Florida HB 1321: Higher Education

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HB 1321 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to educational facilities; amending 2
ss. 163.31777, 163.3180, 553.415, 1001.20, 1002.20, 3
1002.31, 1002.36, 1003.621, 1011.012, 1011.6202, F.S.; 4
conforming provisions and cross-references to changes 5
made by the act; amending s. 1013.03, F.S.; revising 6
the duties of the Department of Education relating to 7
educational facilities of school districts and Florida 8
College System institutions; repealing s. 1013.04, 9
F.S., relating to school district educational 10
facilities plan performance and productivity 11
standards; amending s. 1013.12, F.S.; removing the 12
State Requirements for Educational Facilities from 13
specified standards for educational and ancillary 14
plants; removing the authority of the department to 15
inspect specified educational and ancillary plants; 16
deleting a requirement that the Commissioner of 17
Education adopt specified standards relating to such 18
inspections; removing a requirement that the State 19
Fire Marshal consult with the department for specified 20
rulemaking; amending s. 1013.20, F.S.; removing 21
specified standards for relocatables used as classroom 22
space; amending s. 1013.31, F.S.; removing the State 23
Requirement for Educational Facilities from specified 24
school district facility space projections; removing a 25

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requirement that school district periodically update 26
their inventory of educational facilities; amending s. 27
1013.33, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made 28
by the act; amending s. 1013.35, F.S.; removing 29
definitions; requiring district school boards to 30
submit their tentative facilities plans to the 31
department; removing specified requirements for such 32
plans; removing a requirement that district school 33
boards work with certain local governments relating to 34
such plans; amending s. 1013.356, F.S.; conforming 35
provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 36
1013.37, F.S.; revising requirements for the 37
performance of life-cycle costs analyses on specified 38
facilities; removing the department and Commissioner 39
of Education from requirements related to state 40
uniform building code for public educational 41
facilities construction; amending s. 1013.371, F.S.; 42
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 43
amending s. 1013.41, F.S.; removing the Office of 44
Educational Facilities; requiring the department, 45
rather than the office, to monitor educational 46
facilities plans; amending s. 1013.45, F.S.; removing 47
a requirement that district school boards reuse 48
specified documents and packages relating to 49
construction; removing a requirement for a protype 50

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design and construction for specified district school 51
board projects; removing State Board of Education 52
rulemaking requirements; repealing s. 1013.451, F.S., 53
relating to life-cycle costs comparisons; amending s. 54
1013.62, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending 55
s. 1013.64, F.S.; authorizing certain remodeling 56
projects to be based on specified school district 57
needs; revising the requirements for requests for 58
funding from the Special Facility Construction 59
Committee; revising the membership of the committee; 60
removing requirements for a specified survey and for 61
certain projects to be survey recommended; revising 62
the calculation of the cost per student station; 63
removing specified duties of the department relating 64
to cost per student stations; amending ss. 1013.68 and 65
1013.735, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made 66
by the act; providing an effective date. 67
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 69
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Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (2) and 71
subsection (4) of section 163.31777, Florida Statutes, are 72
amended to read: 73
163.31777 Public schools interlocal agreement.— 74
(2) At a minimum, the interlocal agreement must address 75

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the following issues: 76
(e) A process for the school board to inform the local 77
government regarding the effect of comprehensive plan amendments 78
on school capacity. The capacity reporting must be consistent 79
with laws and rules relating to measurement of school facility 80
capacity and must also identify how the district school board 81
will meet the public school demand based on the facilities work 82
program ado