HB 1253 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Athletics in Public K-12 Schools

Summary

Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requires FHSAA to adopt bylaws authorizing coach to support welfare of student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to student; requires coach to report such use of personal funds to FHSAA; provides that such use of personal funds is presumed not to be impermissible benefit; provides exceptions & provides specified limitations on amount of personal funds coach may use.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 1253 c1 → H 1253 c2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reclassified as a committee substitute (CS/CS), indicating it has been amended during the legislative process. The most significant policy change adds a requirement for written parental consent before a coach can use personal funds to support a student's welfare, shifting the default authority from the coach to the parent. Other sections regarding medical evaluations and physician immunity remain largely unchanged, though minor text corrections were made to statutory citations.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding coach compensation remains focused on public K-12 schools, but the mechanism for authorizing personal fund usage now explicitly requires parental approval.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandatory requirement for parents to provide written consent before a coach can use personal funds to provide effects like food or transportation to a student.

DEFINITION

Minor text adjustments were made to statutory citations within the medical evaluation section to correct references to subsections.

TECHNICAL

The bill version identifier was updated from 'CS/HB' to 'CS/CS/HB', reflecting that this is a revised committee substitute version.

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Committee

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Education & Employment Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Education & Employment Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Education & Employment Committee

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Education & Employment Committee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 7 co-sponsors