Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework.
Maddy summaryHB 809 exempts individuals employed as school social workers from specific educator certification requirements. This means that these professionals would not need to meet certain teaching credentials typically mandated for other educators.
Cardiac Emergencies; Requires, rather than authorizing, school districts to provide training in basic first aid to certain students; provides requirements for such training; requires each public school to develop plan for urgent life-saving emergencies (PULSE) for specified purposes; & provides requirements for school, staff, & defibrillator use & storage.
Maddy summaryHouse Bill 447 mandates the inclusion of disability history and awareness instruction within educational curricula. This bill specifically requires that such instruction incorporate designated materials. The legislation aims to ensure students receive education on the history of individuals with disabilities and promote greater awareness.
Relief/Sidney Holmes/State of Florida; Provides appropriation from State of Florida to compensate Sidney Holmes for wrongful incarceration; directs CFO to draw warrant payable directly to Sidney Holmes; declares that Legislature does not waive certain defenses or increase state's limits of liability with respect to act; prohibits funds awarded from being used or paid for attorney or lobbying fees; provides that certain benefits are void upon specified findings. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,722,000
Anaphylaxis in Public Schools; Requires each district school board to ensure that certain emergency action plans are effective & that school personnel & employees & contracted personnel of before-school & after-school programs receive certain training relating to allergic reactions & anaphylaxis; & requires that at least one member of school personnel with such training be on school grounds for specified purposes.
Young Adults who are Homeless or were in the Child Welfare System; Requires each Florida College System institution & state university, in consultation with State Office on Homelessness, to develop plan to prioritize placement of certain students in residence halls or dormitory residences; provides responsibilities for Office of Continuing Care, Florida College System institutions, & state universities; requires that certain institutions & universities give priority to certain students for housing & work-study opportunities; prohibits institutions & universities from requiring cosigner or guarantor to obtain housing for certain students; requires certain entities to administer certain federal programs & vouchers; provides requirements for administering such programs & vouchers; requires specified entities to document certain actions & provide certain assurances to landlords.
State Group Insurance Program Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations; Prohibits state group insurance program from imposing enrollee cost-sharing liability with respect to coverage for diagnostic breast examinations & supplemental breast examinations.
Juvenile Justice; Creates & revises numerous provisions relating to juvenile justice, including provisions relating to early truancy intervention, appointment of counsel, and use of detention.
Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requires Governor to proclaim specified day annually as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; authorizes "Holocaust Remembrance Day" to be observed in this state's public schools & be observed by public exercise as Governor may designate; authorizes specified instruction.
