Bill > H0051

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; amending s. 1001.35, F.S.; providing district school board member term limits; prohibiting certain service from counting toward the limit; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; revising the charter lab schools exempted from a certain limitation; providing that the limitation on lab schools does not apply certain schools serving a military installation; revising a limitation on lab schools receiving specified funds; amending s. 1002.321, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing state universities and Florida College System institutions to solicit applications for and sponsor charter schools under certain circumstances; authorizing a state university or Florida College System institution to, at its discretion, deny an application for a charter school; prohibiting certain interlocal agreements; revising the contents of an annual report that charter school sponsors must provide to the Department of Education; revising the date by which the department must post a specified annual report; requiring certain school districts to reduce administrative fees withheld; requiring such school districts to file certain monthly reports; authorizing such school districts to resume withholding full amount of administrative fees under specified circumstance; authorizing certain charter schools to recover attorney fees and costs; authorizing parties to appeal without first mediating in certain circumstances; providing that certain changes to curriculum are deemed approved; providing an exception; revising the circumstances in which a charter may be immediately terminated; providing that certain information must be provided to specified entities upon immediate termination; authorizing the of award specified fees and costs in certain circumstances; authorizing a sponsor to seek an injunction in certain circumstances; revising provisions related to sponsor assumption of operation; revising provisions relating to Florida College System institutions that are operating charter schools; requiring the board of trustees of a state university or Florida College System institution that is sponsoring a charter school to serve as the local educational agency for such school; prohibiting certain charter school students from being included in specified school district grade calculations; requiring the department to develop a sponsor evaluation framework; providing requirements for the framework; deleting obsolete language; revising the student populations for which a charter school is authorized to give enrollment preference and limit the enrollment process; providing a calculation for the operational funding for a charter school sponsored by a state university or Florida College System institution; requiring the department to develop a tool for state universities and Florida College System institutions for specified purposes relating to certain funding calculations; providing that such funding must be appropriated to the charter school; providing for capital outlay funding for such schools; specifying an administrative fee for certain schools; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.331, F.S.; revising requirements for a charter school to be a high-performing charter school; revising a limitation on the expansion of high-performing charter schools; revising a limitation on the establishment of charter schools by a high- performing charter school; amending s. 1002.333, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "persistently low- performing school"; authorizing certain entities to be designated as a local education agency by the department; authorizing such entities to report students in a specified manner; providing requirements for nonprofit entities operating schools of hope; revising procedures for the reporting of certain surplus facilities; authorizing certain nonprofit entities to use specified funds within the same school district; providing how such funds may be used; revising the length of time certain funds may be carried forward; amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; authorizing virtual charter schools to provide part- time instruction; revising requirements for contact; amending s. 1002.455, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.493, F.S.; authorizing a career and professional academy to be offered by a charter school; amending s. 1008.3415, F.S.; authorizing certain exceptional student education centers to replicate their educational programs; requiring the Commissioner of Education to verify certain information and provide a letter to specified entities; amending s. 1012.32, F.S.; specifying that existing background screening requirements do not apply to schools of hope; providing background screening requirements for schools of hope; amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; authorizing certain schools of hope to receive capital outlay funding; providing an effective date.

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Stan McClain (R)*,  Webster Barnaby (R),  Wyman Duggan (R),  Joseph Harding (R),  Rick Roth (R),  Kaylee Tuck (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1028, 1st Eng. (on 04/27/2021)

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