Florida HB 963: Probation Violations

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HB 963 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to administrative efficiency in public 2
schools; amending s. 120.81, F.S.; exempting district 3
school boards from requirements for adopting certain 4
rules; amending s. 1001.23, F.S.; requiring the 5
Department of Education to annually inform district 6
school superintendents by a specified date that they 7
are authorized to petition to receive a specified 8
declaratory statement; requiring the department to 9
annually maintain and provide school districts with a 10
list of certain statutory and rule requirements; 11
specifying requirements for such list; amending s. 12
1001.42, F.S.; deleting a requirement for a district 13
school board to employ an internal auditor in certain 14
circumstances; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; deleting a 15
requirement that the school financial report be 16
included in the student handbook; requiring the 17
department to produce specified reports relating to 18
school accountability and make them available on the 19
department's website; requiring each school district 20
to provide a link to such reports; amending s. 21
1002.33, F.S.; conforming a provision relating to a 5-22
year facilities plan; amending s. 1002.451, F.S.; 23
requiring innovation schools of technology to comply 24
with specified provisions relating to instructional 25

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multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, 26
for instructional personnel; amending s. 1002.61, 27
F.S.; deleting public schools from a requirement for 28
early learning coalitions to verify compliance with 29
certain law; amending s. 1002.63, F.S.; deleting a 30
requirement for an early learning coalition to verify 31
that certain public schools comply with specified 32
provisions; amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; revising 33
requirements relating to district school board 34
attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten 35
Education Programs; requiring a school district to 36
certify its attendance records for a Voluntary 37
Prekindergarten Education Program; amending s. 38
1006.40, F.S.; revising the timeframe within which 39
certain instructional materials must be purchased; 40
authorizing the State Board of Education to modify the 41
timeframe; amending s. 1008.212, F.S.; providing that 42
certain assessments are not subject to specified 43
requirements; specifying the assessments from which 44
IEP teams are authorized to submit requests for 45
extraordinary exemptions; amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; 46
requiring the Commissioner of Education to notify 47
school districts of the assessment schedule for a 48
specified time interval and to publish such schedule 49
on the department's website; deleting requirements 50

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relating to a uniform calendar that must be published 51
by the commissioner each year; revising an annual 52
timeframe for each school district to establish 53
schedules for the administration of statewide, 54
standardized assessments; requiring each school 55
district to publish certain information regarding such 56
schedules on its website; conforming provisions to 57
changes made by the act; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; 58
conforming cross-references; amending s. 1008.33, 59
F.S.; prohibiting a school from being required to use 60
a certain parameter as the sole determining factor to 61
recruit instructional personnel; specifying 62
requirements for a rule adopted by the State Board of 63
Education; amending s. 1010.20, F.S.; requiring 64
charter schools to respond to monitoring questions 65
from the department; amending s. 1011.035, F.S.; 66
deleting a requirement that each district school board 67
budget posted on the school board's website include a 68
graphical representation of specified information; 69
revising website requirements; amending s. 1011.14, 70
F.S.; revising the types of facilities for which 71
district school boards may incur certain financial 72
obligations; amending s. 1011.60, F.S.; revising 73
circumstances under which the State Board of Education 74
may alter the length of school terms for certain 75

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school districts; amending s. 1011.6202, F.S.; 76
requiring schools participating in the Principal 77
Autonomy Program Initiative to comply with specified 78
provisions relating to instructional multiyear 79
contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for 80
instructional personnel; amending s. 1011.69, F.S.; 81