SB 1440: Educational Choice

GENERAL BILL by McClain

Educational Choice; Requiring, rather than authorizing, a school district to use specified reports and plans of care to complete a matrix of services for a nonpublic school student without an individual education plan; revising the instructional materials for which Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program funds may be used; providing requirements for a home education instructional program; revising the tutoring programs for which such scholarship program funds may be used; revising a date by which parents may apply to renew their students’ scholarships, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/26/2025 04:36 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (AED)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1565 (c1) by Student Academic Success Subcommittee Educational Choice Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 5101 by PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee Education Last Action: 4/9/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 7030	Compare

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  1002.394	The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.	Page 1 [pdf]
  1002.395	Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.	Page 3 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/26/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  5/3/2025	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration