Bill > H0713

This bill modifies Florida's dual enrollment program to make it more accessible and affordable for students. Key provisions include exempting dual enrollment students from paying technology fees, ensuring instructional materials are provided free of charge to students from public schools, home education programs, and private schools, and clarifying requirements for private school students to participate. The bill also revises how home education students and private school students enter into articulation agreements, which are formal understandings between educational institutions outlining how courses will transfer and be credited, with postsecondary institutions now required to submit these agreements annually to the Department of Education. Additionally, it clarifies that dual enrollment students participating in eligible independent colleges or universities are exempt from tuition, registration, technology, and laboratory fees, aligning them with students in public postsecondary institutions.