SB 978 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Student Mental Health

Summary
Student Mental Health; Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules to enforce maximum class size restrictions; requiring that a school district’s plan for its mental health assistance program include contracts or interagency agreements that provide for one licensed mental health therapist per school; requiring that such plan include policies and procedures ensuring that every classroom has a corner for students to regulate emotional control and that teachers assign homework that is purposeful and assigned with consideration of students’ time outside the classroom, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Rosalind Osgood
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FL
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