SB 2516

Florida Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: March 13, 2026.

Higher Education.

Bill ID FL-2026-SB-2516

Session 2026

Status failed

Senate failed 2026-03-13

Education

Summary

Higher Education; Establishing the Florida Center for Nursing within the University of South Florida; providing that a specified fee waiver applies to a student’s out-of-pocket expenses for tuition and fees after other aid is applied; providing that the LINE Fund was established for shortages in health science professions in addition to nursing; requiring institutions awarded grant funds to submit an annual report by a certain date to the center instead of the Board of Governors or the Department of Education; requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to provide specified data to the department, etc.

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-02-19	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-03-13	Status	failed
2026-03-13	Latest Action	House - Died in Messages

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