CS/SB 318: Educational Scholarship Programs
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Gaetz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Simon ; Pizzo ; Burgess ; Osgood ; Rouson
Educational Scholarship Programs; Creating a categorical fund for implementing the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; creating the educational enrollment stabilization program to provide supplemental state funds to address changes in full-time equivalent student enrollment; renaming the Hope Scholarship Program as the Hope Program; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to provide a parent with certain information on scholarship programs; requiring an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to create a single application for all educational scholarship programs, etc.
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/21/2025 | Senate |
• Filed • Referred to Appropriations |
| 12/1/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 12/10/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
| 12/10/2025 | Senate |
• CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 |
| 12/12/2025 | Senate |
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
| 1/12/2026 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/14/26 |
| 1/13/2026 | Senate |
• Introduced • CS by Appropriations read 1st time |
| 1/14/2026 | Senate |
• Read 2nd time -SJ 155 • Amendment(s) adopted (629180, 713876, 789314) -SJ 155 • Read 3rd time -SJ 155 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 155 • Immediately certified -SJ 155 |
| 1/14/2026 | House |
• In Messages |