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SB 1122

STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

104th Regular Session Introduced by John Curran

FLVS gains expanded authority to contract with external institutions, manage supplemental funds with CEO oversight, and clarifies employee status while narrowing its annual reporti

Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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Bill Summary · SB 1122

Summary — SB 1122 (CS/SB 1122) — Florida Virtual School (FLVS)

Bill number: SB 1122
Primary subject (per committee materials): Florida Virtual School (amendment to s. 1002.37, F.S.)
Status snapshot: Committee substitute reported favorably; listed as Rule 3‑9(a) / Re‑referred to Assignments. Introduced Feb 6, 2025. Effective date in substitute: July 1, 2025.
Fiscal impact: Committee analyses state no fiscal impact to state revenues or expenditures.

Purpose / Intent

CS/SB 1122 makes technical and substantive changes to the statutory governance, funding, reporting, and certain operational requirements for the Florida Virtual School (FLVS). The stated intent is to update statutory definitions and authority, clarify employee status and oversight of supplemental funds, and narrow certain annual reporting obligations.

Key provisions

  • Governance (amends s. 1002.37, F.S.):

    • Removes statutory language requiring FLVS to prioritize enrollment for certain student groups (students needing expanded course access, students seeking to accelerate graduation by at least one semester, and children of active‑duty service members not stationed in Florida).
    • Authorizes the FLVS president & chief executive officer to request a meeting of the FLVS Board of Trustees.
    • Authorizes the FLVS Board to contract with other educational institutions and government agencies.
    • Aligns the statutory definition of "educational support employees" at FLVS with current state law definitions.
    • Clarifies that FLVS employees (except temporary, seasonal, and student employees) are state employees for purposes of participation in the Florida Retirement System (FRS).

  • Funding / supplemental revenue:

    • Authorizes FLVS to approve and accrue supplemental revenue from a direct support organization.
    • Requires that expenditures from all supplemental funds be subject to review and approval by the FLVS president & chief executive officer.

  • Annual reporting:

    • Narrows the FLVS required annual report to the Governor, Legislature, Commissioner of Education, and State Board of Education to reporting only the "operations and accomplishments" of FLVS.
    • Deletes prior statutory reporting requirements concerning FLVS/FLVS Global marketing and operational plans, year‑end assets and liabilities, recommendations about unit costs of services, and recommended accountability mechanisms (these reporting items are removed from the statute).

  • Assessments / testing:

    • Committee analysis materials continue to reference that full‑time FLVS students must participate in statewide assessments and progress monitoring; the substitute’s summary frames assessment requirements as affected but the printed analyses do not specify a substantive change to the testing obligations. (Committee documents generally reaffirm existing statewide testing access obligations for FLVS students.)

Who is affected

  • Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees and the FLVS president/CEO (changes to meeting authority, contracting, and approval authority for supplemental funds).
  • FLVS employees (clarified FRS eligibility and alignment of employee classifications).
  • Direct support organizations and FLVS donors/funders (authorization to accrue/approve supplemental revenues).
  • Students and families (removal of explicit statutory enrollment priorities may change intake/priority treatment).
  • State agencies and educational institutions (new express authorization to contract with FLVS).

Fiscal and implementation notes

  • Committee analyses state no net fiscal impact to state revenues or expenditures.
  • Effective date in the committee substitute: July 1, 2025.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025. Committee substitute (CS) prepared and reported favorably in March–April 2025; favorable votes in Education Pre‑K–12 and Appropriations (per published committee reports).
  • Earlier introduced versions/analyses (March 14) indicated the bill would have also authorized FLVS to offer school‑year and summer Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK); later committee substitute summaries do not list that provision. Readers should consult the latest CS text to confirm whether VPK authorization remains.

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