Bill > S7004

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; amending s. 1001.02, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the State Board of Education establish the cost of certain tuition and fees; amending s. 1001.03, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the state board identify certain metrics and develop a specified plan relating to the Florida College System; amending s. 1002.3105, F.S.; deleting a requirement that a performance contract be completed if a student participates in an Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning option; providing that a performance contract may be used at the discretion of the principal; repealing s. 1002.311, F.S., relating to single-gender programs; amending s. 1002.34, F.S.; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to provide for an annual comparative evaluation of charter technical career centers and public technical centers; amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; deleting a requirement that school districts provide certain virtual instruction options to students; deleting a requirement that virtual instruction program providers be nonsectarian; authorizing school districts to provide certain students with the equipment and access necessary for participation in virtual instruction programs; amending s. 1002.61, F.S.; authorizing school districts to satisfy specified requirements for such program by contracting with certain providers; amending s. 1002.82, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to review school readiness program plans every 3 years, rather than every 2 years; amending s. 1002.85, F.S.; requiring early learning coalitions to submit school readiness program plans to the department every 3 years, rather than every 2 years; amending s. 1003.435, F.S.; revising the eligibility requirements for students to take the high school equivalency examination; amending s. 1003.4935, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the department collect and report certain data relating to a middle school career and professional academy or a career-themed course; repealing s. 1003.4995, F.S., relating to the fine arts report prepared by the Commissioner of Education; repealing s. 1003.4996, F.S., relating to the Competency-Based Education Pilot Program; amending s. 1003.49965, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, a school district to hold an Art in the Capitol Competition; amending s. 1003.51, F.S.; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; revising requirements for which assessment results must be included in a student’s discharge packet; deleting requirements for specified sanctions against district school boards for unsatisfactory performance in their Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; amending s. 1003.621, F.S.; deleting a requirement for academically high-performing school districts to submit an annual report to the state board; repealing s. 1004.925, F.S., relating to automotive service technology education programs and certification; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “adequate instructional materials”; requiring certain information published and regularly updated by the Department of Education to be sorted by grade level; deleting a timeframe requirement for each district school superintendent to notify the department about instructional materials; deleting a requirement for such notification; authorizing, rather than requiring, a school principal to collect the purchase price of instructional materials lost, destroyed, or unnecessarily damaged by a student; amending s. 1006.283, F.S.; deleting a timeframe requirement for a district school superintendent to certify to the department that certain instructional materials meet applicable state standards; amending s. 1006.33, F.S.; beginning with a specified adoption cycle, requiring the department to publish an instructional materials adoption timeline; providing requirements for such timeline and adoption cycle; providing requirements for the 2025-2026 instructional materials adoption cycle; providing an expiration date for such requirements; deleting certain timelines relating to the adoption of instructional materials; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.; deleting a provision authorizing the Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College to establish certain degree programs; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; revising the requirements for comprehensive plans for student progression; revising the students who receive priority for allocation of remedial and supplemental instruction resources; requiring individualized progress monitoring plans to be developed within a specified timeframe; providing requirements for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program who exhibit a substantial deficiency in early literacy skills and early mathematics skills; providing that substantial deficiencies in early literacy skills and early mathematics skills for such students are determined by specified results of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring; requiring the State Board of Education to identify specified guidelines in rule; requiring teachers and school administrators to meet with specified parents upon the request of such parents; authorizing such parents to request specified actions; revising requirements for the administration of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system; providing requirements for the administration of such system for students in the summer prekindergarten program; amending s. 1008.31, F.S.; revising a provision relating to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to relate to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015; amending s. 1008.33, F.S.; authorizing the state board to allow certain schools additional time to implement a community school model; amending s. 1008.332, F.S.; revising a provision relating to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to relate to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015; deleting a requirement for certain committee members to annually report to specified entities; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1008.345, F.S.; deleting a requirement for the department to develop an annual feedback report; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to review specified feedback reports and submit findings to the state board; deleting certain requirements for a report the commissioner produces annually for the state board and the Legislature; revising what information certain community assessment team recommendations are based on; amending s. 1008.45, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the state board provide a specified annual evaluation; amending ss. 1000.05, 1002.31, 1002.321, 1002.33, 1002.455, 1008.22, 1008.37, and 1013.841, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Rosalind Osgood (D),  Corey Simon (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Chapter No. 2024-160, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1285 (Ch. 2024-101), CS/CS/HB 1403 (Ch. 2024-163), CS/HB 1425 (Ch. 2024-133) (on 05/13/2024)

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