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SB 318: Educational Scholarship Programs

GENERAL BILL by Gaetz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Simon ; Pizzo ; Burgess

Educational Scholarship Programs; Creating a categorical fund for implementing the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; creating the educational enrollment stabilization program to provide supplemental state funds to address changes in full-time equivalent student enrollment; renaming the Hope Scholarship Program as the Hope Program; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to provide a parent with certain information on scholarship programs; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to create a single application for all educational scholarship programs, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/21/2025 Senate - Referred to Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/21/2025 Senate • Filed
    • Referred to Appropriations

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  • SB 318, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/21/2025 at 10:58 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 142 (pdf)
    212.099 Credit for contributions to eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations. Page 143 (pdf)
    402.22 Education program for students who reside in residential care facilities operated by the Department of Children and Families or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Page 143 (pdf)
    1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. Page 60 (pdf)
    1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Page 98 (pdf)
    1002.40 The Hope Scholarship Program. Page 14 (pdf)
    1002.421 State school choice scholarship program accountability and oversight. Page 15 (pdf)
    1002.45 Virtual instruction programs. Page 144 (pdf)
    1003.485 The New Worlds Reading Initiative. Page 134 (pdf)
    1003.4935 Middle grades career and professional academy courses and career-themed courses. Page 144 (pdf)
    1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements. Page 134 (pdf)
    1010.20 Cost accounting and reporting for school districts. Page 145 (pdf)
    1010.305 Audit of student enrollment. Page 137 (pdf)
    1011.61 Definitions. Page 138 (pdf)
    1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. Page 138 (pdf)
    1011.687 Page 9 (pdf)
    1011.689 Page 11 (pdf)

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