Bill > H0963

Introduced Session

An act relating to administrative efficiency in public schools; amending s. 120.81, F.S.; exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; amending s. 1001.23, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to annually inform district school superintendents by a specified date that they are authorized to petition to receive a specified declaratory statement; requiring the department to annually maintain and provide school districts with a list of certain statutory and rule requirements; specifying requirements for such list; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the school financial report be included in the student handbook; requiring the department to produce specified reports relating to school accountability and make them available on the department's website; requiring each school district to provide a link to such reports; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming a provision relating to a 5- year facilities plan; amending s. 1002.451, F.S.; requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions relating to instructional hb963-00 multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for instructional personnel; amending s. 1002.61, F.S.; deleting public schools from a requirement for early learning coalitions to verify compliance with certain law; amending s. 1002.63, F.S.; deleting a requirement for an early learning coalition to verify that certain public schools comply with specified provisions; amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; requiring a school district to certify its attendance records for a Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; revising the timeframe within which certain instructional materials must be purchased; authorizing the State Board of Education to modify the timeframe; amending s. 1008.212, F.S.; providing that certain assessments are not subject to specified requirements; specifying the assessments from which IEP teams are authorized to submit requests for extraordinary exemptions; amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of Education to notify school districts of the assessment schedule for a specified time interval and to publish such schedule on the department's website; deleting requirements hb963-00 relating to a uniform calendar that must be published by the commissioner each year; revising an annual timeframe for each school district to establish schedules for the administration of statewide, standardized assessments; requiring each school district to publish certain information regarding such schedules on its website; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s. 1008.33, F.S.; prohibiting a school from being required to use a certain parameter as the sole determining factor to recruit instructional personnel; specifying requirements for a rule adopted by the State Board of Education; amending s. 1010.20, F.S.; requiring charter schools to respond to monitoring questions from the department; amending s. 1011.035, F.S.; deleting a requirement that each district school board budget posted on the school board's website include a graphical representation of specified information; revising website requirements; amending s. 1011.14, F.S.; revising the types of facilities for which district school boards may incur certain financial obligations; amending s. 1011.60, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the State Board of Education may alter the length of school terms for certain hb963-00 school districts; amending s. 1011.6202, F.S.; requiring schools participating in the Principal Autonomy Program Initiative to comply with specified provisions relating to instructional multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for instructional personnel; amending s. 1011.69, F.S.; deleting a requirement relating to Title I fund allocations to schools; providing a new category of funding school districts are authorized to withhold; revising a category of funding a school district is authorized to withhold; requiring the department to make certain funds available to local education agencies; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; revising how specified revenue may be expended by a district school board; deleting a penalty for violating specified provisions; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; specifying requirements for advanced degrees that may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; specifying district school board activities that may not be precluded by collective bargaining; amending s. 1012.335, F.S.; defining the term "instructional multiyear contract"; providing requirements for the award of an instructional multiyear contract; requiring that an employee awarded an instructional hb963-00 multiyear contract be returned to an annual contract under certain conditions; specifying district school superintendent authority; making conforming and technical changes; amending s. 1012.39, F.S.; revising an occupational experience qualification requirement for nondegreed teachers of career programs; deleting a training requirement for full-time nondegreed teachers of career programs; amending s. 1012.555, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; amending employment requirements for paraprofessionals to serve as an apprentice teacher; conforming a cross- reference; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; specifying individuals who must demonstrate mastery of general knowledge for educator certification; authorizing school districts and consortia of school districts to issue temporary certificates under certain conditions; specifying Education Practices Commission authority; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1012.585, F.S.; revising the validity period for professional certificates; providing eligibility requirements for 5-year and 10-year professional certificates; establishing requirements for the renewal of a 10-year professional certificate; amending s. 1013.19, F.S.; requiring that proceeds from certain sales or leases hb963-00 of property be used for specified purposes by boards of trustees for Florida College System institutions or state universities; amending s. 1013.35, F.S.; deleting definitions; revising requirements for the contents of such plan; deleting provisions relating to district school boards coordinating with local governments to ensure consistency between school district and local government plans; authorizing, rather than requiring, local governments to review tentative district educational facilities plans; requiring a district school board to submit a revised facilities plan to the department; making conforming changes; amending s. 1013.41, F.S.; revising requirements for an educational facilities plan; revising the duties of the Office of Educational Facilities; amending s. 1013.45, F.S.; specifying that Florida College System institution and state university boards of trustees are required to use an architect for the development of certain plans; deleting district school board requirements for certain construction plans; repealing s. 1013.451, F.S., relating to life-cycle costs comparisons; amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; revising district school board requirements relating to educational plant construction; conforming a provision to changes made hb963-00 by the act; amending ss. 163.3180, 200.065, 1002.68, 1003.631, 1004.04, 1004.85, 1012.552, 1012.586, 1012.98, and 1013.62, F.S.; conforming cross- references and provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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David Smith (R)*,  Michelle Salzman (R), 

Died in Education Administration Subcommittee (on 03/13/2026)

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