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HB 963: Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools

GENERAL BILL by Smith

Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Revises provisions relating to school districts, district school boards, K-12 school facilities, funding, teacher certifications & contracts, & early learning.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/13/2026 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/5/2026 House • Filed
    1/12/2026 House • Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
    • Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee
    • Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
    • Referred to Education & Employment Committee
    • Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
    1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

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  • HB 963, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/5/2026 at 9:41 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 320 Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools Simon Identical Last Action: 1/14/2026 S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Track This Bill
    H 1321 Educational Facilities Conerly Compare Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (43)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    120.81 Exceptions and special requirements; general areas. Page 7 (pdf)
    163.3180 Concurrency. Page 83 (pdf)
    200.065 Method of fixing millage. Page 83 (pdf)
    1001.23 Specific powers and duties of the Department of Education. Page 7 (pdf)
    1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. Page 8 (pdf)
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 10 (pdf)
    1002.33 Charter schools. Page 11 (pdf)
    1002.451 District innovation school of technology program. Page 11 (pdf)
    1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. Page 12 (pdf)
    1002.63 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by public schools. Page 13 (pdf)
    1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability. Page 86 (pdf)
    1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting. Page 13 (pdf)
    1003.631 Schools of Excellence. Page 87 (pdf)
    1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for teacher preparation programs. Page 87 (pdf)
    1004.85 Postsecondary educator preparation institutes. Page 90 (pdf)
    1006.40 Purchase of instructional materials. Page 16 (pdf)
    1008.212 Students with disabilities; extraordinary exemption. Page 16 (pdf)
    1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools. Page 19 (pdf)
    1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements. Page 21 (pdf)
    1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement. Page 25 (pdf)
    1010.20 Cost accounting and reporting for school districts. Page 26 (pdf)
    1011.035 School district fiscal transparency. Page 26 (pdf)
    1011.14 Obligations for a period of 1 year. Page 28 (pdf)
    1011.60 Minimum requirements of the Florida Education Finance Program. Page 29 (pdf)
    1011.6202 Principal Autonomy Program Initiative. Page 30 (pdf)
    1011.69 Equity in School-Level Funding Act. Page 32 (pdf)
    1011.71 District school tax. Page 35 (pdf)
    1012.22 Public school personnel; powers and duties of the district school board. Page 40 (pdf)
    1012.335 Contracts with instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011. Page 46 (pdf)
    1012.39 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and career specialists and nondegreed teachers of fine and performing arts; students performing clinical field experience. Page 49 (pdf)
    1012.552 The Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching (CERT) Certification Program. Page 91 (pdf)
    1012.555 Teacher Apprenticeship Program. Page 50 (pdf)
    1012.56 Educator certification requirements. Page 52 (pdf)
    1012.585 Process for renewal of professional certificates. Page 60 (pdf)
    1012.586 Additions or changes to certificates; duplicate certificates; reading endorsement pathways. Page 92 (pdf)
    1012.98 School Community Professional Learning Act. Page 93 (pdf)
    1013.19 Purchase, conveyance, or encumbrance of property interests above surface of land; joint-occupancy structures. Page 66 (pdf)
    1013.35 School district educational facilities plan; definitions; preparation, adoption, and amendment; long-term work programs. Page 68 (pdf)
    1013.41 SMART schools; Classrooms First; legislative purpose. Page 77 (pdf)
    1013.45 Educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions. Page 78 (pdf)
    1013.451 Life-cycle costs comparison. Page 80 (pdf)
    1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding. Page 98 (pdf)
    1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital projects. Page 80 (pdf)

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