Bill > S2510

Introduced Session

An act relating to prekindergarten through grade 12 education; amending s. 402.22, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1001.292, F.S.; requiring a third-party administrator to transfer a specified amount of money from a loan fund to the Schools of Hope program under certain conditions, beginning on a specified date; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming cross-references and provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.333, F.S.; revising definitions; revising requirements for the establishment of a school of hope; requiring that certain students receive an enrollment preference; providing that certain requirements apply to a state university or a Florida College System institution; authorizing a school of hope to colocate with another school in a public school facility; requiring a school district to permit a school of hope to use certain facilities and receive certain services; providing that a hope operator must be able to use certain facilities at no cost; authorizing a school of hope to receive funds after a specified period of operation if certain requirements are met; requiring a school of hope to report specified information to its sponsor; requiring the Department of Education to annually provide specified entities with a report; amending s. 1002.37, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s. 1002.411, F.S.; deleting eligibility requirements for New Worlds Scholarship Accounts; revising parent and student responsibilities for participation; deleting school district and private prekindergarten provider obligations; revising account funding and payment requirements; amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1003.4201, F.S.; revising components that may be included in a reading instruction plan; amending s. 1003.4203, F.S.; requiring that CAPE digital tool certificates be made available to all public elementary grades students, but not middle grades students; requiring that approved industry certifications be identified in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List; providing that certain industry certifications are eligible for additional funding; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.4935, F.S.; making conforming changes; amending s. 1003.498, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1008.44, F.S.; revising requirements for the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List; amending s. 1010.20, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s. 1011.61, F.S.; deleting the definition of “full time equivalent student”; providing that certain calculation methodologies apply to the Florida Education Finance Program rather than the “current operation program”; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; revising the methodology to determine full-time equivalent student membership; requiring full-time equivalent survey data to include unduplicated counts of school district full-time equivalent students and full-time equivalent Family Empowerment Scholarship students; revising methodology for the calculation of full-time equivalent membership with respect to dual enrollment instruction; deleting requirements for the calculation of certain additional full-time equivalent student memberships; revising requirements for certain funding determinations; requiring that the discretionary millage compression supplement be recalculated based on actual full-time equivalent student membership; requiring that the state-funded discretionary contribution be recalculated based on actual full-time equivalent student membership; revising requirements for the recalculation of the educational enrichment allocation; deleting a requirement for the recalculation of the exceptional student allocation; requiring that the supplemental allocation for juvenile justice education programs be recalculated based on actual full-time equivalent student membership; requiring that the safe schools allocation be recalculated based on actual full-time equivalent student membership; requiring that the mental health assistance allocation be recalculated based on actual full-time equivalent student membership; requiring that the total allocation of state funds to each district be based on the results of full-time equivalent membership surveys; providing that if gross state Florida Education Finance Program funds are not sufficient, state funds must be prorated pursuant to a specified methodology; requiring that the state-funded discretionary supplement be based on actual full-time equivalent student membership; creating the Academic Acceleration Options Supplement; providing the purpose of the supplement; providing for the determination of the allocation of the supplement; requiring a school district to award a bonus from the supplement to certain teachers if specified requirements are met; providing requirements for the use of funds from the supplement; amending s. 1011.65, F.S.; revising requirements for the recalculation of the Florida Education Finance Program allocations; authorizing a school district to receive funding for students who graduate early; requiring the Department of Education to provide the Legislature and the Governor with certain data prior to the recalculation; requiring the Department of Education to recommend to the Legislature a Florida Title I performance incentive program by a specified date; requiring that the recommendations include a methodology to determine student eligibility; requiring the department to consider specified factors in its recommendations; providing an effective date.

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Chapter No. 2025-203, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198) (on 07/03/2025)

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