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    SB 320: Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools

    GENERAL BILL by Simon

    Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; prohibiting a school from being required to use a certain parameter as the sole determining factor to recruit instructional personnel; specifying requirements for advanced degrees that may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program, etc.

    Effective Date: 7/1/2026

    Last Action: 1/22/2026 House - In Messages

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    Current Bill Version Posted: 11/21/2025 10:01 AM


    • Related Bills (4)

      Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
      H 963 by Smith
      Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools
      Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)       		Identical
      H 1071 (e1) by Student Academic Success Subcommittee
      Education
      Last Action: 2/25/2026 H CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 31       		Compare
      H 1321 by Conerly
      Educational Facilities
      Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Education Administration Subcommittee       		Compare
      S 7036 (c2) by Education Pre-K - 12
      Education
      Last Action: 2/25/2026 S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time       		Compare

    • Committee Votes (2)

      Links in this section are PDF documents.

      Date Version Committee Result
      12/9/2025 3:30 PM S 320 Education Pre-K - 12 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
      1/14/2026 9:00 AM S 320 Fiscal Policy 20 Yeas - 0 Nays

    • Floor Votes (1)

      Links in this section are PDF documents.

      Date Chamber Result
      1/22/2026 9:44 AM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays

    • Citations - Statute (43)

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      120.81 Exceptions and special requirements; general areas. Page 6 (pdf)
      163.3180 Concurrency. Page 71 (pdf)
      200.065 Method of fixing millage. Page 72 (pdf)
      1001.23 Specific powers and duties of the Department of Education. Page 6 (pdf)
      1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. Page 7 (pdf)
      1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 8 (pdf)
      1002.33 Charter schools. Page 9 (pdf)
      1002.451 District innovation school of technology program. Page 9 (pdf)
      1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. Page 11 (pdf)
      1002.63 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by public schools. Page 11 (pdf)
      1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability. Page 73 (pdf)
      1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting. Page 11 (pdf)
      1003.631 Schools of Excellence. Page 74 (pdf)
      1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for teacher preparation programs. Page 75 (pdf)
      1004.85 Postsecondary educator preparation institutes. Page 77 (pdf)
      1006.40 Purchase of instructional materials. Page 14 (pdf)
      1008.212 Students with disabilities; extraordinary exemption. Page 14 (pdf)
      1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools. Page 16 (pdf)
      1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements. Page 18 (pdf)
      1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement. Page 21 (pdf)
      1010.20 Cost accounting and reporting for school districts. Page 22 (pdf)
      1011.035 School district fiscal transparency. Page 23 (pdf)
      1011.14 Obligations for a period of 1 year. Page 24 (pdf)
      1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education Finance Program. Page 25 (pdf)
      1011.6202 Principal Autonomy Program Initiative. Page 26 (pdf)
      1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act. Page 27 (pdf)
      1011.71 District school tax. Page 30 (pdf)
      1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the district school board. Page 34 (pdf)
      1012.335 Contracts with instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011. Page 40 (pdf)
      1012.39 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and career specialists and nondegreed teachers of fine and performing arts; students performing clinical field experience. Page 42 (pdf)
      1012.552 The Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching (CERT) Certification Program. Page 78 (pdf)
      1012.555 Teacher Apprenticeship Program. Page 43 (pdf)
      1012.56 Educator certification requirements. Page 44 (pdf)
      1012.585 Process for renewal of professional certificates. Page 51 (pdf)
      1012.586 Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate certificates; reading endorsement pathways. Page 79 (pdf)
      1012.98 School Community Professional Learning Act. Page 79 (pdf)
      1013.19 Purchase, conveyance, or encumbrance of property interests above surface of land; joint-occupancy structures. Page 57 (pdf)
      1013.35 School district educational facilities plan; definitions; preparation, adoption, and amendment; long-term work programs. Page 58 (pdf)
      1013.41 SMART schools; Classrooms First; legislative purpose. Page 66 (pdf)
      1013.45 Educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions. Page 67 (pdf)
      1013.451 Life-cycle costs comparison. Page 69 (pdf)
      1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding. Page 84 (pdf)
      1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital projects. Page 69 (pdf)

    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      11/21/2025 S • Filed
      • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Fiscal Policy
      12/1/2025 S • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 12/09/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
      12/9/2025 S • Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
      12/10/2025 S • Now in Fiscal Policy
      1/9/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/14/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
      1/13/2026 S • Introduced
      1/14/2026 S • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
      • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
      1/20/2026 S • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/22/26
      1/22/2026 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 162
      • Read 3rd time -SJ 162
      • Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 162
      • Immediately certified -SJ 163
      1/22/2026 H • In Messages
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