Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 538
By the Committees on Judiciary; and Education Pre-K - 12; and
Senator Simon
590-02452-26 2026538c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to extracurricular activities;
3 amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; making technical changes;
4 defining terms; revising eligibility requirements for
5 a student to participate in an interscholastic or
6 intrascholastic extracurricular activity; providing
7 construction; deleting obsolete provisions; requiring
8 that insurance provided by district school boards for
9 participants in extracurricular activities cover any
10 eligible student; deleting requirements for the
11 Florida High School Athletic Association to facilitate
12 a program for private school students to participate
13 in an interscholastic or intrascholastic sport;
14 requiring the athletic director or other appropriate
15 administrator to maintain student records for all
16 eligible students participating in interscholastic or
17 intrascholastic extracurricular activities at a member
18 school; revising requirements for a student to apply
19 to participate in an interscholastic or
20 intrascholastic extracurricular activity at certain
21 schools; authorizing a public school to assess an
22 activity fee for certain students; defining the term
23 “prorated per-student cost to the school or district
24 for the activity”; requiring the school or district to
25 adopt a written policy for calculating specified
26 costs; requiring the school or district to publish
27 online the activity fee schedule; providing a
28 limitation on a specified fee assessed by a public
29 school; requiring parents to provide for the
30 transportation to and from the school for their
31 student; providing indemnity for a school and district
32 school board under specified circumstances;
33 prohibiting a student from participating in
34 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular
35 activities at two different schools within the same
36 school year unless the student meets specified
37 criteria; requiring the governing organization to
38 provide a certain determination of eligibility within
39 a specified timeframe; requiring the governing
40 organization to adopt specified bylaws; authorizing
41 the governing organization to adopt additional bylaws;
42 deleting provisions providing requirements for certain
43 student transfers; amending s. 1002.31, F.S.; deleting
44 obsolete language; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.;
45 conforming a cross-reference and provisions to changes
46 made by the act; amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; requiring
47 each school district to ensure that students
48 participate in the Presidential Youth Fitness Program;
49 amending s. 1006.195, F.S.; conforming cross
50 references; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; authorizing a
51 student who is denied certain eligibility to appeal a
52 decision made by the governing organization; requiring
53 the governing organization to adopt bylaws to
54 establish a timeline for an appeals process; providing
55 a limitation on such timelines; amending s. 1012.22,
56 F.S.; authorizing a district school board to determine
57 and approve the compensation of an athletic coach or
58 sponsor of an extracurricular activity; providing that
59 the compensation may exceed any prescribed salary
60 schedule, supplement, or stipend and be paid in any
61 form or amount deemed appropriate by the school board;
62 providing that such compensation is considered part of
63 the athletic coach’s or sponsor’s total compensation;
64 authorizing district school board policy to include
65 payments by certain entities to be included in
66 compensation; providing that limitations on
67 supplemental pay are not applicable to the
68 compensation of an athletic coach or activity sponsor;
69 providing an effective date.
70
71 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
72
73 Section 1. Section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to
74 read:
75 1006.15 Student standards for participation in
76 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
77 activities; regulation.—
78 (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Craig
79 Dickinson Act.”
80 (2) DETERMINATION.—Interscholastic extracurricular student
81 activities are an important complement to the academic
82 curriculum. Participation in a comprehensive extracurricular and
83 academic program contributes to student development of the
84 social and intellectual skills necessary to become a well
85 rounded adult. As used in this section, the term
86 “extracurricular” means any school-authorized or education
87 related activity occurring during or outside the regular
88 instructional school day. In the determination of whether a
89 school offers an activity or a sport, the activity or sport must
90 meet the designation requirements of s. 1006.205(3)(a).
91 (3)(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section and s. 1006.20,
92 the term:
93 (a) “Eligible student” means a home education student,
94 charter school student, private school student, Florida Virtual
95 School student, alternative school student, or traditional
96 public school student who wishes to participate in an
97 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity.
98 (b)1. “Eligible to participate” includes, but is not
99 limited to, a student participating in all of the following:
100 a. Tryouts.,
101 b. Off-season conditioning.,
102 c. Summer workouts.,
103 d. Preseason conditioning.,
104 e. In-season practice.,
105 f. or Contests.
106 2. The term does not mean that a student must be placed on
107 any specific team for interscholastic or intrascholastic
108 extracurricular activities. To be eligible to participate in
109 interscholastic extracurricular student activities, a student
110 must:
111 a.1. Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or above on a
112 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the previous semester or a
113 cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale,
114 or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1002.3105(5) or
115 s. 1003.4282.
116 b.2. Execute and fulfill the requirements of an academic
117 performance contract between the student, the district school
118 board, the appropriate governing association, and the student’s
119 parents, if the student’s cumulative grade point average falls
120 below 2.0, or its equivalent, on a 4.0 scale in the courses
121 required by s. 1002.3105(5) or s. 1003.4282. At a minimum, the
122 contract must require that the student attend summer school, or
123 its graded equivalent, between grades 9 and 10 or grades 10 and
124 11, as necessary.
125 c.3. Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above
126 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by s.
127 1002.3105(5) or s. 1003.4282 during his or her junior or senior
128 year.
129 d.4. Maintain satisfactory conduct, including adherence to
130 appropriate dress and other codes of student conduct policies
131 described in s. 1006.07(2). If a student is convicted of, or is
132 found to have committed, a felony or a delinquent act that would
133 have been a felony if committed by an adult, regardless of
134 whether adjudication is withheld, the student’s participation in
135 interscholastic extracurricular activities is contingent upon
136 established and published district school board policy.
137 3.(b) Any student who is exempt from attending a full
138 school day based on rules adopted by the district school board
139 for double session schools or programs, experimental schools, or
140 schools operating under emergency conditions must maintain the
141 grade point average required by this section and pass each class
142 for which he or she is enrolled.
143 4. A home education student must meet the requirements of
144 the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
145 a. During the period of participation at a school, the home
146 education student must demonstrate educational progress as
147 required in subparagraph 3. in all subjects taken in the home
148 education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
149 parent and the school principal, which evaluation may include
150 review of the student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by
151 the parent; grades earned through correspondence; grades earned
152 in courses taken at a Florida College System institution, state
153 university, or trade school; standardized test scores above the
154 35th percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
155 b. The home education student must meet the same standards
156 of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required of other
157 students in extracurricular activities.
158 c. A student who transfers from a home education program to
159 a public school before or during the first grading period of the
160 school year is academically eligible to participate in
161 interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
162 grading period, provided the student has a successful evaluation
163 from the previous school year, pursuant to sub-subparagraph a.
164 (c) “Extracurricular” means any school-authorized or
165 education-related activity occurring during or outside the
166 regular instructional school day.
167 (d) “Governing organization” means any organization that
168 governs the athletic activities of a school, including, but not
169 limited to, the Florida High School Athletic Association.
170 (4) ELIGIBILITY.—
171 (a)(c)1. A An individual home education student is eligible
172 to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic
173 extracurricular activity at the school in which he or she is
174 enrolled.
175 (b) An eligible student may participate in an
176 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity at a
177 school other than the school in which the student is enrolled
178 if:
179 1. The school in which the student is enrolled does not
180 offer the same interscholastic or intrascholastic
181 extracurricular activity or the student is in a home education
182 program; and
183 2. The school at which the student will participate in the
184 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity is
185 located in the school district in which the student resides.
186 (c) If no public or charter schools in the district in
187 which the student resides offer the interscholastic or
188 intrascholastic extracurricular activity, and an agreement
189 cannot be reached with a private school in the district in which
190 the student resides, the student may participate at a public,
191 charter, or private school that is appropriate for the student’s
192 grade level located outside of his or her school district. The
193 school at which the student participates pursuant to this
194 paragraph must be in a school district adjacent to the school
195 district in which the student resides.
196 (d) If a student has exhausted all options outlined above
197 for participation in an interscholastic or intrascholastic
198 extracurricular activity, the student may petition the executive
199 director of the applicable governing organization to explore
200 options for participation at a school not otherwise covered by
201 this section.
202 (e) For purposes of this subsection, any participation by
203 an eligible student at a private school other than the school in
204 which the student is enrolled must be pursuant to an agreement
205 between the private school and the student at the public school
206 to which the student would be assigned according to district
207 school board attendance area policies or which the student could
208 choose to attend pursuant to s. 1002.31, or may develop an
209 agreement to participate at a private school, in the
210 interscholastic extracurricular activities of that school,
211 provided the following conditions are met:
212 a. The home education student must meet the requirements of
213 the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
214 b. During the period of participation at a school, the home
215 education student must demonstrate educational progress as
216 required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
217 education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
218 parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
219 student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
220 grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
221 taken at a Florida College System institution, university, or
222 trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th
223 percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
224 c. The home education student must meet the same residency
225 requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
226 participates.
227 d. The home education student must meet the same standards
228 of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required of other
229 students in extracurricular activities.
230 e. The student must register with the school his or her
231 intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
232 activities as a representative of the school before
233 participation. A home education student must be able to
234 participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
235 for an extracurricular activity.
236 f. A student who transfers from a home education program to
237 a public school before or during the first grading period of the
238 school year is academically eligible to participate in
239 interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
240 grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
241 from the previous school year, pursuant to sub-subparagraph b.
242 g. Any public school or private school student who has been
243 unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
244 interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
245 participate in such activities as a home education student until
246 the student has successfully completed one grading period in
247 home education pursuant to sub-subparagraph b. to become
248 eligible to participate as a home education student.
249 2. An individual home education student is eligible to
250 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
251 school in the school district in which the student resides,
252 provided the student meets the conditions specified in sub
253 subparagraphs 1.a.-g.
254 (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
255 1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
256 the student would be assigned according to district school board
257 attendance area policies or which the student could attend, or
258 may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in
259 any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school,
260 unless such activity is provided by the student’s charter
261 school, if the following conditions are met:
262 1. The charter school student must meet the requirements of
263 the charter school education program as determined by the
264 charter school governing board.
265 2. During the period of participation at a school, the
266 charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
267 required in paragraph (b).
268 3. The charter school student must meet the same residency
269 requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
270 participates.
271 4. The charter school student must meet the same standards
272 of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
273 other students in extracurricular activities.
274 5. The charter school student must register with the school
275 his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
276 extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
277 before participation. A charter school student must be able to
278 participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
279 for an extracurricular activity.
280 6. A student who transfers from a charter school program to
281 a traditional public school before or during the first grading
282 period of the school year is academically eligible to
283 participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
284 the first grading period if the student has a successful
285 evaluation from the previous school year pursuant to
286 subparagraph 2.
287 7. Any public school or private school student who has been
288 unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
289 interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
290 participate in such activities as a charter school student until
291 the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
292 charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
293 participate as a charter school student.
294 (e) A student of the Florida Virtual School full-time
295 program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular
296 activity at the public school to which the student would be
297 assigned according to district school board attendance area
298 policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
299 s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
300 private school, if the student:
301 1. During the period of participation in the
302 interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
303 in paragraph (a).
304 2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
305 board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
306 3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
307 in the school at which he or she participates.
308 4. Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
309 performance that are required of other students in
310 extracurricular activities.
311 5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
312 interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
313 before participation. A Florida Virtual school student must be
314 able to participate in curricular activities if that is a
315 requirement for an extracurricular activity.
316 (f) A student who transfers from the Florida Virtual School
317 full-time program to a traditional public school before or
318 during the first grading period of the school year is
319 academically eligible to participate in interscholastic
320 extracurricular activities during the first grading period if
321 the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school
322 year pursuant to paragraph (a).
323 (g) A public school or private school student who has been
324 unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
325 interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
326 participate in such activities as a Florida Virtual School
327 student until the student successfully completes one grading
328 period in the Florida Virtual School pursuant to paragraph (a).
329 (h) A student in a full-time virtual instruction program
330 under s. 1002.45, including the full-time Florida Virtual School
331 program, a full-time school district virtual instruction
332 program, or a full-time virtual charter school, is eligible to
333 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
334 school in the school district in which the student resides, or
335 may develop an agreement to participate at a private school,
336 provided the student:
337 1. During the period of participation in the
338 interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
339 in paragraph (a);
340 2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
341 board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School, the district
342 school board, or the governing board of the virtual charter
343 school, as applicable;
344 3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
345 in the school at which he or she participates;
346 4. Meets the same standards of athletic team acceptance,
347 behavior, and performance which are required of other students
348 in extracurricular activities; and
349 5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
350 interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
351 before participation.
352 (i) An individual traditional public school student who is
353 otherwise eligible to participate in interscholastic
354 extracurricular activities may either participate in any such
355 activity at any public school in the school district in which
356 the student resides or develop an agreement to participate in
357 such activity at a private school, unless the activity is
358 provided by the student’s traditional public school. Such
359 student must:
360 1. Meet the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
361 performance that are required of other students in
362 extracurricular activities at the school at which the student
363 wishes to participate.
364 2. Before participation, register with the school his or
365 her intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
366 activities as a representative of the school. The student must
367 be able to participate in curricular activities if that is a
368 requirement for an extracurricular activity.
369 (j)1. A school district or charter school may not delay
370 eligibility or otherwise prevent a student participating in
371 controlled open enrollment, or a choice program, from being
372 immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic and
373 intrascholastic extracurricular activities.
374 2. A student may not participate in a sport if the student
375 participated in that same sport at another school during that
376 school year, unless the student meets one of the following
377 criteria:
378 a. Dependent children of active duty military personnel
379 whose move resulted from military orders.
380 b. Children who have been relocated due to a foster care
381 placement in a different school zone.
382 c. Children who move due to a court-ordered change in
383 custody due to separation or divorce, or the serious illness or
384 death of a custodial parent.
385 d. Authorized for good cause in district or charter school
386 policy.
387 (5)(4) BEGINNING APPLICABILITY.—The student standards for
388 participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities must
389 be applied beginning with the student’s first semester of the
390 9th grade. Each student must meet such other requirements for
391 participation as may be established by the district school
392 board; however, a district school board may not establish
393 requirements for participation in interscholastic
394 extracurricular activities which make participation in such
395 activities less accessible to home education students than to
396 other students. Except as set forth in paragraph (3)(c),
397 evaluation processes or requirements that are placed on home
398 education student participants may not go beyond those that
399 apply under s. 1002.41 to home education students generally.
400 (6)(5) GOVERNING ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBILITIES.—All
401 governing organizations Any organization or entity that
402 regulates or governs interscholastic extracurricular activities
403 of public schools:
404 (a) Shall permit home education associations to join as
405 member schools.
406 (b) May Shall not discriminate against any eligible student
407 based on an educational choice of public, private, or home
408 education.
409 (7)(6) PROHIBITED MEMBERSHIPS.—Public schools are
410 prohibited from membership in any governing organization that or
411 entity which regulates or governs interscholastic
412 extracurricular activities and discriminates against eligible
413 students in public, private, or home education.
414 (8)(7) INSURANCE.—Any insurance provided by district school
415 boards for participants in extracurricular activities must shall
416 cover any eligible student the participating home education
417 student. If there is an additional premium for such coverage,
418 the participating home education student shall pay the premium.
419 (8)(a) The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
420 shall, in cooperation with each district school board and its
421 member private schools, facilitate a program in which a middle
422 school or high school student who attends a private school is
423 eligible to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic
424 sport at a member public high school, a member public middle
425 school, a member 6-12 public school, or a member private school,
426 as appropriate for the private school student’s grade level, if:
427 1. The private school in which the student is enrolled is
428 not a member of the FHSAA or the private school in which the
429 student is enrolled is a member of the FHSAA and does not offer
430 the sport in which the student wishes to participate.
431 2. The private school student meets the guidelines for the
432 conduct of the program established by the FHSAA’s board of
433 directors and the district school board or member private
434 school. At a minimum, such guidelines must provide a deadline
435 for each sport by which the private school student’s parents
436 must register with the member school in writing their intent for
437 their child to participate at that school in the sport.
438 (b) The parents of a private school student participating
439 in a member school sport under this subsection are responsible
440 for transporting their child to and from the member school at
441 which the student participates. The private school the student
442 attends, the member school at which the student participates in
443 a sport, the district school board, and the FHSAA are exempt
444 from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs to the
445 student during such transportation.
446 (c) For each academic year, a private school student may
447 only participate at the member school in which the student is
448 first registered under subparagraph (a)2. or makes himself or
449 herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a
450 practice.
451 (9) SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITIES.—
452 (a)(d) The athletic director or other appropriate
453 administrator of each participating FHSAA member school shall
454 maintain the student records necessary for eligibility,
455 compliance, and participation for all eligible students
456 participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic
457 extracurricular activities at the member school in the program.
458 (b)(e) Any private school that has a student who wishes to
459 participate in interscholastic or intrascholastic
460 extracurricular activities at another school this program must
461 make all student records, including, but not limited to,
462 academic, financial, disciplinary, and attendance records,
463 available upon request of the governing organization FHSAA.
464 (c)(f) A student must apply to participate in an
465 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity at a
466 school other than the school in which the student is enrolled by
467 either of the following methods:
468 1. Applying to the school’s governing organization for the
469 extracurricular activity as provided for in the governing
470 organization’s bylaws this program through the FHSAA program
471 application process.
472 2. If there is no governing organization for the
473 extracurricular activity for which the student is applying,
474 through an appropriate process that complies with ss. 1002.31
475 and 1002.41. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
476 implement this paragraph.
477 (d) The public school in which a personalized education
478 program student wishes to participate may assess an activity fee
479 to an eligible student pursuant to this section, provided that
480 such fee is uniformly applied within the school or district for
481 the activity and does not exceed the prorated per-student cost
482 to the school or district for the activity.
483 1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “prorated per
484 student cost to the school or district for the activity” means
485 the school’s or district’s direct costs that are necessary to
486 provide the specific interscholastic or intrascholastic
487 extracurricular activity within the school or district, divided
488 by the number of students participating in that activity in the
489 school or district.
490 2. The school or district shall adopt a written policy
491 establishing the methodology for calculating such costs and
492 shall annually publish online the activity fee schedule and
493 supporting calculations for each activity.
494 3. The public school in which a homeschool student wishes
495 to participate may assess an eligible homeschool student only
496 the out-of-pocket costs paid by the public school student for
497 the interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity.
498 (e) The parents of the student participating in the
499 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity must
500 provide for the transportation of the student to and from the
501 school at which the student participates. The school in which
502 the student is enrolled, the school at which the student
503 participates in the extracurricular activity, and the district
504 school board are exempt from civil liability arising from any
505 injury that occurs to the student during such transportation.
506 (10) STUDENT TRANSFERS.—
507 (a) A student may not participate in interscholastic
508 activities at two different schools during the same school year,
509 unless the student:
510 1. Is a dependent child of active duty military personnel
511 whose move resulted from military orders;
512 2. Has been relocated due to a foster care placement in a
513 different school zone;
514 3. Has moved due to a court-ordered change in custody due
515 to separation or divorce, or the serious illness or death of a
516 custodial parent; or
517 4. Has been granted approval by the applicable governing
518 organization’s executive director.
519 (b) The governing organization shall provide a
520 determination of eligibility to the requesting student within 14
521 days after such a request is made.
522 (c) The governing organization shall adopt bylaws
523 establishing criteria for determining eligibility of students
524 pursuant to this subsection.
525 (11) BYLAWS.—The governing organization may adopt
526 additional bylaws to implement this section
527 (9)(a) A student who transfers to a school during the
528 school year may seek to immediately join an existing team if the
529 roster for the specific interscholastic or intrascholastic
530 extracurricular activity has not reached the activity’s
531 identified maximum size and if the coach for the activity
532 determines that the student has the requisite skill and ability
533 to participate. The FHSAA and school district or charter school
534 may not declare such a student ineligible because the student
535 did not have the opportunity to comply with qualifying
536 requirements.
537 (b) A student may not participate in a sport if the student
538 participated in that same sport at another school during that
539 school year, unless the student meets one of the following
540 criteria:
541 1. Dependent children of active duty military personnel
542 whose move resulted from military orders.
543 2. Children who have been relocated due to a foster care
544 placement in a different school zone.
545 3. Children who move due to a court-ordered change in
546 custody due to separation or divorce, or the serious illness or
547 death of a custodial parent.
548 4. Authorized for good cause in district or charter school
549 policy.
550 (10) A student who participates in an interscholastic or
551 intrascholastic activity at a public school and who transfers
552 from that school during the school year must be allowed to
553 continue to participate in the activity at that school for the
554 remainder of the school year if:
555 (a) During the period of participation in the activity, the
556 student continues to meet the requirements specified in
557 paragraph (3)(a).
558 (b) The student continues to meet the same standards of
559 acceptance, behavior, and performance which are required of
560 other students participating in the activity, except for
561 enrollment requirements at the school at which the student
562 participates.
563 (c) The parents of the student participating in the
564 activity provide for the transportation of the student to and
565 from the school at which the student participates. The school
566 the student attends, the school at which the student
567 participates in the activity, and the district school board are
568 exempt from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs
569 to the student during such transportation.
570 Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 1002.31, Florida
571 Statutes, is amended to read:
572 1002.31 Controlled open enrollment; public school parental
573 choice.—
574 (6)(a) A school district or charter school may not delay
575 eligibility or otherwise prevent a student participating in
576 controlled open enrollment or a choice program from being
577 immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic and
578 intrascholastic extracurricular activities.
579 (b) A student may not participate in a sport if the student
580 participated in that same sport at another school during that
581 school year, unless the student meets one of the following
582 criteria:
583 1. Dependent children of active duty military personnel
584 whose move resulted from military orders.
585 2. Children who have been relocated due to a foster care
586 placement in a different school zone.
587 3. Children who move due to a court-ordered change in
588 custody due to separation or divorce, or the serious illness or
589 death of a custodial parent.
590 4. Authorized for good cause in district or charter school
591 policy.
592 Section 3. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
593 Statutes, is amended to read:
594 1002.33 Charter schools.—
595 (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
596 ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate
597 in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public
598 school to which the student would be otherwise assigned to
599 attend, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private
600 school, pursuant to s. 1006.15(4) s. 1006.15(3)(d).
601 Section 3. Subsection (7) is added to section 1003.455,
602 Florida Statutes, to read:
603 1003.455 Physical education; assessment.—
604 (7) Each school district shall ensure that students in
605 grades K-12 annually participate in the Presidential Youth
606 Fitness Program, or its successor program, as part of the
607 district’s physical education curriculum.
608 Section 4. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of
609 section 1006.195, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
610 1006.195 District school board, charter school authority
611 and responsibility to establish student eligibility regarding
612 participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
613 extracurricular activities.—Notwithstanding any provision to the
614 contrary in ss. 1006.15, 1006.18, and 1006.20, regarding student
615 eligibility to participate in interscholastic and
616 intrascholastic extracurricular activities:
617 (1)(a) A district school board shall must establish,
618 through its code of student conduct, student eligibility
619 standards and related student disciplinary actions regarding
620 student participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
621 extracurricular activities. The code of student conduct must
622 provide that:
623 1. A student not currently suspended from interscholastic
624 or intrascholastic extracurricular activities, or suspended or
625 expelled from school, pursuant to a district school board’s
626 suspension or expulsion powers provided in law, including ss.
627 1006.07, 1006.08, and 1006.09, is eligible to participate in
628 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.
629 2. A student may not participate in a sport if the student
630 participated in that same sport at another school during that
631 school year, unless the student meets the criteria in s.
632 1006.15(10) s. 1006.15(3)(j).
633 3. A student’s eligibility to participate in any
634 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity may
635 not be affected by any alleged recruiting violation until final
636 disposition of the allegation pursuant to s. 1006.20(2)(b).
637 (b) Students who participate in interscholastic and
638 intrascholastic extracurricular activities for, but are not
639 enrolled in, a public school pursuant to s. 1006.15(4) s.
640 1006.15(3)(c)-(e) and (8), are subject to the district school
641 board’s code of student conduct for the limited purpose of
642 establishing and maintaining the student’s eligibility to
643 participate at the school.
644 Section 5. Paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of section
645 1006.20, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (i) is
646 added to that subsection, to read:
647 1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
648 (7) APPEALS.—
649 (h) Decisions made by the committee on appeals, the
650 executive director or his or her designee, and a governing
651 organization’s the FHSAA board of directors must be posted
652 online in a searchable format and be in compliance with ss.
653 1002.22 and 1002.221.
654 (i) A student denied eligibility may appeal the decision
655 from the governing organization. The governing organization
656 shall adopt bylaws establishing a timeline for appeals which may
657 not exceed 20 days.
658 Section 6. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (1) of
659 section 1012.22, Florida Statutes, to read:
660 1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the
661 district school board.—The district school board shall:
662 (1) Designate positions to be filled, prescribe
663 qualifications for those positions, and provide for the
664 appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal
665 of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this
666 chapter:
667 (k) Athletic coach and activity sponsor of extracurricular
668 activities compensation.—The district school board may, at its
669 sole discretion, determine and approve the compensation of any
670 person employed as an athletic coach, assistant coach, athletic
671 program supervisor, or activity sponsor of an extracurricular
672 activity, regardless of whether such individual is classified as
673 instructional personnel. Compensation may exceed any salary
674 schedule, supplement, or stipend otherwise prescribed and may be
675 paid in any form or amount deemed appropriate by the district
676 school board, including, but not limited to, salaries, stipends,
677 bonuses, performance-based incentives, and hourly or per
678 assignment pay. School districts may adopt a policy that
679 authorizes payments by booster clubs or associations to be
680 included in the compensation for an athletic coach and activity
681 sponsor of extracurricular activities. Such compensation is
682 considered part of the individual’s total compensation. The
683 limitations on supplemental pay applicable to instructional
684 personnel under this section or any other law do not apply to
685 compensation provided under this paragraph.
686 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.