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.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Last Action: 2/20/2025 Senate - Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 2/20/2025 Senate - Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
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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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SB 166, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/19/2025 at 12:06 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Citations - Statutes (51)
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)