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Committee approves bill to require seizure training for all school personnel, including charter school bus drivers
Summary
SB 186 would expand training under Florida Statute 1006.0626 to include all school personnel who regularly interact with students (teachers, aides, bus drivers) and require seizure-first-aid posters and DOH alignment; committee adopted a technical amendment and reported the bill favorably.
The Senate Committee on Health Policy reported favorably Senate Bill 186, a measure sponsored by Senator Garcia to expand training requirements for epilepsy and seizure disorders to all public school personnel who regularly interact with students, including charter school bus drivers.
Garcia said the bill fills a statutory gap: Florida Statute 1006.0626 requires certain school employees to be trained but does not explicitly include transport staff or charter schools. "My bill addresses this gap by expanding training requirements... and specifically includes charter schools in the training program," he told the committee, citing state prevalence statistics for epilepsy and school‑age students.
The bill requires schools to accept seizure action plans as submitted by physicians, mandates seizure first‑aid posters developed by a nonprofit and provided at no cost, and calls for Department of Health education alignment across physicians and county health departments. Representatives from the Epilepsy Alliance of Florida waived in support. The bill was adopted as a committee substitute and reported favorably.
