actions
01/28/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Similar SB 0758 Education (Diaz)
HB 0045 Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans by Morales
Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans: Provides that disabled veterans receiving certain federal educational assistance benefits are eligible to receive waiver for tuition & fees at certain institutions; provides calculation for waiver amount; requires amount awarded by state to be contingent on application of specified federal benefits; requires institutions to submit annual report to Board of Governors & State Board of Education; requires boards to adopt regulations & rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
Actions
01/28/2022 HOUSE Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
Identical SB 0554 Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans (Cruz)
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; provides for development of annual cost-of-care information by specified conference principals. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Compare SB 1700 School Readiness Program Funding (Gruters)
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 upgrades that may be made; 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
Current Committee of Reference: House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Similar SB 0600 Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters (Berman)
HB 0991 Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees by Shoaf
Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees: Authorizes district school boards & FCS institutions to implement plan for differential out-of-state fee for specified purposes; requires district school boards & FCS institutions to prioritize enrollment of certain students in specified programs of study; & provides reporting requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Similar SB 1122 Student Fees (Gainer)
HB 0443 Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Activities by Beltran
Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Activities: Provides for approval of athletic associations that meet certain requirements; provides requirements for such athletic associations, SBE, & certain schools; provides that private schools & traditional public schools are considered high schools for specified purposes; authorizes certain students to participate or continue participating in interscholastic & intrascholastic activities at certain schools & revises & provides requirements therefor. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Compare SB 0738 Athletic Associations (Hutson)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Education & Employment Committee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
Similar SB 0268 Proclamation of “Victims of Communism Day” (Diaz)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
Similar SB 0622 Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation (Diaz)
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
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE In Messages
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)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Appropriations Committee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 212 K
Identical SB 1240 Mental Health of Students (Harrell)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Appropriations Committee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 212 K
Similar SB 1300 District School Boards (Gruters)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Appropriations Committee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Now in Appropriations Committee
SB 0706 School Concurrency by Perry
School Concurrency; 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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Education
Actions
01/27/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 412 K
Similar HB 0851 School Concurrency (McClain)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Education
Actions
01/27/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 412 K
Similar HB 0573 Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans (Snyder)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Education
Actions
01/27/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 412 K
Identical HB 0899 Mental Health of Students (Hunschofsky)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Education & Employment Committee
Actions
01/27/2022 HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee
Identical SB 1068 Certificates of Completion (Jones)
SB 1194 Local Tax Referenda Requirements by Boyd
Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requiring referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, and children’s services and independent special district property taxes to be held on the day of a general election; requiring referenda elections related to increases in county and municipal ad valorem tax millages to be held on the day of a general election; requiring referenda elections related to local option fuel taxes to be held on the day of a general election, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations
Actions
01/27/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations
Identical HB 0777 Local Tax Referenda Requirements (Robinson (W))
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations
Actions
01/27/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations
Compare HB 1193 K-12 Assessments and Accountability (Plasencia)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Actions
01/26/2022 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Similar SB 0802 School Safety (Gruters)
HB 0173 Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders by Duran
Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders: Requires school to provide epilepsy or seizure disorder care to student; provides for creation & implementation of individualized seizure action plan for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders to receive health care at school; provides requirements for DOE, schools, school nurses & certain other school employees, & such plans. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Actions
01/26/2022 HOUSE Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
Similar SB 0340 Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders (Garcia)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Similar HB 1421 School Safety (Hawkins)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; 6 Yeas, 2 Nays
Similar HB 0865 Charter Schools (Rizo)
SB 1300 District School Boards by Gruters
District School Boards; Revising the salaries of district school board members; requiring elementary schools, district school boards, and the Department of Education to post in certain formats on their websites specified information relating to instructional materials and other materials; revising requirements for the department relating to the development of training programs for the selection of materials used in schools and library media centers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Rules
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE Now in Rules
Compare HB 1409 Education in Public Schools Concerning Human Sexuality (Eskamani)
Similar HB 1467 K-12 Education (Garrison)
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; prohibiting a parent or any other individual in possession of such audio or video recording from publicly sharing its contents without the consent of all recorded parties; providing that parents have the right to audio or video record meetings with their child’s IEP team, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
SB 1348 Educational Scholarship Program Funding by Diaz
Educational Scholarship Program Funding; Revising the Department of Education’s obligation to cross-check the list of Family Empowerment Scholarship Program students with public school enrollment lists; requiring the department to adjust payments to eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations and recalculate the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) allocation for school districts upon completion of the cross-check; requiring the department to recalculate the FEFP allocation for school districts upon completion of the cross-check for Hope Scholarship Program students, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations
Compare HB 0797 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits (Overdorf)
Identical HB 0189 Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits (Duran)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Judiciary
Actions
01/26/2022 SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 412 K
Identical HB 0179 Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety (Altman)
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
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
Actions
01/26/2022 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Similar SB 0892 Charter School Charters (Burgess)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Actions
01/25/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Similar HB 1017 K-12 Educational Support Employees (Learned)
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Actions
01/25/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Community Affairs
Actions
01/25/2022 SENATE Now in Community Affairs
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
Current Committee of Reference: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Actions
01/25/2022 SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Similar HB 0991 Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees (Shoaf)
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
Current Committee of Reference: House Judiciary Committee
Actions
01/25/2022 HOUSE Now in Judiciary Committee
Similar SB 1834 Parental Rights in Education (Baxley)
HB 0777 Local Tax Referenda Requirements by Robinson (W)
Local Tax Referenda Requirements: Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
Current Committee of Reference: House State Affairs Committee
Actions
01/24/2022
HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Identical SB 1194 Local Tax Referenda Requirements (Boyd)