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An act relating to child care and early learning services; amending s. 402.306, F.S.; revising the information on child care required to be disseminated electronically to the community; amending ss. 402.313 and 402.3131, F.S.; deleting the requirement that family child care homes and large family child care homes, respectively, provide specified information to parents each year; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 402.316, F.S.; requiring that certain child care facilities exempt from licensure requirements meet certain minimum requirements; providing that failure to meet such minimum requirements results in the loss of the exemption from licensure; requiring child care facilities exempt from licensure requirements to include a specified statement on its website and in its promotional materials and facility-created documents and forms provided to families served by the child care facility; amending s. 627.70161, F.S.; changing the term “family day care home” to “family child care home”; providing legislative findings and intent relating to large family child care homes; defining the term “large family child care home”; prohibiting residential property insurance policies from providing coverage for liability for claims arising out of, or in connection with, the operations of large family child care homes; providing that insurers are under no obligation to defend against lawsuits covering such claims; providing exceptions; prohibiting insurers from denying, cancelling, or refusing to renew a policy for residential property insurance on the basis that the policyholders or applicants operate large family child care homes; providing exceptions; reenacting and amending s. 1001.24, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “Department of Education direct-support organization”; creating s. 1002.821, F.S.; providing a short title; defining terms; providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Endowment for Early Learning Foundation within a Department of Education direct support organization for a specified purpose; requiring that the endowment fund principal derive from specified sources; requiring the board of directors to establish and deposit money into the operating account; requiring such money to be used for a specified purpose; requiring that funds from state sources be accounted for separately from public and private sources; specifying powers and duties of the board of directors; requiring the board to use the moneys in the operating account for specified purposes; providing for early learning provider selection, copay pricing, reimbursement, and administrative requirements; prohibiting state funds from being spent on certain donors or supporters; requiring the Division of Early Learning to include specified information in its annual report of its activities; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending s. 1002.95, F.S.; requiring the administrator of the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps Scholarship Program, subject to an appropriation, to establish and administer the Center for Early Childhood Professional Recognition for a specified purpose; amending ss. 39.202, 125.0109, 166.0445, 212.08, 402.302, 402.305, 402.309, 402.310, 402.3115, 402.312, 402.315, 402.318, 402.319, 409.988, 411.203, 1002.55, 1002.82, 1002.83, 1002.84, 1002.88, 1002.895, 1002.92, 1002.93, and 1002.945, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Alexis Calatayud (R)*, 

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Senate Appropriations Hearing (09:00:00 2/24/2026 110 Senate Building) (on 02/24/2026)

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