Sen. Keith Perry

Autism Spectrum Disorder Training for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Providing requirements for training officers for interacting with individuals with autism spectrum disorder; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to adopt specified rules requiring such training as part of basic recruit training or as part of the required instruction for continued employment or appointment as officers, etc.

Reduction of Assessed Value; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to allow counties to reduce the assessed value of a homestead property for the portions of such property used as living quarters for the property owner’s parent or grandparent who is 62 years of age or older and to remove current provisions limiting the exemption to increases in assessments resulting from construction or reconstruction of such living quarters and limiting the amount of such exemption, etc.

International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonuses; Revising the requirements for the calculation of additional full-time equivalent membership and certain bonuses based on International Baccalaureate examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by the Department of Education, etc.

Reduction of Assessed Value; Revising the requirements for property owners to receive a reduction in assessed value of certain homestead properties; revising the maximum value of such reduction; specifying the method for assessing property when conditions are no longer met to receive such reduction, etc.

Continuing Chiropractic Education; Deleting a requirement that all chiropractic continuing education hours be completed in a classroom setting; prohibiting the Board of Chiropractic Medicine from limiting the number of hours of continuing education a chiropractic physician may complete through distance learning; specifying who may teach board-approved continuing education courses, etc.

Florida School for Competitive Academics; Authorizing the school’s board of trustees to change the name of the school, etc.

Postsecondary Students Who are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness; Requiring the Department of Education and the Board of Governors of the State University System to develop best practices and training materials for certain employees related to identifying students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness; requiring certain Florida College System institutions and state universities to prioritize students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness for certain housing and work opportunities; establishing the Fostering Independence Grant Program within the Department of Education to be administered by Florida College System institutions and state universities, etc.

Display of Flags by Governmental Entities; Prohibiting certain governmental entities from erecting or displaying certain flags; requiring the governmental entity to remain neutral in certain circumstances; providing applicability; authorizing a current or retired member of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard to use reasonable force to prevent the desecration, destruction, or removal of the United States flag or to replace such flag to a position of prominence, etc.

Development Permits and Orders; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to meet specified requirements regarding the minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; revising required duties that a county or municipality, respectively, must perform upon receipt of an application for approval of a development permit; revising timeframes for processing certain applications for approvals of development permits or development orders, etc.

Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer; Providing mandatory minimum sentences for violations; providing for pretrial diversion for first-time offenders, etc.