Senate Bill sb2896

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2896

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1962-07                                          See HB 423

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Schools of

  3         Excellence Commission; repealing s. 1002.335,

  4         F.S., which establishes the Florida Schools of

  5         Excellence Commission; amending s. 1002.33,

  6         F.S.; conforming provisions; providing an

  7         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.  Section 1002.335, Florida Statutes, is

12  repealed.

13         Section 2.  Paragraphs (e) through (i) of subsection

14  (6) of section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

15  paragraphs (d) through (h), respectively, and present

16  paragraph (d) of that subsection is amended to read:

17         1002.33  Charter schools.--

18         (6)  APPLICATION PROCESS AND REVIEW.--Charter school

19  applications are subject to the following requirements:

20         (d)  For charter school applications in school

21  districts that have not been granted exclusive authority to

22  sponsor charter schools pursuant to s. 1002.335(5), the right

23  to appeal an application denial under paragraph (c) shall be

24  contingent on the applicant having submitted the same or a

25  substantially similar application to the Florida Schools of

26  Excellence Commission or one of its cosponsors. Any such

27  applicant whose application is denied by the commission or one

28  of its cosponsors subsequent to its denial by the district

29  school board may exercise its right to appeal the district

30  school board's denial under paragraph (c) within 30 days after

31  receipt of the commission's or cosponsor's denial or failure

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2896
    33-1962-07                                          See HB 423




 1  to act on the application. However, the applicant forfeits its

 2  right to appeal under paragraph (c) if it fails to submit its

 3  application to the commission or one of its cosponsors by

 4  August 1 of the school year immediately following the district

 5  school board's denial of the application.

 6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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