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Yes: 221 • No: 6
FloridaSB 5382026SenateWALLET
Extracurricular Activities
Sponsored By: Corey Simon (Republican)
Signed by Governor
AppropriationEducation Pre-K - 12JudiciaryRulesHouse Calendar
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10 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 2 costs, 3 mixed.
Extra pay option for activity staff
Beginning July 1, 2026, athletic directors, coaches, activity directors, and sponsors can request designation as extracurricular activities administrators. A district superintendent can designate an individual and negotiate pay above the usual statutory amount. Negotiated pay cannot exceed the district's highest-paid administrator's compensation. The law allows extra pay but does not guarantee it.
Faster activity access for choice students
Beginning July 1, 2026, districts and charter schools cannot delay activity eligibility solely because students use open enrollment or choice programs. Students still must meet the law's activity eligibility standards. Charter students also gain broader participation options, replacing the prior assigned-public-school or private-school-agreement limitation.
More activity options for students
Beginning July 1, 2026, eligible students can join activities elsewhere when their school lacks them or they are home-educated. Students generally must use schools in their resident district; private-school participation requires an agreement. An appropriate-grade school in an adjacent district becomes an option after local public, charter, and private options are unavailable. Home-educated students must meet program requirements, show progress through a parent-principal agreed evaluation, and meet the same activity standards. After these school options are exhausted, families can ask the governing organization's executive director to explore alternatives.
Students get faster sports eligibility reviews
Beginning July 1, 2026, governing organizations must decide requested transfer eligibility cases within 14 days and establish eligibility and appeal procedures. Student athletes and member schools can appeal unfavorable association committee or executive-director rulings to the association's board. Eligibility appeals must reach final disposition within 20 days after receipt. Schools must keep eligibility and participation records. When students seek activities elsewhere, their enrolled school must provide academic, financial, disciplinary, and attendance records to the governing organization upon request.
Booster money can support activity staff
Beginning July 1, 2026, school boards can adopt policies allowing voluntary donations and authorized booster revenues to support activity staff. Covered staff include coaches, activity directors, and sponsors. Money cannot fund severance pay or compensation defined under the state's teacher and administrator compensation law. District policies cannot dictate how funds are provided, and districts must keep records and ensure lawful use.
Parents handle activity transportation and risks
Beginning July 1, 2026, parents must provide transportation to and from the school where their student joins an activity. The enrolled school, activity school, and district board are exempt from civil liability for injuries during that transportation. This limits families' ability to seek payment from those schools or the board for a transportation injury.
Students face one-school sports limit
Beginning July 1, 2026, students cannot play sports for two different schools in the same school year. Exceptions cover moves caused by active-duty military orders or foster placement in a different school zone. Court-ordered custody changes qualify when tied to separation, divorce, serious illness, or a custodial parent's death. The governing organization's executive director can also approve an exception.
Activity insurance includes more students
Beginning July 1, 2026, district-provided activity insurance must include every eligible student who participates. Districts are not required to offer this insurance, and the law sets no coverage amount. Home-educated participants must pay an additional premium when their coverage option requires one.
Student activity fees get limits
Beginning July 1, 2026, public schools can charge enrolled students activity fees. For other eligible participants, the limit is the greater of the enrolled-student fee or a reasonable cost-based fee capped at $400 per activity. The $400 cap is not an overall ceiling when the enrolled-student fee is higher. Home-educated students and public-school students participating elsewhere can be charged only the enrolled-student fee. Districts and charter schools must approve fees annually by July 1, post per-activity schedules before school starts, and report fees to the state education department.
School sports rules include athlete accommodations
Beginning July 1, 2026, school activity governing organizations must adopt, maintain, publish, and enforce sport-specific rulebooks. This includes the Florida High School Athletic Association; its rulebooks may cover timing, scoring, equipment, officials, and athlete safety. Organizations running school-related or school-support activities must also follow the law's activity requirements. Athletes can request real-time scoring exemptions or accommodations at least 72 hours before a sanctioned event. The association must provide access to accommodations for timely requests.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Corey Simon
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Education Pre-K - 12
Affiliation unavailable
Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Rules
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/11/2026
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 37 • No: 0
House vote • 3/9/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 104 • No: 6
Senate vote • 2/19/2026
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 38 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/10/2026
Rules Vote
Yes: 23 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/3/2026
Judiciary Vote
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/20/2026
Education Pre-K - 12 Vote
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Bill Text
er
7/1/2026
e1
3/12/2026
c3
2/11/2026
c2
2/4/2026
c1
1/22/2026
Filed
11/17/2025