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HB 561

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Educator Preparation and Certification
About This Bill
Latest Action · May 26, 2026
Chapter No. 2026-106
Session
2026
Introduced
Dec 1, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Education & Employment Committee· primary

Summary

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Educator Preparation and Certification; Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional certificates; requiring that subject area coverages and endorsements for a certificateholder be reinstated with the certificateholder's professional certificate; revising requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate; providing that certain requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate may not be satisfied using specific inservice points; requiring the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence to collaborate with the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching for specified purposes; requiring, rather than authorizing, the center to submit a specified professional learning system for approval by the department; requiring the center to allow certain certified educators to use such professional learning system for specified purposes at no cost to the educator; requiring the center to submit inservice points for such educators to the department; requiring the center to provide information on certain school district professional learning systems to certain certified educators, etc.

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Co-sponsors (6)

Gerwig · primary
Daniels · cosponsor
López, J. · cosponsor
Rizo · cosponsor
Salzman · cosponsor
Valdés · cosponsor

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