Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; Revises instructional hours required to be delivered in Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program for school-year & summer programs.
Resident Status for Tuition Purposes; Provides that person may not lose his or her resident status for tuition purposes due solely to his or her incarceration in specified correctional facilities.
Education; Revises provisions relating certain private schools, FEFP, & minimum base salary for classroom teachers; & establishes K-12 Classroom Technology Grant Program & K-12 Education Funding Task Force.
Elections; Revising provisions related to elections including elected positions, administration of election law & investigation of violations, voters rights, voter registration, vote-by-mail, ballot types, and Election Day holiday.
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative ; Requires DOEA to contract for development & implementation of Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative; provides requirements for initiative; provides requirements for type of entity with which DOEA contracts; requires Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee to make certain recommendations to DOEA & Legislature annually.
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requires public middle schools to provide for administration of PSAT/NMSQT to students who meet specified criteria for specified purposes relating to Florida Bright Futures Program; requires specified test preparation resources & information be provided to certain students; provides for funding for such assessments & resources; & revises eligibility criteria for certain awards under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
Homeowners' Association Ombudsman; Creates Office of Homeowners' Association Ombudsman within Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes of DBPR; provides for funding of office; directs Governor to appoint ombudsman; provides requirements for ombudsman; prohibits ombudsman & officers & full-time employees of office from holding certain positions, engaging in certain activities, or receiving certain remuneration; provides for principal location of ombudsman's office; specifies powers & duties of ombudsman; provides for administration of election monitoring process; provides that specified rule governs administration of election monitoring.
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding; Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology.
Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.
Human Trafficking Awareness; Requiring the Department of Education to identify a curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness; specifying required components of the curriculum; authorizing in-person or online training; requiring public schools to require that certain personnel have received certain training, etc.
