Florida HB 417: County Court Judges

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HB 417 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to career and academic planning for 2
middle and high school students; amending s. 1001.43, 3
F.S.; requiring district school boards to annually 4
provide students and their parents with certain 5
information relating to career and technical education 6
programs beginning in a specified grade; requiring 7
middle schools to hold a career and academic planning 8
meeting for specified students and their parents; 9
requiring certain information to be included in the 10
meeting; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; revising the 11
information included in a student's personalized 12
academic and career plan; requiring students in 13
specified grades to annually review the personalized 14
academic and career plan; requiring such review to 15
include a certain demonstration; providing an 16
effective date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Subsections (15) and (16) are added to section 21
1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read: 22
1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school 23
board.—The district school board may exercise the following 24
supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or 25

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State Board of Education rule. 26
(15) PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT CAREER AND TECHNICAL 27
EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS.—Before the end of grade 5 and each school 28
year thereafter, each student and his or her parent must be 29
provided a list of schools within the school district that offer 30
career and technical education programs and a description of 31
each program. 32
(16) CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLANNING MEETING.—Before course 33
registration for students entering grade 9, each district school 34
board must require each middle school to hold a career and 35
academic planning meeting for grade 8 students and their 36
parents. The meeting must include the following information: 37
(a) A list of schools within the school district that 38
offer career and technical education programs and a description 39
of each program. 40
(b) Information relating to career and postsecondary 41
planning. 42
(c) The eligibility requirements for federal and state 43
grants and scholarships, including the requirements for each 44
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program award. 45
(d) Information obtained from the Department of Commerce, 46
local workforce boards, and CareerSource Florida, Inc., about 47
career and academic jobs available in the region of the school 48
district, including starting salaries. 49
(e) Information relating to dual enrollment opportunities 50

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with public and private postsecondary educational institutions 51
in the region for high school students, including admission 52
requirements. For purposes of this paragraph, "region" means the 53
Florida College System service area in which the school district 54
is located. 55
(f) A demonstration of Florida's online career planning 56
and work-based learning coordination system and how to access 57
the student's personalized academic and career plan. 58
Section 2. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 59
1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 60
1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades 61
promotion; student personalized academic and career plan 62
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

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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 student progresses through middle school and 78
high school. The personalized academic and career plan must 79
emphasize the importance of entrepreneurship and emp