SB 166: 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; requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions relating to instructional multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for instructional personnel in addition to annual contracts; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; revising requirements for assessments needed for a student to earn a high school diploma; providing requirements for advanced degrees which 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.
Last Action: 2/20/2025 Senate - Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
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Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/19/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/20/2025 | Senate |
• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy |
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| Citation | Catchline | Location in Bill Location In Bill Help |
|---|---|---|
| 120.81 | Exceptions and special requirements; general areas. | Page 8 (pdf) |
| 163.3180 | Concurrency. | Page 96 (pdf) |
| 1001.02 | General powers of State Board of Education. | Page 8 (pdf) |
| 1001.23 | Specific powers and duties of the Department of Education. | Page 8 (pdf) |
| 1001.42 | Powers and duties of district school board. | Page 9 (pdf) |
| 1002.20 | K-12 student and parent rights. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 1002.31 | Controlled open enrollment; public school parental choice. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 1002.33 | Charter schools. | Page 12 (pdf) |
| 1002.394 | The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. | Page 12 (pdf) |
| 1002.451 | District innovation school of technology program. | Page 13 (pdf) |
| 1002.61 | Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. | Page 14 (pdf) |
| 1002.63 | School-year prekindergarten program delivered by public schools. | Page 15 (pdf) |
| 1002.68 | Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability. | Page 96 (pdf) |
| 1002.71 | Funding; financial and attendance reporting. | Page 15 (pdf) |
| 1003.03 | Maximum class size. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 1003.26 | Enforcement of school attendance. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 1003.4282 | Requirements for a standard high school diploma. | Page 20 (pdf) |
| 1003.433 | Learning opportunities for out-of-state and out-of-country transfer students and students needing additional instruction to meet high school graduation requirements. | Page 22 (pdf) |
| 1003.631 | Schools of Excellence. | Page 97 (pdf) |
| 1004.04 | Public accountability and state approval for teacher preparation programs. | Page 97 (pdf) |
| 1004.85 | Postsecondary educator preparation institutes. | Page 100 (pdf) |
| 1006.1494 | Student online personal information protection. | Page 24 (pdf) |
| 1006.40 | Purchase of instructional materials. | Page 25 (pdf) |
| 1008.212 | Students with disabilities; extraordinary exemption. | Page 25 (pdf) |
| 1008.22 | Student assessment program for public schools. | Page 27 (pdf) |
| 1008.25 | Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 1008.33 | Authority to enforce public school improvement. | Page 32 (pdf) |
| 1010.20 | Cost accounting and reporting for school districts. | Page 34 (pdf) |
| 1011.035 | School district fiscal transparency. | Page 34 (pdf) |
| 1011.14 | Obligations for a period of 1 year. | Page 35 (pdf) |
| 1011.60 | Minimum requirements of the Florida Education Finance Program. | Page 36 (pdf) |
| 1011.62 | Funds for operation of schools. | Page 37 (pdf) |
| 1011.6202 | Principal Autonomy Program Initiative. | Page 41 (pdf) |
| 1011.69 | Equity in School-Level Funding Act. | Page 43 (pdf) |
| 1011.71 | District school tax. | Page 45 (pdf) |
| 1012.22 | Public school personnel; powers and duties of the district school board. | Page 46 (pdf) |
| 1012.335 | Contracts with instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011. | Page 52 (pdf) |
| 1012.34 | Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria. | Page 54 (pdf) |
| 1012.39 | Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and career specialists; students performing clinical field experience. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 1012.555 | Teacher Apprenticeship Program. | Page 59 (pdf) |
| 1012.56 | Educator certification requirements. | Page 60 (pdf) |
| 1012.585 | Process for renewal of professional certificates. | Page 68 (pdf) |
| 1012.586 | Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate certificates; reading endorsement pathways. | Page 101 (pdf) |
| 1012.98 | School Community Professional Learning Act. | Page 102 (pdf) |
| 1013.19 | Purchase, conveyance, or encumbrance of property interests above surface of land; joint-occupancy structures. | Page 74 (pdf) |
| 1013.35 | School district educational facilities plan; definitions; preparation, adoption, and amendment; long-term work programs. | Page 75 (pdf) |
| 1013.41 | SMART schools; Classrooms First; legislative purpose. | Page 83 (pdf) |
| 1013.45 | Educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions. | Page 84 (pdf) |
| 1013.451 | Life-cycle costs comparison. | Page 86 (pdf) |
| 1013.62 | Charter schools capital outlay funding. | Page 86 (pdf) |
| 1013.64 | Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital projects. | Page 87 (pdf) |
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