Bill > H0731

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 specified persons relating to extracurricular activities; prohibiting such funds from being used as severance pay or compensation; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity; providing construction; deleting obsolete provisions; requiring governing organizations to adopt, maintain, and enforce specified manuals or handbooks; 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 records for all eligible students participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activities at a member school; revising requirements for a student to apply hb731-01-c1 to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity at certain schools; authorizing a public school to assess an activity fee for certain students; providing a limitation on such fee; requiring such fee to be annually approved by a district school board or charter school governing board, as appropriate; requiring each school to annually publish a complete list of such fees on its website; requiring parents to provide transportation to and from the school for their students; 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; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming hb731-01-c1 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 provide 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; authorizing the executive director of the FHSAA to rule on specified appeals; amending s. 1012.01, F.S.; including extracurricular 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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Shane Abbott (R)*,  Adam Anderson (R)*,  Doug Bankson (R),  Kimberly Daniels (D),  Anne Gerwig (R),  J.J. Grow (R),  Alex Rizo (R),  Susan L. Valdés (R),  Bradford Yeager (R), 

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Added to Second Reading Calendar (on 02/18/2026)

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