Bill > H1279

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; creating s. 413.0114, F.S.; requiring certain persons and entities to complete a written consumer disclosure for blind- related services; providing that specified violations constitute unfair or deceptive trade practices and are subject to specified penalties and enforcement; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending s. 413.208, F.S.; requiring certain service providers to apply to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; requiring the division to establish qualifications for certain service providers and an application process and period for such service providers; authorizing the division to approve or deny such service providers; providing division and service provider requirements relating to such process; providing reporting and evaluation system requirements for the division relating to service provider effectiveness; providing requirements for rates for vocational rehabilitation services; amending s. 491.005, F.S.; revising the date for a specified requirement to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist; amending s. 1001.7065, F.S.; requiring preeminent state research universities to maintain certain enrollment ratios; providing that such universities are ineligible for specified funding under certain circumstances beginning on a specified date; amending s. 1001.92, F.S.; revising state university performance-based metrics for the award of a State University System Performance-Based Incentive; amending s. 1003.437, F.S.; requiring the State Board of Education to establish a uniform weighted grading system for specified courses and articulated acceleration mechanisms; requiring district school boards to use such system for specified purposes; amending s. 1004.06, F.S.; revising construction for the prohibition of certain expenditures; creating s. 1004.072, F.S.; providing limitations for student enrollment in a state university; amending s. 1004.343, F.S.; revising the date the University of South Florida Trafficking in Persons - Risk to Resilience Lab must begin submitting a specified report relating to human trafficking; requiring consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement in the submission of such report; extending the date of the scheduled repeal of the Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking Data; amending s. 1004.39, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the College of Law at Florida International University and removing a specified association from certain provisions; amending s. 1004.40, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the College of Law at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and removing a specified association from certain provisions; amending s. 1005.06, F.S.; revising the list of institutions that are not under the jurisdiction of the Commission for Independent Education; providing construction; amending s. 1006.71, F.S.; deleting a requirement that public postsecondary educational institutions develop a gender equity plan; amending s. 1007.25, F.S.; revising the number of days public postsecondary educational institutions have to submit comments for certain proposed degrees; prohibiting such institutions from imposing certain institution- wide graduation requirements; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; revising postsecondary institution eligibility for participation in dual enrollment programs; revising provisions relating to the calculation of student grade point averages; amending s. 1008.47, F.S.; revising the period of time in which a public postsecondary institution must seek and obtain specified accreditation; revising the accrediting agencies such institutions may seek accreditation from; providing that certain provisions apply to programmatic accreditors for postsecondary education institutions; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; revising the requirements for a student to meet the definition of "homeless children and youths"; providing that certain distance learning students are ineligible for specified fee exemptions; amending s. 1009.40, F.S.; requiring a person to be a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States to receive state financial aid awards and tuition assistance grants; amending s. 1009.895, F.S.; conforming a cross- reference to changes made by the act; amending s. 1009.983, F.S.; authorizing a specified designee with certain credentials to serve as director of the direct-support organization for the Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc.; amending s. 1009.986, F.S.; revising the membership of the board of directors of Florida ABLE, Inc.; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; revising the academic acceleration options supplement within the Florida Education Finance Program to include a method for calculating additional full-time equivalent membership based on advanced courses and test scores; providing specified bonuses; providing an effective date.

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Jennifer Kincart Jonsson (R)*,  Kim Kendall (R),  Danny Nix (R),  Jason Shoaf (R),  Dana Trabulsy (R),  Taylor Yarkosky (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Bill referred to House Calendar (on 02/26/2026)

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