HB 157 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program

Summary

School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program; Establishes School Teacher Training & Mentoring Program within DOE; provides DOE, teacher mentor, & mentee requirements; & authorizes award of stipends.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Oct 14, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 157 Filed → H 157 c1 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was updated from a filed version to a committee version, primarily involving technical formatting adjustments and the addition of a 'CS/' prefix to indicate it is a committee substitute. The substantive policy content regarding the teacher mentoring program, including eligibility criteria, stipend amounts, and effective dates, remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was updated from 'HB 157' to 'CS/HB 157' to reflect its status as a committee substitute, and the document identifier changed from 'hb157-00' to 'hb157-01-c1'. Minor spacing adjustments were made to the title and section headers.

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Committee

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

lower

Feb 13, 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 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Education Administration Subcommittee

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

lower

Oct 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

lower

Oct 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education & Employment Committee

lower

Oct 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

lower

Oct 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors