Bill > S1430

This bill: - Requires school districts to annually review and confirm that specified information on their website about exempting students from reproductive health or disease education is accurate and up-to-date, and to notify parents of any revisions. - Allows students to possess and use certain over-the-counter medications for headaches while at school without a physician's note. - Creates the Year-round School Pilot Program for a 4-year period to assist school districts in establishing year-round school programs and study the issues, benefits, and schedule options. - Requires the Commission for Independent Education to annually prepare an accountability report on graduation rates, retention rates, and placement rates for licensed institutions. - Provides requirements for searches of students' personal belongings and a rebuttable presumption that a student's actions to intervene and stop a violent act were necessary. - Revises requirements for dual enrollment courses to be age and developmentally appropriate. - Authorizes students to use a combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours to meet certain Bright Futures Scholarship Program eligibility requirements. - Makes various other changes related to education, including requirements for teacher preparation programs, charter school capital outlay funding, and professional learning for instructional personnel and school administrators.

Budget and Finance

Appropriations Committee on Education (S), Fiscal Policy (S)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1430