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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 417

Career and Academic Planning For Middle and High School Students
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SPONSOR
Tant; LaMarca
FILED BY
Allison Tant — District 9, Democrat [search donations]
Chip LaMarca — District 100, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Careers & Workforce Subcommittee

Filed under Education.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Career and Academic Planning For Middle and High School Students; Requires district school boards to annually provide students & their parents with certain information relating to career & technical education programs beginning in specified grade; requires middle schools to hold career & academic planning meeting for specified students & their parents; requires certain information to be included in meeting; revises information included in student's personalized academic & career plan; requires students in specified grades to annually review personalized academic & career plan; requires such review to include certain demonstration.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Mandates annual career planning meetings and CTE disclosures for students and parents.

Districts must send parents a list of local career and technical education programs starting in fifth grade. This ensures families know their options before high school course selection begins.

Middle schools must host a mandatory planning meeting for eighth graders and parents before ninth-grade registration. The meeting must cover scholarships, local job data, and dual enrollment opportunities.

Students entering ninth grade must review their personalized academic and career plan every year. This review must include a demonstration of the state's online career planning system.

The required career planning course must now explicitly include information on local career and technical education programs. This expands the scope of the existing middle school curriculum requirement.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory CTE Information to Parents majors. 1001.43(15)

AIDistricts must provide a list and description of all local career and technical education programs to every student and parent starting in 5th grade and every year after.

“each student and his or her parent must be provided a list of schools within the school district that offer career and technical education programs and a description of each” bill text, line 29 →
§ 2 Mandatory 8th Grade Planning Meeting majors. 1001.43(16)

AIMiddle schools must hold a career and academic planning meeting for 8th graders and parents before 9th grade course registration, covering CTE, scholarships, regional jobs, and dual enrollment.

“each district school board must require each middle school to hold a career and academic planning meeting for grade 8 students and their parents” bill text, line 34 →
§ 3 Annual High School Plan Review majors. 1003.4156(1)(e)

AIHigh school students must review their personalized academic and career plan every year, including a demonstration of the state's online career planning system.

“the student's personalized academic and career plan must be reviewed annually and include a demonstration of the state's online career planning and work-based learning coordination” bill text, line 103 →
§ 4 Expanded CTE Course Content moderates. 1003.4156(1)(e)

AIThe required middle school career and education planning course must now include information on career and technical education programs available within the school district.

“career and technical education programs available within the school district” bill text, line 95 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
11/18/2025
Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
11/18/2025
Referred to Education & Employment Committee
11/18/2025
Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
11/13/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 1001.43
+248 / −0
s. 1003.4156
+51 / −0