Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 472 By the Committee on Fiscal Policy; and Senator Truenow 594-02944-25 2025472c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to education in correctional 3 facilities for professional licensure; amending s. 4 944.801, F.S.; requiring the Correctional Education 5 Program to design and implement a plan, in 6 coordination with the boards of professions regulated 7 by the Department of Business and Professional 8 Regulation, or the department when there is no board, 9 for inmates who take certain classes to receive credit 10 towards licensure requirements; providing an effective 11 date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1.Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (3) of 16 section 944.801, Florida Statutes, to read: 17 944.801Education for state prisoners. 18 (3)The responsibilities of the Correctional Education 19 Program shall be to: 20 (m)Design and implement a plan, in coordination with the 21 relevant professional boards regulated by the Department of 22 Business and Professional Regulation, or the Department of 23 Business and Professional Regulation when there is no board, to 24 ensure that inmates in a correctional institution who take 25 classes that meet the necessary curriculum requirements as 26 determined by the applicable laws and rules for those 27 professions shall receive credit toward licensure requirements 28 for the successful completion of those classes. 29 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.