FSBA Legislative Update Week of January 26-30, 2026 | Session Week 3 HB 1071 (Education) by Rep. Trabulsy – This sweeping omnibus bill advanced through Pre-K-12 Budget Subcommittee (12-3) after extensive debate. If you attended Day in the Legislature then you heard Dr. Kim McDougal and I break down some of the more detailed provisions.…
FSBA Legislative Update Week of January 19-23, 2026 | Session Week 2 Reminder: Committee meetings and floor sessions are recorded and available via the Florida Channel. Please go to https://thefloridachannel.org/videos/ to find past meetings, sessions, and press coverage of the legislative session. Legislative activity picked up considerably during the second week of the 2026 session,…
FSBA Legislative Update Week of January 12-16, 2026 | Session Week 1 Reminder: Committee meetings and floor sessions are recorded and available via the Florida Channel. Please go to https://thefloridachannel.org/videos/ to find past meetings, sessions, and press coverage of the legislative session. As you might imagine, there are hundreds of bills that FSBA is monitoring…
This week showed significant legislative momentum with several major bills advancing toward floor consideration. Board members should closely monitor HB 0145/Suits Against the Government (McFarland), which has been placed on the House calendar for second reading after passing through committees—this bill would substantially increase statutory liability limits for tort claims against school districts and other governmental…
This week showed significant legislative activity with several key education and property tax bills advancing. Board members should closely monitor HB 0127/Required Instruction in Cursive Writing (Overdorf), which has now moved to the Education & Employment Committee after passing its first subcommittee, mandating cursive writing instruction and proficiency demonstrations by specified grades. Notably, SB 0156/Criminal Offenses…
This week saw increased legislative activity with several new bills advancing through the process. Board members should particularly monitor HB 0127/Required Instruction in Cursive Writing (Overdorf), which is now scheduled for committee hearing on November 18th at 1:00 pm before the Student Academic Success Subcommittee—this bill would mandate cursive writing instruction and demonstration of proficiency by…
This week brought significant new activity in K-12 education bills, with several noteworthy filings and committee movements. Board members should particularly monitor HB 0305/Statewide, Standardized Assessments (Harris) and its Senate companion SB 0342 (Arrington), which would require DOE to develop multilingual versions of state assessments and allow parents to prohibit their use in certain languages—a potentially controversial…
Last week saw several new K-12 education bills filed that warrant board member attention. HB 0235/Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle (Driskell) was filed and has already advanced to the Education Administration Subcommittee—this bill would prohibit discrimination based on protected hairstyles in K-20 public education and specified private schools. Additionally, SB 0252 (Jones), an identical companion bill known as…
This week’s legislative tracking shows relatively minimal movement on K-12 education bills, with no significant actions taken since the last update. However, board members should monitor several bills that could directly impact district operations: HB 0023/Educator Certifications and Training (Daley), which would require mass casualty incident training for all educators and is currently in the…
Committee weeks are officially underway! In addition to the filed bills you’ll see in the report from Dr. Kim McDougal at the Arrow Group, the Speaker of the House announced in a memorandum (sent to all school board members by FSBA last week) that several bills have been filed to address property tax reform, all…