Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session
HB 875: Educator Preparation
Third Reading · May 1, 2025 · Yeas 38, nays 0
What the bill does
The bill requires the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices and submit its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date. It also requires the department to develop a teacher examination and submit to them an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs, among other provisions.
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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Educator Preparation: Provides legislative intent; requiring the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices; requiring the department to submit workgroup findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; requiring the State Board of Education to consider certain revisions and a specified rule by a certain date; requiring the department to develop a teacher examination; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs.
How each party voted
Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- CS/CS/HB 875, 1st Eng. (CS/SB 1590)
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- May 1, 2025, 12:54 PM
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Presiding
- Brodeur
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 38, nays 0
The chamber on this vote
Seats are today's members, liberal to conservative; members who have left aren't shown.
How each member voted
Yea (38)
- Ben Albritton R-27
- Kristen Arrington D-25
- Lori Berman D-26
- Mack Bernard D-24
- Jim Boyd R-20
- Jennifer Bradley R-6
- Jason Brodeur R-10
- Danny Burgess R-23
- Colleen Burton R-12
- Alexis Calatayud R-38
- Jay Collins R-14
- Tracie Davis D-5
- Nick DiCeglie R-18
- Don Gaetz R-1
- Ileana Garcia R-36
- Erin Grall R-29
- Joe Gruters R-22
- Gayle Harrell R-31
- Ed Hooper R-21
- Blaise Ingoglia R-11
- Shev Jones D-34
- Tom Leek R-7
- Jonathan Martin R-33
- Stan McClain R-9
- Rosalind Osgood D-32
- Kathleen Passidomo R-28
- Jason Pizzo I-37
- Tina Polsky D-30
- Ana Maria Rodriguez R-40
- Darryl Rouson D-16
- Barbara Sharief D-35
- Corey Simon R-3
- Carlos Smith D-17
- Keith Truenow R-13
- Jay Trumbull R-2
- Tommy Wright R-8
- Clay Yarborough R-4
- Bryan Ávila R-39