Security Services at Places of Worship; Providing an exemption from licensure requirements for certain volunteers who provide armed security services for places of worship, etc.
Education; Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc.
School Personnel Screening Standards; Requiring an applicant for certain positions to submit specified information; requiring a district school system, charter school, or private school to review specified information, etc.
Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools; Requiring responses to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds to be included in each public school’s plan for urgent life-saving emergencies; requiring public schools to have bleeding control kits on school grounds by a specified date; requiring the Department of Education to establish guidelines for determining the required number of kits for each school; requiring certain staff to receive training relating to such kits; requiring the kits and the use of such kits to be included in certain drills, etc.
Newborn Screenings; Citing this act as “Mattie’s Law”; requiring that newborns, beginning on a specified date, be screened for biliary atresia; requiring the Department of Health to consult with the Genetics and Newborn Screening Advisory Council before adopting certain rules; requiring hospitals that provide birthing services to screen for biliary atresia in a specified manner, etc.
Reimagining Education and Career Help Act; Revising the definition of the term “credential” to include leadership and soft skills certificates offered by certain accredited education organizations and entities, etc.
Speech and Debate Education; Creating the Florida Speech and Debate Hall of Fame; designating Florida Speech and Debate Week annually in February; establishing the Florida Debate Initiative, Inc., (FDI) as a statewide speech and debate organization that performs certain functions in support of the Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) in the Department of Education; requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System and the State Board of Education to develop specified undergraduate and graduate coursework, certificates, and micro-credentials, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,400,000
Specialty License Plates/Outsider License Plate; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop an Outsider license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.
Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death; Deleting a provision that precludes certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death, etc.
Doula Workforce Development; Establishing the Doula Workforce Development Support Program within the Department of Commerce to provide grants and technical assistance to eligible doula training entities for a specified purpose; requiring the department to prioritize support to high-need regions; specifying authorized uses of the grant funds; requiring the department to submit annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $7,500,000
