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This bill proposes several key provisions to address the impact of COVID-19 on educational institutions: 1. It allows the Board of Nursing to extend the probationary status of nursing education programs that failed to meet the required passage rate for the 2020 calendar year, including those facing potential termination in 2021. 2. It provides liability protections to educational institutions that took reasonably necessary actions, such as shifting to online instruction or closing campus facilities, to diminish the impact or spread of COVID-19. This protects them from civil damages, equitable relief, or other remedies related to such actions. 3. It establishes that the provision of in-person or on-campus education was deemed impossible during periods when educational institutions took these reasonably necessary actions, and their actions are deemed justified. 4. It specifies that invoices, catalogs, and general publications of educational institutions are not evidence of an express or implied contract to provide in-person or on-campus education and related services during the COVID-19 public health emergency. 5. It places the burden of proof on plaintiffs to show clear and convincing evidence of damages against educational institutions that were required to alter their mode of instruction or access to facilities due to COVID-19 orders or directives.

Education

Education (Senate), Rules (Senate)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7070