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CS/SB 318: Educational Scholarship Programs

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

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: 12/12/2025 Senate - Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/21/2025 Senate • Filed
• Referred to Appropriations
12/1/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
12/10/2025 Senate • CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
12/12/2025 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading