Bill > S0996

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; amending ss. 192.0105, 192.048, and 196.082, F.S.; conforming cross references; amending s. 196.011, F.S.; providing that an annual application for exemption on property used to house a charter school is not required; requiring the owner or lessee of such property to notify the property appraiser in specified circumstances; providing penalties; amending ss. 1001.61 and 1001.71, F.S.; prohibiting members of the board of trustees of a Florida College System institution or a state university, respectively, from doing business with or having any business affiliation with any institution under their purview during their membership; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; providing that students who transfer from certain classical schools to certain charter classical schools may be included as a student population to whom charter schools may give enrollment preference; defining the term “classical school”; revising the list of student populations that may be targeted for enrollment by a charter school by limiting the enrollment process; revising the definition of the term “charter school personnel”; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; authorizing private schools to use or purchase specified facilities; exempting such facilities from specified zoning or land use requirements; requiring that such facilities meet specified laws, codes, and rules; amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; providing responsibilities for approved virtual instruction program providers, virtual charter schools, and school districts relating to statewide assessments and progress monitoring for certain students; creating s. 1003.052, F.S.; establishing the Purple Star School District Program; providing requirements for such program; authorizing the Department of Education to establish additional program criteria; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending s. 1003.451, F.S.; requiring school districts and charter schools to provide certain students with an opportunity to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and consult with a military recruiter; providing requirements for the scheduling of such test; amending s. 1003.53, F.S.; revising requirements for the assignment of students to disciplinary programs and alternative school settings or other programs; revising requirements for dropout prevention and academic intervention programs; requiring such programs to include academic intervention plans for students; providing requirements for such plans; providing that specified provisions apply to all dropout prevention and academic intervention programs; requiring school principals or their designees to make a reasonable effort to notify parents by specified means and to document such effort; creating s. 1004.051, F.S.; prohibiting a public postsecondary institution from implicitly or explicitly prohibiting specified students from being employed; providing applicability; amending s. 1006.38, F.S.; requiring instructional materials publishers and manufacturers or their representatives to make sample student editions of specified instructional materials available electronically for use by certain programs and institutes for a specified purpose; requiring teacher preparation programs and educator preparation institutes that use sample student editions to meet certain requirements; authorizing publishers to make available at a discounted price sample student editions of specified instructional materials to certain programs; amending s. 1007.25, F.S.; creating associate in arts specialized transfer degrees; providing requirements for such degrees; providing a process for the approval of such degree programs; requiring the state board to adopt specified rules; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; requiring district school boards to make reasonable efforts to enter into specified agreements with a Florida College System institution for certain online courses; amending s. 1008.33, F.S.; revising the date by which a memorandum of understanding relating to schools in turnaround status must be provided to the department; revising requirements for district-managed turnaround plans; providing requirements for turnaround schools that close and reopen as charter schools and school districts in which such schools reside; providing that specified provisions do not apply to certain turnaround schools; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules for a charter school turnaround contract and specified leases and agreements; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; requiring that any changes made by the state board to components in the school grades model or the school grading scale shall go into effect, at the earliest, the following school year; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing that a specified method for a student to prove residency for tuition purposes is deemed a single, conclusive piece of evidence; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing certain Florida College System institutions to charge a specified amount for nonresident tuition and fees for distance learning; amending s. 1009.98, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “tuition differential”; revising provisions relating to payments the Florida Prepaid College Board must pay to state universities on behalf of beneficiaries of specified contracts; amending s. 1012.55, F.S.; requiring the state board to adopt rules for the issuance of a classical education teaching certificate; providing requirements for such certificate; defining the term “classical school”; amending s. 1012.79, F.S.; authorizing the Commissioner of Education to appoint an executive director of the Education Practices Commission; revising the purpose of the commission; authorizing the commission to expend funds for legal services; repealing s. 1012.86, F.S., relating to the Florida College System institution employment equity accountability program; amending ss. 1001.64 and 1001.65, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Danny Burgess (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1285 (on 03/05/2024)

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