CS/HB 871: Virtual Instruction
GENERAL BILL by Education Administration Subcommittee ; Giallombardo ; Snyder
Virtual Instruction; Provides that certain students are excluded from specified calculations relating to high-performing charter school's facility capacity; authorizes high-performing charter schools to provide part-time virtual courses to certain students; provides funding requirements for such courses; revises authorized uses of Florida Tax Credit Scholarship funds.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 5/3/2025 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2025 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/21/2025 House • Filed
3/2/2025 House • Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
• Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
• Referred to Education & Employment Committee
• Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/25/2025 House • PCS added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
3/27/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee
3/28/2025 House • Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/31/2025 House • Referred to Education & Employment Committee
• Now in Education & Employment Committee
5/3/2025 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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CS/HB 871, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/28/2025 at 9:51 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Education Administration Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/28/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1462 Virtual Instruction Burgess Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration 
S 7030 (e1) Educational Scholarship Programs Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Compare Last Action: 6/2/2025 S Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Hooper (Chair), Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow, Boyd (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Garcia (Chair), Ingoglia, Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Rouson, Simon, Wright, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Trumbull (Chair), Berman, Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Gruters, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, Boyd (At Large), Passidomo (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Harrell (Chair), Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, Leek, Smith, Trumbull, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12: Burgess (Chair), Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development: DiCeglie (Chair), Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Collins, Grall, Ingoglia, Leek, Martin, McClain, Polsky, Sharief, Smith, Truenow, Wright, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 1002.331 High-performing charter schools. Page 1 (pdf) 1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Page 3 (pdf) -
HB 871, Original Filed Version Posted 2/21/2025 at 9:21 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1462 Virtual Instruction Burgess Identical Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S 1608 Private Schools Martin Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. Page 1 (pdf) 1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Page 7 (pdf) 1002.421 State school choice scholarship program accountability and oversight. Page 11 (pdf) 1002.45 Virtual instruction programs. Page 12 (pdf) 1003.01 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf)