Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H757: School Safety
Status: Chaptered, May 18, 2026
Requires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requires a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; creates the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; provides that a person arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail; ranks an offense created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; authorizes the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to school safety; amending s. 30.15, F.S.; requiring sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizing public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requiring a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; removing provisions relating to certain private school and child care facility guardian programs; amending s. 790.115, F.S.…
From the enrolled text, March 13, 2026:
An act relating to school safety; amending s. 30.15, F.S.; requiring sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizing public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requiring a sheriff to establish a guardian training program or contract with certain other sheriff's offices to do so in certain circumstances; removing provisions relating to certain private school and child care facility guardian programs; amending s. 790.115, F.S.; creating the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school; providing an exception; providing that a person arrested for certain offenses must be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking an offense created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; amending s. 943.082, F.S.; requiring that postsecondary institutions be made aware of the mobile suspicious activity reporting tool in a specified manner; requiring certain public postsecondary educational institutions to promote the use of such tool; amending s. 1003.25, F.S.; requiring ENROLLED CS/CS/HB 757, Engrossed 2 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb757 -04-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES specified educational records for certain students to be transferred to a Florida College System institution or state university under certain …