---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deregulation of Public Schools"
description: "Deregulation of Public Schools; Requiring a district school board to advertise its intent to adopt a tentative budget on a publicly available website if the district school board does not advertise such intent in a newspaper of general circulation; revising the general powers of district school superintendents to include establishing a process for the review and approval of certain policies and procedures through the delegated authority of district school boards; authorizing district school boards to adopt a policy relating to parental notification methods; revising the amount of funds school districts may expend from specified revenue and for certain purposes; authorizing district school boards to use advanced degrees in setting salary schedules for specified personnel, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7002"
citation: "Florida SB 7002 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military affairs and related matters", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-159"
primary_sponsors: ["Education Pre-K -12", "Fiscal Policy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-11-06"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c44a985-e514-4fe9-ba0a-1861d9c211c3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7002/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2b339b87088fcefe4492ebc384e7a71835df136f34d8ec40021f72539f2f7b7f"
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 SB 7002 (2024) — Deregulation of Public Schools

Deregulation of Public Schools; Requiring a district school board to advertise its intent to adopt a tentative budget on a publicly available website if the district school board does not advertise such intent in a newspaper of general circulation; revising the general powers of district school superintendents to include establishing a process for the review and approval of certain policies and procedures through the delegated authority of district school boards; authorizing district school boards to adopt a policy relating to parental notification methods; revising the amount of funds school districts may expend from specified revenue and for certain purposes; authorizing district school boards to use advanced degrees in setting salary schedules for specified personnel, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7002 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7002/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7002 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7002/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 7002 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7002/BillText/pb/HTML)
4. **S 7002 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7002/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 7002 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7002/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education Pre-K -12 — primary (person)
- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
- Calatayud — cosponsor (person)
- Hutson — cosponsor (person)
- Osgood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-06** Submitted for consideration by Education Pre-K -12
- **2023-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 11/15/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-11-15** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-11-16** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 12/12/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-12-12** CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2023-12-13** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-12-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-01-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/10/24
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-09** CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- **2024-01-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-10** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-01-10** Immediately certified
- **2024-01-10** In Messages
- **2024-02-22** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Substituted for CS/HB 7039
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment 568137 adopted
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In returning messages
- **2024-03-06** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (568137)
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-159, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1285 (Ch. 2024-101), CS/CS/SB 994 (Ch. 2024-190)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c44a985-e514-4fe9-ba0a-1861d9c211c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).