Education priorities either dropped or added to last-second mega-bill

By: Jay Waagmeester

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 16, 2026

Words: 880

Last Updated: 4 days, 15 hours ago

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On the last day of the 2026 legislative session, top education senators and representatives bartered their priorities, landing with a 32-section, 66-page omnibus bill ranging from pre-kindergarten to higher education.

HB 1279 contains pieces of itself and three other bills (SB 7036, SB 7038, and HB 1071) that each chamber was able to agree on and dropped the provisions they couldn’t, such as requiring 95% of incoming freshmen at state universities to be from …

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