Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H417: Career and Academic Planning For Middle and High School Students
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires district school boards to annually provide students & their parents with certain information relating to career & technical education programs beginning in specified grade; requires middle schools to hold career & academic planning meeting for specified students & their parents; requires certain information to be included in meeting; revises information included in student's personalized academic & career plan; requires students in specified grades to annually review personalized academic & career plan; requires such review to include certain demonstration.
What the bill says
An act relating to career and academic planning for middle and high school students; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; requiring district school boards to annually provide students and their parents with certain information relating to career and technical education programs beginning in a specified grade; requiring middle schools to hold a career and academic planning meeting for specified students and their parents; requiring certain information to be included in the meeting; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; revising the information included in a student's personalized academic and career plan…
From the introduced text, November 13, 2025:
An act relating to career and academic planning for middle and high school students; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; requiring district school boards to annually provide students and their parents with certain information relating to career and technical education programs beginning in a specified grade; requiring middle schools to hold a career and academic planning meeting for specified students and their parents; requiring certain information to be included in the meeting; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; revising the information included in a student's personalized academic and career plan; requiring students in specified grades to annually review the personalized academic and career plan; requiring such review to include a certain demonstration; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (15) and (16) are added to section 1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read: 1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school board.—The district school board may exercise the following supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or HB 417 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb417-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES State Board of Education rule. (15) PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS.—Before the end of grade 5 and each school year thereafter, each student and his or her parent must be provided a list of schools …