Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson; Recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson, etc.
Fees/Equity Investment Certified as a Capital Investment; Requiring that an application by a rural fund seeking to have an equity investment certified as a capital investment for specified tax credits include a nonrefundable application fee to the Department of Commerce, etc.
Rural Emergency Hospitals; Subjecting rural emergency hospitals to certain requirements for the provision of emergency services and care; defining the terms “rural emergency hospital” and “rural emergency services”; authorizing qualifying hospitals to apply to the Agency for Health Care Administration for designation as a rural emergency hospital, etc.
Education; Deleting a requirement that the State Board of Education establish the cost of certain tuition and fees; repealing a provision relating to single-gender programs; deleting a requirement that school districts provide certain virtual instruction options to students; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; providing requirements for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program who exhibit a substantial deficiency in early literacy skills and early mathematics skills, etc.
Career-themed Courses; Revising the requirements for a specified school district strategic plan to include certain information; requiring the Department of Education to include specified data in an annual review of K-12 and postsecondary career and technical education offerings, etc.
Tallahassee Community College; Renaming the college as “Tallahassee State College”, etc.
Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223
School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program; Establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the program; providing for the award of stipends for classroom teacher mentorship, subject to appropriation; providing program requirements relating to program contracts, standards, mentor requirements, and meeting requirements, etc.
Florida High School Athletic Association; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws requiring member schools to provide certain health care services to student athletes; providing minimum requirements for such bylaws, etc.
Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists; Requiring the Board of Psychology to certify psychologists to exercise prescriptive authority if they meet specified criteria; specifying requirements for the prescribing of drugs and controlled substances by a prescribing psychologist; requiring the Board of Psychology to establish an interim panel for a specified purpose by a specified date, etc.
