PCS for HB 1503 (2026): An act relating to technology education

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PCS for HB 1503 (2026), a bill to be entitled “An act relating to technology education.” The title lists providing a standard for general education core courses with a technology component and requiring high school computer science courses to include instruction on artificial intelligence. The text states that general education core courses that integrate the use of technology must provide students with opportunities to improve digital literacy and competency, instruction on the application of artificial intelligence tools to the course, and related instruction on software engineering, computer networks, database systems, and cyber security. Section 3 states that the act takes effect July 1, 2026.

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           PCS for HB 1503                                                                                       2026




    1                                         A bill to be entitled
    2              An act relating to technology education; amending s.
    3              1007.25, F.S.; providing a standard for general
    4              education core courses with a technology component;
    5              amending s. 1007.2616, F.S.; requiring high school
    6              computer science courses to include instruction on
    7              artificial intelligence; providing an effective date.
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    9      Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11                 Section 1.         Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section
12         1007.25, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
13                 1007.25       General education courses; common prerequisites;
14         other degree requirements.—
15                 (3)       The chair of the State Board of Education and the
16         chair of the Board of Governors, or their designees, shall
17         jointly appoint faculty committees to review and recommend to
18         the Articulation Coordinating Committee for approval by the
19         State Board of Education and the Board of Governors statewide
20         general education core course options for inclusion in the
21         statewide course numbering system established under s. 1007.24.
22         Faculty committees shall, by July 1, 2024, and by July 1 every 4
23         years thereafter, review and submit recommendations to the
24         Articulation Coordinating Committee and the commissioner for the
25         removal, alignment, realignment, or addition of general

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        PCS for HB 1503                                                                                       2026




26      education core courses that satisfy the requirements of this
27      subsection.
28              (e)       General education core courses that integrate the use
29      of technology must provide students with opportunities to
30      improve digital literacy and competency, instruction on the
31      application of artificial intelligence tools to the course, and
32      related instruction on software engineering, computer networks,
33      database systems, and cyber security, as applicable to the
34      course.
35              Section 2.         Subsection (6) of section 1007.2616, Florida
36      Statutes, is amended to read:
37              1007.2616         Computer science and technology instruction.—
38              (6)       High school students must be provided opportunities to
39      take computer science courses that include instruction on
40      artificial intelligence and earn technology-related industry
41      certifications to satisfy high school graduation requirements as
42      provided in s. 1003.4282(3). Computer science courses and
43      technology-related industry certifications that are identified
44      as eligible for meeting mathematics or science requirements for
45      high school graduation must be included in the Course Code
46      Directory.
47              Section 3.         This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.




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