# Florida SB 182: Education

Florida SB 182, Education, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-21 (Chapter No. 2026-33); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 182
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Education
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-10-14
- Last action: 2026-04-21, Chapter No. 2026-33
- Sponsor: Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Education Pre-K - 12, Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, Fiscal Policy, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (306 yes, 11 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Teacher mentors can earn stipends: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida’s Department of Education must establish a teacher mentoring program for schools graded D or F. Districts and charter schools can offer mentors to new teachers, teachers previously rated needs improvement, developing, or unsatisfactory, and teachers administrators id…
- Charter students gain academic dismissal protection: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, charter schools cannot dismiss students for academic performance while implementing a school improvement or corrective action plan. The protection lasts while the school carries out the applicable plan.
- Elementary students get required cursive lessons: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida public school students must receive cursive writing lessons in grades 3 through 5. Lessons cover letter formation, spacing, alignment, and writing complete words and sentences. By the end of grade 5, students must demonstrate that they can read and write cursive.
- Private schools get more building options: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, private schools with 150 or fewer students can use commercial or mixed-use districts without rezoning, special exceptions, or land-use changes. This zoning rule also covers schools in the unincorporated county area specified in Florida Statutes section 125.011. Qualifying sc…
- Closed scholarship accounts fund other scholarships: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship accounts must close after fraud- or abuse-related eligibility denial or revocation, or two consecutive fiscal years of inactivity. Accounts also close after 30 days without eligible private school enrollment when the scholarship requires full-t…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
- Cosponsor: Education Pre-K - 12

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-12 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 91 | 11 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 110 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 34 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | Education Pre-K - 12 Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (41)

- 2026-04-21: Chapter No. 2026-33
- 2026-04-20: Approved by Governor
- 2026-04-09: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: CS passed as amended; YEAS 91, NAYS 11 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Amendment 899512 Concur (House)
- 2026-03-12: Added to Senate Message List (House)
- 2026-03-12: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-12: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 833 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (696291) -SJ 833 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (899512) -SJ 831 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-11: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-11: Amendment 696291 adopted (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-10: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-06: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-06: CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 674 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Read 3rd time -SJ 674 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Read 2nd time -SJ 674 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/25/26, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-11-03: Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-10-14: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/PDF)
- e1, 2026-03-17: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c2, 2026-02-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-02-11: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-10-14: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/182/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB182-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).