Public Education

The bill title and scope were changed from 'school districts' to 'public education'.

Access to school district documents was expanded to include all documents necessary for board duties, with a specific exemption for confidential items.

A new right was added allowing board members to comment publicly on district business outside of meetings.

The requirement to post full line-item budget items was moved from the fiscal transparency statute to the personnel statute.

A new requirement was added for school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting employees from being required or incentivized to sign nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements.

Clarified that board members have a right to access documents that are not public records, such as internal legal opinions, as long as access is provided in compliance with applicable law.

Added a specific requirement that requests for documents made outside of publicly noticed meetings must be fulfilled within 10 business days.

Added a mandate that any document provided to a single district school board member must be offered to all other board members.

The bill title and header were updated to reflect its status as a committee substitute (CS/HB 1073) rather than a filed bill, and the page count was reduced from 6 to 4 pages.

The bill's summary was rewritten to remove references to amending the definition of 'agency' in s. 112.3135, which was previously included in the original text.

The bill's sections were renumbered and consolidated. For example, the original Section 1 and Section 2 were merged into a single Section 1, and the original Section 3 and Section 4 were merged into a single Section 2.

The effective date was changed from an unspecified date in the original text to a specific date of July 1, 2026.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the indentation and spacing of the text throughout the document.