# Florida HB 1255: Education Florida HB 1255, Education, is a 2025 House bill sponsored by Dana Trabulsy (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-02 (Chapter No. 2025-110); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1255-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 1255 - State: Florida - Session: 2025 - Title: Education - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-26 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Chapter No. 2025-110 - Sponsor: Dana Trabulsy (Republican) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Appropriation, Student Academic Success Subcommittee, PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee, Education & Employment Committee, House Calendar, Rules - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (254 yes, 27 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 29 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More school support for relocated families: benefit, high. Florida extends its military-child education compact provisions’ scheduled repeal from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028, unless reenacted. The state must provide out-of-state school-record transfer training, and districts must make it available to staff serving military families. Beginning July 1, 202… - Student tutoring counts toward scholarship service: benefit, medium. High school students can count RAISE program tutoring hours toward graduation community-service requirements and Bright Futures service requirements. The hours must be verified in writing. The student, a parent or guardian, and a school administrator or designee must sign the record. Counting these… - More children qualify as at risk: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Florida's at-risk child definition includes children living with a parent in residential behavioral health treatment. The parent must have custody of the child and receive comprehensive services at a licensed center with onsite child care. This expands the definition used… - Agency apprentices gain direct hiring route: benefit, low. Florida career service agencies can fill a job without open competition by selecting someone who completed that agency’s qualifying apprenticeship. The apprenticeship must meet the state’s statutory program definition. Completing it does not guarantee a job. - Educators keep initial application rules: benefit, low. Educator certification and covered employment applicants are governed by the laws and rules in place when they first apply. That treatment continues only while the certificate or employment remains continuous. The provision does not set wages or create a payment. - More teachers qualify for literacy incentives: benefit, low. State school-formula-funded instructional staff and certified prekindergarten teachers qualify for literacy incentives with a listed reading credential and literacy-support work. Qualifying credentials include reading certification, a reading endorsement, or the specified micro-credential. Separate… - Parents get clearer math support notices: benefit, low. Schools identifying a substantial math deficiency must tell parents about New Worlds Scholarship Account eligibility and district New Worlds tutoring services. The notice itself does not award money or establish eligibility. The New Worlds Tutoring administrator must also provide math tutoring guid… - Parents must approve school corporal punishment: benefit, low. District school boards allowing corporal punishment must require parental consent before a school uses it on a student. Policies can require consent for the school year or before each use. Charter schools must also follow the state corporal-punishment rule, including parental consent when applicabl… - Qualified staff for intensive reading help: benefit, low. Intensive reading help included in district reading plans must use staff with a listed reading credential and state-identified, evidence-based strategies. Staff with the reading micro-credential must receive supervision from reading-certified or endorsed staff, in person or through telecommunicatio… - Students learn college costs and aid: benefit, low. The required half-credit personal finance course adds instruction or discussion about college costs and financial aid. This applies to students entering grade 9 in 2023–2024 or later who are subject to that course requirement. Topics include attendance costs, completing the Free Application for Fed… - Colleges can cover more overdose medicines: benefit, low. Florida College System and state university requirements for emergency opioid antagonists cover a broader range of overdose-reversal medicines. A qualifying drug must block the effects of opioids introduced from outside the body. It must also have U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat… - Schools gain more overdose medicine options: benefit, low. Florida public schools may buy or arrange for FDA-approved emergency opioid overdose medicines, not just naloxone, for student overdoses. Schools must keep the medicine in a secure place on school grounds. Employees receive specified protection from civil lawsuits when they administer it under Flor… - Easier siting for some private schools: benefit, low. Private schools in counties with four incorporated municipalities can build temporary or permanent facilities on listed properties under existing zoning. These include qualifying library, community, cultural, religious, college, university, former-school, and licensed child-care properties. Qualify… - Fewer local barriers for charter schools: benefit, low. Local governments cannot impose charter-school building, site, or operating rules stricter than state facility standards or applied unequally to public schools. Comparable site-planning processes must treat charter schools fairly. A charter school meeting state requirements cannot be required to ob… - State gains advanced course development option: benefit, low. The Department of Education can join or create a national consortium to develop and implement advanced placement courses. Courses must align with Florida’s statutory course requirements. State education boards can identify national consortia alongside public colleges and universities for course dev… - Teacher programs rewarded for high-demand graduates: benefit, low. Teacher preparation programs receive extra weight in continued-approval reviews for producing graduates in statewide high-demand teaching areas. This replaces the former reference to critical teacher shortage areas. The change does not create a payment for teacher candidates. - Universities gain another distinction test option: benefit, low. State research universities can use an average Classic Learning Test score of at least 83 out of 120 for fall freshmen. This meets the test-score part of the preeminent university standard. Alternatives remain an average SAT score of at least 1,200 or ACT score of at least 25. The standard also req… - Universities update campus plans less often: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Florida university boards must update campus master plans at least every 10 years instead of every 5. This reduces how often universities must complete the planning process. The law specifies no direct change to household costs or student services. - More nursing schools can seek funding: benefit, low. Institutions authorized under section 1009.521 can qualify for the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund. Nursing assistant programs need a prior-year completion rate of at least 70%. Practical nursing, associate nursing, and bachelor’s nursing programs need at least a 75% first-time NCLEX pas… - New limits on prekindergarten reenrollment: cost, low. Children who leave a listed prekindergarten program for good cause can reenroll only before completing any listed program. The same completion limit applies to summer reenrollment after extreme hardship beyond the child’s or parent’s control. Reenrollment is limited to once unless a good-cause exem… - Competitive academics school statute is repealed: cost, low. The law repeals the statute governing the Florida School for Competitive Academics. It also removes the school’s separate classification and pay plans from a statutory salary-setting list. The supplied provisions give no separate closure date, student transition plan, or individual salary change. - Less state review of school councils: cost, low. The education commissioner no longer must review schools’ efforts to include minority and lower-income people on school advisory councils. The law removes this state oversight step, not council membership eligibility. - State narrows academic standards documents: cost, low. New and revised standards documents submitted to the State Board of Education may contain only academic standards and benchmarks. The education commissioner must revise all currently approved documents to match this limit. Revised documents must be submitted for approval by July 1, 2026. - New income rules for early learning: mixed, high. Beginning October 1, 2025, the early-learning definition of economically disadvantaged uses income at or below 55% of state median income. This replaces 150% of the federal poverty level; specified children of migratory and agricultural workers remain included. Early learning coalitions and the sta… - Stronger screening at private scholarship schools: mixed, medium. Private scholarship schools must ensure fingerprint-based Level 2 screening for employees and contractors with direct student contact, plus owners and operators. Direct contact means unsupervised access to scholarship students; owners and operators must be screened before employment or service enga… - Student behavior reviews add family involvement: mixed, medium. Continuing disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive behavior requires a principal’s referral to a child study team for a parent meeting. If unresolved, the team must document frequent family contact efforts, evaluate alternative education, and use behavior contrac… - Districts choose tenth-grade tests; parents opt out: mixed, low. Public school districts must choose the PSAT/NMSQT, CLT10, or PreACT for districtwide testing of enrolled tenth graders. Parent notices must explain the opportunity to exempt a student from the selected test. Funding to administer it to all tenth graders depends on annual state budget funding. - College licensing exemptions carry different oversight: mixed, low. Institutions authorized under Florida law’s section 1009.521 are outside the Commission for Independent Education’s jurisdiction and need no commission license. Nonpublic religious colleges can operate without licensure through an annual sworn affidavit process. They must meet requirements covering… - Districts gain limited insurance funding flexibility: mixed, low. School districts can use specified property-tax revenue for school property and casualty insurance, up to $200 per unweighted full-time-equivalent student. The law also broadens the referenced casualty-insurance definition. Operating money freed through those premium payments can fund only one-time… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Dana Trabulsy (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Education & Employment Committee - Cosponsor: Student Academic Success Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Chase Tramont (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-02 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-05-02 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-05-01 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 86 | 27 | | ## Actions (58) - 2025-06-02: Chapter No. 2025-110 - 2025-05-30: Approved by Governor - 2025-05-23: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2025-05-02: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2025-05-02: In Messages (House) - 2025-05-02: CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 0 -SJ 1154 (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (087219) -SJ 1154 (Senate) - 2025-05-02: In returning messages (Senate) - 2025-05-02: CS passed as amended; YEAS 100, NAYS 0 (House) - 2025-05-02: Concurred in Senate amendment 351932 as amended (House) - 2025-05-02: Amendment 087219 adopted (House) - 2025-05-02: Senate Message List (House) - 2025-05-01: In Messages (House) - 2025-05-01: CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 1060 (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Read 3rd time -SJ 1059 (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Placed on 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Amendment(s) adopted (351932) -SJ 891 (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time -SJ 890 (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1618 -SJ 891 (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 890 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Received (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Referred to Rules (Senate) - 2025-04-23: In Messages (Senate) - 2025-04-23: CS passed; YEAS 86, NAYS 27 (House) - 2025-04-23: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-23: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-23: Placed on 3rd reading (House) - 2025-04-23: Amendment 469177 Failed (House) - 2025-04-23: Amendment 287323 Failed (House) - 2025-04-23: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-17: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House) - 2025-04-17: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025) (House) - 2025-04-17: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2025-04-17: CS Filed (House) - 2025-04-17: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2025-04-17: Reported out of Education & Employment Committee (House) - 2025-04-17: Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee (House) - 2025-04-15: Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda (House) - 2025-04-01: Now in Education & Employment Committee (House) - 2025-04-01: Reported out of PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-04-01: Favorable by PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-28: Added to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-21: Now in PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-21: Referred to Education & Employment Committee (House) - 2025-03-21: Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-20: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2025-03-20: CS Filed (House) - 2025-03-20: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2025-03-20: Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-18: Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-14: Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-05: Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-05: Referred to Education & Employment Committee (House) - 2025-03-05: Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-05: Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-04: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2025-02-26: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2025-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/er/PDF) - e1, 2025-05-05: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/e1/PDF) - c2, 2025-04-17: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/c2/PDF) - c1, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed) - HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed) - HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed) - HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed) - HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed) - HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/er/PDF) - [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/e1/PDF) - [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/c2/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1255/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025) - [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025) - [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025) - [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025) - [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025) - [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1255-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).