SB 822 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Education

Summary

Education; Providing that a lab school may use the lab school’s discretionary capital improvement funds for specified purposes; authorizing a charter school governing board to adopt its own code of student conduct; authorizing a charter school to increase its student enrollment beyond the capacity identified in the charter under certain conditions; requiring the Department of Education to provide student performance data to a charter school and its contractor; authorizing a high-performing charter school to assume the charter of an existing charter school within the same school district, etc.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 822 c1 → S 822 c2 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill version (c2) adds new provisions allowing lab schools to use discretionary capital improvement funds for specific purposes like real property and facility construction, while also clarifying and expanding charter school requirements. The version includes additional text about interlocal agreements for charter school development and modifies the effective date to July 1, 2025.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include new provisions for lab school funding and additional details about interlocal agreements for charter school development that were not present in the previous version.

FISCAL

Added Section 1 to allow lab schools to use discretionary capital improvement funds for specific purposes including purchase of real property, construction of facilities, purchase of vehicles, renovation, insurance premiums, and technology hardware/software.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that any purchase, lease-purchase, or lease made by lab schools must be at or below appraised value, with documentation provided to the Department of Education upon request.

Added new subsection 5 to Section 2 regarding interlocal agreements, allowing school districts to enter agreements with governmental entities to assist with charter school permits and licenses, with fees limited to actual costs.

Added new subsection 6 to Section 2 clarifying that state university or Florida College System institution sponsors accept full responsibility for local educational agency requirements and that students in these charter schools are excluded from school district grade calculations.

DEFINITION

Defined 'appraised value' as the fair market value determined by an independent, state-licensed, qualified appraiser selected by the governing board.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from the previous version to July 1, 2025.

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 2

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors