CS/CS/CS/SB 1702: Education

GENERAL BILL by Rules, Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, Education Pre-K - 12, Burgess

Education; Specifying sufficient notice and prior warning for immediate arrest and prosecution for school bus trespassing; authorizing a private school in a county that meets certain criteria to construct new facilities on certain property; requiring a charter school sponsor to use a standard monitoring tool to monitor and review a charter school; authorizing a student in a full-time virtual instruction program to participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school in the school district in which the student resides or to develop an agreement to participate at a private school; requiring the Commissioner of Education to coordinate with school districts selected by the department to implement a policy for a specified school year prohibiting the use of cell phones while on school grounds or engaged in certain activities off school grounds, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/17/2025 10:20 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

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

• Related Bills (6)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 443 (er) by Education Administration Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/1/2025 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare
  H 1105 (er) by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  H 1115 (e1) by Education Administration Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  H 1255 (er) by Student Academic Success Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  S 1296 by Burgess Use of Wireless Communications Devices in Schools Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 1618 (c2) by Calatayud Education Last Action: 4/30/2025 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1255 -SJ 891	Compare

• Citations - Statute (9)

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  810.097	Trespass upon grounds or facilities of a school; penalties; arrest.	Page 3 [pdf]
  901.15	When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.	Page 3 [pdf]
  1002.33	Charter schools.	Page 5 [pdf]
  1002.42	Private schools.	Page 4 [pdf]
  1002.84	Early learning coalitions; school readiness powers and duties.	Page 10 [pdf]
  1003.4282	Requirements for a standard high school diploma.	Page 10 [pdf]
  1006.15	Student standards for participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student activities; regulation.	Page 11 [pdf]
  1006.195	District school board, charter school authority and responsibility to establish student eligibility regarding participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.	Page 12 [pdf]
  1011.71	District school tax.	Page 13 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/28/2025	S	• Filed
  3/7/2025	S	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/20/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
  3/26/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/31/2025	S	• CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
  4/2/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education • CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
  4/7/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  4/10/2025	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  4/14/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/16/2025	S	• CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1
  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, 04/23/25
  4/22/2025	S	• CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  4/23/2025	S	• Retained on Special Order Calendar
  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 920 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1115 -SJ 921 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1115 -SJ 921