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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1720: Public School Personnel Compensation

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1720 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Public School Personnel Compensation. Primary sponsor: Alexis Calatayud (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2026): Withdrawn from further consideration.

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.

Public School Personnel Compensation; Providing that employees with direct student contact may receive cost-of-living salary adjustments; deleting a limitation on cost-of-living salary adjustments; revising the requirement for the use of advanced degrees when setting salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alexis CalatayudPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate38

“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. Withdrawn from further consideration
  2. Withdrawn from Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations
  5. Filed

Sources

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