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11  Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14          Delete everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert:

17         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph

18  (a) of subsection (6), subsections (7) and (9), paragraphs (f)

19  and (g) of subsection (12), paragraph (d) of subsection (13),

20  and subsection (20) of section 228.056, Florida Statutes, 1998

21  Supplement, are amended to read:

22         228.056  Charter schools.--

23         (4)  SPONSOR.--A district school board may sponsor a

24  charter school in the county over which the board has

25  jurisdiction.

26         (a)  A district school board shall receive and review

27  all applications for a charter school. A district school board

28  shall receive charter school applications through at least

29  November 15 February 1 of each calendar year for charter

30  schools to be opened at the beginning of the school district's

31  next school year.  A district school board may receive

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 1  applications later than this date if it chooses.  In order to

 2  facilitate an accurate budget projection process, a district

 3  school board shall be held harmless for FTE students which are

 4  not included in the FTE projection due to approval of charter

 5  school applications after the FTE projection deadline.  A

 6  district school board must by a majority vote approve or deny

 7  an application no later than 60 days after the application is

 8  received. If an application is denied, the district school

 9  board must, within 10 calendar days, articulate in writing the

10  specific reasons based upon good cause supporting its denial

11  of the charter application. Upon approval of a charter

12  application, the initial startup must be consistent with the

13  beginning of the public school calendar for the district in

14  which the charter is granted unless the district school board

15  allows a waiver of this provision for good cause.

16         (6)  ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.--

17         (a)  A charter school shall be open to any student

18  covered in an interdistrict agreement or residing in the

19  school district in which the charter school is located. Any

20  eligible student shall be allowed interdistrict transfer to

21  attend a charter school when based on good cause. When a

22  public school converts to charter status, enrollment

23  preference shall be given to students who would have otherwise

24  attended that public school. A charter school may give

25  enrollment preference to a sibling of a student enrolled in

26  the charter school or to the child of an employee of the

27  charter school.

28         (7)  LEGAL ENTITY.--A charter school shall organize as,

29  or be operated by, a nonprofit organization. A charter school

30  may be operated by a municipality or other public entity as

31  provided for by law. As such, the charter school may be either

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 1  a private or a public employer.  As a public employer, a

 2  charter school may participate in the Florida Retirement

 3  System upon application and approval as a "covered group"

 4  under s. 121.021(34). If a charter school participates in the

 5  Florida Retirement System, the charter school employees shall

 6  be compulsory members of the Florida Retirement System. As

 7  either a private or a public employer, a charter school may

 8  contract for services with an individual or group of

 9  individuals who are organized as a partnership or a

10  cooperative. Individuals or groups of individuals who contract

11  their services to the charter school are not public employees.

12         (9)  CHARTER.--The major issues involving the operation

13  of a charter school shall be considered in advance and written

14  into the charter. The charter shall be signed by the governing

15  body of the charter school and the sponsor, following a public

16  hearing to ensure community input.

17         (a)  The charter shall address, and criteria for

18  approval of the charter shall be based on:

19         1.  The school's mission, the students to be served,

20  and the ages and grades to be included.

21         2.  The focus of the curriculum, the instructional

22  methods to be used, and any distinctive instructional

23  techniques to be employed.

24         3.  The current incoming baseline standard of student

25  academic achievement, and the outcomes to be achieved, and the

26  method of measurement that will be used. This section shall

27  include a detailed description for each of the following:

28         a.  How the baseline student academic achievement

29  levels and prior rates of academic progress will be

30  established;

31         b.  How these baseline rates will be compared to rates

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 1  of academic progress achieved by these same students while

 2  attending the charter school; and

 3         c.  To the extent possible, how these rates of progress

 4  will be evaluated and compared with rates of progress of other

 5  closely comparable student populations.

 6         4.  The methods used to identify the educational

 7  strengths and needs of students and how well educational goals

 8  and performance standards are met by students attending the

 9  charter school. Students in charter schools shall, at a

10  minimum, participate in the statewide assessment program.

11         5.  In secondary charter schools, a method for

12  determining that a student has satisfied the requirements for

13  graduation in s. 232.246.

14         6.  A method for resolving conflicts between the

15  governing body of the charter school and the sponsor.

16         7.  The admissions procedures and dismissal procedures,

17  including the school's code of student conduct.

18         8.  The ways by which the school will achieve a

19  racial/ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves or

20  within the racial/ethnic range of other public schools in the

21  same school district.

22         9.  The financial and administrative management of the

23  school, including a reasonable demonstration of the

24  professional experience or competence of those individuals or

25  organizations applying to operate the charter school or those

26  hired or retained to perform such professional services. Both

27  public sector and private sector professional experience shall

28  be equally valid in such a consideration.

29         10.  The manner in which the school will be insured,

30  including whether or not the school will be required to have

31  liability insurance, and, if so, the terms and conditions

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 1  thereof and the amounts of coverage.

 2         11.  The term of the charter which shall provide for

 3  cancellation of the charter if insufficient progress has been

 4  made in attaining the student achievement objectives of the

 5  charter and if it is not likely that such objectives can be

 6  achieved before expiration of the charter. The initial term of

 7  a charter shall be for 3, 4, or 5 years. In order to

 8  facilitate access to long-term financial resources for charter

 9  school construction, charter schools that are operated by a

10  municipality or other public entity as provided by law are

11  eligible for up to a 15-year charter, subject to approval by

12  the local school board. In addition, to facilitate access to

13  long-term financial resources for charter school construction,

14  charter schools that are operated by a private,

15  not-for-profit, 501(c)3 status corporation are eligible for up

16  to a 10-year charter, subject to approval by the local school

17  board. Such long-term charters remain subject to annual review

18  and may be terminated during the term of the charter, but only

19  for specific good cause according to the provisions set forth

20  in subsection (10).

21         12.  The facilities to be used and their location.

22         13.  The qualifications to be required of the teachers.

23         14.  The governance structure of the school, including

24  the status of the charter school as a public or private

25  employer as required in subsection (7).

26         15.  A timetable for implementing the charter which

27  addresses the implementation of each element thereof and the

28  date by which the charter shall be awarded in order to meet

29  this timetable.

30         16.  In the case of an existing public school being

31  converted to charter status, alternative arrangements for

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 1  current students who choose not to attend the charter school

 2  and for current teachers who choose not to teach in the

 3  charter school after conversion in accordance with the

 4  existing collective bargaining agreement or school board

 5  policy in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement.

 6         (b)  A charter may be renewed every 5 school years,

 7  provided that a program review demonstrates that the criteria

 8  in paragraph (a) have been successfully accomplished. In order

 9  to facilitate long-term financing for charter school

10  construction, charter schools operating a minimum of 3 years

11  and demonstrating exemplary academic programming and fiscal

12  management are eligible for a 15-year charter renewal. Such

13  long-term charter is subject to annual review and may be

14  terminated during the term of the charter.

15         (c)  A charter may be modified during its initial term

16  or any renewal term upon the recommendation of the sponsor and

17  the approval of both parties to the agreement.

18         (d)  The governing body of the charter school shall

19  make annual progress reports to its sponsor, which upon

20  verification shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of

21  Education at the same time as other annual school

22  accountability reports.  The report shall contain at least the

23  following information:

24         1.  The charter school's progress towards achieving the

25  goals outlined in its charter.

26         2.  The information required in the annual school

27  report pursuant to s. 229.592.

28         3.  Financial records of the charter school, including

29  revenues and expenditures.

30         4.  Salary and benefit levels of charter school

31  employees.

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 1         (e)  A sponsor shall ensure that the charter is

 2  innovative and consistent with the state education goals

 3  established by s. 229.591.

 4         (f)  Upon receipt of the annual report required by

 5  paragraph (d), the Department of Education shall provide to

 6  the State Board of Education, the Commissioner of Education,

 7  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

 8  Representatives an analysis and comparison of the overall

 9  performance of charter school students, to include all

10  students whose scores are counted as part of the

11  norm-referenced assessment tests, versus comparable public

12  school students in the district as determined by

13  norm-referenced assessment tests currently administered in the

14  school district, and, as appropriate, the Florida Writes

15  Assessment Test, the High School Competency Test, and other

16  assessments administered pursuant to s. 229.57(3).

17         (g)  Whenever a municipality has submitted charter

18  applications for the establishment of a charter school feeder

19  pattern (elementary, middle, and senior high schools), and

20  upon approval of each individual charter application by the

21  district school board, such applications will then be

22  designated as one charter for all purposes listed pursuant to

23  this section.

24         (12)  EMPLOYEES OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.--

25         (f)  Teachers employed by or under contract to a

26  charter school shall be certified as required by chapter 231.

27  A charter school governing board may employ or contract with

28  skilled selected noncertified personnel to provide

29  instructional services or to assist instructional staff

30  members as education paraprofessionals in the same manner as

31  defined in chapter 231, and as provided by State Board of

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 1  Education rule for charter school governing boards. A charter

 2  school may not employ an individual to provide instructional

 3  services or to serve as an education paraprofessional if the

 4  individual's certification or licensure as an educator is

 5  suspended or revoked by this or any other state. A charter

 6  school may not knowingly employ an individual who has resigned

 7  from a school district in lieu of disciplinary action with

 8  respect to child welfare or safety, or who has been dismissed

 9  for just cause by any school district with respect to child

10  welfare or safety. The qualifications of teachers shall be

11  disclosed to parents.

12         (g)  A charter school shall employ or contract with

13  employees who have been fingerprinted as provided in s.

14  231.02. Members of the governing board of the charter school

15  shall also be fingerprinted in a manner similar to that

16  provided in s. 231.02 prior to approval of the charter.

17         (13)  REVENUE.--Students enrolled in a charter school,

18  regardless of the sponsorship, shall be funded as if they are

19  in a basic program or a special program, the same as students

20  enrolled in other public schools in the school district.

21  Funding for a chartered developmental research school shall be

22  as provided in s. 228.053(9).

23         (d)  If the district school board is providing programs

24  or services to students funded by federal funds, any eligible

25  students enrolled in charter schools in the school district

26  shall be provided federal funds for the same level of service

27  provided students in the schools operated by the district

28  school board. Pursuant to provisions of 20 U.S.C. 8061 s.

29  10306, all charter schools shall receive all federal funding

30  for which the school is otherwise eligible, including Title I

31  funding, not later than 5 months after the charter school

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 1  first opens and within 5 months after any subsequent expansion

 2  of enrollment.

 3         (20)  REVIEW.--

 4         (a)  The Department of Education shall regularly

 5  convene a Charter School Review Panel in order to review

 6  issues, practices, and policies regarding charter schools. The

 7  composition of the review panel shall include individuals with

 8  experience in finance, administration, law, education, and

 9  school governance, and individuals familiar with charter

10  school construction and operation. The panel shall include two

11  appointees each from the Commissioner of Education, the

12  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

13  Representatives. The Governor shall appoint three members of

14  the panel, and shall designate the chair. Each member of the

15  panel shall serve a 1-year term, unless renewed by the office

16  making the appointment. The panel shall make recommendations

17  to the Legislature, to the Department of Education, to charter

18  schools, and to school districts for improving charter school

19  operations and oversight and for ensuring best business

20  practices at and fair business relationships with charter

21  schools.

22         (b)  The Legislature shall review the operation of

23  charter schools during the 2000 Regular Session of the

24  Legislature.

25         Section 2.  Subsections (1), (2), (5), and (6) of

26  section 228.0561, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are

27  amended to read:

28         228.0561  Charter schools capital outlay funding.--

29         (1)  In each year in which funds are appropriated for

30  charter school capital outlay purposes from the Public

31  Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund for

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 1  charter schools, the Commissioner of Education shall allocate

 2  the funds among eligible charter schools.  To be eligible for

 3  a funding allocation, a charter school must meet the

 4  provisions of subsection (6), must have received final

 5  approval from its sponsor pursuant to s. 228.056 for operation

 6  during that fiscal year, and must serve students in facilities

 7  that are not provided by the charter school's sponsor.  Prior

 8  to the release of capital outlay funds to a school district on

 9  behalf of the charter school, the Department of Education

10  shall ensure that the district school board and the charter

11  school governing board enter into a written agreement that

12  includes provisions for the reversion of any unencumbered

13  funds and all equipment and property purchased with public

14  education funds to the ownership of the district school board,

15  as provided for in subsection (3) attaching a lien to property

16  that has been improved through the use of these funds, in the

17  event that the school terminates operations.  Any funds

18  recovered by the state shall be deposited in the General

19  Revenue Fund Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service

20  Trust Fund.  A charter school is not eligible for a funding

21  allocation if it was created by the conversion of a public

22  school and operates in facilities provided by the charter

23  school's sponsor for a nominal fee or at no charge. Unless

24  otherwise provided in the General Appropriations Act, the

25  funding allocation for each eligible charter school shall be

26  determined by multiplying the school's projected student

27  enrollment by one-thirtieth of the cost-per-student station

28  specified in s. 235.435(6)(b) for an elementary, middle, or

29  high school, as appropriate.  If the funds appropriated are

30  not sufficient, the commissioner shall prorate the available

31  funds among eligible charter schools.  In the first quarter of

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 1  the fiscal year, funds shall be distributed on the basis of

 2  projected enrollment as provided in this section.  The

 3  commissioner shall adjust subsequent distributions as

 4  necessary to reflect each charter school's actual student

 5  enrollment.  The commissioner shall establish the intervals

 6  and procedures for determining the projected and actual

 7  student enrollment of eligible charter schools.  If a school

 8  district chooses to share funding for the capital outlay

 9  purposes described in subsection (2) with the applicable

10  charter school or charter schools, any allocation of charter

11  school capital outlay funds from the Public Education Capital

12  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund allocation to the charter

13  school or charter schools shall be reduced by the amount

14  shared.

15         (2)  A charter school's governing body may use charter

16  school capital outlay funds with the school board's permission

17  may use funds from the Public Education Capital Outlay and

18  Debt Service Trust Fund for any capital outlay purpose that is

19  directly related to the functioning of the charter school,

20  including the:

21         (a)  Purchase of real property.

22         (b)  Construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance

23  of school facilities.

24         (c)  Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of permanent or

25  relocatable school facilities.

26         (d)  Purchase of vehicles to transport students to and

27  from the charter school.

28         (5)  The annual legislative budget request of the

29  Department of Education shall include a request for capital

30  outlay funding for charter schools from the Public Education

31  Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund.  The request shall

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 1  be based on the projected number of students to be served in

 2  charter schools who meet the eligibility requirements of this

 3  section.

 4         (6)(a)  Effective July 1, 1998, any charter school

 5  which has been in continuous operation in the district in

 6  which its charter was approved for at least two school years

 7  immediately preceding the school year in which the school

 8  seeks an appropriation from the Public Education Capital

 9  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund shall be eligible to

10  receive funds from that trust fund.  No other charter schools

11  are eligible to receive funds from the Public Education

12  Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund.

13         (b)  Unless authorized otherwise by the Legislature,

14  allocation and proration of charter school capital outlay

15  funds from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt

16  Service Trust Fund shall be made to eligible charter schools

17  by the Commissioner of Education in an amount and in a manner

18  authorized by subsection (1), and only schools eligible for

19  such funds in this subsection shall be considered "eligible

20  charter schools" for such an allocation or proration.

21         (c)  There is appropriated from the Public Education

22  Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund in fiscal year

23  1998-1999 the amount of $5 million to be used for capital

24  outlay purposes of charter schools eligible under this

25  subsection and allocated or prorated in an amount and in a

26  manner authorized by this subsection.  This paragraph shall be

27  repealed July 1, 1999.

28         Section 3.  Subsection (7) of section 235.42, Florida

29  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

30         235.42  Educational and ancillary plant construction

31  funds; Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust

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 1  Fund; allocation of funds.--

 2         (7)  Boards and entities authorized to participate in

 3  the trust fund are district school boards, the community

 4  college district boards of trustees, the Trustees of the

 5  Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Board of

 6  Regents, charter schools only if eligible pursuant to s.

 7  228.0561(6), and other units of the state system of public

 8  education, and other educational entities defined in s.

 9  228.041 for which funds are authorized by the Legislature.

10         Section 4.  Subsection (9) is added to section 228.057,

11  Florida Statutes, to read:

12         228.057  Public school parental choice.--

13         (9)  Each school district shall annually report the

14  number of students applying for and attending the various

15  types of public schools of choice in the district, including

16  schools such as magnet schools and public charter schools,

17  according to rules adopted by the State Board of Education.

18         Section 5.  Effective upon this act becoming a law,

19  section 228.058, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

20         228.058  Charter School Districts Pilot Program.--The

21  State Board of Education is authorized to enter into a

22  performance contract with up to six school districts for the

23  purpose of establishing them as charter school districts. The

24  State Board of Education shall give priority to Hillsborough

25  and Volusia Counties upon the submission of a completed

26  precharter agreement or charter proposal for a charter school

27  district.  The purpose of this pilot program is to examine a

28  new relationship between the State Board of Education and

29  school districts that may produce significant improvements in

30  student achievement and school management, while complying

31  with constitutional requirements assigned to each entity.

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 1         (1)  CHARTER DISTRICT.--A charter school district is a

 2  school district in Florida in which the school board has

 3  submitted and the state board has approved a charter proposal

 4  that exchanges statutory and rule exemption for agreement to

 5  meet performance goals in the proposal.  The charter school

 6  district shall be chartered for 3 years, at the end of which

 7  the performance shall be evaluated.

 8         (2)  EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES AND RULES.--Charter school

 9  districts shall be exempt from state statutes and state board

10  rules as provided in s. 228.056.  The school board of a

11  charter school district shall not be exempt from any statute

12  governing election of board members, public meetings and

13  public records requirements, financial disclosure, conflicts

14  of interest, operation in the sunshine, or other provisions

15  outside the Florida School Code.

16         (3)  GOVERNING BOARD.--The governing board of the

17  charter school district shall be the duly elected school

18  board.  The school board shall be responsible for supervising

19  the schools in the charter district and is authorized to

20  charter each of its existing public schools pursuant to s.

21  228.056, apply for deregulation of its public schools pursuant

22  to s. 228.0565, or otherwise establish performance-based

23  contractual relationships with its public schools for the

24  purpose of giving them greater autonomy with accountability

25  for performance.

26         (4)  CHARTER PROPOSAL.--Competitive charter proposal

27  applications shall be accepted by the State Board of Education

28  no later than October 30, 1999.  The charter proposal shall

29  include, but not be limited to:

30         (a)  Authorization for participation in the pilot

31  program approved in an open school board meeting.

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 1         (b)  The vision of what the school board proposes to

 2  accomplish by becoming a charter school district.

 3         (c)  A management plan for reaching performance goals,

 4  including an anticipated list of the statutes and rules from

 5  which the school board desires exemption and the purpose of

 6  the exemption.

 7         (d)  The performance goals proposed by the school

 8  board, the measures to be used to assess progress, the

 9  district's current baseline status with respect to the goals,

10  and the timeframe for accomplishing the goals.

11         (e)  A plan for chartering, deregulating, or otherwise

12  freeing schools in the district from state statutes and rules

13  and school board policies and procedures.  This portion may

14  include a phased-in approach, but shall be included as a

15  performance goal.

16         (f)  Agreement to file an annual report of progress to

17  the state board.

18         (g)  Any other provisions required by state board rule.

19         (5)  PRECHARTER AGREEMENT.--The state board is

20  authorized to approve a precharter agreement with a potential

21  charter district.  The agreement may grant limited flexibility

22  and direction for developing the full charter proposal.

23         (6)  TIME PERIOD FOR PILOT.--The pilot program shall be

24  authorized for a period of 3 full school years commencing with

25  award of a charter. The charter may be renewed upon action of

26  the state board.

27         (7)  REPORTS.--The state board shall annually report on

28  the implementation of the charter school district pilot

29  program.  Upon the completion of the first 3-year term, the

30  state board, through the Commissioner of Education, shall

31  submit to the Legislature a full evaluation of the

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 1  effectiveness of the program.

 2         (8)  RULEMAKING.--The State Board of Education shall

 3  have the authority to enact rules to implement this section in

 4  accordance with ss. 120.536 and 120.54.

 5         Section 6.  Any arrangement entered into to borrow or

 6  otherwise secure funds for a charter school authorized in

 7  section 228.056, Florida Statutes, from a source other than

 8  the state or a school district shall indemnify the state and

 9  the school district from any and all liability, including but

10  not limited to financial responsibility for the payment of the

11  principal or interest.  Any loans, bonds, or other financial

12  agreements are not obligations of the state or the school

13  district but are obligations of the charter school authority

14  and are payable solely from the sources of funds pledged by

15  such agreement.  The credit or taxing power of the state or

16  the school district shall not be pledged and no debts shall be

17  payable out of any moneys except those of the legal entity in

18  possession of a valid charter approved by a district school

19  board pursuant to section 228.056, Florida Statutes.

20         Section 7.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

21  act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26          Delete everything before the enacting clause

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28  and insert:

29                      A bill to be entitled

30         An act relating to charter schools; amending s.

31         228.056, F.S.; revising the date through which

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1066

    Amendment No.    





 1         a district school board must receive charter

 2         school applications; providing for

 3         interdistrict transfer to a charter school

 4         under certain circumstances; authorizing

 5         charter schools to be operated by

 6         municipalities or other public entities;

 7         providing information to be included in the

 8         charter of a charter school; providing for

 9         15-year charters under specified circumstances;

10         providing for one charter for municipality

11         charter schools comprising one feeder pattern;

12         authorizing charter school governing boards to

13         employ or contract with skilled selected

14         noncertified personnel as provided in ch. 231,

15         F.S., and as provided by rule of the State

16         Board of Education; prohibiting a charter

17         school from hiring certain persons who have

18         resigned in lieu of disciplinary action or have

19         been dismissed for good cause; requiring the

20         fingerprinting of members of the governing

21         boards of charter schools; prescribing time

22         limits for charter schools to receive federal

23         funds; providing for a Charter School Review

24         Panel; providing for membership, purpose, and

25         duties; amending s. 228.0561, F.S.; removing

26         references to the Public Education Capital

27         Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund; providing

28         for the reversion of unencumbered funds and

29         property to the district school board if the

30         charter school terminates operations; revising

31         requirements relating to charter school use of

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1066

    Amendment No.    





 1         capital outlay funds; revising eligibility

 2         requirements for charter school receipt of

 3         capital outlay funds; removing obsolete

 4         provisions; amending s. 235.42, F.S., relating

 5         to educational and ancillary plant construction

 6         funds; removing a reference to charter schools;

 7         amending s. 228.057, F.S.; requiring school

 8         districts to report the number of students

 9         attending the various types of public schools

10         according to the rules of the State Board of

11         Education; creating s. 228.058, F.S.;

12         establishing a charter school districts pilot

13         program; providing requirements for charter

14         school districts; providing for exemptions from

15         statutes and rules; providing for a governing

16         board; providing for charter proposals;

17         providing for a precharter agreement; providing

18         a time period for the pilot project; requiring

19         an annual report; providing for rulemaking;

20         providing for protection and indemnity of the

21         state and charter school from certain

22         liability; providing effective dates.

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