Students with Limited English Proficiency; Requiring district school boards to provide certain instruction to students who have limited English proficiency; requiring that certain standardized assessments be waived for such students in specified circumstances, etc.
Term of Imprisonment Served by Inmates; Providing for additional incentive gain-time awards for inmates for certain actions; requiring periodic reviews of the records of certain inmates to determine eligibility for specified gain-time awards; reducing the minimum amount of time that must be served by certain inmates, etc.
Use or Threatened Use of Force; Citing this act as the "The Self-Defense Restoration Act"; deleting provisions relating to persons using or threatening to use force not having to retreat before such use or threatened use in defense of persons or property; prohibiting persons from using deadly force in accordance with specified provisions of law if such persons know that they can avoid the necessity of using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; deleting provisions relating to persons using deadly force not having a duty to retreat and having the right to stand their ground under certain circumstances, etc.
Fines and Fees; Revising the methods by which clerks of the circuit courts must accept payments for certain fees, charges, costs, and fines; providing requirements for entering into payment plans; authorizing a court to waive, modify, and convert certain fines and fees into community service under specified circumstances; requiring that a notification form and the uniform traffic citation include certain information about paying a civil penalty; authorizing certain persons to apply for reinstatement of their suspended driver licenses under certain circumstances, etc.
Compensation for Victims of Excessive use of Force by Law Enforcement Officers; Revising the definition of the term “crime” to include victims of a law enforcement officer’s excessive use of force for purposes of the Florida Crimes Compensation Act; providing eligibility for compensation for a minor child of a nondeceased victim for specified purposes; providing that specified eligibility requirements apply to a victim of a law enforcement officer’s excessive use of force; prohibiting a crime victim compensation award from being denied on certain grounds if the claimant is a victim of a law enforcement officer’s excessive use of force, etc.
Information Technology Procurement; Requiring the Department of Management Services, through the Florida Digital Service, to establish certain project management and oversight standards for state agency compliance; requiring the department to perform project oversight on information technology projects that have total project costs of a certain amount or more; authorizing the department to execute certain contracts if the Secretary of Management Services and the state chief information officer certify certain information in writing, etc.
FAMU Day; Recognizing April 1, 2021, as “FAMU Day” in Florida, etc.
Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System; Adding 911 public safety telecommunicators to the class; requiring such members to have their retirement benefits calculated in accordance with provisions for Regular Class members; specifying the required employer retirement contribution rates for the new membership subclass of 911 public safety telecommunicators, etc.
