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: 3/31/2025 House - Now in Education & Employment Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/31/2025 House - Now in Education & Employment Committee
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
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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: 3/10/2025 S Introduced 
S 7030 Educational Scholarship Programs Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Compare Last Action: 3/31/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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: 3/10/2025 S Introduced
S 1608 Private Schools Martin Compare Last Action: 3/10/2025 S Introduced
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)