CS/HB 1361 (2024): Education (Chapter 2024-162, Laws of Florida)

Record US-FL-12 · Chapter 2024-162, Laws of Florida (CS/HB 1361, 2024 Regular Session)

Issued by: Florida Legislature (2024 Regular Session; approved by the Governor)
Jurisdiction: Florida (US)
Level · region: Sub-national · North America
Country: United States
Published / adopted: 2024-05-09
In force: 2024-07-01
Language: English
Official identifier: Chapter 2024-162, Laws of Florida (CS/HB 1361, 2024 Regular Session)

Summary

Education omnibus act. Among other measures it lets school districts receive grants for subscription fees and professional learning to use artificial intelligence to support and accelerate learning for students in grades 6 to 12 during the school day. A funded AI platform must use large language models based on GPT-4, its equivalent or a successor on a closed system, provide one-on-one tutoring aligned to state standards, and give district- and school-level reporting and parental access to the AI interactions. The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning awards the grants, with $2 million in recurring funds appropriated.

Safety topics

child safetypublic-sector use

Scope

Borderline scope Existing scope_note kept: an education omnibus whose AI provisions set conditions on funded AI platforms.

Open question

the checker found something possibly newer: {'url': 'https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/1004.561', 'reason': 'official page found by the targeted search for a newer or fuller text; not stored'} Issue #143

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Status notes

The House passed the committee substitute 113-0 on 1 Feb 2024 and the Senate passed it as amended 40-0 on 7 Feb 2024; on 7 Mar 2024 the House concurred in the Senate amendment as amended (113-0) and the Senate concurred (38-0). Approved by the Governor on 9 May 2024, filed as Chapter 2024-162 and effective 1 Jul 2024. The AI grant conditions are in s. 1002.321(3), F.S. (digital learning), unchanged in the 2026 Florida Statutes; the grants and the $2 million recurring appropriation are in s. 1004.561(6), F.S., which the act created for the Lastinger Center. The act also widens New Worlds Scholarship eligibility, codifies the Lastinger Center as administrator of the New Worlds Reading Initiative and creates the New Worlds Tutoring Program.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1361

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-17 23:09:43 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl/C011/2026-10-14/official.html

Retrieved 2026-10-14 15:57:47 UTC

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Linked document (PDF) (third-party copy, not published) archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl/C011/2026-10-14/document-1.pdf

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Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched

Recheck of 18 Oct 2026: re-read the Florida Senate bill page for HB 1361 (2024), the Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee's House message summary of 7 Mar 2024 and the House staff final bill analysis, stored from flsenate.gov on 14 Oct 2026 and found unchanged by the archiver on 17 Oct 2026, and stored again for this run, on 17 Oct 2026, the enrolled text of CS/HB 1361 and the page for s. 1002.321 in the 2026 Florida Statutes (flsenate.gov). The bill page confirms the title, sponsors, history and votes, approval by the Governor on 9 May 2024, Chapter No. 2024-162 and the 7/1/2024 effective date; the final analysis confirms approval, chapter and effective date. The enrolled text gives s. 1002.321(3) (grants during the school day and the platform conditions), s. 1004.561(6) (grants and the $2 million recurring appropriation) and the July 1, 2024 effective date; the 2026 statute shows subsection (3) with the same wording, apart from a hyphen ('district- and school-level'), and a history ending with s. 1, ch. 2024-162. Whether s. 1004.561(6) has been amended since 2024 was not checked: its 2026 text was not stored.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 9 field(s) supported, fixes applied to scope_note.

History

2026-10-18scope_note: An education omnibus act whose AI provisions mainly promote AI tutoring in schoo → Existing scope_note kept: an education omnibus whose AI provisions set condition — pipeline run 2026-10-18-recheck-north-america-2 (recheck), candidate US-FL-122026-10-18-recheck-north-america-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-14Added to the register — found in pipeline run 2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl, candidate C011 (US-FL/legislature)2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Citation

Florida Legislature (2024 Regular Session; approved by the Governor). CS/HB 1361 (2024): Education (Chapter 2024-162, Laws of Florida) [Chapter 2024-162, Laws of Florida (CS/HB 1361, 2024 Regular Session)]. 2024-05-09. https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1361. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/_runs/2026-10-14-discover-codes-us-fl/C011/2026-10-14/official.html retrieved 2026-10-14 15:57:47 UTC, SHA-256 75150b0a42a97f17daa9d1be5dd40020df0ce59096578485072a4bb119fcf928. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-FL-12.

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