Child Care and Early Learning Services

Eliminated the mandate for large family child care homes to provide specified information to parents, which was previously included in the bill's summary.

Changed the terminology from 'family day care' to 'family child care' to align with current legal standards.

Reorganized the bill text to remove redundant descriptions of the Brighter Futures Program administration and updated the bill version identifier from c2 to c3.

Removed the reference to establishing the 'Florida Endowment for Early Learning Foundation' and instead created the 'Brighter Futures Program'.

Added an explicit exemption for before- and after-school programs and off-school hour programs offered by public and nonpublic elementary schools at school sites.

Updated the document header to reflect a second committee substitute version (CS/CS) and reduced the total page count from 55 to 51.

Created a new Florida Endowment for Early Learning Foundation within the Department of Education, including provisions for revenues, board of directors, and fund distribution.

Added a new definition for 'Department of Education direct-support organization' and expanded the list of amended statutes to include sections 39.202, 125.0109, 166.0445, and others.

Changed the definition of before- and after-school programs to explicitly include 'before-school' programs and clarify that they are offered by public elementary schools.

Updated the description of requirements for family day care homes and large family child care homes regarding information provided to parents.