Florida SB 2514: Judges

Bill Text

2514 
Pre-K-12 Education 
2026-02-18T14:26:26Z 
Revising conditions under which a specified scholarship account’s funds revert to the state; providing a supplement for districts that have a decline in enrollment; requiring that fiscally constrained districts receive a higher calculation than non-fiscally constrained districts, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 2514 

 By the Committee on Appropriations 

 576-03001-26 20262514__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to Pre-K-12 education; amending s. 
 3 1002.411, F.S.; revising conditions under which a 
 4 specified scholarship account’s funds revert to the 
 5 state; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; providing a 
 6 supplement for districts that have a decline in 
 7 enrollment; requiring that fiscally constrained 
 8 districts receive a higher calculation than non 
 9 fiscally constrained districts; providing an effective 
 10 date. 
 11 
 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 13 
 14 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section 
 15 1002.411, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 16 1002.411 New Worlds Scholarship Accounts.— 
 17 (5) ACCOUNT FUNDING AND PAYMENT.— 
 18 (f) A student’s scholarship account must be closed and any 
 19 remaining funds shall revert to the state after: 
 20 1. Denial or revocation of scholarship eligibility by the 
 21 commissioner for fraud or abuse, including, but not limited to, 
 22 the student or student’s parent accepting any payment, refund, 
 23 or rebate, in any manner, from a provider of any services 
 24 received pursuant to subsection (2); or 
 25 2. December 31, 2026 One consecutive fiscal year in which 
 26 an account has been inactive. 
 27 Section 2. Subsection (20) is added to section 1011.62, 
 28 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 29 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual 
 30 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 
 31 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 
 32 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 
 33 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 
 34 follows: 
 35 (20) DECLINING ENROLLMENT SUPPLEMENT.—In those districts 
 36 where there is a decline between prior year and current year 
 37 unweighted FTE students, the percentage of the decline in the 
 38 unweighted FTE students, as specified in the General 
 39 Appropriations Act, shall be multiplied by the current year base 
 40 amount for the Florida Education Finance Program, as determined 
 41 in paragraph (1)(n), per unweighted FTE student and shall be 
 42 added to the allocation for that district. The percentage used 
 43 for districts that are fiscally constrained must be greater than 
 44 the percentage used for non-fiscally constrained districts. 
 45 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.