K-12 Teachers; Authorizing the Office of Inspector General within the Department of Education to investigate allegations and reports of suspected violations of certain persons’ rights; establishing the Dual Enrollment Educator Scholarship Program; establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; providing an additional means of demonstrating mastery of subject area knowledge, etc.
Trust Funds/Opioid Settlement Trust Fund/DCF; Creates Opioid Settlement Trust Fund within DCF; provides for future review & termination; providing the source of funds; providing an exemption from a certain service charge; requiring funds to revert under certain conditions.
Implementing the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act; Implements specified appropriations of the General Appropriations Act for 2023-2024 fiscal year.
Collective Bargaining; Provides for resolution pursuant to specified instructions of collective bargaining issues at impasse between state & certified representatives of the bargaining units for state employees.
Medicaid Reimbursement for Nursing Home Care; Revises parameter to implement prospective payment methodology for Medicaid reimbursement rate settings for nursing home care.
Capitol Complex; Requires DMS to set aside & dedicate specific area of Capitol Complex for placement of memorials; revises definition of term "Capitol Complex".
State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund; Specifies which funds should receive revenue from specified sources; revises maximum annual amount that may be deposited into State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund; adds environmental health upgrades to DOC facilities & fixed capital outlay for educational facilities as permissible uses for funds; revises disposition of inmate copayments for health care.
Florida Retirement System; Revises provisions relating to Special Risk Class normal retirement date, DROP participation, interest accrual rates, COLA, employer retirement contribution rates, investment plan member accounts, member disability coverage, & line-of-duty death benefit coverage.
Interscholastic Activities; Authorizing charter school students and Florida Virtual School full-time students to participate in extracurricular activities at a private school under certain circumstances; authorizing charter school students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities at a private school under certain circumstances; deleting a requirement that the appointing authority of members of the FHSAA Board of Directors make appointments that reflect the demographic and population trends of this state; providing that all appointed board members be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, etc.
Lactation Space in Courthouses; Requires lactation space in each county courthouse; provides requirements for such spaces; authorizes use of funds to provide lactation spaces in appellate courthouses.
Changes in Ownership of or Interest in Pari-mutuel Permits; Revising entities authorized to hold pari-mutuel wagering permits and associated licenses; specifying such entities may hold a license for the operation of a cardroom, etc.
Public Safety; Requiring sheriffs to assist private schools in complying with a certain statute; authorizing a person to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; specifying that the state bears the burden of proof for certain violations; requiring a person who is carrying a concealed weapon or concealed firearm without a license to carry valid identification and display such identification upon demand by a law enforcement officer; providing that a person who is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm without a license is subject to specified penalties for possessing such weapon or firearm at a school-sponsored event or on school property; requiring the Office of Safe Schools to develop a behavioral threat management operational process by a specified date; authorizing a private school to partner with a law enforcement agency or security agency for specified purposes, etc. APPROPRIATION: $60,177,846
