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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 742: Workforce Education

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 742 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Workforce Education. Primary sponsor: Corey Simon (Republican), Education Pre-K - 12. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1145 (Ch. 2025-144), CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109).

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.

Workforce Education; Providing that charter schools are eligible for the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program; revising the number of programs school districts and Florida College System institutions must offer money-back guarantees for through the money-back guarantee program by a specified date; requiring school districts and Florida College System institutions to report such programs to the State Board of Education, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Corey SimonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Education Pre-K - 12Primary 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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1145 (Ch. 2025-144), CS/CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2025-109)
  2. Substituted CS/HB 1145
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  8. Now in Fiscal Policy
  9. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  11. CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
  12. Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

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Sources

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