FL S1410

Lowers the standardized test score requirement for teacher scholarship eligibility from the 80th percentile to the 75th percentile, or to the 70th percentile for teachers with cum laude or higher degrees, and expands eligible tests to include GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT in addition to SAT and ACT.

Requires teachers to submit official transcripts demonstrating cum laude or higher status to demonstrate scholarship eligibility, and allows previously eligible teachers to retain eligibility indefinitely as long as they remain employed and receive highly effective evaluations.

Creates the Florida Best and Brightest Principal Scholarship Program to provide categorical funding for principals whose schools have high percentages of best and brightest teachers, with greater awards for principals at Title I schools.

Establishes principal eligibility based on serving at least 2 consecutive school years and having their school maintain a ratio of best and brightest teachers at the 80th percentile or higher compared to other schools in the same grade group statewide.

Requires school districts to annually submit to the Department of Education information about eligible teachers, their assigned schools, and their principals' names, and mandates districts award principal scholarships by April 1 each year.