The Florida Senate

SB 1718: Educator Preparation and Certification

GENERAL BILL by Calatayud

Educator Preparation and Certification; Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional certificates; requiring that subject area coverages and endorsements for a certificateholder be reinstated with the certificateholder’s professional certificate; requiring the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence to collaborate with the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching for specified purposes, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/9/2026	Senate	• Filed
  1/16/2026	Senate	• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules
  1/22/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building • Introduced
  1/27/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
  2/13/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  2/18/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  2/19/2026	Senate	• Now in Rules • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/24/2026	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  2/25/2026	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

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• SB 1718, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 4:22 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Education Pre-K - 12 (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2026 (pdf) Education Pre-K - 12 (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Pre-Meeting) 2/20/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2026 (pdf) Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/23/2026 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/24/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 561 (c1)	Educator Preparation and Certification	Education & Employment Committee	Identical	Last Action: 2/25/2026 S In Messages
  S 7036 (c2)	Education	Education Pre-K - 12	Compare	Last Action: 2/25/2026 S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/27/2026 3:30 PM	Education Pre-K - 12	6 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/18/2026 8:30 AM	Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/24/2026 12:00 PM	Rules	23 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1004.85	Postsecondary educator preparation institutes.	Page 2 (pdf)
  1012.56	Educator certification requirements.	Page 3 (pdf)
  1012.585	Process for renewal of professional certificates.	Page 5 (pdf)
  1012.981	The Florida Center for Teaching Excellence.	Page 6 (pdf)

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