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Florida Senate
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2026
CS for SB 1694
By
the Committee on Education Postsecondary; and Senator Avila
589-02490-26 20261694c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to technology education; amending s.
3 1007.25, F.S.; providing requirements for general
4 education core courses with a technology component;
5 amending s. 1007.2616, F.S.; requiring high school
6 computer science courses to include instruction on
7 artificial intelligence; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Present paragraphs (e) through (h) of subsection
12 (3) of section 1007.25, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
13 paragraphs (f) through (i), respectively, and a new paragraph
14 (e) is added to that subsection, to read:
15 1007.25 General education courses; common prerequisites;
16 other degree requirements.—
17 (3) The chair of the State Board of Education and the chair
18 of the Board of Governors, or their designees, shall jointly
19 appoint faculty committees to review and recommend to the
20 Articulation Coordinating Committee for approval by the State
21 Board of Education and the Board of Governors statewide general
22 education core course options for inclusion in the statewide
23 course numbering system established under s. 1007.24. Faculty
24 committees shall, by July 1, 2024, and by July 1 every 4 years
25 thereafter, review and submit recommendations to the
26 Articulation Coordinating Committee and the commissioner for the
27 removal, alignment, realignment, or addition of general
28 education core courses that satisfy the requirements of this
29 subsection.
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(e)
General education core courses that integrate the use
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of technology must provide students with opportunities to
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improve digital literacy and competency, instruction on the
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application of artificial intelligence tools to the course, and
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related instruction on software engineering, computer networks,
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database systems, and cybersecurity, as applicable to the
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course.
37 Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 1007.2616, Florida
38 Statutes, is amended to read:
39 1007.2616 Computer science and technology instruction.—
40 (6) High school students must be provided opportunities to
41 take computer science courses and earn technology-related
42 industry certifications to satisfy high school graduation
43 requirements as provided in s. 1003.4282(3). Computer science
44 courses and technology-related industry certifications that are
45 identified as eligible for meeting mathematics or science
46 requirements for high school graduation must be included in the
47 Course Code Directory.
Computer science courses that include
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instruction in artificial intelligence should provide students
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with a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence to
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critically evaluate how
artificial intelligence
systems use data
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to present information; recognize the benefits, limitations, and
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potential risks of
artificial intelligence
; and apply ethical
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reasoning to the responsible use of artificial intelligence in
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academic and personal contexts.
55 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.