Florida SB 1676: Direct Care Workers

Bill Text

1676 
Advanced Education Options 
2026-01-09T10:00:11Z 
Citing this act as the “Raising Achievement by Improving Standards and Earnings (RAISE) Act”; requiring certain district school boards and private high schools to enter into dual enrollment articulation agreements and private school articulation agreements, respectively; creating the advanced education options supplement; authorizing a scholarship-funding organization (SFO) to retain a specified amount of the supplement for administrative expenses; providing values for students who receive specified diplomas, receive passing scores in specified courses, pass certain relevant exams, or are enrolled in specified courses, 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 1676 

 By Senator McClain 

 9-00914D-26 20261676__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to advanced education options; 
 3 providing a short title; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; 
 4 requiring certain district school boards and private 
 5 high schools to enter into dual enrollment 
 6 articulation agreements and private school 
 7 articulation agreements, respectively; requiring 
 8 Florida College System institutions and state 
 9 universities to enter into a dual enrollment agreement 
 10 to allow certain students to take specified courses if 
 11 such students meet specified criteria; defining terms; 
 12 amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; creating the advanced 
 13 education options supplement; providing the purpose of 
 14 the supplement; providing that students who take 
 15 specified courses generate the supplement; authorizing 
 16 a scholarship-funding organization (SFO) to retain a 
 17 specified amount of the supplement for administrative 
 18 expenses; requiring school districts and SFOs to 
 19 report specified information to the Department of 
 20 Education and the Legislature; requiring private 
 21 schools to report specified information to an SFO; 
 22 requiring that certain values and bonuses be 
 23 multiplied if certain requirements are met; assigning 
 24 specified values to students under specified 
 25 circumstances; specifying requirements for a school 
 26 and SFO to disburse certain funds; providing 
 27 requirements for a school’s dual enrollment program to 
 28 expend such funds; providing that such funds may not 
 29 be used for a specified purpose; requiring the 
 30 department to designate certain courses as rigorous 
 31 courses; providing criteria for such course 
 32 designations; providing values for students who 
 33 receive specified diplomas, receive passing scores in 
 34 specified courses, pass certain relevant exams, or are 
 35 enrolled in specified courses; providing multipliers 
 36 for values under specified circumstances; providing 
 37 that a portion of the supplement may be given to a 
 38 teacher as a bonus under specified circumstances; 
 39 providing authorized uses for the balance of 
 40 supplement funds; providing that such funds may not be 
 41 used for a specified purpose; defining the term “high 
 42 score”; providing values for a student who earns a 
 43 CAPE Digital Tool certificate, completes a career 
 44 themed course, or completes CAPE Acceleration industry 
 45 certifications; defining the term “completes”; 
 46 providing values for a student who completes specified 
 47 preapprenticeship or apprenticeship programs; 
 48 requiring the department to report certain 
 49 certificates of completion to the Florida Education 
 50 and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP); 
 51 requiring that additional values be added to certain 
 52 supplements in a specified timeframe; requiring that 
 53 such values be disbursed pursuant to specified 
 54 provisions; requiring the department to report a 
 55 canceled agreement to the FETPIP; providing that a 
 56 student generates a specified supplement if certain 
 57 criteria are met; specifying requirements if a 
 58 student’s grade point average falls below certain 
 59 required values for eligibility; providing authorized 
 60 uses of certain funds by schools; providing that such 
 61 funds may not be used for a certain purpose; providing 
 62 values for students who participate in specified 
 63 academic competitions; providing criteria for a 
 64 student to generate a supplement for a math or science 
 65 olympiad; defining terms; requiring a governing 
 66 organization to notify the department under specified 
 67 circumstances; requiring a school to designate a math 
 68 or science team for a student to generate a 
 69 supplement; providing authorized uses of supplement 
 70 funds; providing an exception to participation fees; 
 71 deleting obsolete language; providing an effective 
 72 date. 
 73 
 74 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 75 
 76 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Raising 
 77 Achievement by Improving Standards and Earnings (RAISE) Act.” 
 78 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of s