Damages Recoverable in Wrongful Death Actions; Removes provision that prohibits adult children & parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits.
Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction; & provides requirements for such instruction.
Impeding, Threatening, or Harassing First Responders; Prohibits approaching first responder or remaining within specified distance of such person with intent to impede, threaten, or harass or physically prevent person from performing lawful duties after receiving warning not to approach; specifies peaceful recording or observation is not harassment; provides criminal penalties.
Mangrove Replanting and Restoration; Requires DEP to adopt certain rules for mangrove replanting & restoration.
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requires DOE to assign additional weights to grades earned in pre-Advanced Placement courses for specified purposes; revises student eligibility requirements for Florida Academic Scholars award to include earning Advanced Placement Capstone designation from College Board; provides requirements for designation.
Homestead Exemptions for Persons Age 65 and Older; Increases just value limit of real estate eligible for homestead tax exemption that may be adopted by counties or municipalities for certain persons age 65 & older; requires local government entities to amend or adopt ordinances to comply with this act; provides ordinances are null & void after certain date; provides that recipients of homestead exemptions do not need to submit additional application.
Entertainment Industry Tax Credit Program; Creates Florida First Production Partnership Program within DEO; provides tax credit award for entertainment industry projects; provides eligibility & application requirements; provides for liability & penalties on applicant that submits fraudulent information; authorizes transfer of tax credits; authorizes certified project to relinquish tax credits to DOR in exchange for certain payments; provides for expiration of program on specified date.
911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revises definition of term "first responder" to include 911 public safety telecommunicators; revises criteria & number of hours of training required for 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.
Public School Student Progression for Students With Disabilities; Requires comprehensive plans for student progression to provide for specified students with disabilities to be retained in prekindergarten at discretion of student's parent; authorizes certain prekindergarten students to receive instruction in early literacy skills, rather than intensive reading interventions; requires certain prekindergarten students to receive such instruction; & revises requirements for certain students with disabilities to receive good cause exemption from mandatory retention in grade 3.
Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program; Renames Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program as Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program; transfers certain duties regarding program's administration from Commissioner of Education to DOE; provides that program funds are subject to legislative appropriation; provides maximum amount of funding school districts may receive per student in program; revises criteria for school district's eligibility to participate in program; removes obsolete provision requiring UF's College of Education to conduct specified evaluation; revises provisions relating to funding; & abrogates scheduled expiration of provisions governing program.
