Rep. John Temple

Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Removes religious colleges from list of institutions specified as not being under jurisdiction or purview of Commission for Independent Education; provides requirements for nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions relating to licensure, Commission for Independent Education, & certain religious nongovernmental education associations that cooperate with commission for specified purposes.

Automated External Defibrillators on School Grounds; Requires public schools to have at least one automated external defibrillator on school grounds by specified date; provides immunity from liability; provides requirements for defibrillators; provides reporting requirements; authorizes DOE to reimburse school districts & charter schools for portion of specified purchases.

Postsecondary Education Students; Requires public postsecondary educational institutions to report certain student information to U.S. Department of Homeland Security; requires FCS institutions & state universities to assess out-of-state fee for students who promote foreign terrorist organization; & provides that students who promote foreign terrorist organization are ineligible for specified fee waivers & any institutional or state grants, financial aid, scholarships, or tuition assistance.

Specialty License Plates; Directs DHSMV to develop The Villages: May All Your Dreams Come True license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate.

Online Protections for Minors; Requiring certain social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts and to verify the age of account holders; specifying the age verification methods the social media platform is required and authorized to offer; requiring certain social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions for knowing or reckless violations under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; providing penalties, etc.

Rapid DNA Grant Program; Creates Rapid DNA Grant Program within FDLE for county jails or sheriffs' offices; requires department to annually award grant funds to county jails or sheriffs' offices; provides funding requirements; authorizes department to establish criteria & set specific time periods for acceptance of applications & selection process for awarding grant funds.

Middle School and High School Start Times; Provides requirements for middle school & high school start times; provides district school board requirements; requires charter schools to meet requirements relating to middle school & high school start times.

Education; Requiring school districts to annually review and confirm that specified information is accurate and up to date; creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; requiring the Commission for Independent Education to annually prepare an accountability report by a specified date; providing requirements for searches of students’ personal belongings; requiring dual enrollment courses to be age and developmentally appropriate; authorizing students to use a combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours to meet certain program eligibility requirements; providing an appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $6,800,000

Construction of Educational Plant Space; Provides certain school district construction projects are exempt from cost per student station requirements.

State Lottery Funding for Veterans' Assistance Education Programs; Requires Department of Lottery to create instant-ticket lottery game that benefits veterans' assistance education programs; provides that veterans' assistance education programs may be funded by Educational Enhancement Trust Fund; requires department to provide certain information to public.