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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 871: Virtual Instruction

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 871 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Virtual Instruction. Primary sponsor: John Snyder (Republican), Mike Giallombardo (Republican), Education Administration Subcommittee. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Education & Employment Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Virtual Instruction; Provides that certain students are excluded from specified calculations relating to high-performing charter school's facility capacity; authorizes high-performing charter schools to provide part-time virtual courses to certain students; provides funding requirements for such courses; revises authorized uses of Florida Tax Credit Scholarship funds.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John SnyderPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Mike GiallombardoPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Education Administration SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Education & Employment Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Education & Employment Committee
  4. Referred to Education & Employment Committee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
  9. Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee
  10. PCS added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
  11. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  12. Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source