CS/CS/SB 140: Charter Schools

GENERAL BILL by Rules, Education Pre-K - 12, Gaetz

Charter Schools; Revising which persons or entities may apply for a conversion charter school; authorizing a municipality to apply for a charter that it may designate as a job engine charter under certain conditions; revising entities that are included in the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program to include charter schools, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/17/2025 01:27 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 123 (c2) by Education Administration Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 1105 (er) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  H 1145 (er) by Higher Education Budget Subcommittee Workforce Education Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  S 742 (c1) by Simon Workforce Education Last Action: 4/29/2025 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1145 -SJ 608	Compare

• Floor Amendments (1)

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  107121 - Amendment by Driskell
  Remove lines 46-47 and insert:
  Filed: 4/29/2025 7:53 AM
  Last Action: 1/1/0001 Senate:
  

• Floor Votes (1)

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  Date	Chamber	Result
  4/24/2025 10:32 AM	Senate	30 Yeas - 7 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  1002.33	Charter schools.	Page 2 [pdf]
  1011.801	Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program.	Page 6 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/3/2025	S	• Filed
  1/15/2025	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Community Affairs; Rules
  3/4/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/12/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/17/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/17/2025	S	• CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
  3/19/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Community Affairs • CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
  3/26/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  3/31/2025	S	• Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
  4/1/2025	S	• Now in Rules
  4/11/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/16/2025	S	• CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 5
  4/17/2025	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/21/2025	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  4/22/2025	S	• CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  4/24/2025	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 528 • Read 3rd time -SJ 528 • CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 7 -SJ 529
  4/24/2025	H	• In Messages
  4/28/2025	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  4/29/2025	H	• Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading • Added to Second Reading Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
  4/30/2025	H	• Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading • Added to Second Reading Calendar
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration