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FL H0423
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robin Bartleman
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AI Summary
- Private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program must provide parents in writing — rather than merely discuss — information about the school's academic programs, policies, specialized services, code of conduct, attendance policies, and therapies before a student enrolls.
- Expands the pre-enrollment disclosure requirement to apply to all scholarship students, not only those determined eligible under a specific paragraph (paragraph (3)(b)).
- Parents of students with an Individualized Education Plan, Education Plan, English Language Learner Plan, or 504 Plan must be informed in writing before enrollment which modifications, accommodations, and therapies in the student's plan the school will honor.
- Private schools that fail to comply with these requirements may be determined ineligible to participate in the scholarship program by the Commissioner of Education.
- Effective date is July 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Family Empowerment Scholarship Program
Last Action
Died in Education & Employment Committee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Education & Employment Committee3/11/2025
Student Academic Success Subcommittee2/12/2025
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