FloridaEducator Preparation and Certification
What it does
Educator Preparation and Certification; Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional certificates; requiring that subject area coverages and endorsements for a certificateholder be reinstated with the certificateholder’s professional certificate; requiring the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence to collaborate with the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching for specified purposes, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 5Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 561 (Ch. 2026-106)Latest
- Mar 5Substituted CS/HB 561
- Mar 5Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 2Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
- Feb 25Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 24Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 19Now in Rules
- Feb 18Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 9 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 27Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 22IntroducedMinor
- Jan 22On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 16Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; RulesMinor
- Jan 9FiledIntroduced