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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 6023

Educational Facilities
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SPONSOR
Gantt; Bartleman
FILED BY
Ashley Gantt — District 109, Democrat [search donations]
Robin Bartleman — District 103, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Education Administration Subcommittee

Filed under Education.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Educational Facilities; Removes provision authorizing school of hope to colocate with another school in public school facility; removes provision requiring school district to permit school of hope to use underused, vacant, or surplus school district facility; removes requirement for students enrolled in school of hope to be included in school district's total capital outlay full-time equivalent membership; & removes provision authorizing hope operator establishing school of hope to use such facility at no cost.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Removes free access to public school buildings for schools of hope.

Schools of hope can no longer use public school buildings for free. The bill deletes the requirement that districts must permit this use.

Schools of hope can no longer colocate with other schools in public facilities. The bill removes the authorization for this practice.

Students in schools of hope no longer count toward a district's capital outlay membership. This changes how maintenance funds are calculated.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Removes mandatory access to district facilities majors. 1002.333(7)(a)

AISchool districts are no longer required to allow schools of hope to use underused, vacant, or surplus buildings.

“The school district must permit any school of hope to use all or part of underused, vacant, or surplus school district facilities” bill text, line 65 →
§ 2 Eliminates free facility usage majors. 1002.333(7)(d)

AIHope operators can no longer use identified district facilities at no cost.

“A hope operator establishing a school of hope may use an educational facility identified in this paragraph at no cost” bill text, line 102 →
§ 3 Removes colocation authority moderates. 1002.333(7)(a)

AISchools of hope can no longer legally share a public school building with another school.

“A school of hope may colocate with another school in a public school facility” bill text, line 63 →
§ 4 Excludes hope students from capital funding moderates. 1002.333(7)(a)

AIStudents enrolled in schools of hope are no longer counted in the district's total membership for capital outlay funding calculations.

“Students enrolled in the school of hope shall be included in the district's total capital outlay full-time equivalent membership” bill text, line 68 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Education Administration Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2026
Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
1/12/2026
Referred to Education & Employment Committee
1/12/2026
Referred to PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee
1/12/2026
Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
1/6/2026
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 1002.333
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