Sen. Shev Jones

Assistive Technology Advisory Council; Revising provisions relating to the membership of and appointments and reappointments to the Assistive Technology Advisory Council; requiring council members to select a chair from among the council membership; revising provisions relating to committees appointed to perform the council’s functions; expanding the council’s functions to include fundraising activities, etc.

Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools; Citing this act as the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act”; revising the requirements regarding financial literacy for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards; revising the required credits for a standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy and money management and seven and one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives; modifying the requirements for the award of a standard high school diploma for Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning options, etc.

Medical Education Reimbursement and Loan Repayment Program; Revising the purpose of the program; expanding eligibility criteria for the program to include certain practice areas; requiring practitioners to provide specified proof of eligibility to receive payments under the program, etc.

At-home Drug Deactivation and Disposal Systems; Requiring the Department of Health, in coordination with the Board of Pharmacy, to establish and administer the At-home Drug Deactivation and Disposal System Program for a specified purpose; providing requirements for the at-home drug deactivation and disposal systems; requiring the department, in coordination with the board, to develop relevant educational materials and a plan for distribution of the at-home drug deactivation and disposal systems and educational materials, etc.

Relief of Barney Brown by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Barney Brown; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Brown for being wrongfully incarcerated for 38 years; declaring that the Legislature does not waive certain defenses or increase the state’s limits of liability with respect to this act; providing that the appropriation satisfies all present and future claims related to the arrest, conviction, and incarceration of Mr. Brown, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,900,000

Surgical Technology and Central Service Technician Services; Authorizing health care facilities to employ or otherwise retain the services of persons to perform surgical technology or central service technician services if they meet specified criteria; providing construction; authorizing central service technicians to satisfy certain requirements within a specified timeframe after their date of hire; providing continuing education requirements for central service technicians, etc.

Instructional Personnel; Revising the definition of the term “instructional personnel” to include specified prekindergarten instructors, etc.

School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program; Establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education; requiring the department to provide funds to school districts to place teachers who meet specified qualifications as mentors for certain other teachers, subject to appropriation; providing for the provision of stipends for classroom teacher mentorship, etc.

School Discipline Report Cards; Requiring the Office of Safe Schools, beginning with a certain school year, to develop and publish on its website school discipline report cards based on data collected through school environmental safety incident reports, etc.

Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program; Creating the Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program within the Department of Revenue for a certain purpose; granting specified people and households certain state funds if they received the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and meet certain criteria; prohibiting receipt of the rebate from being used in certain program eligibility determinations, etc.