The Florida Senate

SB 824: Charter Schools

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

Charter Schools; Requiring a school district to have an agreement to construct a school on vacant land by a specified date; requiring a school district to offer vacant land to charter school operators within the district before other parties, under certain conditions; requiring a school district to award vacant land within a specified timeframe to the charter school operator that submits the most advantageous proposal within a specified timeframe, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/9/2025	Senate	• Filed
  12/16/2025	Senate	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Community Affairs; Rules
  1/13/2026	Senate	• Introduced
  1/29/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/3/2026	Senate	• CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

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• SB 824, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/9/2025 at 12:57 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Education Pre-K - 12 (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1147	Charter School Facilities	Nix	Identical	Last Action: 2/3/2026 H PCS added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  866576 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Education Pre-K - 12 (Truenow)	2/2/2026 9:03 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/3/2026	Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1002.33	Charter schools.	Page 1 (pdf)

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