PCS for HB 753 (2026): An act relating to school counselors

Summary

PCS for HB 753 (2026), a bill to be entitled “An act relating to school counselors.” The title says persons employed as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements. The new subsection (6) of section 1012.55, Florida Statutes, states that a person who is seeking employment as a school counselor is exempt from the educator certification requirements. Section 2 states that the act takes effect July 1, 2026.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Cite this document

“PCS for HB 753 (2026): An act relating to school counselors.” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2026-3291-careers-workforce-subcommittee-proposed-committee-bills-pcbs-028d784853/, SHA-256 0f8f8d0cef72c290b4979604759cad8538054946046e6f856397986ecea246eb.

Full text

F   L      O   R   I   D    A    H   O   U   S   E      O   F      R   E   P    R   E   S   E   N   T   A   T   I   V   E   S




           PCS for HB 753                                                                                       2026




    1                                         A bill to be entitled
    2              An act relating to school counselors; amending s.
    3              1012.55, F.S.; providing that persons employed as
    4              school counselors are exempt from specified educator
    5              certification requirements; providing an effective
    6              date.
    7
    8      Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9
10                 Section 1.         Subsection (6) of section 1012.55, Florida
11         Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (7), and a new subsection
12         (6) is added to that section, to read:
13                 1012.55       Positions for which certificates required.—
14                 (6)      A person who is seeking employment as a school
15         counselor is exempt from the educator certification requirements
16         in s. 1012.56(2)(g) and (i).
17                 Section 2.         This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.




                                                         Page 1 of 1
        PCS for HB 753
        CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
                                                                                                                        V

File and source

File: 2026_3291_careers-workforce-subcommittee_proposed-committee-bills-pcbs_fn-pcs-for-hb-753.pdf
Size: 148,005 bytes
SHA-256: 0f8f8d0cef72c290b4979604759cad8538054946046e6f856397986ecea246eb
Our copy: 2026_3291_careers-workforce-subcommittee_proposed-committee-bills-pcbs_fn-pcs-for-hb-753.pdf
Original: No public link identified.