Florida HB 731: Home Education

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CS/HB 731 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to extracurricular activities; 2
amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; authorizing district school 3
boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds 4
to provide funding to specified persons relating to 5
extracurricular activities; prohibiting such funds 6
from being used as severance pay or compensation; 7
amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; providing and revising 8
definitions; revising eligibility requirements for a 9
student to participate in an interscholastic or 10
intrascholastic extracurricular activity; providing 11
construction; deleting obsolete provisions; requiring 12
governing organizations to adopt, maintain, and 13
enforce specified manuals or handbooks; requiring that 14
insurance provided by district school boards for 15
participants in extracurricular activities cover any 16
eligible student; deleting requirements for the 17
Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to 18
facilitate a program for private school students to 19
participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic 20
sport; requiring the athletic director or other 21
appropriate administrator to maintain records for all 22
eligible students participating in interscholastic or 23
intrascholastic extracurricular activities at a member 24
school; revising requirements for a student to apply 25

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to participate in an interscholastic or 26
intrascholastic extracurricular activity at certain 27
schools; authorizing a public school to assess an 28
activity fee for certain students; providing a 29
limitation on such fee; requiring such fee to be 30
annually approved by a district school board or 31
charter school governing board, as appropriate; 32
requiring each school to annually publish a complete 33
list of such fees on its website; requiring parents to 34
provide transportation to and from the school for 35
their students; providing indemnity for a school and 36
district school board under specified circumstances; 37
prohibiting a student from participating in 38
interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular 39
activities at two different schools within the same 40
school year unless the student meets specified 41
criteria; requiring the governing organization to 42
provide a certain determination of eligibility within 43
a specified timeframe; requiring the governing 44
organization to adopt specified bylaws; authorizing 45
the governing organization to adopt additional bylaws; 46
deleting provisions providing requirements for certain 47
student transfers; amending s. 1002.31, F.S.; deleting 48
obsolete language; conforming provisions to changes 49
made by the act; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming 50

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a cross-reference and provisions to changes made by 51
the act; amending s. 1006.195, F.S.; conforming cross-52
references; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the 53
FHSAA to adopt, maintain, and enforce specified 54
manuals or handbooks; requiring the FHSAA to ensure 55
that athletes may request certain exemptions or 56
accommodations; requiring the FHSAA to provide 57
accommodations under certain circumstances; 58
authorizing a student who is denied certain 59
eligibility to appeal a decision made by the governing 60
organization; requiring the governing organization to 61
adopt bylaws to establish a timeline for an appeals 62
process; providing a limitation on such timelines; 63
authorizing the executive director of the FHSAA to 64
rule on specified appeals; amending s. 1012.01, F.S.; 65
including extracurricular athletic administrators in 66
the broad classification of K-12 administrative 67
personnel; authorizing district school superintendents 68
to negotiate specified compensation; providing 69
requirements for such compensation; providing an 70
effective date. 71
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 73
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Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (2) of 75

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section 1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read: 76
1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school 77
board.—The district school board may exercise the following 78
supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or 79
State Board of Education rule. 80
(2) FISCAL MANAGEMENT.—The district school board may adopt 81
policies providing for fiscal management of the school district 82
with respect to school purchasing,