SB 1530: Smart Living Course

GENERAL BILL by Collins

Smart Living Course; Citing this act as the “Smart Living Curriculum Act”; requiring students in grade 8 to take the Smart Living Course for promotion to high school beginning in a specified school year; requiring that a curriculum known as “Smart Living” be included in required instruction as two stand-alone courses beginning in a specified school year; revising the number of credits certain students must earn to be awarded a standard high school diploma beginning in a specified year, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/27/2025 11:46 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (AED)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 737 by Campbell, Daley Required Life Skills Instruction Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 1261 (c1) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee Personal Financial Literacy Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 816 by Arrington Required Life Skills Instruction Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare

• Citations - Statute (3)

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  1003.4156	General requirements for middle grades promotion.	Page 1 [pdf]
  1003.42	Required instruction.	Page 2 [pdf]
  1003.4282	Requirements for a standard high school diploma.	Page 4 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/27/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  5/3/2025	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration