---
type: "Bill"
title: "School District Funding"
description: "School District Funding; Requires school districts allocate certain amount of specified funds to programs that prepare students to enroll in AICE courses; requires such funds be spent on specified costs; requires school districts to distribute specified bonuses to certain teachers providing pre-AICE instruction; requires bonuses based on student's score on AICE examination to be paid to all AICE teachers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 827"
citation: "Florida HB 827 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-84"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec92f7b-f512-4bb6-89a1-200f1f09cb65"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/827/ByCategory"
source_hash: "027f84d315969e9a24f509ac65e2d9a906022319574b83f6e5a1c1586b912c90"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 827 (2021) — School District Funding

School District Funding; Requires school districts allocate certain amount of specified funds to programs that prepare students to enroll in AICE courses; requires such funds be spent on specified costs; requires school districts to distribute specified bonuses to certain teachers providing pre-AICE instruction; requires bonuses based on student's score on AICE examination to be paid to all AICE teachers.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-84.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 827 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/827/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 827 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/827/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-15** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-17** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-29** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2021-03-31** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-31** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for SB 918
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Chapter No. 2021-84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec92f7b-f512-4bb6-89a1-200f1f09cb65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).