Bill > S0538

Introduced Session

An act relating to extracurricular activities; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; authorizing district school boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds to provide funding to athletic coaches or activity sponsors of extracurricular activities; prohibiting such funds from being used as severance pay or compensation; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; making technical changes; defining terms; revising the definition of the term “eligible to participate”; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity; providing construction; deleting obsolete provisions; requiring that insurance provided by district school boards for participants in extracurricular activities cover any eligible student; deleting requirements for the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to facilitate a program for private school students to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic sport; requiring the athletic director or other appropriate administrator to maintain student records for all eligible students participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at a member school; revising requirements for a student to apply to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity at certain schools; authorizing a public school to assess an activity fee for certain students; defining the term “prorated per-student cost to the school or district for the activity”; requiring district school boards to adopt a policy for calculating specified costs; requiring that the activity fee schedule and supporting calculations be published on the school district website; providing a limitation on a specified fee assessed by a public school; requiring parents to provide for the transportation to and from the school for their student; providing indemnity for a school and district school board under specified circumstances; prohibiting a student from participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at two different schools within the same school year unless the student meets specified criteria; requiring the governing organization to provide a certain determination of eligibility within a specified timeframe; requiring the governing organization to adopt specified bylaws; authorizing the governing organization to adopt additional bylaws; deleting provisions providing requirements for certain student transfers; amending s. 1002.31, F.S.; deleting obsolete language; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference and provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1006.195, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the FHSAA to adopt, maintain, and enforce specified manuals or handbooks; requiring the FHSAA to ensure that athletes may request certain exemptions or accommodations; requiring the FHSAA to provided accommodations under certain circumstances; authorizing a student who is denied certain eligibility to appeal a decision made by the governing organization; requiring the governing organization to adopt bylaws to establish a timeline for an appeals process; providing a limitation on such timelines; amending s. 1012.01, F.S.; including athletic administrators in the broad classification of K-12 administrative personnel; authorizing district school superintendents to negotiate specified compensation; providing requirements for such compensation; providing an effective date.

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Corey Simon (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

In Messages (on 02/19/2026)

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