Relating to: allowing individuals who hold a substitute teaching permit to substitute teach at private schools participating in a parental choice program.

SB 526 allows substitute teachers with a department-issued permit (under Section 118.19(7m)) to teach at private schools participating in a parental choice program. It modifies existing requirements by adding new provisions (118.60(2)(a)6.e. and 119.23(2)(a)6.d.) that exempt these permit-holding substitutes from the standard rule requiring all private school teachers to have a teaching license or bachelor's degree or higher. The bill directly affects substitute teachers holding the specific permit and private schools enrolled in state parental choice programs. This change streamlines substitute staffing for participating schools without altering credential requirements for regular teachers.