Bill > H1071

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; creating s. 1001.325, F.S.; prohibiting specified educational institutions from expending funds for certain purposes; providing exceptions; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending 1001.42, F.S.; revising the requirements for certain district school board procedures to include information about specified virtual instruction rather than the Florida Virtual School; removing certain schools from specified contract restrictions; revising the conditions considered an educational emergency; requiring school districts to provide access to certain virtual instruction programs; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.; deleting certain requirements for the composition of district and school advisory councils; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing parents to opt students out of instruction in human embryologic and fetal development; revising provisions relating to the use of epinephrine in K-12 public schools to require the use of a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved devices; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; revising admission requirements for lab schools; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on hb1071 -04-e1 CS/academic performance; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the use of epinephrine in K-12 private schools to require the use of a FDA- approved devices; providing that certain private schools are considered a permitted use in certain zoning districts; authorizing certain private schools to operate in facilities that meet specified requirements; requiring certain private schools operating in such facilities to meet specified Florida Fire Prevention Code standards; providing that completion of a specified evaluation system with certain ratings by specified persons constitutes evidence of compliance with the Florida Fire Prevention Code for such private schools; authorizing the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; revising which private schools must maintain a physical location in the state; amending s. 1002.55, 1002.61, and 1002.63, F.S.; revising the period of time a prekindergarten provider loses eligibility for participation in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program; amending s. 1002.68, F.S.; removing obsolete language; removing a requirement that the Department of Education confer with a certain council before adopting a specified methodology; revising the period of time a prekindergarten provider hb1071 -04-e1 CS/loses eligibility for participation in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program; amending s. 1002.82, F.S.; revising the period of time specified providers are excluded from certain state contracts; amending s. 1002.88, F.S.; revising the period of a time school readiness program provider loses eligibility for participation in the school readiness program; amending s. 1002.91, F.S.; revising the period of time early learning coalitions must refrain from working with specified program providers; amending s. 1002.945, F.S.; revising the period of time an accrediting association loses eligibility to participate in the Gold Seal Quality Program; revising the Gold Seal Quality Care provider criteria relating to class I violations; deleting an exception; amending s. 1003.25, F.S.; requiring schools to notify school resource officers of specified information upon the enrollment of certain students; authorizing such officers to have access to specified records upon request; amending s. 1003.26, F.S.; authorizing school districts to enforce school attendance strategies earlier than prescribed in law; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring instruction in human embryologic and fetal development; providing requirements for such instruction; requiring students in specified grades to hb1071 -04-e1 CS/receive instruction in cursive writing; providing requirements for such instruction; requiring students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by the end of a specified grade; defining the term "proficiency in cursive writing"; authorizing parents to opt students out of the instruction in human embryologic and fetal development; amending s. 1003.4201, F.S.; revising the components of specified reading instruction plans; creating s. 1003.4202, F.S.; requiring school districts and charter schools to implement a system of comprehensive mathematics instruction and develop a mathematics instruction plan; authorizing charter schools to use a school district's plan; providing requirements for such plan; requiring such plan to be approved by school districts and charter schools; defining the term "evidence- based"; amending s. 1003.4203, F.S.; requiring certain CAPE Digital Tool certificates to be available to middle grades students; providing a limit on the number of such certificates middle grade students may earn per school year; amending s. 1003.46, F.S.; authorizing parents to opt students out of specified instruction related to health education; amending s. 1006.12, F.S.; providing construction relating to the assignment of safe-school officers at public schools; hb1071 -04-e1 CS/amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; revising the composition of the Florida High School Athletic Association public liaison advisory committee; amending s. 1006.38, F.S.; requiring the department to provide written notice of specified violations to publishers and manufacturers of specified instructional materials; providing requirements such publisher must meet to rectify such violations; authorizing the State Board of Education to take specified actions if such publisher fails to rectify such violations; providing that a decision of the state board constitutes a final agency action; providing that specified appeal procedures apply to such decisions; providing construction; amending s. 1008.2125, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; revising the timeframe for developing an individualized progress monitoring plan for certain students; requiring certain resources to specified students to include information for the New Worlds Reading Initiative; requiring each district school board to annually publish on its website the district's rate of chronic absenteeism for specified grade levels; defining the term "chronic absenteeism"; amending s. 1008.33, F.S.; requiring the department to identify school districts in need of improvement; providing criteria for the determination of a school hb1071 -04-e1 CS/district in need of improvement; requiring such school district to submit a certain district improvement plan to the department; requiring such school district to submit specified documents; authorizing the State Board of Education to take certain actions relating to a school district in need of improvement; amending s. 1011.69, F.S.; revising the educational services for which a school district is authorized to withhold specified funding; providing criteria for school districts to withhold such funding; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; revising acceptable means of demonstrating mastery of professional preparation and education competence for educator certification; revising requirements for professional education competency programs; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules to determine continued approval of such programs; amending s. 1013.03, F.S.; requiring the department to review and revise specified provisions of the State Requirements for Educational Facilities by a certain date; amending s. 1014.05, F.S.; providing that parents have a right to opt children out of receiving specified instruction related to health education; providing an effective date. hb1071 -04-e1 CS/

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Hillary Cassel (R)*,  Dana Trabulsy (R)*,  Alex Rizo (R), 

Other Sponsors (3)

Died in Rules (on 03/13/2026)

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