School Personnel Screening Standards

Education Labor

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 Education Pre-K - 12
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Despite passing initial stages, the bill did not reach final passage and its implementation remains uncertain.

School Personnel Screening Standards

This bill requires applicants for certain positions in Florida schools to provide specific personal and professional information and allows school systems to review this information before hiring.

What This Bill Does

Requires job seekers for positions involving student contact or requiring educator certification to provide specified personal and professional details.
Includes a requirement for written consent from the applicant allowing their former employers to share relevant information with the new potential employer.
Asks applicants to disclose if they have ever been investigated, disciplined, or had licenses revoked due to abuse or sexual misconduct allegations.
Requires district school systems, charter schools, and private schools participating in state scholarship programs to review this provided information before hiring.

Who It Names or Affects

People applying for jobs that involve working with students in Florida's public and private schools.
School districts, charter schools, and private schools involved in the hiring process.

Terms To Know

educator certification: A license or certificate required to teach in a school system.
scholarship program: Financial aid provided by the state for students to attend private schools.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass all stages of review and died in committee, so it is unclear if or when these standards will be implemented.
It does not specify what actions school systems must take based on the information reviewed.

Bill History

2026-03-13 Senate
• Died in Education Pre-K - 12
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2026-01-12 Senate
• Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
2026-01-06 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

School Personnel Screening Standards; Requiring an applicant for certain positions to submit specified information; requiring a district school system, charter school, or private school to review specified information, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1206

By
Senator Osgood

32-01184-26 20261206__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to school personnel screening
3 standards; amending s. 1012.315, F.S.; requiring an
4 applicant for certain positions to submit specified
5 information; requiring a district school system,
6 charter school, or private school to review specified
7 information; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 1012.315,
12 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), and a new
13 subsection (2) and subsection (3) are added to that section, to
14 read:
15 1012.315 Screening standards.—
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(2)
A
n applicant seeking employment in a position that

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requires
educator certification
,
or employment in any position

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that requires direct contact with students in a district school

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system, a charter school, or a private school that participates

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in a state scholarship program under chapter 1002, which

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includes being an owner or operator of a private school that

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participates in a scholarship program under chapter 1002
, must

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provide all of the following:

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(a) The name, address, telephone number, and other relevant

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contact information of the applicant’s:

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1. Current employer.

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2. Former employers that were school entities.

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3. Former employers for positions in which the applicant

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had direct contact with children.

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(b) A written authorization that consents to and authorizes

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disclosures pursuant to paragraph (a) to be given to the school

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district, charter school, or private school at which the

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applicant seeks employment.

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(c) A written statement disclosing whether the applicant:

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1. Has been the subject of an abuse or sexual misconduct

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investigation conducted by any employer, professional licensing

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agency, law enforcement agency, or child protective services

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agency, unless the investigation resulted in a finding that the

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allegations were false.

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2.
Has ever been disciplined, discharged, nonrenewed, asked

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to resign from employment,
or
resigned from or otherwise

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separated

from any employment while allegations of abuse or

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sexual

misconduct as described in
subparagraph 1.
were pending

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or under

investigation or due to an adjudication or findings of

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abuse
.

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3.
Has ever had a license, professional license
,
or

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certificate suspended, surrendered
,
or revoked while allegations

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of abuse or sexual misconduct as described in
subparagraph 1.

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were

pending or under investigation or due to an adjudication or

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findings
of abuse or sexual misconduct as described in

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subparagraph 1.

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(3)
The

district school system, charter school, or private

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school
at which the applicant seeks employment must conduct a

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review of the applicant which includes the information provided

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pursuant to subsection (2).

56 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.