Watch the FCSA’s 2024 Legislative Recap with Dr. Tony Arza, FCSA Advocacy Team, and Lynn Norman-Teck, Executive Director. FCSA.
The FCSA’s primary issues during the 2024 Florida Legislative Session are to monitor per-student FTE allocation and advocate for continued support of Capital Outlay. These are the two critical items that drive your budget. Governor Desantis’s recommended budget included an estimated 2% increase in Student FTE and $220 Million in Capital Outlay. The Governor’s budget also recommended additional funds for teacher raises. The FCSA advocacy team, led by Ralph Arza, will focus on legislative priorities and critical issues identified by our members. This session, we’ll work with policymakers to ensure the freedoms that charter schools have are protected and that no barriers are created to impede student success and the movement’s growth. The Education-related bills that the FCSA Advocacty Team tracked are listed below as are the bills that passed both the House and Senate in identical form and have been sent to the Governor for his signature or veto.
Bills signed by Governor DeSantis – UPDATED April 19, 2024:
Budget Proposals – Updated 03/06/2024:
Education-related bills that the FCSA Advocacy team was tracking during the 2024 Florida Legislative Session:
HB 13 – Minimum Base Salary for Full-time Teachers
General Bill by Edmonds, CoSponsors: Eskamani, Harris, Rayner, Waldron
Minimum Base Salary for Full-time Teachers: Increases minimum base salary for certain teachers.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/13/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 25 – Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
General Bill by Edmonds
Revises student eligibility criteria for specified awards within Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
Link to Bill :https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/25/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 46 – Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program
General Bill by Stewart
Providing that tutoring provided through the tutoring program established as part of the Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program may be provided after the school day; authorizing school districts that participate in the tutoring program to provide a stipend to instructional personnel and high school students who serve as tutors under the program, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/46/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 109 – Conversion Charter Schools
General Bill by Andrade
Revises requirements for application for conversion charter school; authorizes municipalities to apply for conversion of specified public schools to charter schools; & authorizes Charter School Review Commission to solicit & review applications for conversion charter schools.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/109/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 131 – Compulsory School Attendance
General Bill by Chambliss, Valdes
Revises required age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age; removes requirement that student’s parent sign declaration of intent to terminate school enrollment; removes requirement that school district notify student’s parent upon receipt of such declaration; & provides that adult education high school equivalency programs meet specified attendance requirements.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/131/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 136 – Minimum Base Salary for Full-time Classroom Teachers
General Bill by Berman
Citing this act as the “Save Our Teachers Act.”; increasing the minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers and certain prekindergarten teachers, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/136/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 139 – Access to High School Sports
General Bill by Plasencia
Removes specified limitation relating to participation of certain private school students in FHSAA programs.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/139/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 200 – Educator Certification
General Bill by Gruters
Requiring the Department of Education to develop and establish a method for a person holding a professional educator certificate to place a professional certificate in inactive status while the person teaches at a nonaccredited school, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/200/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 240 – International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonuses
General Bill by Burton
Revising the requirements for the calculation of additional full-time equivalent membership and certain bonuses based on International Baccalaureate examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by the Department of Education, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/240/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 246 – Conversion Charter Schools
General Bill by Harrell
Revising the requirements for an application for a conversion charter school; authorizing municipalities to apply for the conversion of specified public schools to charter schools; authorizing the Charter School Review Commission to solicit and review applications for conversion charter schools, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/246/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 262 – Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
General Bill by Powell
Revising the student eligibility criteria for specified awards within the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/262/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 315 – Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program
General Bill by Williams
Authorizes tutoring to be provided after school day; & authorizes school districts that participate in specified tutoring program to provide stipend to instructional personnel & high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/315/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 439 – Corporal Punishment
General Bill by Waldron, CoSponsors: Beltran, Gottlieb
Requires charter schools to comply with corporal punishment laws; removes provisions authorizing teachers to administer corporal punishment; provides duties & responsibilities for principals relating to corporal punishment; requires specified notification be provided to parents; provides requirements for student to be disciplined using corporal punishment; prohibits use of corporal punishment on specified students; provides reporting requirements.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/439/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 460 – Career and Technical Education
General Bill by Simon, CoSponsors: Perry
Providing an exemption for minors to work in specified conditions; revising the requirements for an annual career fair to include allowing certain employers to meet with students regarding career and technical education; revising the requirements for certain courses to receive the same rate as honors courses for purposes of student grade point averages; revising the qualifications for specified teachers of career programs, etc.
Link to Bill :https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/460/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 537 – Student Achievement
General Bill by Valdes
Requires certified school counselor to provide specified academic counseling to freshmen students; prohibits students from participating in their school’s graduation ceremony; revises requirements for certain assessment graduation requirements; creates Music-based Supplemental Content to Accelerate Learner Engagement & Success Pilot Program within DOE.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/er/PDFhttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/537/BillText/Filed/PD
SB 546 – Access To High School Sports
General Bill by Collins
Deleting a specified limitation relating to the participation of certain private school students in a specified Florida High School Athletic Association program, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/546/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 553 – Career-themed Courses
General Bill by Dunkley
Revises requirements for specified school district strategic plan to include certain information; requires DOE to include specified data in annual review of K-12 & postsecondary career & technical education offerings; & requires school districts to inform students & parents of specified information during middle school course selection
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/553/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 590 – Music-based Supplemental Content to Accelerate Learner Engagement and Success Pilot Program
General Bill by Burgess, CoSponsors: Perry
Creating the pilot program within the Department of Education; providing requirements for the pilot program; providing funding requirements, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring the College of Education at the University of Florida to evaluate the pilot program’s effectiveness and annually share its findings with the Department of Education and the Legislature, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/590/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 667 – International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonuses
General Bill by McFarland
Revises requirements for calculation of additional full-time equivalent membership & certain bonuses based on IB examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by DOE; requiring OPPAGA to conduct a specified study.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/667/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 728 – K-12 Instructional Personnel Salary Schedules
General Bill by Trumbull
Authorizing district school boards to use advanced degrees in setting salary schedules for instructional personnel, etc.
SB 748 – Charter School Capital Outlay Funding
General Bill by Davis
Requiring a charter school to provide certain information to its sponsor to be eligible to receive capital outlay funds; providing that a charter school is ineligible for such funds if it fails to provide such information, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/748/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 899 – Academic Freedom
General Bill by Hinson, CoSponsors: Eskamani
Revises provisions relating collective bargaining rights, public postsecondary personnel & student rights, & public postsecondary personnel employment & contracts.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/899/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 917 – Career and Technical Education
Revises requirements for employment of minors in specified occupations; repeals provision relating to journeyman reciprocity; revises state academic standards, specified graduation requirements, and mathematics courses; revises provisions relating DOE, BOG, & school district requirements for career & professional education; creates Career & Technical Education Task Force. Sponsored by Sen. Corey Simon and Rep. John Snyder.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/917/BillText/Filed/PDF
- Requires the Department of Education to convene a workgroup by December 1, 2024, to identify best practices for career and technical education (CTE) in middle and high school and to establish three math pathways for high school students aligned to programs, postsecondary education and careers;
- Allows districts to work with local workforce development boards, advisory groups and business groups to offer low-barrier alternatives to career fairs through other career and industry networking opportunities during the school day;
- Directs the REACH Office to consult with the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce to develop a report that examines the state of career and technical education offered by local districts and to determine the alignment of program offerings and outcomes to industry demand and the state’s overall economic needs.
HB 947 – Sexual Misconduct Information in Public K-20 Education
General Bill by Bartleman
Requires district school boards to provide certain information relating to Title IX & sexual misconduct complaints to students, parents, & school employees; requires FCS institutions & state universities to create sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, & stalking policy & comprehensive prevention & outreach program on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, & stalking & provide certain information to students.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/947/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 970 – Education (state universities)
General Bill by Thompson
Citing this act as the “Florida Educational Freedoms Act”; providing that faculty of state universities and Florida College System institutions have the right to engage in collective bargaining; requiring the State Board of Education to ensure that Florida College System intuitions are not subject to political influence in academic affairs; requiring each district school board to ensure that students and personnel are not subject to ideological training or instruction; providing that K-12 students and their parents have the right not to be recorded or surveilled in the classroom without express consent, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/970/BillText/Filed/PDF
Link to Bill Analyses: Bill Analyses has yet to be posted.
SB 996 – Education
General Bill by Burgess
Requiring virtual instruction program providers and virtual charter schools to provide specified information to school districts; requiring the Department of Education to create the Purple Star School District program; authorizing district school boards to assign certain students to an alternative-to-expulsion program; authorizing the Commissioner of Education to appoint and remove an executive director of the Education Practices Commission, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/996/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 1026 – Early Learning
General Bill by Grall
Revising requirements for prekindergarten instructors; prohibiting private prekindergarten provider and public school curricula from using a coordinated screening and progress monitoring program or other specified methods for direct student instruction; revising the percentage of funds an early learning coalition may retain and expend; providing that certain Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program students are eligible to receive instructional support in early literacy skills through a specified program, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1026/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 1197 – Early Child Care Universal Voucher Program
General Bill by Nixon
Establishes Early Child Care Universal Voucher Program; & provides program, funding, ELC, DOE, provider, student, & parent requirements.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1197/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 1264 – History of Communism
Governor DeSantis signed SB 1264 on April 17, 2024. The bill does the following:
- It adds to existing Communist history standards with instructions on the history of Communism in the United States and the tactics of Communist movements.
- This bill authorizes the newly established Institute for Freedom in the Americasollege to promote the importance of economic anddoms as a means to advance human progress at Miami Dade C individual, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- This institute will partner with the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University.
- Enables the Florida Department of State, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Education, to recommend to the Legislature the creation of a Florida-based museum on the history of Communism.
- Prepares students to withstand indoctrination on Communism at colleges and universities.
Under the bill, the Florida Department of Education would be ordered to “prepare and offer” standards for teaching the history of communism. Certain concepts would be included that heavily emphasize the economic upheaval and personal freedom restrictions seen in many Communist nations.
Link to Bill: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1264
SB 1270 – Sexual Misconduct Information in Public K-20 Education
General Bill by Davis
Requiring district school boards to provide certain information relating to Title IX and sexual misconduct complaints to parents, students, and school employees; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to create a sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy; providing requirements for such policy; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to create and implement a comprehensive prevention and outreach program on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1270/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 1285
The bill passed the House and Senate with updated language that caps book challenges at one per month for anyone who doesn’t have students enrolled in the school district in which they placed an objection. In part, HB 1285 does the following:
- Provides a clear and concise process for a struggling school to convert to a charter school.
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- If a school receives consecutive low performance evaluations, it is deemed a “turnaround school.” If the district’s plan to turn the school around does not succeed, the pathway for the school to find new direction and leadership should be simple and efficient
- These changes will eliminate lengthy and drawn-out negotiations between the incoming charter school and the school district, to ensure no student is trapped at a failing school in Florida
- A charter school must give preference to kids in the previous school zone and must serve the same grade levels as the previous school.
- The charter school cannot be charged rent for the facility and the school district cannot charge an administrative fee.
- Ensures that book challenges are limited for individuals who do not have children with access to the school district’s material.
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- Unlimited objections remain for parents with children in the school district, which includes homeschooled students accessing district materials.
- Individuals without children in the district will be limited to one objection per month.
- Protects schools from activists trying to politicize and disrupt a district’s book review process.
- Continues to support military families with the Purple Star Schools of Distinction Program.
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- Institutes Purple Star School Districts, which recognizes districts with Purple Star Schools making up 75% of schools in their district.
- Helps to ensure a seamless transition for military families moving into Florida by requiring schools to provide them with support and resources.
- For more information on the Purple Star Schools of Distinction program, click here.
Link to the Bill: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=79996&SessionId=103
SB 1288 – Early Child Care Universal Voucher Program
General Bill by Powell
Providing the purpose of the program; providing for certain students to be placed on a wait list under certain circumstances; providing requirements for terms of a scholarship; providing early learning coalition, Department of Education, and program provider obligations; providing parent and student responsibilities for program participation, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1288/BillText/Filed/PDF
SB 1318 – Corporal Punishment
General Bill by Thompson
Requiring charter schools to comply with general law relating to corporal punishment; deleting provisions authorizing teachers to administer corporal punishment; requiring a specified notification be provided to parents relating to corporal punishment; providing requirements for a student to be disciplined using corporal punishment, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1318/BillText/Filed/PDF
HB 1361
Education Bill by Rep. John Temple and Sen. Clay Yarborough
Ordered engrossed. House Bill 1361 highlights:
- Expands access to the New Worlds Scholarship to include students enrolled in a Voluntary Prekindergarten Program who exhibit substantial deficiencies in literacy or math skills based on the student’s progress monitoring assessment results.
- Establishes a tutoring program for kindergarten through fifth-grade students with substantial reading or math deficiencies, to be administered by the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning.
- Establishes a grant program for personalized tutoring for students in grades 6 through 12 and professional learning for teachers, provided by artificial intelligence platforms, subject to appropriation.
- Establish district grants to support students and teachers in accessing safe and effective artificial intelligence-enabled educational platforms.
- This bill designates the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning as the administrator of the New Worlds Reading Initiative and the New Worlds Tutoring Program and codifies new duties for the Center, including developing programs to improve student outcomes in early learning, literacy, and math.
HB 1362 – Education. Companion bill: SB 7038
- Expands access to the New Worlds Scholarship to include students enrolled in a Voluntary Prekindergarten Program who exhibit substantial deficiencies in literacy or math skills, based on the student’s progress monitoring assessment results.
- Designates the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning as the administrator of the New Worlds Reading Initiative and codifies new duties for the Center, including developing programs to improve student outcomes in early learning, literacy and math.
- Establishes a tutoring program to be administered by a scholarship funding organization for students in kindergarten through fifth grade who have a substantial deficiency in reading or math.
- Establishes a grant program for personalized tutoring for students in grades 6 through 12 and professional learning for teachers, provided by artificial intelligence platforms.
Link to Bill: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=80082&SessionId=103
HB 1403 – School Choice: Revises contributions & provisions for Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; revises provisions for Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Hope Scholarship Program, virtual instruction program providers, private school requirements, & students in personalized education programs. Update 03/07/2024 -Ordered engrossed.
Bill’s key points (provided by Foundation for Florida’s Future):
- Merges the Hope Scholarship program, which supports families in finding a safe academic environment, and the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program;
- Extends the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities to up to 21,000 additional families—serving 71,000 families in total—by increasing the scholarship’s annual funding cap growth from 3% to 5%, with the opportunity to unlock an additional 1% growth each year;
- Expands the allowable use of funds for Unique Abilities students to participate in a pre-kindergarten program offered by an eligible private school;
- Requires the Center for Students with Unique Abilities at the University of Central Florida to establish a purchasing guideline for recipients of the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities;
- Prescribes specified application windows and timelines for families to accept or decline scholarships;
- Specifies timelines for Scholarship Funding Organizations to release payments for full-time private school to within seven business days of parent and school approval;
- Ensures public school students receiving a New Worlds Reading Scholarship can access existing transportation scholarships; and
- Creates a new pathway under the Personalized Education Program for students seeking to use a scholarship under the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities program, specifying that regular and direct contact can be satisfied by having in-person contact with teachers at a private school at least two days per week.
Link to bill: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=80226
HB 1473 – School Safety
The bill modifies provisions related to the Chris Hixon, Coach Aaron Feis, and Coach Scott Beigel Guardian Program, which:
- Clarify that private schools seeking to participate in the guardian program are responsible for costs associated with background screening in addition to costs associated with training, but authorizes the sheriff providing the training to waive the costs.
- Provide that an individual certified and in good standing with the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission is exempt from the required school guardian training.
- Change the 12-hour diversity training to training on de-escalating incidents.
- Implement new reporting requirements related to individuals certified as school guardians and serving as school guardians in school districts, charter schools, and private schools, with penalties for noncompliance.
- Require the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to serve as the central repository of information regarding certified and appointed guardians.
The bill establishes new perimeter and door safety requirements with which school districts and charter school governing boards must comply by August 1, 2024. These include:
- Keeping routes of ingress and egress securely closed and locked when students are on campus, or actively staffed when open or unlocked.
- Requiring that violations of such perimeter and safety requirements be reported to the applicable school official or governing board.
- Requiring classrooms to be locked, or actively staffed, during class time, and for classrooms to have the safest part of the room marked.
- Requiring each school district to develop a progressive discipline policy for instructional and administrative personnel who knowingly violate school safety requirements.
The bill requires the Office of Safe Schools (OSS) to, by August 1, 2024, develop and adopt a Florida school safety compliance inspection report to document compliance with Florida school safety requirements. The OSS must also:
- Triennially conduct unannounced inspections of all public schools using the safety compliance inspection report, with associated reporting and acknowledgement requirements. The bill provides for a bonus program for school principals and charter school administrators whose schools are found to be in full compliance with school safety requirements.
- By December 1, 2024, evaluate the distribution methodology for the Safe Schools Allocation and, if necessary, make recommendations for an alternate methodology to distribute the remaining balance of the Safe Schools Allocation.
The bill provides for criminal penalties against a person who knowingly or willfully operates a drone over a Pre-K -12 public or private school or allows a drone to make contact with a school, with specified exceptions.
The bill requires public schools, including charter schools, within the first five days of school to provide age and developmentally appropriate instruction on the use or misuse of FortifyFL, the state mobile suspicious activity reporting tool.
Lastly, the bill creates, subject to appropriation, a grant program to be administered by the FDLE to support private schools’ school safety efforts.
LINK to summary: https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2024/html/3367
SB 7000 – Deregulation of Public Schools/Instructional, Administrative, and Support Personnel
General Bill by Education Pre-K – 12 CS Sponsors: Fiscal Policy
Deregulation of Public Schools/Instructional, Administrative, and Support Personnel; Requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions of law relating to instructional multiyear contracts for instructional personnel in addition to annual contracts; requiring newly hired prekindergarten instructors to complete specified training within a specified timeframe; requiring the State Board of Education to develop written strategies to address critical teacher shortages; revising requirements for school bus drivers; revising requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program, etc.
Link to Bill :https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7000/BillText/c1/HTML
Link to Bill Analyses: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7000/Analyses/2024s07000.fp.PDF
SB 7002 – Deregulation of Public Schools/School District Finance and Budgets, Facilities, and Administration and Oversight
Update March 7, 2024: Ordered engrossed
A bill that looks quite different from its initial form passed the House and Senate and was sent to the Governor’s office. Many of the items in the final include the elimination of some reporting and advertising requirements for school districts, and added flexibility in setting salaries for instructional personnel.
Provisions in SB 7002 include:
- Allowing for the use of secondary degrees in salary adjustments.
- Provides fee waivers for teachers seeking secondary certification for Exceptional Student Education.
- Expands eligibility for teacher apprenticeship program.
- Removes school board requirements for financial reporting and notices.
SB 7004 – Deregulation of Public Schools/Assessment and Accountability, Instruction, and Education Choice
General Bill by Education Pre-K – 12 CS Sponsors: Fiscal Policy
Deregulation of Public Schools/Assessment and Accountability, Instruction, and Education Choice; Revising how often a school district or charter school must update its school capacity determination; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to provide for an annual comparative evaluation of charter technical career centers and public technical centers; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to review specified feedback reports and submit findings to the State Board of Education, etc.
Link to Bill : https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7004/BillText/c1/PDF
SB 7032 – Education – Postsecondary
The bill aims to re-engage students who have withdrawn from high school by providing opportunities to earn career education credentials while also completing a standard high school diploma or equivalent credential.
Establishing the Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program within the Department of Education; revising the services to which the one-stop delivery system is intended to provide access; requiring a student’s certified school counselor or other school personnel to inform the student of opportunities in the GATE Program; requiring district school boards to notify all candidates for the high school equivalency diploma of adult secondary and postsecondary education options, including specified eligibility requirements; creating the GATE Scholarship Program; requiring the department to administer the program, etc.
Link to BIll Summary: https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2024/html/3366