Financial Assistance for Mental Health Professionals; Establishes mental health profession scholarship & loan forgiveness program within DOH for specified purposes; & provides requirements for DOH, applicants, award of scholarships, loan forgiveness, & program recipients.
Heat Illness Prevention; Requires employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for employers & employees; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training; requires DACS, in conjunction with DOH, to adopt specified rules.
Academic Freedom; Revises provisions relating collective bargaining rights, public postsecondary personnel & student rights, & public postsecondary personnel employment & contracts.
Elections; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information; repeals provisions relating to Office of Election Crimes & Security & prohibition on use of private funds for election-related expenses; prohibits certain governmental entities from taking certain actions relating to elections; establishes Florida Voting Rights Act Commission; requires commission to designate certain languages for which assistance in voting & elections must be provided in certain circumstances; requires commission to enter into agreement to create Florida Voting & Elections Database & Institute; provides that enactment or implementation of certain policies by covered jurisdiction is subject to preclearance by commission; authorizes court to order certain appropriate remedies; authorizes certain persons to register to vote & immediately thereafter cast vote in certain circumstances authorizes DHSMV to preregister certain individuals to vote; revises provisions relating to third-party voter registration organizations & vote-by-mail ballots; establishes General Election Day as paid holiday; repeals prohibition on ranked-choice voting; authorizes certain persons to file certain civil actions.
Compulsory School Attendance; Revises required age for compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years of age; removes requirement that student's parent sign declaration of intent to terminate school enrollment; removes requirement that school district notify student's parent upon receipt of such declaration; & provides that adult education high school equivalency programs meet specified attendance requirements.
Educational Services in Department of Juvenile Justice Programs; Requires school districts to annually provide certain students in juvenile justice program with at least one opportunity to take high school equivalency examination at no cost to student.
District and School Advisory Councils; Renaming "district advisory councils" & "school advisory councils" as "district community advisory boards" & "community advisory boards"; & revises requirements for such boards.
Postsecondary Students Who Are Homeless or At Risk of Homelessness; Revises provisions relating to services & information provided to & for students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness; establishes Fostering Independence Grant Program within DOE to be administered by FCS institutions & state universities; provides requirements for program.
Child Care Services; Requires DOE to establish program to provide vouchers for child care services to children within specified age range whose parents meet specified income limitation.
Medical Marijuana Use Registry Identification Cards for Veterans; Prohibits DOH from charging a fee for the issuance, replacement, or renewal of an identification card for a service-disabled veteran under certain circumstances.
