Florida SB 1052: Education

Bill Text

1052 
Education 
2026-01-05T04:25:13Z 
Requiring each Florida College System institution and state university to waive tuition and fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain conditions are met; prohibiting a Florida College System institution or state university from admitting a student who is not a citizen of the United States or lawfully present therein; revising eligibility requirements for the Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program; prohibiting a Florida College System institution or state university from imposing certain graduation requirements; revising conditions for a student to meet the definition of homeless children and youths for purposes of tuition and fee exemptions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1052 

 By Senator Grall 

 29-00650B-26 20261052__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to education; amending s. 251.001, 
 3 F.S.; requiring each Florida College System 
 4 institution and state university to waive tuition and 
 5 fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain 
 6 conditions are met; creating s. 413.0114, F.S.; 
 7 requiring entities that offer fee-based services to 
 8 individuals who are blind or visually impaired to 
 9 disclose whether the service may be obtained elsewhere 
 10 at no cost; providing requirements for the disclosure; 
 11 authorizing the Department of Education to adopt 
 12 rules; amending s. 413.208, F.S.; requiring certain 
 13 service providers to apply to the Division of 
 14 Vocational Rehabilitation, rather than register; 
 15 requiring the division to establish minimum 
 16 qualifications for service providers; authorizing the 
 17 division to approve or deny any service provider 
 18 application; requiring the division to establish an 
 19 annual application period; providing that, as of a 
 20 specified date, only certain service providers may 
 21 participate in the vocational rehabilitation program; 
 22 requiring the division to develop and make publicly 
 23 available a certain annual report; requiring service 
 24 providers to meet certain standards to maintain 
 25 approved status; specifying that the rates for 
 26 vocational rehabilitation services meet certain 
 27 criteria; amending s. 1004.06, F.S.; revising 
 28 applicability for prohibited expenditures; creating s. 
 29 1004.072, F.S.; prohibiting a Florida College System 
 30 institution or state university from admitting a 
 31 student who is not a citizen of the United States or 
 32 lawfully present therein; amending s. 1004.93, F.S.; 
 33 revising legislative intent; amending s. 1004.933, 
 34 F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for the 
 35 Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) 
 36 Program; amending s. 1005.06, F.S.; revising the list 
 37 of institutions that are not under the jurisdiction of 
 38 the Commission for Independent Education; amending s. 
 39 1006.71, F.S.; making a technical change; deleting 
 40 provisions requiring a gender equity plan in 
 41 intercollegiate athletics; deleting requirements for 
 42 the Commissioner of Education, the Chancellor of the 
 43 State University System, and each applicable 
 44 institution’s board of trustees to evaluate and assess 
 45 the gender equity plan and gender equity goals; 
 46 amending s. 1007.25, F.S.; revising the time period 
 47 for Florida College System institutions and state 
 48 universities to submit comments in response to a 
 49 specified notice of intent; prohibiting a Florida 
 50 College System institution or state university from 
 51 imposing certain graduation requirements; amending s. 
 52 1007.271, F.S.; revising the list of postsecondary 
 53 institutions that are eligible to participate in a 
 54 dual enrollment program; requiring that high school 
 55 grade point averages be weighted in a specified way; 
 56 amending s. 1008.30, F.S.; deleting a requirement for 
 57 the State Board of Education to adopt rules; 
 58 authorizing school district career centers to use 
 59 alternative methods adopted by the board to assess 
 60 students in basic communication and computation skills 
 61 in lieu of common placement tests; authorizing Florida 
 62 College System institutions to request approval of 
 63 institution-specific alternative methods; making 
 64 conforming changes; amending s. 1008.44, F.S.; 
 65 deleting a provision limiting how supplemental funding 
 66 may be earned for the CAPE Industry Certification 
 67 Funding List; amending s. 1008.47, F.S.; providing 
 68 construction; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; revising 
 69 conditions for a student to meet the definition of 
 70 homeless children and youths for purposes of tuition 
 71 and fee exemptions; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; 
 72 providing that a fee waiver only applies to a full 
 73 time undergraduate student; revising requirements for 
 74 a fee waiver; amending s. 1009.40, F.S.; requiring 
 75 t