Senate Bill 1380c1

    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 1380

    By the Committee on Community Affairs and Senator Kirkpatrick





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; creating s.

  3         228.0561, F.S.; authorizing charter conversion

  4         municipal subdistricts; providing requirements

  5         for operation; providing for areas of municipal

  6         jurisdiction; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 228.0561, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         228.0561  Charter conversion municipal

13  subdistricts.--Pursuant to s. 228.056, but notwithstanding s.

14  228.056(8)(h), upon majority vote of the eligible voters

15  voting and compliance with s. 228.056, a municipality or

16  municipalities with a total population of more than 25,000

17  residents may present to the district school board a school or

18  group of schools to be governed by a municipally appointed

19  charter school board. Unincorporated areas adjacent to

20  incorporated municipalities may be included in the area of

21  municipal jurisdiction for the purposes of this section if the

22  governing bodies of the municipality or municipalities and the

23  county in which the area is located agree on the boundaries of

24  such additional areas. Upon receipt of a request for a charter

25  municipal subdistrict in accordance with this section, if

26  approved by the district school board pursuant to s. 228.056,

27  the district school board shall expeditiously authorize the

28  requested charter.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 1380
    316-1949-98




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 1380

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  4  The CS for SB 1380 changes the bill in three ways:

  5  It limits the ability to create a charter conversion municipal
    subdistrict to a municipality or municipalities "with a total
  6  population of more than 25,000 residents";

  7  It changes the phrase "operated" by a municipally appointed
    charter school board to "governed" by a municipally appointed
  8  charter school board; and

  9  It requires that a request for a charter municipal subdistrict
    be "approved by the district school board pursuant to s.
10  228.056, F.S."

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