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FL HB 129

died on adjournment

The Florida Virtual School

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The Florida Virtual School; Removes provisions relating to Florida Virtual School giving priority to certain students; revises who may call board of trustees meeting; provides that board of trustees may use supplemental funding sources to develop state-of-the-art technology-based education delivery system; authorizes Florida Virtual School to accrue supplemental revenue from direct-support organizations; revises which entities review & approve expenditures; revises which personnel are subject to policies of board of trustees; removes requirement for board of trustees to establish priorities for admission of students; removes requirement for board of trustees to establish performance & accountability measures; revises requirements for annual report board of trustees must submit to specified entities; revises which students are subject to specified requirements.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-11 — Laid on Table, refer to SB 124
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Smithprimary
  • Rizocosponsor
  • Gossett-Seidmancosponsor
  • Danielscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-08

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-10-14

    Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-14

    Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-10-14

    Referred to Education & Employment Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-10-14

    Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

  6. 2025-11-21

    Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda

  7. 2025-12-02

    Favorable by Education Administration Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-12-02

    Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee

  9. 2025-12-02

    Now in PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

  10. 2026-01-09

    Added to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee agenda

  11. 2026-01-13

    Favorable by PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-01-13

    Reported out of PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee

  13. 2026-01-13

    Now in Education & Employment Committee

  14. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  15. 2026-02-20

    Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

  16. 2026-02-24

    Favorable by Education & Employment Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-02-24

    Reported out of Education & Employment Committee

  18. 2026-02-24

    Bill released to House Calendar

  19. 2026-02-24

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  20. 2026-03-11

    Laid on Table, refer to SB 124

    deferral

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable (Education Administration Subcommittee)

    2025-12-02 · pass · 14-2

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Albert: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Aristide: no
    • Basabe: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Boyles: yes
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Mooney: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Nixon: no
    • Porras: yes
    • Sapp: yes
    • Trabulsy: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Woodson: not voting

  • Favorable (PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee)

    2026-01-13 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Brackett: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Gantt: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • López, J.: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Michael: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Overdorf: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Rizo: yes
    • Snyder: not voting
    • Trabulsy: yes
    • Yeager: not voting

  • Favorable (Education & Employment Committee)

    2026-02-24 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Aristide: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Canady: yes
    • Daniels: not voting
    • Dunkley: yes
    • Edmonds: not voting
    • Esposito: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hinson: not voting
    • Kendall: yes
    • Michael: not voting
    • Nix: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: not voting
    • Rizo: yes
    • Robinson, F.: yes
    • Sapp: not voting
    • Stark: yes
    • Trabulsy: not voting
    • Valdés: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Yeager: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/129/ByCategory

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