CS/CS/SB 1618: Education

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, Calatayud

Education; Deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the list of entities subject to certain audit requirements; authorizing the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to develop contracts or agreements with institutions in the State University System for a specified purpose; requiring the department to take into account underrepresented groups in administering the apprenticeship training program, rather than minority and gender diversity; changing the term “gender” to “sex”; deleting a provision requiring the Commissioner of Education to determine whether school districts have maximized efforts to include minority persons and persons of lower socioeconomic status on their school advisory councils, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/10/2025 09:59 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

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

• Related Bills (13)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1255 (er) by Student Academic Success Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Similar
  H 355 by Alvarez, J., Basabe Emergency Opioid Antagonists in Public K-12 Schools and Postsecondary Educational Institutions Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 681 (er) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding Last Action: 4/24/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  H 1105 (er) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  H 1261 (c1) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee Personal Financial Literacy Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 1307 by Temple Education Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 1309 by Snyder Reading Interventions and Instruction Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare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
  S 442 by Simon Reading Instruction Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 1458 (c1) by DiCeglie Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding Last Action: 4/24/2025 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 681 -SJ 545	Compare
  S 1624 (c2) by Calatayud Higher Education Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 1702 (c3) by Burgess Education Last Action: 4/30/2025 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1115 -SJ 921	Compare
  S 2510 by Appropriations Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education Last Action: 4/9/2025 H In Messages	Compare

• Floor Amendments (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  628964 - Amendment by Calatayud
  Between lines 277 and 278 insert:
  Filed: 4/15/2025 4:17 PM
  Last Action: 4/29/2025 Senate: Withdrawn
  

• Citations - Statute (58)

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  11.45	Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.	Page 9 [pdf]
  11.51	Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.	Page 10 [pdf]
  216.251	Salary appropriations; limitations.	Page 10 [pdf]
  251.001	Florida State Guard Act.	Page 11 [pdf]
  288.036	Ocean economy development.	Page 12 [pdf]
  381.853	Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research.	Page 15 [pdf]
  413.407	Assistive Technology Advisory Council.	Page 16 [pdf]
  435.12	Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.	Page 17 [pdf]
  446.032	General duties of the department for apprenticeship training.	Page 18 [pdf]
  446.041	Duties of the department.	Page 19 [pdf]
  447.203	Definitions.	Page 20 [pdf]
  1000.04	Components for the delivery of public education within the Florida Early Learning-20 education system.	Page 21 [pdf]
  1000.05	Discrimination against students and employees in the Florida K-20 public education system prohibited; equality of access required.	Page 21 [pdf]
  1000.21	Systemwide definitions.	Page 25 [pdf]
  1001.20	Department under direction of state board.	Page 25 [pdf]
  1001.325		Page 26 [pdf]
  1001.452	District and school advisory councils.	Page 28 [pdf]
  1001.68		Page 30 [pdf]
  1001.706	Powers and duties of the Board of Governors.	Page 30 [pdf]
  1001.7065	Preeminent state research universities program.	Page 31 [pdf]
  1002.20	K-12 student and parent rights.	Page 31 [pdf]
  1002.33	Charter schools.	Page 33 [pdf]
  1002.351	The Florida School for Competitive Academics.	Page 34 [pdf]
  1002.394	The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.	Page 35 [pdf]
  1002.395	Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.	Page 36 [pdf]
  1002.42	Private schools.	Page 37 [pdf]
  1002.68	Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability.	Page 38 [pdf]
  1002.71	Funding; financial and attendance reporting.	Page 38 [pdf]
  1002.945	Gold Seal Quality Care Program.	Page 39 [pdf]
  1003.41	State academic standards.	Page 40 [pdf]
  1003.42	Required instruction.	Page 40 [pdf]
  1003.4201	Comprehensive system of reading instruction.	Page 42 [pdf]
  1003.4282	Requirements for a standard high school diploma.	Page 44 [pdf]
  1004.0971	Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College System institution and state university housing.	Page 45 [pdf]
  1004.933	Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program.	Page 45 [pdf]
  1005.06	Institutions not under the jurisdiction or purview of the commission.	Page 46 [pdf]
  1006.73	Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network.	Page 49 [pdf]
  1007.27	Articulated acceleration mechanisms.	Page 51 [pdf]
  1007.34	College reach-out program.	Page 51 [pdf]
  1007.35	Florida Partnership for Minority and Underrepresented Student Achievement.	Page 52 [pdf]
  1008.2125	The Council for Early Grade Success.	Page 57 [pdf]
  1008.36	Florida School Recognition Program.	Page 57 [pdf]
  1008.365	Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Act.	Page 58 [pdf]
  1008.37	Postsecondary feedback of information to high schools.	Page 59 [pdf]
  1009.23	Florida College System institution student fees.	Page 60 [pdf]
  1009.26	Fee waivers.	Page 61 [pdf]
  1009.536	Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards.	Page 62 [pdf]
  1009.8962	Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund.	Page 64 [pdf]
  1009.897	Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education (PIPELINE) Fund.	Page 65 [pdf]
  1011.58	Procedures for legislative budget requests for the Florida School for Competitive Academics.	Page 65 [pdf]
  1011.59	Florida School for Competitive Academics; board of trustees; management flexibility.	Page 65 [pdf]
  1011.71	District school tax.	Page 65 [pdf]
  1011.804	GATE Startup Grant Program.	Page 66 [pdf]
  1012.315	Screening standards.	Page 67 [pdf]
  1012.56	Educator certification requirements.	Page 68 [pdf]
  1012.77	Christa McAuliffe Ambassador for Education Program.	Page 73 [pdf]
  1013.30	University campus master plans and campus development agreements.	Page 74 [pdf]
  1013.46	Advertising and awarding contracts; prequalification of contractor.	Page 75 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/27/2025	S	• Filed
  2/28/2025	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
  3/4/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/6/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/11/2025	S	• Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  3/12/2025	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
  3/19/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 03/24/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  3/24/2025	S	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  3/27/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy • CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
  4/3/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/08/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  4/8/2025	S	• CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 1
  4/10/2025	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/14/2025	S	• CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  4/21/2025	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  4/24/2025	S	• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 553
  4/28/2025	S	• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 597
  4/29/2025	S	• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 641
  4/30/2025	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 889 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1255 -SJ 891 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1255 -SJ 891