All Bills

The bill requires the act of giving notice of a meeting of a governmental body to include (1) advising the news media who have filed a request for notice with the governmental body as provided under current law, (2) posting the notice in a prominent and conspicuous place that is designated annually by the governmental body, in a manner such that the notice is visible at all times, and (3) posting the notice on any associated internet site as specified in the bill. The bill requires a governmental body to provide notice if a meeting is canceled. 

The bill applies retroactively to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. 

The bill requires a political committee and a candidate's committee to provide an electronic mail address along with the name, purpose, mailing address, and telephone number of the committee when the committee files a statement of organization with the board. The bill extends the deadline for required filings to be submitted electronically to the board from 4:30pm to 11:59pm on the day the filings are due. The bill prohibits all candidates from establishing, directing, or maintaining a political committee. The bill adds radio and internet advertising to the definition of "published material" as used in Code chapter 68A and strikes motion picture advertising from the definition. 

The bill provides that scholarship awards paid pursuant to the program shall not exceed the total cost charged by the institution attended by the national guard member for the educational program. The bill provides that the eligibility of applicants and scholarship award amounts to be paid shall be certified by the adjutant general to the college student aid commission, and all amounts that are or become due to a community college, accredited private institution, or institution or higher learning under the control of the state board of regents under the program shall be paid to the college or institution by the college student aid commission upon receipt of certification by the president or governing board of the educational institution as to accuracy of charges made, and as to the attendance and academic progress of the individual at the educational institution. The bill authorizes the adjutant general to expend funds appropriated for purposes of the national guard service scholarship program, which remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated in the following fiscal year for purposes of the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program. 

Division I strikes requirements for the department to collaborate with specified education-related entities when performing certain duties. Division IV strikes references to community colleges so that only the department has duties related to adult education and literacy programs. 

Division I - Reporting Requirements

The bill modifies provisions related to community colleges submitting data from the most recent fiscal year to the community colleges bureau to instead require the data to be submitted directly to DE. 

The bill allows students from charter schools established pursuant to Code chapter 256 E and students from charter schools or innovation zone schools established pursuant to Code chapter 256F to access the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program through the school district in which the charter school or innovation zone school is located.