Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 824
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/05/2026 .
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Truenow) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 1013.041, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 1013.041 Statewide inventory of unimproved real property
8 owned by school districts.—
9 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
10 (a) “District” means a school district as described in s.
11 1001.30.
12 (b) “Unimproved real property” means any parcel of land
13 owned in whole or in part by a school district which contains no
14 vertical improvements, including, but not limited to, buildings,
15 permanent structures, or constructed facilities.
16 (2) DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS.—
17 (a) Each school district shall annually submit to the
18 department a complete inventory of all unimproved real property
19 owned by the district as of June 30 of that year.
20 (b) For each parcel, the district must provide all of the
21 following:
22 1. Parcel identification number;
23 2. Acreage;
24 3. Location by address or a geographic description;
25 4. Date of acquisition;
26 5. Price paid at acquisition;
27 6. Current or planned use, if any; and
28 7. Fair market value, calculated using:
29 a. The most recent county property appraiser assessed
30 market value; or
31 b. A district-commissioned appraisal completed within the
32 previous 24 months.
33 (c) The inventory must be submitted in a format prescribed
34 by the department.
35 (3) STATEWIDE REPORT.—The department shall compile the
36 districts’ inventories provided under subsection (2) into a
37 statewide annual report, which must include all of the
38 following:
39 (a) Total statewide acreage of all unimproved real property
40 owned by school districts.
41 (b) Aggregate statewide fair market value of such property.
42 (c) A district-by-district breakdown, including all of the
43 following:
44 1. Total number of parcels;
45 2. Total acreage;
46 3. Total fair market value;
47 4. A list of parcels by parcel identification number and
48 acreage; and
49 5. Intended use of the unimproved real property, if any.
50 (d) Recommendations based on trends or findings that the
51 department determines relevant to effective statewide land
52 utilization or long-range facilities planning.
53 (4) PUBLICATION.—
54 (a) The department shall publish the statewide report on
55 its website by December 1 of each year.
56 (b) The department shall deliver copies of the report to
57 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
58 the House of Representatives.
59 (5) COMPLIANCE.—A school district that fails to timely
60 comply with subsection (2) is subject to oversight enforcement
61 authority as provided in s. 1008.32.
62 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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64 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
65 And the title is amended as follows:
66 Delete everything before the enacting clause
67 and insert:
68 A bill to be entitled
69 An act relating to inventory of unimproved real
70 property owned by school districts; creating s.
71 1013.041, F.S.; defining terms; requiring each school
72 district to annually submit to the Department of
73 Education an inventory of certain real property;
74 specifying requirements for the inventory; requiring
75 the department to compile the districts’ inventories
76 into an annual report; specifying requirements for the
77 report; requiring the department to publish the report
78 online annually by a specified date; requiring the
79 department to deliver copies of the report to the
80 Governor and the Legislature; providing that school
81 districts that do not comply with the act are subject
82 to enforcement; providing an effective date.