Property Insurer Reimbursements; Defining the term “unsound insurer”; revising requirements for coverage under the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund of certain policies assumed by authorized insurers or the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, etc.
Election Administration; Requiring the Secretary of State to notify the Attorney General if signatures required for an initiative petition are no longer valid; creating the Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Department of State; revising the frequency with which supervisors of elections must conduct a registration list maintenance program; requiring the Department of State to identify deceased registered voters using information received by specified agencies; requiring specified individuals observing the ballot duplication process to sign a specified affidavit acknowledging certain criminal penalties, 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.
Apprenticeship Contracts; Authorizing an apprentice to enter into a contract with a business organization for a specified duration; requiring such contracts to be signed by specified individuals, etc.
Intercollegiate Athlete Compensation and Rights; Defining the term “mark”; deleting a requirement that compensation to an intercollegiate athlete be provided by certain third parties; authorizing certain entities and persons to cause compensation to be directed to a current intercollegiate athlete; prohibiting entities and persons who provide specified services to a postsecondary educational institution from causing compensation to be directed to a current or prospective intercollegiate athlete; prohibiting certain parties from using a postsecondary educational institution’s mark without written consent of the institution or its designee, etc.
Rental of Homestead Property; Revising criteria under which the rental of homestead property is not considered abandonment for tax exemption purposes; subjecting property to the payment of interest under certain circumstances, etc.
Guidance Services for Academic and Career Planning; Requiring district school boards to inform students and parents of certain acceleration, academic, and career planning options; requiring certain information to be included in such notification; requiring a personalized academic and career plan be developed in consultation with a certified school counselor for certain students, etc.
Funds for Student Transportation; Modifying requirements for determining student membership in a school district in order to determine the annual allocation for funding for student transportation, etc.
Military Corpsmen and Medics of Florida (MCMF) Program; Creating the MCMF Program Office of Veterans Advocacy within the Department of Health; requiring the MCMF Program, through the Department of Economic Opportunity, to assist certain veterans and their spouses with specified tasks; requiring Florida Is for Veterans, Inc., to collaborate with specified entities to implement the MCMF Program, etc.
Athletic Associations; Authorizing the Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to approve nonprofit athletic associations that meet certain requirements; defining the term “approved athletic association” and including the Florida High School Athletic Association within the meaning of that term; specifying that both private high schools and traditional public high schools are authorized to become members of an approved athletic association; providing that approved athletic associations are subject to certain requirements, etc.
