The Florida Senate

HB 261: Middle School and High School Start Times

GENERAL BILL by Gerwig

Middle School and High School Start Times; Removes requirement that middle & high schools start by specified times beginning in certain year; requires district school boards to consider certain benefits relating to school start times when adopting such school start times.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/27/2025	House	• Filed
  2/6/2025	House	• Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

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• HB 261, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/27/2025 at 3:33 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 343	Middle School and High School Start Times	Brannan	Compare	Last Action: 2/3/2025 H Withdrawn prior to introduction
  S 296	Middle School and High School Start Times	Bradley	Compare	Last Action: 1/29/2025 S Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1001.42	Powers and duties of district school board.	Page 1 (pdf)

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