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.
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 681 (Ch. 2025-139), CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109), CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110)
Substituted CS/CS/HB 1255
Read 2nd time
Retained on Special Order Calendar
Retained on Special Order Calendar
Retained on Special Order Calendar
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 1
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/08/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time
Now in Fiscal Policy
CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 03/24/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Introduced
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 1618 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 1618 c1 | PDF HTML |
| S 1618 c2 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 628964 - Amendment to S 1618 c2 | PDF HTML |
| 300346 - Amendment to S 1618 Filed | PDF HTML |
| 847128 - Amendment to S 1618 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (4/10/2025 9:09 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (4/7/2025 2:04 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Post-Meeting) (3/26/2025 7:06 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Pre-Meeting) (3/21/2025 1:51 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Education Pre-K - 12 (Post-Meeting) (3/11/2025 6:38 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Education Pre-K - 12 (Pre-Meeting) (3/10/2025 4:00 PM) |
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