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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1708: Education

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

SB 1708 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education. Primary sponsor: Alexis Calatayud (Republican), Education Pre-K - 12. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2510 (Ch. 2025-203).

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alexis CalatayudPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate38
Education Pre-K - 12Primary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Joe GrutersCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22

“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 Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2510 (Ch. 2025-203)
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Rules
  4. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
  5. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  6. CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
  7. Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
  8. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  9. CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 1
  10. On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  11. Introduced
  12. Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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