Higher Education; Authorizing the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to develop contracts or agreements with institutions in the State University System for a specified purpose; providing tuition assistance to active members of the Florida State Guard; specifying that the President of the University of Florida appoints the members of the scientific advisory council within the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; revising the qualifications for members of the Assistive Technology Advisory Council; revising the date by which the Department of Education is required to publish an annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; authorizing Florida College System institutions with a certain number of full-time equivalent students to enter into cooperative agreements to form a state college regional consortium service organization, etc.
Sen. Alexis Calatayud
Sponsored bills
Education; Authorizing certain entities to report their students directly to the Department of Education; authorizing schools of hope in certain counties to colocate with other public schools in certain facilities; requiring that students enrolled in schools of hope be included in specified school district calculations; prohibiting a rental or leasing fee from being charged to a school of hope, etc.
Public Records/Parkinson’s Disease Research Program Registry; Providing a public records exemption for information held in the Parkinson’s Disease Research Program Registry which provides background information on individuals served by the Parkinson’s Disease Research Program; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Exemption from Ad Valorem Taxes of Child Care Facilities; Exempting from ad valorem taxes any portion of property used as a child care facility that has achieved Gold Seal Quality status; requiring that the lessor child care facility operator be considered eligible to derive the benefit of the exemption upon a specified demonstration, etc.
Alternative Plans Review and Inspections; Requiring that a notice of private inspection services specify whether any scheduled inspection by a private provider will be conducted virtually or in person; authorizing a private provider to use an automated or software-based plans review system designed to make specific determinations; requiring the local building official to issue the requested permit or provide written notice of noncompliance within a specified timeframe for permits related to single-trade plans reviews for single-family or two-family dwellings, etc.
Cardiac Emergencies; Revising a requirement for instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator; requiring each public school to develop a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP); requiring school officials to work with local emergency service providers to integrate the CERP into emergency responder protocols; providing a requirement for automated external defibrillator placement, etc.
Higher Education; Requiring members of a state university board of trustees and members of the Board of Governors to be United States citizens and either residents of this state or graduates of a state university beginning on a specified date; requiring certain members of the Board of Governors to comply with specified financial disclosure requirements beginning on a specified date; revising term limits for members and the chair of the State Board of Education; providing term limits for members and the chairs of the Florida College System institution boards of trustees; providing that certain actions related to the president of a Florida College System institution are not subject to approval by the State Board of Education, etc.
Chemicals in Consumer Products; Revising the definition of the term “drug”; defining the term “vaccine or vaccine material”; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, cosmetics manufactured, sold, offered or distributed for sale, or distributed for use in this state provide notice of specified added ingredients on a website that is created and maintained by the cosmetics manufacturer and made available to the public regarding such added ingredients; deeming a food misbranded if it contains a vaccine or vaccine material, but its label does not include specified information, etc.
Transportation Facility Designations/Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Tax Credits for Charitable Contributions; Providing a credit against oil and gas production taxes under the Home Away From Home Tax Credit beginning on a specified date; providing a credit against sales taxes payable by direct pay permitholders under the Home Away From Home Tax Credit beginning on a specified date; providing a credit against the corporate income tax under the Home Away From Home Tax Credit beginning on a specified date; providing a credit against excise taxes on certain alcoholic beverages under the Home Away From Home Tax Credit beginning on a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $208,000