Reimagining Education and Career Help Act

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Osgood
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass all stages in the legislature and has not been enacted into law as of the last action date.

Reimagining Education and Career Help Act

This act revises the definition of 'credential' to include leadership and soft skills certificates from accredited education organizations.

What This Bill Does

Changes the definition of 'credential' in Florida law.
Includes leadership and soft skills certificates as valid credentials if they come from accredited educational organizations.

Who It Names or Affects

Florida residents seeking education and career training.
Educational institutions that offer leadership and soft skills certificates.

Terms To Know

Credential: A document or record proving a person has the required qualifications for a job, position, etc. This now includes leadership and soft skills certificates from accredited organizations.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass all stages of review in the legislature.
It is unclear how educational institutions will respond to these new requirements.

Bill History

2026-03-13 Senate
• Died in Commerce and Tourism
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2026-01-07 Senate
• Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Education Pre-K - 12; Rules
2026-01-05 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Reimagining Education and Career Help Act; Revising the definition of the term “credential” to include leadership and soft skills certificates offered by certain accredited education organizations and entities, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1048

By
Senator Osgood

32-01188-26 20261048__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Reimagining Education and
3 Career Help Act; amending s. 14.36, F.S.; revising the
4 definition of the term “credential” to include
5 leadership and soft skills certificates offered by
6 certain accredited education organizations and
7 entities; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
12 14.36, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 14.36 Reimagining Education and Career Help Act.—The
14 Reimagining Education and Career Help Act is created to address
15 the evolving needs of Florida’s economy by increasing the level
16 of collaboration and cooperation among state businesses and
17 education communities while improving training within and equity
18 and access to a more integrated workforce and education system
19 for all Floridians.
20 (2) As used in this section, the term:
21 (a) “Credential” means an apprenticeship certificate,
22 industry certification, license, advanced technical certificate,
23 college credit certificate, career certificate,
leadership and

24
soft skills certificate offered by an accredited educational

25
organization or an entity that has been certified by a

26
recognized education and training entity,
applied technology
27 diploma, associate in applied science degree, associate in
28 science degree, bachelors of applied science degree, and
29 bachelors of science degree.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.