HB 723 Summary: Florida Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts

• Establishes the Florida Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts Program to provide eligible students with disabilities state-funded accounts for customized educational services and supports selected by parents.

• Expands eligible uses of funds to include instructional materials, specialized services from approved providers (speech therapy, occupational therapy, ABA services), private school tuition, tutoring, assessments, and college savings contributions.

• Creates framework for nonprofit personal learning service scholarship-funding organizations to administer accounts, with requirements for background checks, audits, financial controls, and compliance with state education standards.

• Clarifies student eligibility requirements based on specific disabilities (autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, intellectual disability, Prader-Willi syndrome, spina bifida) or high-risk kindergarten status, excluding students already enrolled in public schools or receiving other scholarships.

• Allows unused account funds to roll over year-to-year and authorizes parents to develop annual learning plans approved by certified teachers in exceptional student education.