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Florida 2026

SB 7038

Education

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 03:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
regulation of professions and occupations, subject index
Introduced / first action
2026-01-30 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Education; Requiring each Florida College System institution and state university to waive tuition and fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain conditions are met; requiring entities that offer fee-based services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to disclose in writing whether the service may be obtained elsewhere at no cost; authorizing school district career centers to use alternative methods adopted by the board in lieu of common placement tests to assess students in basic communication and computation skills; providing that a fee waiver only applies to a full-time undergraduate student, beginning with a specified academic year, etc.

Sponsors

  • Rules (primary), primary
  • Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (primary), primary
  • Education Postsecondary (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1279 (Ch. 2026-59)

    deferral
  2. Substituted CS/CS/HB 1279

  3. Read 2nd time

    reading-2
  4. Retained on Special Order Calendar

  5. Retained on Special Order Calendar

  6. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/26

  7. CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

  8. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  9. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  10. CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

  11. CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education read 1st time

  12. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

  13. Now in Rules

  14. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  15. CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  16. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building

  17. Introduced

    introduction
  18. Referred to Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules

    referral-committee
  19. Filed

    filing
  20. Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  21. On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 301 Senate Building

  22. Submitted for consideration by Education Postsecondary