Education (Student Health)

died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 417: Career and Academic Planning For Middle and High School Students

Career and Academic Planning For Middle and High School Students; Requires district school boards to annually provide students & their parents with certain information relating to career & technical education programs beginning in specified grade; requires middle schools to hold career & academic planning meeting for specified students & their parents; requires certain information to be included in meeting; revises information included in student's personalized academic & career plan; requires students in specified grades to annually review personalized academic & career plan; requires such review to include certain demonstration.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill mandates career/academic planning meetings and information for students, enhancing educational pathways and student program access per K-12 education focus.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Career & Technical Education K-12 Education Student Health

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 471: Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists

Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists; Requires DOE to develop & maintain statewide strategic plan for recruitment & retention of speech-language pathologists & provision of quality services; provides requirements for such plan, DOE, school districts, & charter schools.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationMandates DOE strategic plan for SLP recruitment/retention, directly strengthening K-12 educational services and staff support within schools.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates DOE strategic plan for recruiting/retaining speech-language pathologists, directly improving access to healthcare services provided by these professionals.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Career & Technical Education Student Health Teachers Healthcare Workforce

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 626: School Attendance Immunizations

SB 626 updates Florida's school immunization requirements by allowing the Department of Health to add new communicable diseases to the mandatory list through rulemaking, instead of pre-listing them. It directly affects all Florida students entering public or private schools, as it modifies which diseases require vaccination for attendance. The bill keeps existing requirements for diseases like polio, measles, mumps, and chickenpox but gives the Department authority to expand the list based on current health needs. The changes will take effect July 1, 2026, and immunizations must remain free at county health departments. The bill does not add new diseases immediately but establishes a process for future updates.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill ensures school attendance through updated immunization requirements, protecting educational access and maintaining school operations as a core education infrastructure component.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareUpdates immunization requirements to adapt to new health threats, strengthening public health program flexibility by allowing Department of Health to expand disease mandates via rulemaking.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Student Health Children's Health Public Health

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 574: Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists

Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists; Requiring the Department of Education to develop and maintain a statewide strategic plan for the recruitment and retention of speech-language pathologists and the provision of quality services; providing school district and charter school requirements relating to submitting specified data for the plan, etc.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationRequires strategic plan for speech-language pathologist recruitment/retention, ensuring quality educational services in schools.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill ensures access to speech-language pathologists in schools, supporting healthcare professional availability and service quality for student health needs.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Special Education Student Health Teachers

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 235: Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle

Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle; Prohibits discrimination based on protected hairstyle in K-20 public education system & specified private schools.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProhibits hairstyle discrimination in schools, preventing discriminatory practices that contribute to school-to-prison pipeline and civil rights violations in criminal justice context.85% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationProhibits hairstyle discrimination in K-20 schools, protecting student access and equity in education.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill prohibits hairstyle discrimination in education system, protecting school staff (workers) from discrimination, advancing workers' rights in workplace context.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Civil Rights School Safety School Transportation Student Health

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 252: Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle

Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle; Citing this act as the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “CROWN Act"; prohibiting discrimination based on protected hairstyle against a student in the K-20 public education system; defining the terms “race” and “protected hairstyle” for purposes of public K-12 nondiscrimination requirements; defining the terms “race” and “protected hairstyle” for purposes of antidiscrimination requirements for private schools participating in the state school choice scholarship program, etc.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationProhibits hairstyle-based discrimination in K-12/college, protecting student rights and fostering inclusive educational environments per CROWN Act.95% confidence

Sub-Topics K-12 Education School Safety Student Health

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