House Bill 1751c2

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998          CS/CS/HB 1751

        By the Committees on Finance & Taxation, Education
    Innovation and Representatives Andrews and Melvin





  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         providing for areas of municipal jurisdiction;

  6         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 of the

30  year in which enacted.

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