Florida SB 448: Hate Crimes

Bill Text

448 
Career and Academic Planning for Middle and High School Students 
2025-11-12T03:20:03Z 
Requiring district school boards annually to provide students and their parents with certain information relating to career and technical education programs beginning in a specified grade; requiring middle schools to hold a career and academic planning meeting for specified students and their parents; revising the information included in a student’s personalized academic and career plan, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 448 

 By Senator Arrington 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to career and academic planning for 
 3 middle and high school students; amending s. 1001.43, 
 4 F.S.; requiring district school boards annually to 
 5 provide students and their parents with certain 
 6 information relating to career and technical education 
 7 programs beginning in a specified grade; requiring 
 8 middle schools to hold a career and academic planning 
 9 meeting for specified students and their parents; 
 10 requiring that certain information be included in the 
 11 meeting; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; revising the 
 12 information included in a student’s personalized 
 13 academic and career plan; requiring students in 
 14 specified grades annually to review the personalized 
 15 academic and career plan; requiring that such review 
 16 include a certain demonstration; providing an 
 17 effective date. 
 18 
 19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 20 
 21 Section 1. Subsections (15) and (16) are added to section 
 22 1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 23 1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school 
 24 board.—The district school board may exercise the following 
 25 supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or 
 26 State Board of Education rule. 
 27 (15) PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT CAREER AND TECHNICAL 
 28 EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS.—Before the end of grade 5 and each school 
 29 year thereafter, each student and his or her parent must be 
 30 provided a list of schools within the school district which 
 31 offer career and technical education programs and a description 
 32 of each program. 
 33 (16) CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLANNING MEETING.—Before course 
 34 registration for students entering grade 9, each district school 
 35 board shall require each middle school to hold a career and 
 36 academic planning meeting for grade 8 students and their 
 37 parents. The meeting must include the following information: 
 38 (a) A list of schools within the school district which 
 39 offer career and technical education programs and a description 
 40 of each program. 
 41 (b) Information relating to career and postsecondary 
 42 planning. 
 43 (c) The eligibility requirements for federal and state 
 44 grants and scholarships, including the requirements for each 
 45 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program award. 
 46 (d) Information obtained from the Department of Commerce, 
 47 local workforce boards, and CareerSource Florida, Inc., about 
 48 career and academic jobs available in the region of the school 
 49 district, including starting salaries. 
 50 (e) Information relating to dual enrollment opportunities 
 51 with public and private postsecondary educational institutions 
 52 in the region for high school students, including admission 
 53 requirements. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “region” 
 54 means the Florida College System service area in which the 
 55 school district is located. 
 56 (f) A demonstration of Florida’s online career planning and 
 57 work-based learning coordination system and how to access the 
 58 student’s personalized academic and career plan. 
 59 Section 2. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 
 60 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 61 1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades promotion; 
 62 student personalized academic and career plan requirements.— 
 63 (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school 
 64 from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the 
 65 student must successfully complete the following courses: 
 66 (e)1. One course in career and education planning to be 
 67 completed in grades 6, 7, or 8, which may be taught by any 
 68 member of the instructional staff. The course must be Internet 
 69 based, customizable to each student, and include research-based 
 70 assessments to assist students in determining educational and 
 71 career options and goals. In addition, the course must result in 
 72 a completed personalized academic and career plan for the 
 73 student, which must use, when available, Florida’s online career 
 74 planning and work-based learning coordination system. The course 
 75 must teach each student how to access and update the plan and 
 76 encourage the student to access and update the plan at least 
 77 annually as the