Florida Senate - 2025                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for HB 1255
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Calatayud moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of subsection (2) of
    6  section 11.45, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.—
    8         (2) DUTIES.—The Auditor General shall:
    9         (d) Annually conduct financial audits of the accounts and
   10  records of all district school boards in counties with
   11  populations of less fewer than 150,000, according to the most
   12  recent federal decennial statewide census; and the Florida
   13  School for the Deaf and the Blind; and the Florida School for
   14  Competitive Academics.
   15         (f) At least every 3 years, conduct operational audits of
   16  the accounts and records of state agencies, state universities,
   17  state colleges, district school boards, the Florida Clerks of
   18  Court Operations Corporation, water management districts, and
   19  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida
   20  School for Competitive Academics.
   21  
   22  The Auditor General shall perform his or her duties
   23  independently but under the general policies established by the
   24  Legislative Auditing Committee. This subsection does not limit
   25  the Auditor General’s discretionary authority to conduct other
   26  audits or engagements of governmental entities as authorized in
   27  subsection (3).
   28         Section 2. Subsection (5) is added to section 11.51,
   29  Florida Statutes, to read:
   30         11.51 Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   31  Accountability.—
   32         (5) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   33  Accountability may develop contracts or agreements with
   34  institutions in the State University System to use the expertise
   35  of state university faculty and research staff to provide
   36  assistance in analysis and evaluative research.
   37         Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 110.211, Florida
   38  Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         110.211 Recruitment.—
   40         (3) Recruiting shall seek efficiency in advertising and may
   41  be assisted by a contracted vendor responsible for maintenance
   42  of the personnel data. Recruiting may include the use of an
   43  apprenticeship program as defined in s. 446.021(6). Open
   44  competition is not required for a position that will be filled
   45  by a person who has successfully completed an apprenticeship
   46  program with the hiring agency.
   47         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   48  125.901, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   49         125.901 Children’s services; independent special district;
   50  council; powers, duties, and functions; public records
   51  exemption.—
   52         (1) Each county may by ordinance create an independent
   53  special district, as defined in ss. 189.012 and 200.001(8)(e),
   54  to provide funding for children’s services throughout the county
   55  in accordance with this section. The boundaries of such district
   56  shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the county. The
   57  county governing body shall obtain approval at a general
   58  election, as defined in s. 97.021, by a majority vote of those
   59  electors voting on the question, to annually levy ad valorem
   60  taxes which shall not exceed the maximum millage rate authorized
   61  by this section. Any district created pursuant to the provisions
   62  of this subsection shall be required to levy and fix millage
   63  subject to the provisions of s. 200.065. Once such millage is
   64  approved by the electorate, the district shall not be required
   65  to seek approval of the electorate in future years to levy the
   66  previously approved millage. However, a referendum to increase
   67  the millage rate previously approved by the electors must be
   68  held at a general election, and the referendum may be held only
   69  once during the 48-month period preceding the effective date of
   70  the increased millage.
   71         (b) However, any county as defined in s. 125.011(1) may
   72  instead have a governing body composed consisting of 33 members,
   73  including the superintendent of schools, or his or her designee;
   74  two representatives of public postsecondary education
   75  institutions located in the county; the county manager or the
   76  equivalent county officer, or his or her designee; the district
   77  administrator from the appropriate district of the Department of
   78  Children and Families, or the administrator’s designee who is a
   79  member of the Senior Management Service or the Selected Exempt
   80  Service; the director of the county health department or the
   81  director’s designee; the state attorney for the county or the
   82  state attorney’s designee; the chief judge assigned to juvenile
   83  cases, or another juvenile judge who is the chief judge’s
   84  designee and who shall sit as a voting member of the board,
   85  except that the judge may not vote or participate in setting ad
   86  valorem taxes under this section; an individual who is selected
   87  by the board of the local United Way or its equivalent; a member
   88  of a locally recognized faith-based coalition, selected by that
   89  coalition; a member of the local chamber of commerce, selected
   90  by that chamber or, if more than one chamber exists within the
   91  county, a person selected by a coalition of the local chambers;
   92  a member of the early learning coalition, selected by that
   93  coalition; a representative of a labor organization or union
   94  active in the county; a member of a local alliance or coalition
   95  engaged in cross-system planning for health and social service
   96  delivery in the county, selected by that alliance or coalition;
   97  a member of the local Parent-Teachers Association/Parent
   98  Teacher-Student Association, selected by that association; a
   99  youth representative selected by the local school system’s
  100  student government; a local school board member appointed by the
  101  chair of the school board; the mayor of the county or the
  102  mayor’s designee; one member of the county governing body,
  103  appointed by the chair of that body; a member of the state
  104  Legislature who represents residents of the county, selected by
  105  the chair of the local legislative delegation; an elected
  106  official representing the residents of a municipality in the
  107  county, selected by the county municipal league; and five 4
  108  members-at-large, appointed to the council by the majority of
  109  sitting council members. The remaining seven members shall be
  110  appointed by the Governor in accordance with procedures set
  111  forth in paragraph (a), except that the Governor may remove a
  112  member for cause or upon the written petition of the council.
  113  Appointments by the Governor must, to the extent reasonably
  114  possible, represent the geographic and demographic makeup
  115  diversity of the population of the county. Members who are
  116  appointed to the council by reason of their position are not
  117  subject to the length of terms and limits on consecutive terms
  118  as provided in this section. The remaining appointed members of
  119  the governing body shall be appointed to serve 3-year 2-year
  120  terms, except that those members appointed by the Governor shall
  121  be appointed to serve 4-year terms, and the youth representative
  122  and the legislative delegate shall be appointed to serve 1-year
  123  terms. A member may be reappointed; however, a member may not
  124  serve for more than three consecutive terms. A member is
  125  eligible to be appointed again after a 2-year hiatus from the
  126  council.
  127         Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  128  216.251, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  129         216.251 Salary appropriations; limitations.—
  130         (2)(a) The salary for each position not specifically
  131  indicated in the appropriations acts shall be as provided in one
  132  of the following subparagraphs:
  133         1. Within the classification and pay plans provided for in
  134  chapter 110.
  135         2. Within the classification and pay plans established by
  136  the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for the Deaf and
  137  the Blind of the Department of Education and approved by the
  138  State Board of Education for academic and academic
  139  administrative personnel.
  140         3. Within the classification and pay plan approved and
  141  administered by the Board of Governors or the designee of the
  142  board for those positions in the State University System.
  143         4. Within the classification and pay plan approved by the
  144  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
  145  Representatives, as the case may be, for employees of the
  146  Legislature.
  147         5. Within the approved classification and pay plan for the
  148  judicial branch.
  149         6. Within the classification and pay plans established by
  150  the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for Competitive
  151  Academics of the Department of Education and approved by the
  152  State Board of Education for academic and academic
  153  administrative personnel.
  154         Section 6. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 288.036,
  155  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  156         288.036 Ocean economy development.—
  157         (3) The Office of Ocean Economy shall:
  158         (a) Develop and undertake activities and strategies with a
  159  focus on research and development, technological innovation,
  160  emerging industries, strategic business recruitment, public and
  161  private funding opportunities, and workforce training and
  162  education to promote and stimulate the ocean economy.
  163         (b)1. Collaborate Foster relationships and coordinate with
  164  state universities, private universities, career centers, and
  165  Florida College System institutions, including the College of
  166  the Florida Keys, to periodically survey surveying the
  167  development of academic research relating to the ocean economy
  168  across all disciplines and facilitating the transfer of
  169  innovative technology into marketable goods and services. The
  170  office shall encourage collaboration between state universities
  171  and Florida College System institutions that have overlapping
  172  areas of academic research.
  173         2. Maintain Include and update on the office’s website
  174  information related to:
  175         a. An inventory of current research and current
  176  collaborations, including contact information; and
  177         b. Any available resources for research and technology
  178  development, including financial opportunities.
  179         (c) Collaborate with relevant industries to identify
  180  economic challenges that may be solved through innovation in the
  181  ocean economy, including commercializing or otherwise
  182  facilitating public access to academic research and resources,
  183  removing governmental barriers, strengthening the workforce, and
  184  maximizing access to financial or other opportunities for growth
  185  and development.
  186         (d) Develop and facilitate a pipeline for innovative ideas
  187  and strategies to be created, developed, researched,
  188  commercialized, and financed. This includes promotion and
  189  coordination of industry collaboration, academic research,
  190  accelerator programs, training and technical assistance, and
  191  startup or second-stage funding opportunities.
  192         (e) Maintain and update on the office’s website:
  193         1. Reports and data on the number, growth, and average
  194  wages of jobs included in the ocean economy; the impacts on the
  195  number, growth, and development of businesses in the ocean
  196  economy; and the collaboration, transition, or adoption of
  197  innovation and research into new, viable ideas employed in the
  198  ocean economy.
  199         2. A current inventory of programs related to the ocean
  200  economy, an evaluation of additional opportunities to earn
  201  credentials, and the institutions or training providers where
  202  such credentials may be earned.
  203         (f) Educate other state and local entities on the interests
  204  of the ocean economy and how such entities may positively
  205  address environmental issues while simultaneously considering
  206  the economic impact of their policies.
  207         (g) Communicate the state’s role as an integral component
  208  of the ocean economy by promoting the state on national and
  209  international platforms and other appropriate forums as the
  210  premier destination for convening on pertinent subject matters.
  211         (h) Collaborate with public and private educational and
  212  industry organizations to make recommendations:
  213         1.For strengthening employment opportunities in:
  214         a. Commercial fishing;
  215         b. Fisheries and aquaculture, marine and freshwater;
  216         c. Processing and preserving fish, crustaceans, and
  217  mollusks;
  218         d. Shipbuilding and repair; and
  219         e. Shipping, water transport such as sea and coastal and
  220  inland water transportation of both freight and passengers,
  221  ports, and related services and support activities.
  222         2.Regarding the expansion of existing maritime programs
  223  and the addition of new programs and strategies for a public
  224  awareness campaign.
  225         3. To increase the availability of dual enrollment,
  226  preapprenticeship and apprenticeship, and work-study programs at
  227  both public and private institutions.
  228         4.For aligning the regulatory framework for fishing and
  229  boat operations with the demand for personnel through
  230  consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  231         (4) By August 1, 2025, and each August 1 thereafter, the
  232  office shall provide to the Board of Governors, the Governor,
  233  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  234  Representatives and post on its website a detailed report on
  235  demonstrating the economic benefits of the office and the
  236  development of emerging ocean economy industries. By August 1,
  237  2026, the report must include the recommendations in paragraph
  238  (3)(h).
  239         Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  240  435.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  241         435.12 Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.—
  242         (3)(a) Employees of each district unit under s. 1001.30,
  243  special district units under s. 1011.24, the Florida School for
  244  the Deaf and the Blind under s. 1002.36, the Florida Virtual
  245  School under s. 1002.37, virtual instruction programs under s.
  246  1002.45, charter schools under s. 1002.33, hope operators under
  247  s. 1002.333, private schools participating in an educational
  248  scholarship program established pursuant to chapter 1002, and
  249  alternative schools under s. 1008.341 must be rescreened in
  250  compliance with the following schedule:
  251         1. Employees for whom the last screening was conducted on
  252  or before June 30, 2021, must be rescreened by December 1 June
  253  30, 2025.
  254         2. Employees for whom the last screening was conducted
  255  between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, must be rescreened by
  256  December 1 June 30, 2026.
  257         3. Employees for whom the last screening was conducted
  258  between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023, must be rescreened
  259  by December 1 June 30, 2027.
  260         Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 446.032, Florida
  261  Statutes, is amended to read:
  262         446.032 General duties of the department for apprenticeship
  263  training.—The department shall:
  264         (2) By November 30 September 1 of each year, publish an
  265  annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs.
  266  The report must be published on the department’s website and, at
  267  a minimum, include all of the following:
  268         (a) A list of registered apprenticeship and
  269  preapprenticeship programs, sorted by local educational agency,
  270  as defined in s. 1004.02(18), and apprenticeship sponsor, under
  271  s. 446.071.
  272         (b) A detailed summary of each local educational agency’s
  273  expenditure of funds for apprenticeship and preapprenticeship
  274  programs, including:
  275         1. The total amount of funds received for apprenticeship
  276  and preapprenticeship programs.
  277         2. The total amount of funds allocated by training
  278  provider, program, and occupation.
  279         3. The total amount of funds expended for administrative
  280  costs by training provider, program, and occupation.
  281         4. The total amount of funds expended for instructional
  282  costs by training provider, program, and occupation.
  283         (c) The number of apprentices and preapprentices per trade
  284  and occupation.
  285         (d) The percentage of apprentices and preapprentices who
  286  complete their respective programs in the appropriate timeframe.
  287         (e) Information and resources related to applications for
  288  new apprenticeship programs and technical assistance and
  289  requirements for potential applicants.
  290         (f) Documentation of activities conducted by the department
  291  to promote apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs through
  292  public engagement, community-based partnerships, and other
  293  initiatives and the outcomes of such activities and their impact
  294  on establishing or expanding apprenticeship and
  295  preapprenticeship programs.
  296         (g) Retention and completion rates of participants
  297  disaggregated by training provider, program, and occupation.
  298         (h) Wage progression of participants as demonstrated by
  299  starting, exit, and postapprenticeship wages at 1 and 5 years
  300  after participants exit the program.
  301         Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 447.203, Florida
  302  Statutes, is amended to read:
  303         447.203 Definitions.—As used in this part:
  304         (2) “Public employer” or “employer” means the state or any
  305  county, municipality, or special district or any subdivision or
  306  agency thereof which the commission determines has sufficient
  307  legal distinctiveness properly to carry out the functions of a
  308  public employer. With respect to all public employees determined
  309  by the commission as properly belonging to a statewide
  310  bargaining unit composed of State Career Service System
  311  employees or Selected Professional Service employees, the
  312  Governor is deemed to be the public employer; and the Board of
  313  Governors of the State University System, or the board’s
  314  designee, is deemed to be the public employer with respect to
  315  all public employees of each constituent state university. The
  316  board of trustees of a community college is deemed to be the
  317  public employer with respect to all employees of the community
  318  college. The district school board is deemed to be the public
  319  employer with respect to all employees of the school district.
  320  The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the
  321  Blind is deemed to be the public employer with respect to the
  322  academic and academic administrative personnel of the Florida
  323  School for the Deaf and the Blind. The Board of Trustees of the
  324  Florida School for Competitive Academics is deemed to be the
  325  public employer with respect to the academic and academic
  326  administrative personnel of the Florida School for Competitive
  327  Academics. The Governor is deemed to be the public employer with
  328  respect to all employees in the Correctional Education Program
  329  of the Department of Corrections established pursuant to s.
  330  944.801.
  331         Section 10. Subsection (7) of section 1000.04, Florida
  332  Statutes, is amended to read:
  333         1000.04 Components for the delivery of public education
  334  within the Florida Early Learning-20 education system.—Florida’s
  335  Early Learning-20 education system provides for the delivery of
  336  early learning and public education through publicly supported
  337  and controlled K-12 schools, Florida College System
  338  institutions, state universities and other postsecondary
  339  educational institutions, other educational institutions, and
  340  other educational services as provided or authorized by the
  341  Constitution and laws of the state.
  342         (7) THE FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR COMPETITIVE ACADEMICS.—The
  343  Florida School for Competitive Academics is a component of the
  344  delivery of public education within Florida’s Early Learning-20
  345  education system.
  346         Section 11. Paragraph (j) of subsection (5) of section
  347  1000.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  348         1000.21 Systemwide definitions.—As used in the Florida
  349  Early Learning-20 Education Code:
  350         (5) “Florida College System institution” except as
  351  otherwise specifically provided, includes all of the following
  352  public postsecondary educational institutions in the Florida
  353  College System and any branch campuses, centers, or other
  354  affiliates of the institution:
  355         (j) Hillsborough Community College, which serves
  356  Hillsborough County.
  357         Section 12. Effective upon this act becoming a law, section
  358  1000.40, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  359         1000.40 Future repeal of the Interstate Compact on
  360  Educational Opportunity for Military Children.—Sections 1000.36,
  361  1000.361, 1000.38, and 1000.39 and this section shall stand
  362  repealed on July 1, 2028 2025, unless reviewed and saved from
  363  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  364         Section 13. Subsection (5) of section 1001.03, Florida
  365  Statutes, is amended to read:
  366         1001.03 Specific powers of State Board of Education.—
  367         (5) IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH-DEMAND CRITICAL TEACHER NEEDS
  368  SHORTAGE AREAS.—The State Board of Education shall identify
  369  high-demand critical teacher needs shortage areas pursuant to s.
  370  1012.07.
  371         Section 14. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section
  372  1001.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  373         1001.20 Department under direction of state board.—
  374         (4) The Department of Education shall establish the
  375  following offices within the Office of the Commissioner of
  376  Education which shall coordinate their activities with all other
  377  divisions and offices:
  378         (e) Office of Inspector General.—Organized using existing
  379  resources and funds and responsible for promoting
  380  accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness and detecting
  381  fraud and abuse within school districts, the Florida School for
  382  the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida School for Competitive
  383  Academics, and Florida College System institutions in Florida.
  384  If the Commissioner of Education determines that a district
  385  school board, the Board of Trustees for the Florida School for
  386  the Deaf and the Blind, the Board of Trustees for the Florida
  387  School for Competitive Academics, or a Florida College System
  388  institution board of trustees is unwilling or unable to address
  389  substantiated allegations made by any person relating to waste,
  390  fraud, or financial mismanagement within the school district,
  391  the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Florida
  392  School for Competitive Academics, or the Florida College System
  393  institution, the office must conduct, coordinate, or request
  394  investigations into such substantiated allegations. The office
  395  shall investigate allegations or reports of possible fraud or
  396  abuse against a district school board made by any member of the
  397  Cabinet; the presiding officer of either house of the
  398  Legislature; a chair of a substantive or appropriations
  399  committee with jurisdiction; or a member of the board for which
  400  an investigation is sought. The office may investigate
  401  allegations or reports of suspected violations of a student’s,
  402  parent’s, or teacher’s rights. The office shall have access to
  403  all information and personnel necessary to perform its duties
  404  and shall have all of its current powers, duties, and
  405  responsibilities authorized in s. 20.055.
  406         Section 15. Subsections (1), (2), and (5) of section
  407  1001.451, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (6) is
  408  added to that section, to read:
  409         1001.451 Regional consortium service organizations.—In
  410  order to provide a full range of programs to larger numbers of
  411  students, minimize duplication of services, and encourage the
  412  development of new programs and services:
  413         (1) School districts with 20,000 or fewer unweighted full
  414  time equivalent students, developmental research (laboratory)
  415  schools established pursuant to s. 1002.32, and the Florida
  416  School for the Deaf and the Blind may enter into cooperative
  417  agreements to form a regional consortium service organization.
  418  Each regional consortium service organization shall provide any
  419  of, at a minimum, three of the following services determined
  420  necessary and appropriate by the board of directors:
  421         (a) Exceptional student education;
  422         (b) Safe schools support teacher education centers;
  423  environmental education;
  424         (c)State and federal grant procurement and coordination;
  425         (d) Data services processing; health
  426         (e) Insurance services;
  427         (f) Risk management insurance;
  428         (g) Professional learning;
  429         (h) College, career, and workforce development;
  430         (i) Business and operational services staff development;
  431         (j) Purchasing; or
  432         (k) Planning and accountability.
  433         (2)(a) Each regional consortium service organization that
  434  consists of four or more school districts is eligible to
  435  receive, through the Department of Education, subject to the
  436  funds provided in the General Appropriations Act, an allocation
  437  incentive grant of $150,000 $50,000 per school district and
  438  eligible member to be used for the delivery of services within
  439  the participating school districts. The determination of
  440  services and use of such funds must shall be established by the
  441  board of directors of the regional consortium service
  442  organization. The funds must shall be distributed to each
  443  regional consortium service organization no later than 30 days
  444  following the release of the funds to the department. Each
  445  regional consortium service organization shall submit an annual
  446  report to the department regarding the use of funds for
  447  consortia services. Unexpended amounts in any fund in a
  448  consortium’s current year operating budget must be carried
  449  forward and included as the balance forward for that fund in the
  450  approved operating budget for the following year. Each regional
  451  consortium service organization shall provide quarterly
  452  financial reports to member districts.
  453         (b) Member districts shall designate a district that will
  454  serve as a fiscal agent for contractual and reporting purposes.
  455  Such fiscal agent district is entitled to reasonable
  456  compensation for accounting and other services performed. The
  457  regional consortium service organization shall retain all funds
  458  received from grants or contracted services to cover indirect or
  459  administrative costs associated with the provision of such
  460  services. The regional consortium service organization board of
  461  directors shall determine the products and services to be
  462  provided by the consortium; however, in all contractual matters,
  463  the school board of the fiscal agent district shall act on
  464  proposed actions of the regional consortium service
  465  organization.
  466         (c) The regional consortium service organization board of
  467  directors shall recommend establishment of positions and
  468  individuals for appointment to the fiscal agent district.
  469  Personnel must be employed under the personnel policies of the
  470  fiscal agent district and are deemed to be public employees of
  471  the fiscal agent district. The regional consortium service
  472  organization board of directors may recommend a salary schedule
  473  and job descriptions specific to its personnel.
  474         (d) The regional consortium service organization may
  475  purchase or lease property and facilities essential for its
  476  operations and is responsible for their maintenance and
  477  associated overhead costs.
  478         (e)If a regional consortium service organization is
  479  dissolved, any revenue from the sale of assets must be
  480  distributed among the member districts as determined by the
  481  board of directors Application for incentive grants shall be
  482  made to the Commissioner of Education by July 30 of each year
  483  for distribution to qualifying regional consortium service
  484  organizations by January 1 of the fiscal year.
  485         (5) The board of directors of a regional consortium service
  486  organization may use various means to generate revenue in
  487  support of its activities, including, but not limited to,
  488  contracting for services to nonmember districts. The board of
  489  directors may acquire, enjoy, use, and dispose of patents,
  490  copyrights, and trademarks and any licenses and associated other
  491  rights or interests thereunder or therein. Ownership of all such
  492  patents, copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and associated rights
  493  or interests thereunder or therein shall vest in the state, with
  494  the board of directors having full right of use and full right
  495  to retain associated the revenues derived therefrom. Any funds
  496  realized from contracted services, patents, copyrights,
  497  trademarks, or licenses are shall be considered internal funds
  498  as provided in s. 1011.07. A fund balance must be established
  499  for maintaining or expanding services, facilities maintenance,
  500  terminal pay, and other liabilities Such funds shall be used to
  501  support the organization’s marketing and research and
  502  development activities in order to improve and increase services
  503  to its member districts.
  504         (6) A regional consortium service organization is
  505  authorized to administer the Regional Consortia Service
  506  Organization Supplemental Services Program under s. 1001.4511.
  507         Section 16. Section 1001.4511, Florida Statutes, is created
  508  to read:
  509         1001.4511 Regional Consortia Service Organization
  510  Supplemental Services Program.—
  511         (1) There is created the Regional Consortia Service
  512  Organization Supplemental Services Program to increase the
  513  ability of regional consortium service organizations under s.
  514  1001.451 to provide programs and services to consortia members
  515  through cooperative agreements. Program funds may be used to
  516  supplement member needs related to transportation; district
  517  finance personnel services; property insurance, including
  518  property insurance obtained from any source; cybersecurity
  519  support; school safety; college, career, and workforce
  520  development; academic support; and behavior support within
  521  exceptional student education services.
  522         (2) Each regional consortium service organization shall
  523  annually report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
  524  of the House of Representatives the distribution of funds,
  525  including members awarded and services provided.
  526         (3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351,
  527  funds allocated for this purpose which are not disbursed by June
  528  30 of the fiscal year in which the funds are allocated may be
  529  carried forward for up to 5 years after the effective date of
  530  the original appropriation.
  531         Section 17. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
  532  1001.452, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  533         1001.452 District and school advisory councils.—
  534         (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
  535         (a) The district school board shall establish an advisory
  536  council for each school in the district and shall develop
  537  procedures for the election and appointment of advisory council
  538  members. Each school advisory council shall include in its name
  539  the words “school advisory council.” The school advisory council
  540  shall be the sole body responsible for final decisionmaking at
  541  the school relating to implementation of ss. 1001.42(18) and
  542  1008.345. A majority of the members of each school advisory
  543  council must be persons who are not employed by the school
  544  district. Each advisory council shall be composed of the
  545  principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers,
  546  education support employees, students, parents, and other
  547  business and community citizens who are representative of the
  548  ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school.
  549  Career center and high school advisory councils shall include
  550  students, and middle and junior high school advisory councils
  551  may include students. School advisory councils of career centers
  552  and adult education centers are not required to include parents
  553  as members. Council members representing teachers, education
  554  support employees, students, and parents shall be elected by
  555  their respective peer groups at the school in a fair and
  556  equitable manner as follows:
  557         1. Teachers shall be elected by teachers.
  558         2. Education support employees shall be elected by
  559  education support employees.
  560         3. Students shall be elected by students.
  561         4. Parents shall be elected by parents.
  562  
  563  The district school board shall establish procedures to be used
  564  by schools in selecting business and community members which
  565  that include means of ensuring wide notice of vacancies and of
  566  taking input on possible members from local business, chambers
  567  of commerce, community and civic organizations and groups, and
  568  the public at large. The district school board shall review the
  569  membership composition of each advisory council. If the district
  570  school board determines that the membership elected by the
  571  school is not representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic
  572  community served by the school, the district school board must
  573  shall appoint additional members to achieve proper
  574  representation. The commissioner shall determine if schools have
  575  maximized their efforts to include on their advisory councils
  576  minority persons and persons of lower socioeconomic status.
  577  Although schools are strongly encouraged to establish school
  578  advisory councils, the district school board of any school
  579  district that has a student population of 10,000 or less fewer
  580  may establish a district advisory council which includes at
  581  least one duly elected teacher from each school in the district.
  582  For the purposes of school advisory councils and district
  583  advisory councils, the term “teacher” includes classroom
  584  teachers, certified student services personnel, and media
  585  specialists. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “education
  586  support employee” means any person employed by a school who is
  587  not defined as instructional or administrative personnel
  588  pursuant to s. 1012.01 and whose duties require 20 or more hours
  589  in each normal working week.
  590         Section 18. Section 1001.68, Florida Statutes, is created
  591  to read:
  592         1001.68State college regional consortium service
  593  organizations.—In order to create effectiveness and efficiency
  594  of small institutions in the Florida College System which serve
  595  rural communities:
  596         (1) Colleges with 5,000 or fewer full-time equivalent
  597  students may enter into cooperative agreements to form a
  598  regional consortium service organization. Each regional
  599  consortium service organization shall, at a minimum, provide
  600  three of the following services: grant procurement;
  601  institutional research and reporting; risk management;
  602  professional development for faculty and staff; leadership
  603  support; information technology and cybersecurity training;
  604  faculty and staff recruitment; workforce development programs;
  605  cooperative purchasing; administrative services; or enrollment
  606  management services.
  607         (2) Each regional consortium service organization must be
  608  governed by a board of directors composed of the presidents of
  609  the respective member colleges.
  610         Section 19. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
  611  1001.706, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  612         1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors.—
  613         (5) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACCOUNTABILITY.—
  614         (d) The Board of Governors shall annually require a state
  615  university prior to registration to provide each enrolled
  616  student electronic access to the economic security report of
  617  employment and earning outcomes prepared by the Department of
  618  Commerce pursuant to s. 445.07. In addition, the Board of
  619  Governors shall require a state university to provide each
  620  student electronic access to the following information each year
  621  prior to registration using the data described in s. 1008.39:
  622         1. The top 25 percent of degrees reported by the university
  623  in terms of highest full-time job placement and highest average
  624  annualized earnings in the year after earning the degree.
  625         2. The bottom 10 percent of degrees reported by the
  626  university in terms of lowest full-time job placement and lowest
  627  average annualized earnings in the year after earning the
  628  degree.
  629         Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  630  1001.7065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  631         1001.7065 Preeminent state research universities program.—
  632         (2) ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE STANDARDS.—The
  633  following academic and research excellence standards are
  634  established for the preeminent state research universities
  635  program and shall be reported annually in the Board of Governors
  636  Accountability Plan:
  637         (a) An average weighted grade point average of 4.0 or
  638  higher on a 4.0 scale and an average SAT score of 1200 or higher
  639  on a 1600-point scale or an average ACT score of 25 or higher on
  640  a 36 score scale, using the latest published national
  641  concordance table developed jointly by the College Board and
  642  ACT, Inc., or an average Classic Learning Test score of 83 or
  643  higher on a 120 score scale, for fall semester incoming
  644  freshmen, as reported annually.
  645         Section 21. Paragraph (o) of subsection (3) and paragraph
  646  (c) of subsection (4) of section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are
  647  amended to read:
  648         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
  649  school students must receive accurate and timely information
  650  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
  651  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
  652  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
  653  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
  654         (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
  655         (o) Emergency opioid antagonist Naloxone use and supply.—
  656         1. A public school may purchase a supply of an emergency
  657  the opioid antagonist approved by the United States Food and
  658  Drug Administration (FDA) naloxone from a wholesale distributor
  659  as defined in s. 499.003 or may enter into an arrangement with a
  660  wholesale distributor or manufacturer as defined in s. 499.003
  661  for an FDA-approved emergency opioid antagonist naloxone at
  662  fair-market, free, or reduced prices for use in the event that a
  663  student has an opioid overdose. The FDA-approved emergency
  664  opioid antagonist naloxone must be maintained in a secure
  665  location on the public school’s premises.
  666         2. A public school district employee who administers an
  667  approved emergency opioid antagonist to a student in compliance
  668  with ss. 381.887 and 768.13 is immune from civil liability under
  669  s. 768.13.
  670         (4) DISCIPLINE.—
  671         (c) Corporal punishment.—
  672         1. In accordance with the provisions of s. 1003.32,
  673  corporal punishment of a public school student may only be
  674  administered by a teacher or school principal within guidelines
  675  of the school principal and according to district school board
  676  policy. Another adult must be present and must be informed in
  677  the student’s presence of the reason for the punishment. Upon
  678  request, the teacher or school principal must provide the parent
  679  with a written explanation of the reason for the punishment and
  680  the name of the other adult who was present.
  681         2. A district school board having a policy authorizing the
  682  use of corporal punishment as a form of discipline shall include
  683  in such policy a requirement that a parent provide consent for
  684  the school to administer corporal punishment. The district
  685  school board policy may require such consent for the school
  686  year, or before each administration. The district school board
  687  shall review its policy on corporal punishment once every 3
  688  years during a district school board meeting held pursuant to s.
  689  1001.372. The district school board shall take public testimony
  690  at the board meeting. If such board meeting is not held in
  691  accordance with this subparagraph, the portion of the district
  692  school board’s policy authorizing corporal punishment expires.
  693         Section 22. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section
  694  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  695         1002.33 Charter schools.—
  696         (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
  697         (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance
  698  with the following statutes:
  699         1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
  700  records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
  701         2. Chapter 119, relating to public records.
  702         3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size,
  703  except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s.
  704  1003.03 shall be the average at the school level.
  705         4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and
  706  salary schedules.
  707         5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions.
  708         6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with
  709  instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011.
  710         7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive
  711  requirements for performance evaluations for instructional
  712  personnel and school administrators.
  713         8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
  714         9. Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat management teams.
  715         10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental
  716  Safety Incident Reporting.
  717         11. Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
  718  involuntary examinations.
  719         12. Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
  720  Assessment Tool.
  721         13. Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting an active
  722  assailant response plan.
  723         14. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile
  724  suspicious activity reporting tool.
  725         15. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
  726  awareness and assistance training.
  727         16. Section 1001.42(4)(f)2., relating to middle school and
  728  high school start times. A charter school-in-the-workplace is
  729  exempt from this requirement.
  730         17. Section 1002.20(4)(c), relating to school corporal
  731  punishment.
  732         Section 23. Section 1002.351, Florida Statutes, is
  733  repealed.
  734         Section 24. Subsection (6) of section 1002.394, Florida
  735  Statutes, is amended to read:
  736         1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.—
  737         (6) SCHOLARSHIP PROHIBITIONS.—A student is not eligible for
  738  a Family Empowerment Scholarship while he or she is:
  739         (a) Enrolled full time in a public school, including, but
  740  not limited to, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind,
  741  the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy, the Florida School for
  742  Competitive Academics, the Florida Virtual School, the Florida
  743  Scholars Academy, a developmental research school authorized
  744  under s. 1002.32, or a charter school authorized under this
  745  chapter. For purposes of this paragraph, a 3- or 4-year-old
  746  child who receives services funded through the Florida Education
  747  Finance Program is considered to be a student enrolled in a
  748  public school;
  749         (b) Enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of
  750  providing educational services to youth in a Department of
  751  Juvenile Justice commitment program;
  752         (c) Receiving any other educational scholarship pursuant to
  753  this chapter. However, an eligible public school student
  754  receiving a scholarship under s. 1002.411 may receive a
  755  scholarship for transportation pursuant to subparagraph
  756  (4)(a)2.;
  757         (d) Not having regular and direct contact with his or her
  758  private school teachers pursuant to s. 1002.421(1)(i), unless he
  759  or she is eligible pursuant to paragraph (3)(b) and enrolled in
  760  the participating private school’s transition-to-work program
  761  pursuant to subsection (16) or a home education program pursuant
  762  to s. 1002.41;
  763         (e) Participating in a private tutoring program pursuant to
  764  s. 1002.43 unless he or she is determined eligible pursuant to
  765  paragraph (3)(b); or
  766         (f) Participating in virtual instruction pursuant to s.
  767  1002.455 that receives state funding pursuant to the student’s
  768  participation.
  769         Section 25. Subsection (4) of section 1002.395, Florida
  770  Statutes, is amended to read:
  771         1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.—
  772         (4) SCHOLARSHIP PROHIBITIONS.—A student is not eligible for
  773  a scholarship while he or she is:
  774         (a) Enrolled full time in a public school, including, but
  775  not limited to, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind,
  776  the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy, the Florida School for
  777  Competitive Academics, the Florida Virtual School, the Florida
  778  Scholars Academy, a developmental research school authorized
  779  under s. 1002.32, or a charter school authorized under this
  780  chapter. For purposes of this paragraph, a 3- or 4-year-old
  781  child who receives services funded through the Florida Education
  782  Finance Program is considered a student enrolled full time in a
  783  public school;
  784         (b) Enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of
  785  providing educational services to youth in a Department of
  786  Juvenile Justice commitment program;
  787         (c) Receiving any other educational scholarship pursuant to
  788  this chapter. However, an eligible public school student
  789  receiving a scholarship under s. 1002.411 may receive a
  790  scholarship for transportation pursuant to subparagraph
  791  (6)(d)4.;
  792         (d) Not having regular and direct contact with his or her
  793  private school teachers pursuant to s. 1002.421(1)(i) unless he
  794  or she is enrolled in a personalized education program;
  795         (e) Participating in a home education program as defined in
  796  s. 1002.01(1);
  797         (f) Participating in a private tutoring program pursuant to
  798  s. 1002.43 unless he or she is enrolled in a personalized
  799  education program; or
  800         (g) Participating in virtual instruction pursuant to s.
  801  1002.455 that receives state funding pursuant to the student’s
  802  participation.
  803         Section 26. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (19) of
  804  section 1002.42, Florida Statutes, to read:
  805         1002.42 Private schools.—
  806         (19) FACILITIES.—
  807         (c)A private school located in a county with four
  808  incorporated municipalities may construct new facilities, which
  809  may be temporary or permanent, on property purchased from or
  810  owned or leased by a library, community service organization,
  811  museum, performing arts venue, theater, cinema, or church under
  812  s. 170.201, which is or was actively used as such within 5 years
  813  of any executed agreement with a private school; any land owned
  814  by a Florida College System institution or state university; and
  815  any land recently used to house a school or child care facility
  816  licensed under s. 402.305 under its preexisting zoning and land
  817  use designations without rezoning or obtaining a special
  818  exception or a land use change and without complying with any
  819  mitigation requirements or conditions. The new facility must be
  820  located on property used solely for purposes described in this
  821  paragraph and must meet applicable state and local health,
  822  safety, and welfare laws, codes, and rules, including firesafety
  823  and building safety.
  824         Section 27. Paragraphs (e), (m), and (p) of subsection (1)
  825  of section 1002.421, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  826         1002.421 State school choice scholarship program
  827  accountability and oversight.—
  828         (1) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—A private
  829  school participating in an educational scholarship program
  830  established pursuant to this chapter must be a private school as
  831  defined in s. 1002.01 in this state, be registered, and be in
  832  compliance with all requirements of this section in addition to
  833  private school requirements outlined in s. 1002.42, specific
  834  requirements identified within respective scholarship program
  835  laws, and other provisions of Florida law that apply to private
  836  schools, and must:
  837         (e) Annually complete and submit to the department a
  838  notarized scholarship compliance statement certifying that all
  839  school employees and contracted personnel with direct student
  840  contact have undergone background screening pursuant to s.
  841  435.12 and have met the screening standards as provided in s.
  842  1012.315 s. 435.04.
  843         (m) Require each employee and contracted personnel with
  844  direct student contact, upon employment or engagement to provide
  845  services, to undergo a state and national background screening
  846  under s. 1012.315, pursuant to s. 943.0542, by electronically
  847  filing with the Department of Law Enforcement a complete set of
  848  fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an
  849  employee of the private school, a school district, or a private
  850  company who is trained to take fingerprints and deny employment
  851  to or terminate an employee if he or she fails to meet the
  852  screening standards under s. 1012.315 s. 435.04. Results of the
  853  screening shall be provided to the participating private school.
  854  For purposes of this paragraph:
  855         1. An “employee or contracted personnel with direct student
  856  contact” means any employee or contracted personnel who has
  857  unsupervised access to a scholarship student for whom the
  858  private school is responsible.
  859         2. The costs of fingerprinting and the background check
  860  shall not be borne by the state.
  861         3. Continued employment of an employee or contracted
  862  personnel after notification that he or she has failed the
  863  background screening under this paragraph shall cause a private
  864  school to be ineligible for participation in a scholarship
  865  program.
  866         4. An employee or contracted personnel holding a valid
  867  Florida teaching certificate who has been fingerprinted pursuant
  868  to s. 1012.32 is not required to comply with the provisions of
  869  this paragraph.
  870         5. All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
  871  Enforcement as required by this section must shall be retained
  872  in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse as
  873  provided in s. 435.12 by the Department of Law Enforcement in a
  874  manner provided by rule and entered in the statewide automated
  875  biometric identification system authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b).
  876  Such fingerprints shall thereafter be available for all purposes
  877  and uses authorized for arrest fingerprints entered in the
  878  statewide automated biometric identification system pursuant to
  879  s. 943.051.
  880         6.Employees, contracted personnel, owners, and operators
  881  must be rescreened as required by s. 435.12.
  882         7.Persons who apply for employment are governed by the
  883  laws and rules in effect at the time of application for
  884  employment, provided that the person is continually employed by
  885  the same school.
  886         6.The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all
  887  arrest fingerprints received under s. 943.051 against the
  888  fingerprints retained in the statewide automated biometric
  889  identification system under subparagraph 5. Any arrest record
  890  that is identified with the retained fingerprints of a person
  891  subject to the background screening under this section shall be
  892  reported to the employing school with which the person is
  893  affiliated. Each private school participating in a scholarship
  894  program is required to participate in this search process by
  895  informing the Department of Law Enforcement of any change in the
  896  employment or contractual status of its personnel whose
  897  fingerprints are retained under subparagraph 5. The Department
  898  of Law Enforcement shall adopt a rule setting the amount of the
  899  annual fee to be imposed upon each private school for performing
  900  these searches and establishing the procedures for the retention
  901  of private school employee and contracted personnel fingerprints
  902  and the dissemination of search results. The fee may be borne by
  903  the private school or the person fingerprinted.
  904         7.Employees and contracted personnel whose fingerprints
  905  are not retained by the Department of Law Enforcement under
  906  subparagraphs 5. and 6. are required to be refingerprinted and
  907  must meet state and national background screening requirements
  908  upon reemployment or reengagement to provide services in order
  909  to comply with the requirements of this section.
  910         8.Every 5 years following employment or engagement to
  911  provide services with a private school, employees or contracted
  912  personnel required to be screened under this section must meet
  913  screening standards under s. 435.04, at which time the private
  914  school shall request the Department of Law Enforcement to
  915  forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  916  for national processing. If the fingerprints of employees or
  917  contracted personnel are not retained by the Department of Law
  918  Enforcement under subparagraph 5., employees and contracted
  919  personnel must electronically file a complete set of
  920  fingerprints with the Department of Law Enforcement. Upon
  921  submission of fingerprints for this purpose, the private school
  922  shall request that the Department of Law Enforcement forward the
  923  fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for national
  924  processing, and the fingerprints shall be retained by the
  925  Department of Law Enforcement under subparagraph 5.
  926         (p) Require each owner or operator of the private school,
  927  prior to employment or engagement to provide services, to
  928  undergo level 2 background screening as provided in s. 1012.315
  929  under chapter 435. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
  930  “owner or operator” means an owner, an operator, a
  931  superintendent, or a principal of, or a person with equivalent
  932  decisionmaking authority over, a private school participating in
  933  a scholarship program established pursuant to this chapter. The
  934  fingerprints for the background screening must be electronically
  935  submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement and may be taken
  936  by an authorized law enforcement agency or a private company who
  937  is trained to take fingerprints. However, the complete set of
  938  fingerprints of an owner or operator may not be taken by the
  939  owner or operator. The owner or operator shall provide a copy of
  940  the results of the state and national criminal history check to
  941  the Department of Education. The cost of the background
  942  screening may be borne by the owner or operator.
  943         1.Every 5 years following employment or engagement to
  944  provide services, each owner or operator must meet level 2
  945  screening standards as described in s. 435.04, at which time the
  946  owner or operator shall request the Department of Law
  947  Enforcement to forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of
  948  Investigation for level 2 screening. If the fingerprints of an
  949  owner or operator are not retained by the Department of Law
  950  Enforcement under subparagraph 2., the owner or operator must
  951  electronically file a complete set of fingerprints with the
  952  Department of Law Enforcement. Upon submission of fingerprints
  953  for this purpose, the owner or operator shall request that the
  954  Department of Law Enforcement forward the fingerprints to the
  955  Federal Bureau of Investigation for level 2 screening, and the
  956  fingerprints shall be retained by the Department of Law
  957  Enforcement under subparagraph 2.
  958         2.Fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
  959  Enforcement as required by this paragraph must be retained by
  960  the Department of Law Enforcement in a manner approved by rule
  961  and entered in the statewide automated biometric identification
  962  system authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b). The fingerprints must
  963  thereafter be available for all purposes and uses authorized for
  964  arrest fingerprints entered in the statewide automated biometric
  965  identification system pursuant to s. 943.051.
  966         3.The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all
  967  arrest fingerprints received under s. 943.051 against the
  968  fingerprints retained in the statewide automated biometric
  969  identification system under subparagraph 2. Any arrest record
  970  that is identified with an owner’s or operator’s fingerprints
  971  must be reported to the owner or operator, who must report to
  972  the Department of Education. Any costs associated with the
  973  search shall be borne by the owner or operator.
  974         4.An owner or operator who fails the level 2 background
  975  screening is not eligible to participate in a scholarship
  976  program under this chapter.
  977         1.5. In addition to the offenses listed in s. 435.04, a
  978  person required to undergo background screening pursuant to this
  979  part or authorizing statutes may not have an arrest awaiting
  980  final disposition for, must not have been found guilty of, or
  981  entered a plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of
  982  adjudication, and must not have been adjudicated delinquent for,
  983  and the record must not have been sealed or expunged for, any of
  984  the following offenses or any similar offense of another
  985  jurisdiction:
  986         a. Any authorizing statutes, if the offense was a felony.
  987         b. This chapter, if the offense was a felony.
  988         c. Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud.
  989         d. Section 409.9201, relating to Medicaid fraud.
  990         e. Section 741.28, relating to domestic violence.
  991         f. Section 817.034, relating to fraudulent acts through
  992  mail, wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or
  993  photooptical systems.
  994         g. Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent
  995  insurance claims.
  996         h. Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering.
  997         i. Section 817.568, relating to criminal use of personal
  998  identification information.
  999         j. Section 817.60, relating to obtaining a credit card
 1000  through fraudulent means.
 1001         k. Section 817.61, relating to fraudulent use of credit
 1002  cards, if the offense was a felony.
 1003         l. Section 831.01, relating to forgery.
 1004         m. Section 831.02, relating to uttering forged instruments.
 1005         n. Section 831.07, relating to forging bank bills, checks,
 1006  drafts, or promissory notes.
 1007         o. Section 831.09, relating to uttering forged bank bills,
 1008  checks, drafts, or promissory notes.
 1009         p. Section 831.30, relating to fraud in obtaining medicinal
 1010  drugs.
 1011         q. Section 831.31, relating to the sale, manufacture,
 1012  delivery, or possession with the intent to sell, manufacture, or
 1013  deliver any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense was
 1014  a felony.
 1015         2.6. At least 30 calendar days before a transfer of
 1016  ownership of a private school, the owner or operator shall
 1017  notify the parent of each scholarship student.
 1018         3.7. The owner or operator of a private school that has
 1019  been deemed ineligible to participate in a scholarship program
 1020  pursuant to this chapter may not transfer ownership or
 1021  management authority of the school to a relative in order to
 1022  participate in a scholarship program as the same school or a new
 1023  school. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “relative”
 1024  means father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother,
 1025  brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, husband,
 1026  wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
 1027  brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,
 1028  stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half
 1029  sister.
 1030  
 1031  The department shall suspend the payment of funds to a private
 1032  school that knowingly fails to comply with this subsection, and
 1033  shall prohibit the school from enrolling new scholarship
 1034  students, for 1 fiscal year and until the school complies. If a
 1035  private school fails to meet the requirements of this subsection
 1036  or has consecutive years of material exceptions listed in the
 1037  report required under paragraph (q), the commissioner may
 1038  determine that the private school is ineligible to participate
 1039  in a scholarship program.
 1040         Section 28. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section
 1041  1002.68, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1042         1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program
 1043  accountability.—
 1044         (4)
 1045         (e) Subject to an appropriation, the department shall
 1046  provide for a differential payment to a private prekindergarten
 1047  provider and public school based on the provider’s designation.
 1048  The maximum differential payment may not exceed a total of 15
 1049  percent of the base student allocation per full-time equivalent
 1050  student under s. 1002.71 attending in the consecutive program
 1051  year for that program. A private prekindergarten provider or
 1052  public school may not receive a differential payment if it
 1053  receives a designation of “proficient” or lower. Before the
 1054  adoption of the methodology, the department shall confer with
 1055  the Council for Early Grade Success under s. 1008.2125 before
 1056  receiving approval from the State Board of Education for the
 1057  final recommendations on the designation system and differential
 1058  payments.
 1059         Section 29. Subsection (4) of section 1002.71, Florida
 1060  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1061         1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—
 1062         (4) Notwithstanding s. 1002.53(3) and subsection (2):
 1063         (a) A child who, for any of the prekindergarten programs
 1064  listed in s. 1002.53(3), has not completed any of the
 1065  prekindergarten programs listed in s. 1002.53(3) more than 70
 1066  percent of the hours authorized to be reported for funding under
 1067  subsection (2), or has not expended more than 70 percent of the
 1068  funds authorized for the child under s. 1002.66, may withdraw
 1069  from the program for good cause and reenroll in one of the
 1070  programs. The total funding for a child who reenrolls in one of
 1071  the programs for good cause may not exceed one full-time
 1072  equivalent student. Funding for a child who withdraws and
 1073  reenrolls in one of the programs for good cause must shall be
 1074  issued in accordance with the department’s uniform attendance
 1075  policy adopted pursuant to paragraph (6)(d).
 1076         (b) A child who has not substantially completed any of the
 1077  prekindergarten programs listed in s. 1002.53(3) may withdraw
 1078  from the program due to an extreme hardship that is beyond the
 1079  child’s or parent’s control, reenroll in one of the summer
 1080  programs, and be reported for funding purposes as a full-time
 1081  equivalent student in the summer program for which the child is
 1082  reenrolled.
 1083  
 1084  A child may reenroll only once in a prekindergarten program
 1085  under this section. A child who reenrolls in a prekindergarten
 1086  program under this subsection may not subsequently withdraw from
 1087  the program and reenroll, unless the child is granted a good
 1088  cause exemption under this subsection. The department shall
 1089  establish criteria specifying whether a good cause exists for a
 1090  child to withdraw from a program under paragraph (a), whether a
 1091  child has substantially completed a program under paragraph (b),
 1092  and whether an extreme hardship exists which is beyond the
 1093  child’s or parent’s control under paragraph (b).
 1094         Section 30. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
 1095  1002.945, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1096         1002.945 Gold Seal Quality Care Program.—
 1097         (4) In order to obtain and maintain a designation as a Gold
 1098  Seal Quality Care provider, a child care facility, large family
 1099  child care home, or family day care home must meet the following
 1100  additional criteria:
 1101         (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the Department of
 1102  Education determines through a formal process that a provider
 1103  has been in business for at least 5 years and has no other class
 1104  I violations recorded, the department may recommend to the state
 1105  board that the provider maintain its Gold Seal Quality Care
 1106  status. The state board’s determination regarding such
 1107  provider’s status is final.
 1108         Section 31. Subsection (2) of section 1003.05, Florida
 1109  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1110         1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military
 1111  families.—
 1112         (2) The Department of Education shall facilitate the
 1113  development and implementation of memoranda of agreement between
 1114  school districts and military installations which address
 1115  strategies for assisting students who are the children of active
 1116  duty military personnel in the transition to Florida schools.
 1117         (a)The strategies developed by the department must include
 1118  the development and implementation of a training module relating
 1119  to facilitating and expediting the transfer of a K-12 student’s
 1120  education records from an out-of-state school.
 1121         (b)The department shall provide the training module
 1122  required under paragraph (a) to each district school board to
 1123  provide to each public and charter K-12 school within its
 1124  district. The district school board shall make the training
 1125  available to employees who work directly with military students
 1126  and families.
 1127         Section 32. Subsection (3) of section 1003.41, Florida
 1128  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1129         1003.41 State academic standards.—
 1130         (3) The Commissioner of Education shall, as deemed
 1131  necessary, develop and submit proposed revisions to the
 1132  standards for review and comment by Florida educators, school
 1133  administrators, representatives of the Florida College System
 1134  institutions and state universities who have expertise in the
 1135  content knowledge and skills necessary to prepare a student for
 1136  postsecondary education and careers, a representative from the
 1137  Department of Commerce, business and industry leaders for in
 1138  demand careers, and the public. The commissioner, after
 1139  considering reviews and comments, shall submit the proposed
 1140  revisions to the State Board of Education for adoption. New and
 1141  revised standards documents submitted for approval to the state
 1142  board must consist only of academic standards and benchmarks.
 1143  The commissioner shall revise all currently approved standards
 1144  documents based on the requirements of this subsection and
 1145  submit all revised standards documents to the state board for
 1146  approval no later than July 1, 2026.
 1147         Section 33. Paragraph (j) of subsection (2) of section
 1148  1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1149         1003.42 Required instruction.—
 1150         (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public
 1151  schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
 1152  and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
 1153  faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
 1154  highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy,
 1155  following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
 1156  approved methods of instruction, the following:
 1157         (j) The elementary principles of agriculture. This
 1158  component must include, but need not be limited to, the history
 1159  of agriculture both nationally and specifically to this state,
 1160  the economic and societal impact of agriculture, and the various
 1161  agricultural industry sectors. The department, in collaboration
 1162  with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the
 1163  University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural
 1164  Sciences, shall prepare and offer standards and a curriculum for
 1165  the instruction required by this paragraph and may seek input
 1166  from state or nationally recognized agricultural educational
 1167  organizations. The department may contract with state or
 1168  nationally recognized agricultural educational organizations to
 1169  develop training for instructional personnel and grade
 1170  appropriate classroom resources to support the developed
 1171  curriculum.
 1172  
 1173  The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
 1174  and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection.
 1175  Instructional programming that incorporates the values of the
 1176  recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and that is
 1177  offered as part of a social studies, English Language Arts, or
 1178  other schoolwide character building and veteran awareness
 1179  initiative meets the requirements of paragraph (u).
 1180         Section 34. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
 1181  1003.4201, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1182         1003.4201 Comprehensive system of reading instruction.—Each
 1183  school district must implement a system of comprehensive reading
 1184  instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through
 1185  grade 12 and certain students who exhibit a substantial
 1186  deficiency in early literacy.
 1187         (2)(a) Components of the reading instruction plan may
 1188  include the following:
 1189         1. Additional time per day of evidence-based intensive
 1190  reading instruction for kindergarten through grade 12 students,
 1191  which may be delivered during or outside of the regular school
 1192  day.
 1193         2. Highly qualified reading coaches, who must be endorsed
 1194  in reading, to specifically support classroom teachers in making
 1195  instructional decisions based on progress monitoring data
 1196  collected pursuant to s. 1008.25(9) and improve classroom
 1197  teacher delivery of effective reading instruction, reading
 1198  intervention, and reading in the content areas based on student
 1199  need.
 1200         3. Professional learning to help instructional personnel
 1201  and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida
 1202  Education Finance Program earn a certification, a credential, an
 1203  endorsement, or an advanced degree in scientifically researched
 1204  and evidence-based reading instruction.
 1205         4. Summer reading camps, using only classroom teachers or
 1206  other district personnel who possess a micro-credential as
 1207  specified in s. 1003.485 or are certified or endorsed in reading
 1208  consistent with s. 1008.25(8)(b)3., for all students in
 1209  kindergarten through grade 5 exhibiting a reading deficiency as
 1210  determined by district and state assessments.
 1211         5. Intensive reading interventions, which must be delivered
 1212  by instructional personnel who possess a micro-credential as
 1213  defined in s. 1003.485(1) or are certified or endorsed in
 1214  reading as provided in s. 1012.586 and must incorporate
 1215  evidence-based strategies identified by the Just Read, Florida!
 1216  office pursuant to s. 1001.215(7). Instructional personnel who
 1217  possess a micro-credential as defined in s. 1003.485(1) and are
 1218  delivering intensive reading interventions must be supervised by
 1219  an individual certified or endorsed in reading. For the purposes
 1220  of this subparagraph, the term “supervised” means that
 1221  instructional personnel with a micro-credential are able,
 1222  through telecommunication or in person, to communicate and
 1223  consult with, and receive direction from, certified or endorsed
 1224  personnel. Incentives for instructional personnel and certified
 1225  prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida Education Finance
 1226  Program who possess a reading certification or endorsement as
 1227  specified in s. 1012.586 or micro-credential as specified in s.
 1228  1003.485 and provide educational support to improve student
 1229  literacy.
 1230         6. Tutoring in reading.
 1231         7. A description of how the district prioritizes the
 1232  assignment of highly effective teachers, as identified in s.
 1233  1012.34(2)(e), from kindergarten to grade 2.
 1234         Section 35. Paragraph (h) of subsection (3) of section
 1235  1003.4282, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1236         1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
 1237         (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
 1238  REQUIREMENTS.—
 1239         (h) One-half credit in personal financial literacy.
 1240  Beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2023-2024 school
 1241  year, each student must earn one-half credit in personal
 1242  financial literacy and money management. This instruction must
 1243  include discussion of or instruction in all of the following:
 1244         1. Types of bank accounts offered, opening and managing a
 1245  bank account, and assessing the quality of a depository
 1246  institution’s services.
 1247         2. Balancing a checkbook.
 1248         3. Basic principles of money management, such as spending,
 1249  credit, credit scores, and managing debt, including retail and
 1250  credit card debt.
 1251         4. Completing a loan application.
 1252         5. Receiving an inheritance and related implications.
 1253         6. Basic principles of personal insurance policies.
 1254         7. Computing federal income taxes.
 1255         8. Local tax assessments.
 1256         9. Computing interest rates by various mechanisms.
 1257         10. Simple contracts.
 1258         11. Contesting an incorrect billing statement.
 1259         12. Types of savings and investments.
 1260         13. State and federal laws concerning finance.
 1261         14. Costs of postsecondary education, including cost of
 1262  attendance, completion of the Free Application for Federal
 1263  Student Aid, scholarships and grants, and student loans.
 1264         Section 36. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
 1265  1004.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1266         1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for
 1267  teacher preparation programs.—
 1268         (4) CONTINUED PROGRAM APPROVAL.—Continued approval of a
 1269  teacher preparation program shall be based upon evidence that
 1270  the program continues to implement the requirements for initial
 1271  approval and upon significant, objective, and quantifiable
 1272  measures of the program and the performance of the program
 1273  completers.
 1274         (a) The criteria for continued approval must include each
 1275  of the following:
 1276         1. Candidate readiness based on passage rates on educator
 1277  certification examinations under s. 1012.56, as applicable.
 1278         2. Evidence of performance in each of the following areas:
 1279         a. Performance of students in prekindergarten through grade
 1280  12 who are assigned to in-field program completers on statewide
 1281  assessments using the results of the student learning growth
 1282  formula adopted under s. 1012.34.
 1283         b. Results of program completers’ annual evaluations in
 1284  accordance with the timeline as set forth in s. 1012.34.
 1285         c. Workforce contributions, including placement of program
 1286  completers in instructional positions in Florida public and
 1287  private schools, with additional weight given to production of
 1288  program completers in statewide high-demand critical teacher
 1289  needs shortage areas as identified in s. 1012.07.
 1290         3. Results of the program completers’ survey measuring
 1291  their satisfaction with preparation for the realities of the
 1292  classroom.
 1293         4. Results of the employers’ survey measuring satisfaction
 1294  with the program and the program’s responsiveness to local
 1295  school districts.
 1296         Section 37. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1297  1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1298         1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College
 1299  System institution and state university housing.—
 1300         (1) As used in this section, the term:
 1301         (b) “Emergency opioid antagonist” means a naloxone
 1302  hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the
 1303  effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that
 1304  is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration
 1305  for the treatment of an opioid overdose.
 1306         Section 38. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph
 1307  (b) of subsection (4) of section 1004.933, Florida Statutes, are
 1308  amended to read:
 1309         1004.933 Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education
 1310  (GATE) Program.—
 1311         (3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
 1312         (b) “Institution” means any a school district career center
 1313  established under s. 1001.44, a charter technical career center
 1314  established under s. 1002.34, or a Florida College System
 1315  institution identified in s. 1000.21. Any such institution may
 1316  enter into an agreement with an online provider for the adult
 1317  education or career instruction portion of the program if such
 1318  provider offers instructional content and services that align
 1319  with the state career and adult education curriculum frameworks.
 1320         (4) PAYMENT WAIVER; ELIGIBILITY.—
 1321         (b) To be eligible for participation in the GATE Program, a
 1322  student must:
 1323         1. Not have earned a standard high school diploma pursuant
 1324  to s. 1003.4282 or a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to
 1325  s. 1003.435 before enrolling in the GATE Program;
 1326         2. Have been withdrawn from high school or met the
 1327  requirements in s. 1003.4282(5)(c) or (8)(a);
 1328         3. Be a resident of this state as defined in s. 1009.21(1);
 1329         4. Be at least 16 to 21 years of age at the time of initial
 1330  enrollment, provided that a student who is 16 or 17 years of age
 1331  has withdrawn from school enrollment pursuant to the
 1332  requirements and safeguards in s. 1003.21(1)(c);
 1333         5. Select the adult secondary education program and career
 1334  education program of his or her choice at the time of admission
 1335  to the GATE Program, provided that the career education program
 1336  is included on the Master Credentials List under s. 445.004(4).
 1337  The student is not required to enroll in adult secondary and
 1338  career education program coursework simultaneously. The student
 1339  may not change the requested pathway after enrollment, except
 1340  that, if necessary for the student, the student may enroll in an
 1341  adult basic education program prior to enrolling in the adult
 1342  secondary education program;
 1343         6. Maintain a 2.0 GPA for career and technical education
 1344  coursework; and
 1345         7. Notwithstanding s. 1003.435(4), complete the programs
 1346  under subparagraph 5. within 3 years after his or her initial
 1347  enrollment unless the institution determines that an extension
 1348  is warranted due to extenuating circumstances.
 1349         Section 39. Paragraphs (c) and (f) of subsection (1) of
 1350  section 1005.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1351         1005.06 Institutions not under the jurisdiction or purview
 1352  of the commission.—
 1353         (1) Except as otherwise provided in law, the following
 1354  institutions are not under the jurisdiction or purview of the
 1355  commission and are not required to obtain licensure:
 1356         (c) Any institution that is under the jurisdiction of the
 1357  Department of Education, eligible to participate in the William
 1358  L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program
 1359  and that is a nonprofit independent college or university
 1360  located and chartered in this state and accredited by the
 1361  Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
 1362  and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees, or an institution
 1363  authorized under s. 1009.521.
 1364         (f)1. A nonpublic religious postsecondary educational
 1365  institution religious college may operate without licensure
 1366  governmental oversight if the institution college annually
 1367  verifies by sworn affidavit to the commission each of the
 1368  following affirmations that:
 1369         a.1. The name of the institution includes a religious
 1370  modifier or the name of a religious patriarch, saint, person, or
 1371  symbol of the church.
 1372         b.An explanation of the religious modifier, religious
 1373  name, or religious symbol used in the institution’s name.
 1374         c.2. The institution offers only educational programs that
 1375  prepare students for religious vocations as ministers,
 1376  professionals, or laypersons in the categories of ministry,
 1377  counseling, theology, education, administration, music, fine
 1378  arts, media communications, or social work.
 1379         d.3. The titles of degrees issued by the institution cannot
 1380  be confused with secular degree titles. For this purpose, each
 1381  degree title must include a religious modifier that immediately
 1382  precedes, or is included within, any of the following degrees:
 1383  Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts,
 1384  Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor
 1385  of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education. The religious modifier
 1386  must be placed on the title line of the degree, on the
 1387  transcript, and whenever the title of the degree appears in
 1388  official school documents or publications.
 1389         e.The titles and majors of every degree program offered by
 1390  the institution as they appear on degrees and transcripts issued
 1391  by the institution.
 1392         f.4. The duration of all degree programs offered by the
 1393  institution is consistent with the standards of the commission.
 1394         g.5. The institution’s consumer practices are consistent
 1395  with those required by s. 1005.04.
 1396         2.If requested by the commission, the institution must
 1397  submit documentation demonstrating compliance with the
 1398  requirements of this paragraph and with s. 1005.04. The
 1399  institution shall submit such documentation within 30 days after
 1400  the request.
 1401         3. The commission shall review for approval or denial, in a
 1402  public meeting, affidavits submitted pursuant to this paragraph.
 1403  The commission shall approve an affidavit unless the affidavit
 1404  is facially invalid, the affidavit is contradicted by the
 1405  institution’s public advertisements or by other evidence, or the
 1406  institution has failed to comply with the requirements of
 1407  subparagraph 2. The commission may provide such a religious
 1408  institution a letter stating that the institution has met the
 1409  requirements of state law and is not subject to licensure by the
 1410  commission governmental oversight.
 1411         a. If a nonpublic religious postsecondary educational
 1412  institution that has been issued a written notice of exemption
 1413  from licensure by the commission subsequently fails to comply
 1414  with the requirements of this paragraph, the commission must
 1415  revoke its approval of the institution’s affidavit in a public
 1416  meeting.
 1417         b.If an affidavit is denied by the commission, the
 1418  commission may take any of the actions specified in s. 1005.38
 1419  unless the institution applies for a license pursuant to s.
 1420  1005.31(1)(a), ceases operating in this state, or submits
 1421  documentation indicating compliance with this paragraph.
 1422         c. The commission may adopt rules to administer this
 1423  paragraph.
 1424         Section 40. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
 1425  1006.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1426         1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student
 1427  discipline and school safety.—
 1428         (1)(a)1. Subject to law and to the rules of the State Board
 1429  of Education and the district school board, the principal in
 1430  charge of the school or the principal’s designee shall develop
 1431  policies for delegating to any teacher or other member of the
 1432  instructional staff or to any bus driver transporting students
 1433  of the school responsibility for the control and direction of
 1434  students. Each school principal shall fully support the
 1435  authority of his or her teachers and school bus drivers to
 1436  remove disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive,
 1437  uncontrollable, or disruptive students from the classroom and
 1438  the school bus and, when appropriate and available, place such
 1439  students in an alternative educational setting. The principal or
 1440  the principal’s designee must give full consideration to the
 1441  recommendation for discipline made by a teacher, other member of
 1442  the instructional staff, or a bus driver when making a decision
 1443  regarding student referral for discipline.
 1444         2.If the disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive,
 1445  uncontrollable, or disruptive behavior continues, the school
 1446  principal must refer the case to the school’s child study team
 1447  to schedule a meeting with the parent to identify potential
 1448  remedies.
 1449         3.If an initial meeting with the student’s parent does not
 1450  resolve the behavioral issues, the child study team must
 1451  implement the following:
 1452         a.Frequent attempts by the school, including the student’s
 1453  teacher and a school administrator, at communicating with the
 1454  student’s family. The attempts may be made in writing or by
 1455  telephone, but must be documented.
 1456         b.A student evaluation for alternative education programs.
 1457         c.Behavior contracts.
 1458  
 1459  The child study team may, but is not required to, implement
 1460  other interventions, including referral to other agencies for
 1461  family services or a recommendation for filing a petition for a
 1462  child in need of services pursuant to s. 984.15.
 1463         Section 41. Subsection (3) of section 1006.13, Florida
 1464  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1465         1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and
 1466  victimization.—
 1467         (3)(a) Zero-tolerance policies must require students found
 1468  to have committed one of the following offenses to be expelled,
 1469  with or without continuing educational services, from the
 1470  student’s regular school for a period of not less than 1 full
 1471  year, and to be referred to the criminal justice or juvenile
 1472  justice system.
 1473         1.(a) Bringing a firearm or weapon, as defined in chapter
 1474  790, to school, to any school function, or onto any school
 1475  sponsored transportation or possessing a firearm at school.
 1476         2.(b) Making a threat or false report, as defined by ss.
 1477  790.162 and 790.163, respectively, involving school or school
 1478  personnel’s property, school transportation, or a school
 1479  sponsored activity.
 1480         (b) District school boards may assign the student to a
 1481  disciplinary program for the purpose of continuing educational
 1482  services during the period of expulsion. District school
 1483  superintendents may consider the 1-year expulsion requirement on
 1484  a case-by-case basis and request the district school board to
 1485  modify the requirement by assigning the student to a
 1486  disciplinary program or second chance school if the request for
 1487  modification is in writing and it is determined to be in the
 1488  best interest of the student and the school system. If a student
 1489  committing any of the offenses in this subsection is a student
 1490  who has a disability, the district school board shall comply
 1491  with applicable State Board of Education rules.
 1492         (c)Before the expiration of an expulsion period, the
 1493  district school superintendent shall determine, based upon the
 1494  determination of the threat management team, whether the
 1495  expulsion period should be extended and, if the expulsion period
 1496  is extended, what educational services will be provided. A
 1497  recommendation to extend the expulsion period must be provided
 1498  to the student and his or her parents in accordance with s.
 1499  1006.08(1).
 1500         Section 42. Subsections (5) and (7) of section 1006.73,
 1501  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1502         1006.73 Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network.—
 1503         (5) REPORTING.—
 1504         (a) By December 31 each year, the host entity shall submit
 1505  a report to the Chancellors of the State University System and
 1506  the Florida College System regarding the implementation and
 1507  operation of all components described in this section,
 1508  including, but not limited to, all of the following:
 1509         (a)1. Usage information collected under paragraph (2)(c).
 1510         (b)2. Information and associated costs relating to the
 1511  services and functions of the program.
 1512         (c)3. The implementation and operation of the automated
 1513  library services.
 1514         (d)4. The number and value of grants awarded under
 1515  paragraph (4)(d) and the distribution of those funds.
 1516         5. The number and types of courses placed in the Student
 1517  Open Access Resources Repository.
 1518         6. Information on the utilization of the Student Open
 1519  Access Resources Repository and utilization of open educational
 1520  resources in course sections, by Florida College System
 1521  institution and state university.
 1522         (b) The Chancellors will provide an annual report on the
 1523  performance of the host entity in delivering the services and
 1524  any recommendations for changes needed to this section to the
 1525  Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
 1526  of Representatives, the Board of Governors, and the State Board
 1527  of Education. The Board of Governors and the Department of
 1528  Education shall include any necessary funding increases in their
 1529  annual legislative budget requests.
 1530         (7) RECOMMENDATION ON OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO BE
 1531  INCLUDED WITHIN THE FLORIDA POSTSECONDARY ACADEMIC LIBRARY
 1532  NETWORK.—By June 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Education and the
 1533  Chancellor of the Board of Governors shall provide a joint
 1534  recommendation for a process by which school district career
 1535  centers operated under s. 1001.44 and charter technical career
 1536  centers under s. 1002.34 would access appropriate postsecondary
 1537  distance learning, student support services and library assets
 1538  described in this section. The recommendation must include an
 1539  analysis of the resources necessary to expand access and assets
 1540  to centers and their students.
 1541         Section 43. Effective upon becoming a law, paragraph (b) of
 1542  subsection (1) of section 1007.27, Florida Statutes, is amended,
 1543  and paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of that section, to
 1544  read:
 1545         1007.27 Articulated acceleration mechanisms.—
 1546         (1)
 1547         (b) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors
 1548  shall identify Florida College System institutions, and state
 1549  universities, and national consortia to develop courses that
 1550  align with s. 1007.25 for students in secondary education and
 1551  provide the training required under s. 1007.35(6).
 1552         (2)
 1553         (d) The department may join or establish a national
 1554  consortium as an alternative method to develop and implement
 1555  advanced placement courses that align with s. 1007.25.
 1556         Section 44. Subsection (5), paragraph (j) of subsection
 1557  (6), and subsection (8) of section 1007.35, Florida Statutes,
 1558  are amended to read:
 1559         1007.35 Florida Partnership for Minority and
 1560  Underrepresented Student Achievement.—
 1561         (5) Each public high school, including, but not limited to,
 1562  schools and alternative sites and centers of the Department of
 1563  Juvenile Justice, shall provide for the administration of the
 1564  Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
 1565  (PSAT/NMSQT), Classic Learning Test (CLT10), or the PreACT to
 1566  all enrolled 10th grade students. However, a written notice must
 1567  shall be provided to each parent which must include the
 1568  opportunity to exempt his or her child from taking the
 1569  PSAT/NMSQT, CLT10, or the PreACT.
 1570         (a) Test results will provide each high school with a
 1571  database of student assessment data which certified school
 1572  counselors will use to identify students who are prepared or who
 1573  need additional work to be prepared to enroll and be successful
 1574  in advanced high school courses.
 1575         (b) Funding for the PSAT/NMSQT, CLT10, or the PreACT for
 1576  all 10th grade students is shall be contingent upon annual
 1577  funding in the General Appropriations Act.
 1578         (c) Public school districts shall must choose either the
 1579  PSAT/NMSQT, CLT10, or the PreACT for districtwide
 1580  administration.
 1581         (6) The partnership shall:
 1582         (j) Provide information to students, parents, teachers,
 1583  counselors, administrators, districts, Florida College System
 1584  institutions, and state universities regarding the PSAT/NMSQT,
 1585  CLT10, or the PreACT administration, including, but not limited
 1586  to:
 1587         1. Test administration dates and times.
 1588         2. That participation in the PSAT/NMSQT, CLT10, or the
 1589  PreACT is open to all 10th grade students.
 1590         3. The value of such tests in providing diagnostic feedback
 1591  on student skills.
 1592         4. The value of student scores in predicting the
 1593  probability of success on advanced course examinations.
 1594         (8)(a) By September 30 of each year, the partnership shall
 1595  submit to the department a report that contains an evaluation of
 1596  the effectiveness of the delivered services and activities.
 1597  Activities and services must be evaluated on their effectiveness
 1598  at raising student achievement and increasing the number of AP
 1599  or other advanced course examinations in low-performing middle
 1600  and high schools. Other indicators that must be addressed in the
 1601  evaluation report include the number of middle and high school
 1602  teachers trained; the effectiveness of the training; measures of
 1603  postsecondary readiness of the students affected by the program;
 1604  levels of participation in the 10th grade PSAT/NMSQT, CLT10, or
 1605  the PreACT testing; and measures of student, parent, and teacher
 1606  awareness of and satisfaction with the services of the
 1607  partnership.
 1608         (b) The department shall contribute to the evaluation
 1609  process by providing access, consistent with s. 119.071(5)(a),
 1610  to student and teacher information necessary to match against
 1611  databases containing teacher professional learning data and
 1612  databases containing assessment data for the PSAT/NMSQT, SAT,
 1613  ACT, PreACT, CLT, CLT10, AP, and other appropriate measures. The
 1614  department shall also provide student-level data on student
 1615  progress from middle school through high school and into college
 1616  and the workforce, if available, in order to support
 1617  longitudinal studies. The partnership shall analyze and report
 1618  student performance data in a manner that protects the rights of
 1619  students and parents as required in 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g and s.
 1620  1002.22.
 1621         Section 45. Subsections (1) and (5) of section 1008.36,
 1622  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1623         1008.36 Florida School Recognition Program.—
 1624         (1) The Legislature finds that there is a need for a
 1625  performance incentive program for outstanding instructional
 1626  personnel faculty and staff in highly productive schools. The
 1627  Legislature further finds that performance-based incentives are
 1628  commonplace in the private sector and should be infused into the
 1629  public sector as a reward for productivity.
 1630         (5) School recognition awards must be used for the
 1631  following:
 1632         (a) Nonrecurring bonuses to the instructional personnel as
 1633  defined in s. 1012.01(2) faculty and staff;
 1634         (b) Nonrecurring expenditures for educational equipment or
 1635  materials to assist in maintaining and improving student
 1636  performance; or
 1637         (c) Temporary personnel for the school to assist in
 1638  maintaining and improving student performance.
 1639  
 1640  Notwithstanding statutory provisions to the contrary, incentive
 1641  awards are not subject to collective bargaining.
 1642         Section 46. Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section
 1643  1008.365, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1644         1008.365 Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic
 1645  Excellence Act.—
 1646         (8) As part of the RAISE Program, the department shall
 1647  establish a tutoring program and develop training in effective
 1648  reading tutoring practices and content, based on evidence-based
 1649  practices grounded in the science of reading and aligned to the
 1650  English Language Arts standards under s. 1003.41, which prepares
 1651  eligible high school students to tutor students in kindergarten
 1652  through grade 3 in schools identified under this section,
 1653  instilling in those students a love of reading and improving
 1654  their literacy skills.
 1655         (c) Tutoring may be part of a service-learning course
 1656  adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497. Students may earn up to three
 1657  elective credits for high school graduation based on the
 1658  verified number of hours the student spends tutoring under the
 1659  program. The hours of volunteer service must be documented in
 1660  writing, and the document must be signed by the student, the
 1661  student’s parent or guardian, and an administrator or designee
 1662  of the school in which the tutoring occurred. The Unpaid hours
 1663  that a high school student devotes to tutoring may be counted
 1664  toward meeting community service requirements for high school
 1665  graduation and community service requirements for participation
 1666  in the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program as provided in
 1667  s. 1003.497(3)(b). The department shall designate a high school
 1668  student who provides at least 75 verified hours of tutoring
 1669  under the program as a New Worlds Scholar and award the student
 1670  with a pin indicating such designation.
 1671         Section 47. Subsection (2) of section 1008.37, Florida
 1672  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1673         1008.37 Postsecondary feedback of information to high
 1674  schools.—
 1675         (2) The Commissioner of Education shall report, by high
 1676  school, to the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors,
 1677  and the Legislature, no later than May 31 April 30 of each year,
 1678  on the number of prior year Florida high school graduates who
 1679  enrolled for the first time in public postsecondary education in
 1680  this state during the summer, fall, or spring term of the
 1681  previous academic year, indicating the number of students whose
 1682  scores on the common placement test indicated the need for
 1683  developmental education under s. 1008.30 or for applied
 1684  academics for adult education under s. 1004.91.
 1685         Section 48. Present paragraph (g) of subsection (20) of
 1686  section 1009.26, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
 1687  (h), a new paragraph (g) is added to that subsection, and
 1688  paragraphs (a) and (c) of that subsection are amended, to read:
 1689         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
 1690         (20)(a) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, a state
 1691  university shall waive the out-of-state fee for a student who:
 1692         1. Has a grandparent who has established a domicile in this
 1693  state pursuant to s. 222.17 for at least 5 years preceding an
 1694  application for the fee waiver is a legal resident as defined in
 1695  s. 1009.21(1). For purposes of this subsection, the term
 1696  “grandparent” means a person who has a legal relationship to a
 1697  student’s parent as the natural or adoptive parent or legal
 1698  guardian of the student’s parent.
 1699         2. Earns a high school diploma comparable to a Florida
 1700  standard high school diploma, or its equivalent, or completes a
 1701  home education program.
 1702         3.a. Achieves an SAT combined score no lower than the 89th
 1703  national percentile on the SAT;
 1704         b. Achieves an ACT score concordant to the required SAT
 1705  score in sub-subparagraph a., using the latest published
 1706  national concordance table developed jointly by the College
 1707  Board and ACT, Inc.; or
 1708         c. If a state university accepts the Classic Learning Test
 1709  (CLT) for admission purposes, achieves a CLT score concordant to
 1710  the required SAT score specified in sub-subparagraph a., using
 1711  the latest published scoring comparison developed by Classic
 1712  Learning Initiatives.
 1713         4. Beginning with students who initially enroll in the 2022
 1714  fall academic term and thereafter, enrolls as a full-time
 1715  undergraduate student at a state university in the fall academic
 1716  term immediately following high school graduation.
 1717         (c) Before waiving the out-of-state fee, the state
 1718  university shall require the student or the student’s parent, if
 1719  the student is a dependent child, to provide a written
 1720  declaration pursuant to s. 92.525(2) attesting to the student’s
 1721  familial relationship to a grandparent who meets the residency
 1722  requirement of subparagraph (a)1. is a legal resident and any
 1723  other corroborating documentation required by regulation of the
 1724  Board of Governors. A state university is not required to
 1725  independently verify the statements contained in each
 1726  declaration if the signatory declares it to be true under the
 1727  penalties of perjury as required by s. 92.525(2). However, the
 1728  state university may refer any signed declaration suspected of
 1729  containing fraudulent representations to law enforcement.
 1730         (g)A state university student granted an out-of-state fee
 1731  waiver under this subsection shall be considered a resident
 1732  student for purposes of calculating the systemwide total
 1733  enrollment of nonresident students as limited by regulation of
 1734  the Board of Governors.
 1735         Section 49. Subsection (2) of section 1009.536, Florida
 1736  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is added to that
 1737  section, to read:
 1738         1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and Florida
 1739  Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards.—The Florida Gold Seal Vocational
 1740  Scholars award and the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award are
 1741  created within the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to
 1742  recognize and reward academic achievement and career preparation
 1743  by high school students who wish to continue their education.
 1744         (2) A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal CAPE
 1745  Scholars award if he or she meets the general eligibility
 1746  requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program,
 1747  and the student:
 1748         (a) Earns a minimum of 3 5 postsecondary credit hours
 1749  through CAPE industry certifications approved pursuant to s.
 1750  1008.44 which articulate for college credit; and
 1751         (b) Earns a minimum cumulative weighted grade point average
 1752  of 2.5, as calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, on all subjects
 1753  required for a standard high school diploma, excluding elective
 1754  courses; and
 1755         (c) Completes at least 30 hours of volunteer service or,
 1756  beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022-2023
 1757  academic year and thereafter, 100 hours of paid work, approved
 1758  by the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic
 1759  school, or the Department of Education for home education
 1760  program students, or 100 hours of a combination of both.
 1761  Eligible paid work completed on or after June 27, 2022, shall be
 1762  included in a student’s total required paid work hours. The
 1763  student may identify a social or civic issue or a professional
 1764  area that interests him or her and develop a plan for his or her
 1765  personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about
 1766  the area. The student must, through papers or other
 1767  presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience.
 1768  Such volunteer service or paid work may include, but is not
 1769  limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for a
 1770  nonprofit community service organization, or activities on
 1771  behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer
 1772  service or paid work must be documented in writing, and the
 1773  document must be signed by the student, the student’s parent or
 1774  guardian, and a representative of the organization for which the
 1775  student performed the volunteer service or paid work.
 1776         (6) Before or within 3 months after completion of the GATE
 1777  Program as provided in s. 1004.933, a student may apply for the
 1778  Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award.
 1779         Section 50. Section 1009.635, Florida Statutes, is created
 1780  to read:
 1781         1009.635 Rural Incentive for Professional Educators.—
 1782         (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Rural Incentive for Professional
 1783  Educators (RIPE) Program is established within the Department of
 1784  Education to support the recruitment and retention of qualified
 1785  instructional personnel in rural communities. The program shall
 1786  provide financial assistance for the repayment of student loans
 1787  for eligible participants who establish permanent residency and
 1788  employment in rural areas of opportunity.
 1789         (2) ELIGIBILITY.—An individual is eligible to participate
 1790  in the RIPE Program if he or she does all of the following:
 1791         (a)Establishes permanent residency on or after July 1,
 1792  2025, in a rural area of opportunity as designated pursuant to
 1793  s. 288.0656. The address on an individual’s state-issued
 1794  identification card or driver license is evidence of residence.
 1795         (b)Secures full-time employment as a teacher or
 1796  administrator in a private school as defined in s. 1002.01, or
 1797  as instructional or administrative personnel as those terms are
 1798  defined in s. 1012.01(2) and (3), respectively, in the public
 1799  school district located within the same rural area of
 1800  opportunity as he or she resides.
 1801         (c)Holds an associate degree, bachelor’s degree,
 1802  postgraduate degree, or certificate from an accredited
 1803  institution earned before establishing residency.
 1804         (d)Has an active student loan balance incurred for the
 1805  completion of the qualifying degree or certificate.
 1806         (3) LOAN REPAYMENT.—Eligible participants may receive up to
 1807  $15,000 in total student loan repayment assistance over 5 years,
 1808  disbursed in annual payments not to exceed $3,000 per year.
 1809  Payments shall be made directly to the lender servicing the
 1810  participant’s student loan.
 1811         (4) AWARD DISTRIBUTION.—Before disbursement of an award,
 1812  the department shall verify that the participant:
 1813         (a) Has maintained continuous employment with the school
 1814  district in an instructional or administrative position;
 1815         (b) Has received a rating of effective or highly effective
 1816  pursuant to s. 1012.34; and
 1817         (c) Has not been placed on probation, had his or her
 1818  certificate suspended or revoked, or been placed on the
 1819  disqualification list pursuant to s. 1012.796.
 1820         (5)ADMINISTRATION.—The program shall be administered by
 1821  the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Department
 1822  of Education, which shall:
 1823         (a)Develop application procedures requiring documentation,
 1824  including proof of residency, verification of employment,
 1825  official academic transcripts, and details of outstanding
 1826  student loans; and
 1827         (b)Monitor compliance with program requirements.
 1828         (6) RULEMAKING.—The State Board of Education shall adopt
 1829  rules no later than January 31, 2026, to administer this
 1830  section.
 1831         Section 51. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
 1832  1009.8962, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1833         1009.8962 Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE)
 1834  Fund.—
 1835         (3) As used in this section, the term:
 1836         (b) “Institution” means a school district career center
 1837  under s. 1001.44; a charter technical career center under s.
 1838  1002.34; a Florida College System institution; a state
 1839  university; an independent nonprofit college or university
 1840  located and chartered in this state and accredited by an agency
 1841  or association that is recognized by the database created and
 1842  maintained by the United States Department of Education to grant
 1843  baccalaureate degrees; or an independent school, college, or
 1844  university with an accredited program as defined in s. 464.003
 1845  which is located in this state and licensed by the Commission
 1846  for Independent Education pursuant to s. 1005.31, or an
 1847  institution authorized under s. 1009.521, which has a nursing
 1848  education program that meets or exceeds the following:
 1849         1. For a certified nursing assistant program, a completion
 1850  rate of at least 70 percent for the prior year.
 1851         2. For a licensed practical nurse, associate of science in
 1852  nursing, and bachelor of science in nursing program, a first
 1853  time passage rate on the National Council of State Boards of
 1854  Nursing Licensing Examination of at least 75 percent for the
 1855  prior year based on a minimum of 10 testing participants.
 1856         Section 52. Present subsection (4) of section 1009.897,
 1857  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new
 1858  subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
 1859         1009.897 Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and
 1860  Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education (PIPELINE)
 1861  Fund.—
 1862         (4)Each institution that receives funds through the
 1863  PIPELINE Fund shall allocate the funds to its health care
 1864  industry-related programs.
 1865         Section 53. Section 1011.58, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 1866         Section 54. Section 1011.59, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 1867         Section 55. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
 1868  1011.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1869         1011.71 District school tax.—
 1870         (5) A school district may expend, subject to s. 200.065, up
 1871  to $200 per unweighted full-time equivalent student from the
 1872  revenue generated by the millage levy authorized by subsection
 1873  (2) to fund, in addition to expenditures authorized in
 1874  paragraphs (2)(a)-(j), expenses for the following:
 1875         (b) Payment of the cost of premiums, as defined in s.
 1876  627.403, for property and casualty insurance necessary to insure
 1877  school district educational and ancillary plants. As used in
 1878  this paragraph, casualty insurance has the same meaning as in s.
 1879  624.605(1)(b), (d), (f), (g), (h), and (m) s. 624.605(1)(d),
 1880  (f), (g), (h), and (m). Operating revenues that are made
 1881  available through the payment of property and casualty insurance
 1882  premiums from revenues generated under this subsection may be
 1883  expended only for nonrecurring operational expenditures of the
 1884  school district.
 1885         Section 56. Subsections (3) and (6) of section 1011.804,
 1886  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1887         1011.804 GATE Startup Grant Program.—
 1888         (3) The department may solicit proposals from institutions
 1889  without programs that meet the requirements of s. 1004.933(2).
 1890  Such institutions must be located in or serve a rural area of
 1891  opportunity as designated by the Governor. Additionally,
 1892  institutions that meet program requirements and are located in
 1893  or serve a rural area of opportunity may apply for grant funds
 1894  specifically for marketing and outreach efforts to expand
 1895  student participation in the GATE Program.
 1896         (6) Grant funds may be used for planning activities and
 1897  other expenses associated with the creation of the GATE Program,
 1898  such as expenses related to program instruction, instructional
 1899  equipment, supplies, instructional personnel, and student
 1900  services, and outreach and marketing efforts to recruit and
 1901  enroll eligible students. Institutions with existing programs
 1902  that meet the requirements of s. 1004.933(2) and that are
 1903  located in or serve a rural area of opportunity may apply for
 1904  grant funds exclusively for marketing and outreach purposes to
 1905  expand student participation in the GATE Program. Grant funds
 1906  may not be used for indirect costs. Grant recipients must submit
 1907  an annual report in a format prescribed by the department. The
 1908  department shall consolidate such annual reports and include the
 1909  reports in the report required by s. 1004.933(5).
 1910         Section 57. Section 1012.07, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1911  to read:
 1912         1012.07 Identification of high-demand critical teacher
 1913  needs shortage areas.—The term “high-demand critical teacher
 1914  needs shortage area” means high-need content areas and high
 1915  priority location areas identified by the State Board of
 1916  Education. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
 1917  pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to annually
 1918  identify high-demand critical teacher needs shortage areas. The
 1919  state board must consider current and emerging educational
 1920  requirements and workforce demands in determining high-demand
 1921  critical teacher needs shortage areas. School grade levels may
 1922  also be designated critical teacher shortage areas. Individual
 1923  district school boards may identify and submit other high-demand
 1924  critical teacher needs shortage areas. Such submissions must be
 1925  aligned to current and emerging educational requirements and
 1926  workforce demands in order to be approved by the State Board of
 1927  Education. High-priority location areas must be in high-density,
 1928  low-economic urban schools; low-density, low-economic rural
 1929  schools; and schools that earned a grade of “F” or three
 1930  consecutive grades of “D” pursuant to s. 1008.34. The State
 1931  Board of Education shall develop strategies to address high
 1932  demand critical teacher needs shortage areas.
 1933         Section 58. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
 1934  1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1935         1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the
 1936  district school board.—The district school board shall:
 1937         (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe
 1938  qualifications for those positions, and provide for the
 1939  appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal
 1940  of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this
 1941  chapter:
 1942         (c) Compensation and salary schedules.—
 1943         1. Definitions.—As used in this paragraph:
 1944         a. “Adjustment” means an addition to the base salary
 1945  schedule that is not a bonus and becomes part of the employee’s
 1946  permanent base salary and shall be considered compensation under
 1947  s. 121.021(22).
 1948         b. “Grandfathered salary schedule” means the salary
 1949  schedule or schedules adopted by a district school board before
 1950  July 1, 2014, pursuant to subparagraph 4.
 1951         c. “Instructional personnel” means instructional personnel
 1952  as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), excluding substitute
 1953  teachers.
 1954         d. “Performance salary schedule” means the salary schedule
 1955  or schedules adopted by a district school board pursuant to
 1956  subparagraph 5.
 1957         e. “Salary schedule” means the schedule or schedules used
 1958  to provide the base salary for district school board personnel.
 1959         f. “School administrator” means a school administrator as
 1960  defined in s. 1012.01(3)(c).
 1961         g. “Supplement” means an annual addition to the base salary
 1962  for the term of the negotiated supplement as long as the
 1963  employee continues his or her employment for the purpose of the
 1964  supplement. A supplement does not become part of the employee’s
 1965  continuing base salary but shall be considered compensation
 1966  under s. 121.021(22).
 1967         2. Cost-of-living adjustment.—A district school board may
 1968  provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment if the adjustment:
 1969         a. Does not discriminate among comparable classes of
 1970  employees based upon the salary schedule under which they are
 1971  compensated.
 1972         b. Does not exceed 50 percent of the annual adjustment
 1973  provided to instructional personnel rated as effective.
 1974         3. Advanced degrees.—A district school board may use
 1975  advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructional
 1976  personnel or school administrators if the advanced degree is
 1977  held in the individual’s area of certification.
 1978         4. Grandfathered salary schedule.—
 1979         a. The district school board shall adopt a salary schedule
 1980  or salary schedules to be used as the basis for paying all
 1981  school employees hired before July 1, 2014. Instructional
 1982  personnel on annual contract as of July 1, 2014, shall be placed
 1983  on the performance salary schedule adopted under subparagraph 5.
 1984  Instructional personnel on continuing contract or professional
 1985  service contract may opt into the performance salary schedule if
 1986  the employee relinquishes such contract and agrees to be
 1987  employed on an annual contract under s. 1012.335. Such an
 1988  employee shall be placed on the performance salary schedule and
 1989  may not return to continuing contract or professional service
 1990  contract status. Any employee who opts into the performance
 1991  salary schedule may not return to the grandfathered salary
 1992  schedule.
 1993         b. In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for
 1994  instructional personnel, a district school board must base a
 1995  portion of each employee’s compensation upon performance
 1996  demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated
 1997  pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators
 1998  based upon district-determined factors, including, but not
 1999  limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics,
 2000  high-demand teacher needs critical shortage areas, and level of
 2001  job performance difficulties.
 2002         5. Performance salary schedule.—By July 1, 2014, the
 2003  district school board shall adopt a performance salary schedule
 2004  that provides annual salary adjustments for instructional
 2005  personnel and school administrators based upon performance
 2006  determined under s. 1012.34. Employees hired on or after July 1,
 2007  2014, or employees who choose to move from the grandfathered
 2008  salary schedule to the performance salary schedule shall be
 2009  compensated pursuant to the performance salary schedule once
 2010  they have received the appropriate performance evaluation for
 2011  this purpose.
 2012         a. Base salary.—The base salary shall be established as
 2013  follows:
 2014         (I) The base salary for instructional personnel or school
 2015  administrators who opt into the performance salary schedule
 2016  shall be the salary paid in the prior year, including
 2017  adjustments only.
 2018         (II) Instructional personnel or school administrators new
 2019  to the district, returning to the district after a break in
 2020  service without an authorized leave of absence, or appointed for
 2021  the first time to a position in the district in the capacity of
 2022  instructional personnel or school administrator shall be placed
 2023  on the performance salary schedule.
 2024         b. Salary adjustments.—Salary adjustments for highly
 2025  effective or effective performance shall be established as
 2026  follows:
 2027         (I) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
 2028  salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must
 2029  be at least 25 percent greater than the highest annual salary
 2030  adjustment available to an employee of the same classification
 2031  through any other salary schedule adopted by the district.
 2032         (II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
 2033  salary schedule for an employee rated as effective must be equal
 2034  to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual
 2035  adjustment provided for a highly effective employee of the same
 2036  classification.
 2037         (III) A salary schedule shall not provide an annual salary
 2038  adjustment for an employee who receives a rating other than
 2039  highly effective or effective for the year.
 2040         c. Salary supplements.—In addition to the salary
 2041  adjustments, each district school board shall provide for salary
 2042  supplements for activities that must include, but are not
 2043  limited to:
 2044         (I) Assignment to a Title I eligible school.
 2045         (II) Assignment to a school that earned a grade of “F” or
 2046  three consecutive grades of “D” pursuant to s. 1008.34 such that
 2047  the supplement remains in force for at least 1 year following
 2048  improved performance in that school.
 2049         (III) Certification and teaching in high-demand critical
 2050  teacher needs shortage areas. Statewide high-demand critical
 2051  teacher needs shortage areas shall be identified by the State
 2052  Board of Education under s. 1012.07. However, the district
 2053  school board may identify other areas of high-demand needs
 2054  critical shortage within the school district for purposes of
 2055  this sub-sub-subparagraph and may remove areas identified by the
 2056  state board which do not apply within the school district.
 2057         (IV) Assignment of additional academic responsibilities.
 2058  
 2059  If budget constraints in any given year limit a district school
 2060  board’s ability to fully fund all adopted salary schedules, the
 2061  performance salary schedule shall not be reduced on the basis of
 2062  total cost or the value of individual awards in a manner that is
 2063  proportionally greater than reductions to any other salary
 2064  schedules adopted by the district. Any compensation for
 2065  longevity of service awarded to instructional personnel who are
 2066  on any other salary schedule must be included in calculating the
 2067  salary adjustments required by sub-subparagraph b.
 2068         Section 59. Section 1012.315, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2069  to read:
 2070         1012.315 Screening standards.—
 2071         (1) A person is ineligible for educator certification or
 2072  employment in any position that requires direct contact with
 2073  students in a district school system, a charter school, or a
 2074  private school that participates in a state scholarship program
 2075  under chapter 1002 if the person which includes being an owner
 2076  or operator of a private school that participates in a
 2077  scholarship program under chapter 1002:
 2078         (a)(1) Is on the disqualification list maintained by the
 2079  department under s. 1001.10(4)(b);
 2080         (b)(2) Is registered as a sex offender as described in 42
 2081  U.S.C. s. 9858f(c)(1)(C);
 2082         (c)(3) Is ineligible based on a security background
 2083  investigation under s. 435.04(2). Beginning January 1, 2025, or
 2084  a later date as determined by the Agency for Health Care
 2085  Administration, The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
 2086  determine the eligibility of employees in any position that
 2087  requires direct contact with students in a district school
 2088  system, a charter school, or a private school that participates
 2089  in a state scholarship program under chapter 1002;
 2090         (d)(4) Would be ineligible for an exemption under s.
 2091  435.07(4)(c); or
 2092         (e)(5) Has been convicted or found guilty of, has had
 2093  adjudication withheld for, or has pled guilty or nolo contendere
 2094  to:
 2095         1.(a) Any criminal act committed in another state or under
 2096  federal law which, if committed in this state, constitutes a
 2097  disqualifying offense under s. 435.04(2).
 2098         2.(b) Any delinquent act committed in this state or any
 2099  delinquent or criminal act committed in another state or under
 2100  federal law which, if committed in this state, qualifies an
 2101  individual for inclusion on the Registered Juvenile Sex Offender
 2102  List under s. 943.0435(1)(h)1.d.
 2103         (2) Notwithstanding ss. 435.01 and 435.07, a person who
 2104  undergoes screening pursuant to this chapter or s. 1002.421 may
 2105  not seek an exemption.
 2106         (3) Persons who apply for certification or employment are
 2107  governed by the law and rules in effect at the time of
 2108  application for issuance of the initial certificate or
 2109  employment, provided that continuity of certificates or
 2110  employment is maintained.
 2111         Section 60. Section 1012.77, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2112  to read:
 2113         1012.77 Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for Education
 2114  Program.—
 2115         (1) The Legislature recognizes that Florida continues to
 2116  face teacher shortages and that fewer young people consider
 2117  teaching as a career. It is the intent of the Legislature to
 2118  promote the positive and rewarding aspects of being a teacher,
 2119  to encourage more individuals to become teachers, and to provide
 2120  annual sabbatical support for outstanding Florida teachers to
 2121  serve as goodwill ambassadors for education. The Legislature
 2122  further wishes to honor the memory of Christa McAuliffe, who
 2123  epitomized the challenge and inspiration that teaching can be.
 2124         (2) The Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for Education Program
 2125  is established to provide salary, travel, and other related
 2126  expenses annually for an outstanding Florida teacher to promote
 2127  the positive aspects of teaching as a career. The goals of the
 2128  program are to:
 2129         (a) Enhance the stature of teachers and the teaching
 2130  profession.
 2131         (b) Promote the importance of quality education and
 2132  teaching for our future.
 2133         (c) Inspire and attract talented people to become teachers.
 2134         (d) Provide information regarding Florida’s scholarship and
 2135  loan programs related to teaching.
 2136         (e) Promote the teaching profession within community and
 2137  business groups.
 2138         (f) Provide information to retired military personnel and
 2139  other individuals who might consider teaching as a second
 2140  career.
 2141         (g) Work with and represent the Department of Education, as
 2142  needed.
 2143         (h) Work with and encourage the efforts of school and
 2144  district teachers of the year.
 2145         (i) Support the activities of the Florida Future Educator
 2146  of America Program.
 2147         (j) Represent Florida teachers at business, trade,
 2148  education, and other conferences and meetings.
 2149         (k) Promote the teaching profession in other ways related
 2150  to the teaching responsibilities, background experiences, and
 2151  aspirations of the Ambassador for Education.
 2152         (3) The Teacher of the Year shall serve as the Ambassador
 2153  for Education. If the Teacher of the Year is unable to serve as
 2154  the Ambassador for Education, the first runner-up shall serve in
 2155  his or her place. The Department of Education shall establish
 2156  application and selection procedures for determining an annual
 2157  teacher of the year. Applications and selection criteria shall
 2158  be developed and distributed annually by the Department of
 2159  Education to all eligible entities identified in subsection (4)
 2160  school districts. The Commissioner of Education shall establish
 2161  a selection committee which assures representation from teacher
 2162  organizations, administrators, and parents to select the Teacher
 2163  of the Year and Ambassador for Education from among the district
 2164  teachers of the year.
 2165         (4)Eligible entities to submit to the Department of
 2166  Education a nominee for the Teacher of the Year and Ambassador
 2167  for Education are:
 2168         (a)Florida school districts, including lab schools as
 2169  defined in s. 1002.32.
 2170         (b)Charter school consortia with at least 30 member
 2171  schools and an approved professional learning system on file
 2172  with the department.
 2173         (5)(a)(4)(a) The Commissioner of Education shall pay an
 2174  annual salary, fringe benefits, travel costs, and other costs
 2175  associated with administering the program.
 2176         (b) The Ambassador for Education shall serve for 1 year,
 2177  from July 1 to June 30, and shall be assured of returning to his
 2178  or her teaching position upon completion of the program. The
 2179  ambassador will not have a break in creditable or continuous
 2180  service or employment for the period of time in which he or she
 2181  participates in the program.
 2182         Section 61. Subsection (3) of section 1013.30, Florida
 2183  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2184         1013.30 University campus master plans and campus
 2185  development agreements.—
 2186         (3) Each university board of trustees shall prepare and
 2187  adopt a campus master plan for the university and maintain a
 2188  copy of the plan on the university’s website. The master plan
 2189  must identify general land uses and address the need for and
 2190  plans for provision of roads, parking, public transportation,
 2191  solid waste, drainage, sewer, potable water, and recreation and
 2192  open space during the coming 10 to 20 years. The plans must
 2193  contain elements relating to future land use, intergovernmental
 2194  coordination, capital improvements, recreation and open space,
 2195  general infrastructure, housing, and conservation. Each element
 2196  must address compatibility with the surrounding community. The
 2197  master plan must identify specific land uses, general location
 2198  of structures, densities and intensities of use, and contain
 2199  standards for onsite development, site design, environmental
 2200  management, and the preservation of historic and archaeological
 2201  resources. The transportation element must address reasonable
 2202  transportation demand management techniques to minimize offsite
 2203  impacts where possible. Data and analyses on which the elements
 2204  are based must include, at a minimum: the characteristics of
 2205  vacant lands; projected impacts of development on onsite and
 2206  offsite infrastructure, public services, and natural resources;
 2207  student enrollment projections; student housing needs; and the
 2208  need for academic and support facilities. Master plans must be
 2209  updated at least every 10 5 years.
 2210         Section 62. Subsection (3) of section 1013.62, Florida
 2211  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2212         1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.—
 2213         (3) If the school board levies the discretionary millage
 2214  authorized in s. 1011.71(2), the department must shall use the
 2215  following calculation methodology to determine the amount of
 2216  revenue that a school district must distribute to each eligible
 2217  charter school:
 2218         (a) Reduce the total discretionary millage revenue by the
 2219  school district’s annual debt service obligation incurred as of
 2220  March 1, 2017, which has not been subsequently retired, and:
 2221         1. Beginning in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, for any district
 2222  with an active project or an outstanding participation
 2223  requirement balance, any amount of participation requirement
 2224  pursuant to s. 1013.64(2)(a)8. that is being satisfied by
 2225  revenues raised by the discretionary millage; or
 2226         2. For construction projects for which Special Facilities
 2227  Construction Account funding is sought beginning in the 2025
 2228  2026 fiscal year, the value of 1 mill from the revenue generated
 2229  pursuant to s. 1013.64(2)(a)8.b.
 2230         (b) Divide the school district’s adjusted discretionary
 2231  millage revenue by the district’s total capital outlay full-time
 2232  equivalent membership and the total number of full-time
 2233  equivalent students of each eligible charter school to determine
 2234  a capital outlay allocation per full-time equivalent student.
 2235         (c) Multiply the capital outlay allocation per full-time
 2236  equivalent student by the total number of full-time equivalent
 2237  students of each eligible charter school to determine the
 2238  capital outlay allocation for each charter school.
 2239         (d) If applicable, reduce the capital outlay allocation
 2240  identified in paragraph (c) by the total amount of state funds
 2241  allocated to each eligible charter school in subsection (2) to
 2242  determine the maximum calculated capital outlay allocation. The
 2243  amount of funds a school district must distribute to charter
 2244  schools shall be as follows:
 2245         1. For fiscal year 2023-2024, the amount is 20 percent of
 2246  the amount calculated under this paragraph.
 2247         2. For fiscal year 2024-2025, the amount is 40 percent of
 2248  the amount calculated under this paragraph.
 2249         3. For fiscal year 2025-2026, the amount is 60 percent of
 2250  the amount calculated under this paragraph.
 2251         4. For fiscal year 2026-2027, the amount is 80 percent of
 2252  the amount calculated under this paragraph.
 2253         5. For fiscal year 2027-2028, and each fiscal year
 2254  thereafter, the amount is 100 percent of the amount calculated
 2255  under this paragraph.
 2256         (e) School districts shall distribute capital outlay funds
 2257  to eligible charter schools no later than February 1 of each
 2258  year, as required by this subsection, based on the amount of
 2259  funds received by the district school board. School districts
 2260  shall distribute any remaining capital outlay funds, as required
 2261  by this subsection, upon the receipt of such funds until the
 2262  total amount calculated pursuant to this subsection is
 2263  distributed.
 2264  
 2265  By October 1 of each year, each school district shall certify to
 2266  the department the amount of debt service that and participation
 2267  requirement that complies with the requirement of paragraph (a)
 2268  and can be reduced from the total discretionary millage revenue.
 2269  Each school district shall also certify the amount of the
 2270  participation requirement that complies with paragraph (a), or
 2271  certify the value of 1 mill from revenue generated pursuant to
 2272  s. 1013.64(2)(a)8.b. which can be reduced from the total
 2273  discretionary millage revenue, as applicable. The Auditor
 2274  General shall verify compliance with the requirements of
 2275  paragraph (a) and s. 1011.71(2)(e) during scheduled operational
 2276  audits of school districts.
 2277         Section 63. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
 2278  1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2279         1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
 2280  construction cost maximums for school district capital
 2281  projects.—Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
 2282  and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
 2283  outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
 2284         (2)(a) The department shall establish, as a part of the
 2285  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund, a
 2286  separate account, in an amount determined by the Legislature, to
 2287  be known as the “Special Facility Construction Account.” The
 2288  Special Facility Construction Account shall be used to provide
 2289  necessary construction funds to school districts which have
 2290  urgent construction needs but which lack sufficient resources at
 2291  present, and cannot reasonably anticipate sufficient resources
 2292  within the period of the next 3 years, for these purposes from
 2293  currently authorized sources of capital outlay revenue. A school
 2294  district requesting funding from the Special Facility
 2295  Construction Account shall submit one specific construction
 2296  project, not to exceed one complete educational plant, to the
 2297  Special Facility Construction Committee. A district may not
 2298  receive funding for more than one approved project in any 3-year
 2299  period or while any portion of the district’s participation
 2300  requirement is outstanding. The first year of the 3-year period
 2301  shall be the first year a district receives an appropriation.
 2302  The department shall encourage a construction program that
 2303  reduces the average size of schools in the district. The request
 2304  must meet the following criteria to be considered by the
 2305  committee:
 2306         1. The project must be deemed a critical need and must be
 2307  recommended for funding by the Special Facility Construction
 2308  Committee. Before developing construction plans for the proposed
 2309  facility, the district school board must request a
 2310  preapplication review by the Special Facility Construction
 2311  Committee or a project review subcommittee convened by the chair
 2312  of the committee to include two representatives of the
 2313  department and two staff members from school districts not
 2314  eligible to participate in the program. A school district may
 2315  request a preapplication review at any time; however, if the
 2316  district school board seeks inclusion in the department’s next
 2317  annual capital outlay legislative budget request, the
 2318  preapplication review request must be made before February 1.
 2319  Within 90 days after receiving the preapplication review
 2320  request, the committee or subcommittee must meet in the school
 2321  district to review the project proposal and existing facilities.
 2322  To determine whether the proposed project is a critical need,
 2323  the committee or subcommittee shall consider, at a minimum, the
 2324  capacity of all existing facilities within the district as
 2325  determined by the Florida Inventory of School Houses; the
 2326  district’s pattern of student growth; the district’s existing
 2327  and projected capital outlay full-time equivalent student
 2328  enrollment as determined by the demographic, revenue, and
 2329  education estimating conferences established in s. 216.136; the
 2330  district’s existing satisfactory student stations; the use of
 2331  all existing district property and facilities; grade level
 2332  configurations; and any other information that may affect the
 2333  need for the proposed project.
 2334         2. The construction project must be recommended in the most
 2335  recent survey or survey amendment cooperatively prepared by the
 2336  district and the department, and approved by the department
 2337  under the rules of the State Board of Education. If a district
 2338  employs a consultant in the preparation of a survey or survey
 2339  amendment, the consultant may not be employed by or receive
 2340  compensation from a third party that designs or constructs a
 2341  project recommended by the survey.
 2342         3. The construction project must appear on the district’s
 2343  approved project priority list under the rules of the State
 2344  Board of Education.
 2345         4. The district must have selected and had approved a site
 2346  for the construction project in compliance with s. 1013.36 and
 2347  the rules of the State Board of Education.
 2348         5. The district shall have developed a district school
 2349  board adopted list of facilities that do not exceed the norm for
 2350  net square feet occupancy requirements under the State
 2351  Requirements for Educational Facilities, using all possible
 2352  programmatic combinations for multiple use of space to obtain
 2353  maximum daily use of all spaces within the facility under
 2354  consideration.
 2355         6. Upon construction, the total cost per student station,
 2356  including change orders, must not exceed the cost per student
 2357  station as provided in subsection (6) unless approved by the
 2358  Special Facility Construction Committee. At the discretion of
 2359  the committee, costs that exceed the cost per student station
 2360  for special facilities may include legal and administrative
 2361  fees, the cost of site improvements or related offsite
 2362  improvements, the cost of complying with public shelter and
 2363  hurricane hardening requirements, cost overruns created by a
 2364  disaster as defined in s. 252.34(2), costs of security
 2365  enhancements approved by the school safety specialist, and
 2366  unforeseeable circumstances beyond the district’s control.
 2367         7. There shall be an agreement signed by the district
 2368  school board stating that it will advertise for bids within 30
 2369  days of receipt of its encumbrance authorization from the
 2370  department.
 2371         8.a.(I) For construction projects for which Special
 2372  Facilities Construction Account funding is sought before the
 2373  2019-2020 fiscal year, the district shall, at the time of the
 2374  request and for a continuing period necessary to meet the
 2375  district’s participation requirement, levy the maximum millage
 2376  against its nonexempt assessed property value as allowed in s.
 2377  1011.71(2) or shall raise an equivalent amount of revenue from
 2378  the school capital outlay surtax authorized under s. 212.055(6).
 2379         (II) Beginning with construction projects for which Special
 2380  Facilities Construction Account funding is sought in the 2019
 2381  2020 fiscal year, the district shall, for a minimum of 3 years
 2382  before submitting the request and for a continuing period
 2383  necessary to meet its participation requirement, levy the
 2384  maximum millage against the district’s nonexempt assessed
 2385  property value as authorized under s. 1011.71(2) or shall raise
 2386  an equivalent amount of revenue from the school capital outlay
 2387  surtax authorized under s. 212.055(6).
 2388         (III) Beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year, any
 2389  district with an a new or active project or an outstanding
 2390  participation requirement balance, funded under the provisions
 2391  of this subsection, shall be required to budget no more than the
 2392  value of 1 mill per year to the project until the district’s
 2393  participation requirement relating to the local discretionary
 2394  capital improvement millage or the equivalent amount of revenue
 2395  from the school capital outlay surtax is satisfied.
 2396         b. For construction projects for which Special Facilities
 2397  Construction Account funding is sought beginning in the 2025
 2398  2026 fiscal year, the district shall, for a minimum of 3 years
 2399  before submitting the request and for the initial year of the
 2400  appropriation and the 2 years following the initial
 2401  appropriation, levy the maximum millage against the district’s
 2402  nonexempt assessed property value as authorized under s.
 2403  1011.71(2) or shall raise an equivalent amount of revenue from
 2404  the school capital outlay surtax authorized under s. 212.055(6).
 2405  The district is not required to budget the funds toward the
 2406  project, but must use the funds as authorized pursuant to s.
 2407  1011.71 or s. 212.055(6), as applicable.
 2408         9. If a contract has not been signed 90 days after the
 2409  advertising of bids, the funding for the specific project must
 2410  shall revert to the Special Facility New Construction Account to
 2411  be reallocated to other projects on the list. However, an
 2412  additional 90 days may be granted by the commissioner.
 2413         10. The department shall certify the inability of the
 2414  district to fund the survey-recommended project over a
 2415  continuous 3-year period using projected capital outlay revenue
 2416  derived from s. 9(d), Art. XII of the State Constitution, as
 2417  amended, paragraph (3)(a) of this section, and s. 1011.71(2).
 2418         11.a.For projects funded before the 2025-2026 fiscal year,
 2419  the district shall have on file with the department an adopted
 2420  resolution acknowledging its commitment to satisfy its
 2421  participation requirement, which is equivalent to all
 2422  unencumbered and future revenue acquired from s. 9(d), Art. XII
 2423  of the State Constitution, as amended, paragraph (3)(a) of this
 2424  section, and s. 1011.71(2), in the year of the initial
 2425  appropriation and for the 2 years immediately following the
 2426  initial appropriation.
 2427         b. For projects funded during the 2025-2026 fiscal year and
 2428  thereafter, the district shall have on file with the department
 2429  an adopted resolution acknowledging its commitment to comply
 2430  with the requirements of this paragraph.
 2431         12. Phase I plans must be approved by the district school
 2432  board as being in compliance with the building and life safety
 2433  codes before June 1 of the year the application is made.
 2434         Section 64. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 2435  1009.531, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2436         1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
 2437  student eligibility requirements for initial awards.—
 2438         (1) In order to be eligible for an initial award from any
 2439  of the scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
 2440  Program, a student must:
 2441         (b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma pursuant to
 2442  s. 1002.3105(5), s. 1003.4281, or s. 1003.4282 or a high school
 2443  equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 1003.435 unless:
 2444         1. The student completes a home education program according
 2445  to s. 1002.41;
 2446         2. The student earns a high school diploma from a non
 2447  Florida school while living with a parent or guardian who is on,
 2448  or, within 12 months before the student’s high school
 2449  graduation, has retired from, military or public service
 2450  assignment away from Florida; or
 2451         3. The student earns a high school diploma from a Florida
 2452  private school operating pursuant to s. 1002.42.
 2453         Section 65. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 2454  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 2455  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 2456  2025.
 2457  
 2458  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 2459  And the title is amended as follows:
 2460         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 2461  and insert:
 2462                        A bill to be entitled                      
 2463         An act relating to education; amending s. 11.45, F.S.;
 2464         deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics
 2465         from the list of entities subject to certain audit
 2466         requirements; amending s. 11.51, F.S.; authorizing the
 2467         Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
 2468         Accountability to develop contracts or agreements with
 2469         institutions in the State University System for a
 2470         specified purpose; amending s. 110.211, F.S.;
 2471         authorizing recruiting within the career service
 2472         system to include the use of certain apprenticeship
 2473         programs; providing that open competition is not
 2474         required under certain circumstances relating to the
 2475         career service system; amending s. 125.901, F.S.;
 2476         revising the composition and terms of membership of
 2477         certain councils; amending s. 216.251, F.S.; deleting
 2478         the Florida School for Competitive Academics from
 2479         specified classification and pay plans; amending s.
 2480         288.036, F.S.; revising the duties of the Office of
 2481         Ocean Economy; amending s. 435.12, F.S.; revising the
 2482         dates for a screening schedule; amending s. 446.032,
 2483         F.S.; revising the date by which the Department of
 2484         Education is required to publish an annual report on
 2485         apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs;
 2486         amending s. 447.203, F.S.; deleting the Florida School
 2487         for Competitive Academics from the definition of a
 2488         public employer; amending s. 1000.04, F.S.; deleting
 2489         the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the
 2490         components of Florida’s Early Learning-20 education
 2491         system; amending s. 1000.21, F.S.; renaming
 2492         Hillsborough Community College as “Hillsborough
 2493         College”; amending s. 1000.40, F.S.; revising the
 2494         scheduled repeal date of the Interstate Compact on
 2495         Educational Opportunity for Military Children;
 2496         amending s. 1001.03, F.S.; renaming critical teacher
 2497         shortage areas as “high-demand teacher needs areas”;
 2498         amending s. 1001.20, F.S.; deleting oversight of the
 2499         Florida School for Competitive Academics from the
 2500         duties of the Office of Inspector General within the
 2501         department; requiring the state board to adopt rules;
 2502         amending s. 1001.451, F.S.; revising the services
 2503         required to be provided by regional consortium service
 2504         organizations when such services are found to be
 2505         necessary and appropriate by such organizations’
 2506         boards of directors; revising the allocation that
 2507         certain regional consortium service organizations are
 2508         eligible to receive from the General Appropriations
 2509         Act; requiring each regional consortium service
 2510         organization to submit an annual report to the
 2511         Department of Education; requiring that unexpended
 2512         amounts in certain funds be carried forward; requiring
 2513         each regional consortium service organization to
 2514         provide quarterly financial reports to member
 2515         districts; requiring member districts to designate a
 2516         district to serve as a fiscal agent for certain
 2517         purposes; providing for compensation of the fiscal
 2518         agent district; requiring regional consortium service
 2519         organizations to retain all funds received from grants
 2520         or contracted services to cover indirect or
 2521         administrative costs associated with the provision of
 2522         such services; requiring the regional consortium
 2523         service organization board of directors to determine
 2524         products and services provided by the organization;
 2525         requiring a regional consortium service organization
 2526         board of directors to recommend the establishment of
 2527         positions and appointments to a fiscal agent district;
 2528         requiring that personnel be employed under specified
 2529         personnel policies; authorizing the regional
 2530         consortium service organization board of directors to
 2531         recommend a salary schedule for personnel; authorizing
 2532         regional consortium service organizations to purchase
 2533         or lease property and facilities essential to their
 2534         operations; providing for the distribution of revenue
 2535         if a regional consortium service organization is
 2536         dissolved; deleting a provision requiring applications
 2537         for incentive grants; authorizing regional consortium
 2538         service organization boards of directors to contract
 2539         to provide services to nonmember districts; requiring
 2540         that a fund balance be established for specified
 2541         purposes; deleting a requirement for the use of
 2542         certain funds; authorizing a regional consortium
 2543         service organization to administer a specified
 2544         program; creating s. 1001.4511, F.S.; creating the
 2545         Regional Consortia Service Organization Supplemental
 2546         Services Program; providing the purpose of the
 2547         program; authorizing funds to be used for specified
 2548         purposes; requiring each regional consortium service
 2549         organization to report the distribution of funds
 2550         annually to the Legislature; providing for the
 2551         carryforward of funds; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.;
 2552         deleting a provision requiring the Commissioner of
 2553         Education to determine whether school districts have
 2554         maximized efforts to include minority persons and
 2555         persons of lower socioeconomic status on their school
 2556         advisory councils; creating s. 1001.68, F.S.;
 2557         authorizing Florida College System institutions with a
 2558         certain number of full-time equivalent students to
 2559         enter into cooperative agreements to form a state
 2560         college regional consortium service organization;
 2561         requiring such organizations to provide at least a
 2562         specified number of certain services; requiring that
 2563         regional consortium service organizations be governed
 2564         by a board of directors consisting of specified
 2565         members; amending s. 1001.706, F.S.; deleting a
 2566         requirement that state universities provide student
 2567         access to certain information; amending s. 1001.7065,
 2568         F.S.; revising academic standards for the preeminent
 2569         state research university program to include a
 2570         specified average Classic Learning Test score;
 2571         amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing public schools
 2572         to purchase or enter into arrangements for certain
 2573         emergency opioid antagonists, rather than only for
 2574         naloxone; requiring that district school board
 2575         policies authorizing corporal punishment include a
 2576         requirement that parental consent be provided before
 2577         the administration of corporal punishment; amending s.
 2578         1002.33, F.S.; requiring a charter school to comply
 2579         with provisions relating to corporal punishment;
 2580         repealing s. 1002.351, F.S., relating to the Florida
 2581         School for Competitive Academics; amending s.
 2582         1002.394, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for
 2583         Competitive Academics from Family Empowerment
 2584         Scholarship prohibitions; amending s. 1002.395, F.S.;
 2585         deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics
 2586         from Florida Tax Credit Scholarship prohibitions;
 2587         amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; authorizing certain private
 2588         schools to construct new facilities on property that
 2589         meets specified criteria; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.;
 2590         revising the background screening requirements for
 2591         certain private school personnel; amending s. 1002.68,
 2592         F.S.; deleting a provision requiring the department to
 2593         confer with the Council for Early Grade Success before
 2594         receiving a certain approval; amending s. 1002.71,
 2595         F.S.; revising the conditions under which a student
 2596         may withdraw from a prekindergarten program and
 2597         reenroll in another program; amending s. 1002.945,
 2598         F.S.; revising the criteria required for a child care
 2599         facility, large family child care home, or family day
 2600         care home to obtain and maintain a designation as a
 2601         Gold Seal Quality Care provider; amending s. 1003.05,
 2602         F.S.; requiring that strategies addressed in specified
 2603         memoranda of agreement between school districts and
 2604         military installations include the development and
 2605         implementation of a specified training module;
 2606         requiring the Department of Education to provide the
 2607         training module to each district school board;
 2608         requiring each district school board to provide such
 2609         module to each public and charter K-12 school in its
 2610         district; requiring district school boards to make
 2611         certain training available to certain employees;
 2612         amending s. 1003.41, F.S.; requiring that certain
 2613         standards documents contain only academic standards
 2614         and benchmarks; requiring the Commissioner of
 2615         Education to revise currently approved standards
 2616         documents and submit them to the state board by a
 2617         specified date; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; revising
 2618         required instruction on the principles of agriculture;
 2619         requiring the department to collaborate with specified
 2620         entities to develop associated standards and a
 2621         curriculum; authorizing the department to contract
 2622         with certain agricultural education organizations;
 2623         amending s. 1003.4201, F.S.; authorizing the inclusion
 2624         of intensive reading interventions in a school
 2625         district comprehensive reading instruction plan;
 2626         requiring that intensive reading interventions be
 2627         delivered by instructional personnel who possess a
 2628         micro-credential or are certified or endorsed in
 2629         reading; requiring that such interventions incorporate
 2630         certain strategies; requiring that instructional
 2631         personnel with a micro-credential be supervised by an
 2632         individual certified or endorsed in reading; defining
 2633         the term “supervised”; authorizing the inclusion in
 2634         the reading instruction plans of a description of how
 2635         school districts prioritize the assignment of highly
 2636         effective teachers; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.;
 2637         adding components to required instruction on financial
 2638         literacy; amending s. 1004.04, F.S.; conforming
 2639         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
 2640         1004.0971, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
 2641         “emergency opioid antagonist”; amending s. 1004.933,
 2642         F.S.; authorizing an institution to enter into an
 2643         agreement with an online provider for the adult
 2644         education or career instruction portion of the
 2645         Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE)
 2646         Program; deleting the age limit for enrollment in the
 2647         program; clarifying that students are not required to
 2648         enroll in adult secondary and career education
 2649         coursework simultaneously; amending s. 1005.06, F.S.;
 2650         authorizing certain institutions to operate without
 2651         licensure; specifying affirmations required as a part
 2652         of an affidavit; requiring submission of requested
 2653         documentation in a specified timeframe; requiring the
 2654         Commission for Independent Education to review such
 2655         affidavit in a public meeting; specifying commission
 2656         actions for noncompliance; authorizing the commission
 2657         to adopt rules; amending s. 1006.09, F.S.; expanding
 2658         the duties of school principals relating to student
 2659         discipline and school safety; amending s. 1006.13,
 2660         F.S.; requiring district school superintendents to
 2661         provide a determination to extend the expulsion period
 2662         for students; providing requirements for such
 2663         determination; requiring such determination be
 2664         provided to students and parents; amending s. 1006.73,
 2665         F.S.; revising reporting requirements relating to the
 2666         Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network;
 2667         amending s. 1007.27, F.S.; requiring the state board
 2668         to identify national consortia to develop certain
 2669         courses; authorizing the department to join or
 2670         establish a national consortium as an additional
 2671         alternative method to develop and implement advanced
 2672         placement courses; amending s. 1007.35, F.S.; revising
 2673         which examinations public high schools are required to
 2674         administer; revising the examinations about which a
 2675         partnership must provide information to specified
 2676         individuals and entities; revising the examinations
 2677         for which the department must provide the learning
 2678         data from to a certain partnership; amending s.
 2679         1008.36, F.S.; revising the recipients of school
 2680         recognition bonus funds; amending s. 1008.365, F.S.;
 2681         revising the types of tutoring hours that may be
 2682         counted toward meeting the community service
 2683         requirements for the Bright Futures Scholarship
 2684         Program; amending s. 1008.37, F.S.; revising the date
 2685         by which the Commissioner of Education must deliver a
 2686         report to specified entities; revising the
 2687         requirements of the report; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.;
 2688         revising the residency requirement for a grandparent
 2689         for a student’s out-of-state fee waiver; revising the
 2690         residency criteria for a grandparent in a specified
 2691         attestation; providing applicability; amending s.
 2692         1009.536, F.S.; clarifying the required minimum
 2693         cumulative weighted grade point average for the
 2694         Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award; authorizing
 2695         students to apply for a Florida Gold Seal CAPE
 2696         Scholars award within a specified timeframe before or
 2697         after completing the GATE Program; creating s.
 2698         1009.635, F.S.; establishing the Rural Incentive for
 2699         Professional Educators Program within the Department
 2700         of Education; requiring the program to provide
 2701         financial assistance for the repayment of student
 2702         loans to eligible participants who establish permanent
 2703         residency and employment in rural communities;
 2704         providing that eligible participants may receive up to
 2705         a certain amount in total student loan repayment
 2706         assistance over a certain timeframe; requiring the
 2707         department to verify certain information of
 2708         participants in the program before it disburses
 2709         awards; providing that the program is administered
 2710         through the Office of Student Financial Assistance
 2711         within the department; requiring the department to
 2712         develop procedures and monitor compliance; requiring
 2713         the State Board of Education to adopt rules by a
 2714         certain date; amending s. 1009.8962, F.S.; revising
 2715         the definition of the term “institution”; amending s.
 2716         1009.897, F.S.; requiring institutions receiving funds
 2717         through the Prepping Institutions, Programs,
 2718         Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing
 2719         Education Fund to allocate funding to health care
 2720         related programs; repealing s. 1011.58, F.S., relating
 2721         to legislative budget requests of the Florida School
 2722         for Competitive Academics; repealing s. 1011.59, F.S.,
 2723         relating to funds for the Florida School for
 2724         Competitive Academics; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.;
 2725         revising the types of casualty insurance premiums that
 2726         may be paid by a district school tax; amending s.
 2727         1011.804, F.S.; authorizing certain institutions to
 2728         apply for and use grant funds under the GATE Startup
 2729         Grant Program for specified purposes; amending ss.
 2730         1012.07 and 1012.22, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 2731         changes made by the act; amending s. 1012.315, F.S.;
 2732         revising the background screening requirements for
 2733         certain private school personnel; providing that
 2734         certain background screening requirements remain in
 2735         place for a specified period of time for certain
 2736         personnel; amending s. 1012.77, F.S.; conforming a
 2737         provision to a change made by the act; specifying
 2738         entities eligible to submit nominees for the Teacher
 2739         of the Year and Ambassador for Education awards;
 2740         amending s. 1013.30, F.S.; revising the timeframe for
 2741         updates to state university campus master plans;
 2742         amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; revising the calculation
 2743         methodology to determine the amount of revenue that a
 2744         school district must distribute to each eligible
 2745         charter school; amending s. 1013.64, F.S.; revising
 2746         conditions under which a school district may receive
 2747         funding on an approved construction project; providing
 2748         appropriations for specified purposes; amending s.
 2749         1009.531, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for
 2750         students who earn a high school diploma from a non
 2751         Florida school under certain circumstances; providing
 2752         effective dates.