Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session
SB 182: Education
Returning Messages · March 12, 2026 · Yeas 37, nays 0
What the bill does
The bill provides that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance and requires cursive writing instruction for students in specified grades. It requires each district school board, subject to legislative appropriation, to adopt rules requiring display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district, among other changes.
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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Education: Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc.
How each party voted
Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- CS/CS/SB 182
- Motion
- Returning Messages
- Date
- March 12, 2026, 02:24 PM
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Presiding
- Brodeur
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 37, nays 0; 2 didn't vote (0 excused, 0 abstained)
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 (37)
- Ben Albritton R-27
- Kristen Arrington D-25
- Lori Berman D-26
- Mack Bernard D-24
- Jim Boyd R-20
- LaVon Bracy Davis D-15
- Jennifer Bradley R-6
- Jason Brodeur R-10
- Danny Burgess R-23
- Colleen Burton R-12
- Alexis Calatayud R-38
- Tracie Davis D-5
- Nick DiCeglie R-18
- Don Gaetz R-1
- Ileana Garcia R-36
- Erin Grall R-29
- Gayle Harrell R-31
- Ed Hooper R-21
- Shev Jones D-34
- Tom Leek R-7
- Jonathan Martin R-33
- Ralph Massullo R-11
- Debbie Mayfield R-19
- Stan McClain R-9
- Rosalind Osgood D-32
- Kathleen Passidomo R-28
- 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
Not voting (2)
- Joe Gruters R-22
- Jason Pizzo I-37