FL S1610

Private schools participating in state scholarship programs must not be owned or controlled by a foreign country of concern or foreign principal, with violations resulting in immediate suspension of scholarship funds and potential program revocation

Schools must publicly disclose conditions of attendance related to religious tenets, personal grooming or hair style requirements, sexual orientation or gender identity policies, and must annually report vacant scholarship seats to the school district by February 28

Schools that disenroll more than 25 percent of scholarship students without parental consent in a single school year will have funding payments suspended and be prohibited from enrolling new scholarship students for one fiscal year

Creates the 16-member K-12 Education Funding Task Force within the Department of Education to examine transparency, accountability, and universal standards for the use of public funds in nontraditional schools receiving state funding

The task force must submit annual reports beginning October 1, 2025, to the Governor and Legislature with proposed accountability measures for nontraditional schools, including bond or surety requirements, property assignments, and liens