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HB1025 • 2026

Notification of Sexual Violence Policies and Supportive Measure in K-20 Education

Notification of Sexual Violence Policies and Supportive Measure in K-20 Education

Children Education Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Porras
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Education Administration Subcommittee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Notification of Sexual Violence Policies and Supportive Measures in K-20 Education

This bill requires public and private educational institutions from kindergarten to higher education to have clear policies on sexual violence and supportive measures, and to inform students, parents, staff, and volunteers about these policies.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires all K-12 and postsecondary schools to create policies addressing sexual assault, abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
  • Specifies that these policies must be written in clear language and available in commonly spoken languages at the school or county level.
  • Allows schools to offer supportive measures like counseling, legal assistance, and schedule adjustments for victims of such incidents.
  • Requires schools to notify students, parents, staff, and volunteers about these policies through various means including handbooks, websites, and physical locations within the school.

Who It Names or Affects

  • All K-12 and postsecondary educational institutions in Florida
  • Students enrolled in these institutions
  • Parents of students under 18 years old

Terms To Know

Child advocacy center
A place that helps investigate, treat, and prosecute child abuse cases using a team of professionals.
Frequently encountered language
Languages spoken by at least 5% of the student or employee population, or by at least 1,000 people in the county where the school is located.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how schools should handle less commonly used languages.
  • It remains unclear if and when the governor will sign this bill into law after it passed both chambers of the Florida Legislature.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Education Administration Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2026-01-12 House

    • Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Education Administration Subcommittee

  4. 2026-01-06 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Notification of Sexual Violence Policies and Supportive Measure in K-20 Education; Requires public & private K-20 educational institutions to have sexual violence policies; authorizes such educational institutions to have supportive measures; provides requirements for such policies & measures; requires schools to notify students, parents, school staff, & school volunteers of such policies & measures; & provides requirements for such notifications.

Current Bill Text

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the notification of sexual violence 2
policies and supportive measure in K-20 education; 3
creating s. 1000.09, F.S.; providing definitions; 4
requiring public and private K-20 educational 5
institutions to have specified sexual violence 6
policies; authorizing such educational institutions to 7
have specified supportive measures; providing 8
requirements for such policies and measures; requiring 9
schools to notify students, parents, school staff, and 10
school volunteers of such policies and measures; 11
providing requirements for such notifications; 12
providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 1000.09, Florida Statutes, is created 17
to read: 18
1000.09 Notification of sexual violence policies and 19
supportive measure in K-20 education.— 20
(1) For purposes of this section, the term: 21
(a) "Child advocacy center" means a center that 22
coordinates the investigation, treatment, and prosecution of 23
child abuse cases by using multidisciplinary teams of 24
professionals involved in child protective and victim advocacy 25

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services, law enforcement and prosecution, and physical and 26
mental health services. 27
(b) "Frequently encountered language" means a language 28
that is the primary language spoken by: 29
1. At least 5 percent of the overall student population or 30
employee population of the school; 31
2. At least 5 percent of the population of the county in 32
which the school is located; or 33
3. At least 1,000 people in the county in which the school 34
is located. 35
(c) "School" means a public K-12 school, a public 36
postsecondary educational institution, a private K-12 school, or 37
a private postsecondary educational institution. 38
(d) "Sexual assault service provider" means an agency that 39
provides victim advocacy and support services to survivors of 40
sexual violence. 41
(e) "Sexual violence policies" means any policy, 42
procedure, protocol, guideline, or rule regarding sexual 43
assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, and 44
stalking that occurs on school premises, on school 45
transportation, or at a school-sponsored, off-campus event and 46
where a student, school staff member, or school volunteer is the 47
purported victim or offender of such offense. 48
(f) "Supportive measures" means individualized measures 49
related to sexual assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence, 50

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dating violence, or stalking that are nondisciplinary or 51
nonpunitive measures that are offered to a student, school staff 52
member, or school volunteer to protect the safety of all 53
parties, provide reasonable accommodations, and support 54
educational success. 55
(2)(a) Each school must have sexual violence policies. 56
Such policies must: 57
1. Be written in clear, plain language in a color, size, 58
and font that enhances readability. 59
2. Be available in frequently encountered languages to 60
ensure timely and meaningful access for students, parents, 61
school staff, and school volunteers with limited English 62
proficiency. Processes should be in place for access to the 63
material in less frequently encountered languages. 64
3. Include, but are not limited to, all of the following: 65
a. Options for a student to report an incident of sexual 66
assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, or 67
stalking to the school or law enforcement. 68
b. The rights of victims and offenders during any 69
investigation or disciplinary proceeding conducted by the 70
school. 71
c. The process the school will use for an investigation or 72
disciplinary proceeding, including any rights to an appeal. 73
d. Whether the school has an affirmative duty to report to 74
law enforcement when a report of sexual assault, sexual abuse, 75

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domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking is made to the 76
school. 77
(b) Each school may have supportive measures. Such 78
measures may include, but are not limited to, all of the 79
following: 80
1. Where available, the name, title, e-mail, address, and 81
telephone number of the person designated by the school to 82
receive reports of violations of the sexual violence policies 83
and provide information regarding such policies and supportive 84
measures. 85
2. Where available, the name, telephone number, and 86
website address for a local, state, or national hotline that 87
provides information to victims of sexual assault or sexual 88
abuse. 89
3. Where available, the name, telephone number, and 90
website address of the nearest child advocacy center and sexual 91
assault service provider. 92
4. Access to counseling, health care, and mental health 93
care. 94
5. Access to victim advocacy or legal assistance. 95
6. Extensions to deadlines or other class-related 96
adjustments or modifications of work or class schedules. 97
7. Campus safety escorts. 98
(3) Each school shall notify students, parents, school 99
staff, and school volunteers of the school's existing sexual 100

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violence policies and supportive measures by: 101
(a) Including such policies and measures in student, 102
parent, staff, or volunteer handbooks, catalogs, or other school 103
publications that list the rights, responsibilities, or 104
standards of conduct for students, school staff, and school 105
volunteers. 106
(b) Providing such policies and measures directly to 107
students, parents, school staff, and school volunteers using the 108
process by which such person has selected to receive 109
communications from the school. 110
1. A school shall provide such policies and measures to 111
students and parents at the student's time of enrollment or 112
registration, and each academic year thereafter within 30 days 113
of the first day of school. 114
2. A school shall provide such policies and measures to 115
school staff and school volunteers at the time such staff is 116
hired or when the volunteer begins his or her volunteer work. 117
The school shall require school staff and school volunteers to 118
annually review such policies and measure within 30 days of the 119
first of school. 120
(c) Placing a physical copy of such policies and measures 121
in a clearly visible location and public area of the school that 122
is readily accessible to and widely used by students and in a 123
location that is widely used by parents, school staff, and 124
school volunteers. 125

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(d) Posting such policies and measures on the school's 126
website in a prominent location that is accessible from the 127
website's homepage by use of not more than three clicks. Such 128
policies and measures must also be published on the school 129
district's or governing body of the school's website in a 130
prominent location that is accessible from the website's 131
homepage by use of not more than three clicks. 132
(4) To provide notice to a student under the age of 18, 133
the school shall provide such notice to the student's parent. 134
However, a school may also provide notice to the student in an 135
age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate manner. 136
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 137