Rep. Johanna López

Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools; Removes references to Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms Pilot Program; removes obsolete definition; requires certain district school boards to vote to establish policy to provide video cameras in self-contained classrooms upon request of parent; prohibits school or school district from concealing identity of employee in video recording; & provides that video recording made available after request must include accompanying audio.

K-12 School Route Optimization Pilot Program; Creates K-12 school route optimization pilot program in specified county school districts; provides program requirements; provides reporting requirements; requires DOE to assist school districts with implementation of pilot program; provides for expiration of program.

Educational Dollars for Duty Program; Requires program to set aside certain amount of funds to provide tuition assistance to spouses & children of active members of Florida National Guard; requires Department of Military Affairs to oversee implementation & enforcement; requires department to establish certain procedures.

Maddy summaryHB 121 revises the legal criteria grandparents must meet to petition a court for visitation with a minor child. It directly affects grandparents seeking court-ordered visitation rights when parents are divorced, separated, or deceased. The bill changes the specific requirements a grandparent must satisfy to file such a petition, though the abstract does not detail the exact revised criteria. This is a substantive change to the existing legal process for grandparent visitation requests.

Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; Establishes Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program within the Community School Grant Program; provides requirements for program.

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requires public high schools to establish Bright Futures Scholarship mentorship program for students; & provides requirements for such program.

Graduation Requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages Program Students; Authorizes certain ESOL program students to meet Algebra I end-of-course assessment requirements in specified manner.

Community Violence Task Force; Creates task force within FDLE; requires state agencies to provide assistance when requested; authorizes task force to receive exempt or confidential & exempt information & specifies that information maintains such status; requires report.

Religious and Patriotic Expression in the Public School System; Requires specified information to be provided to certain persons relating to religious expression & liberties in public schools; revises requirements for display of state motto, "In God We Trust," in certain schools & buildings.

Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Requires AHCA to implement & administer Medicaid buy-in program for specified working individuals with disabilities; provides requirements for program; requires agency to seek by specified date federal approval through Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment as necessary to implement program; requires agency to implement & administer program upon receiving federal approval.