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SENATE AMENDMENT
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Amendment No. 4
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11 The Committee on Fiscal Policy recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 5. Section 228.058, Florida Statutes, is
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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 purpose of this pilot program is to examine a new relationship
25 between the State Board of Education and school districts that
26 may produce significant improvements in student achievement
27 and school management while at the same time complying with
28 constitutional requirements assigned to each entity.
29 (1) CHARTER DISTRICT.--A charter school district is a
30 school district in Florida in which the school board has
31 submitted and the state board has approved a charter proposal
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1 that exchanges statutory and rule exemption for agreement to
2 meet performance goals in the proposal. The charter school
3 district shall be chartered for 3 years, at the end of which
4 the performance shall be evaluated. At the end of the charter
5 period, the charter may be revoked or non-renewed pursuant to
6 s. 228.056(10)(a) and (b).
7 (2) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES AND RULES.--Charter school
8 districts shall be exempt from state statutes and state board
9 rules as provided in s. 228.056(11), and subject to the
10 limitations as provided by the State Board of Education. The
11 school board of a charter school district shall not be exempt
12 from any statute governing election of board members, public
13 meetings and public records requirements, financial
14 disclosure, conflicts of interest, operation in the sunshine,
15 or other provisions 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
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26 (4) CHARTER PROPOSAL.--Competitive charter proposal
27 applications shall be accepted by the State Board of Education
28 no later than February 1, 2000. Priority consideration for
29 approval shall be given to school districts that have
30 demonstrated the most success in chartering or deregulating
31 existing schools. The charter proposal shall include, but not
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1 be limited to:
2 (a) Authorization approved in an open school board
3 meeting for participation in the pilot program.
4 (b) The vision of what the school board proposes to
5 accomplish by becoming a charter school district.
6 (c) A management plan for reaching performance goals,
7 including an anticipated list of the statutes and rules from
8 which the school board desires exemption and the purpose of
9 the exemption.
10 (d) The performance goals proposed by the school
11 board, the measures to be used to assess progress, the
12 district's current baseline status with respect to the goals,
13 and the timeframe for accomplishing the goals.
14 (e) A plan for chartering, deregulating, or otherwise
15 freeing schools in the district from state statutes and rules
16 and school board policies and procedures. This portion may
17 include a phased-in approach, but shall be included as a
18 performance goal.
19 (f) Agreement to file an annual report of progress to
20 the state board.
21 (g) Any other provisions required by state board rule.
22 (5) PRECHARTER AGREEMENT.--The state board is
23 authorized to approve a precharter agreement with a potential
24 charter school district. The agreement may provide limited
25 flexibility pursuant to s. 228.056(11) and direction for the
26 development of a full charter proposal. School boards desiring
27 to apply for charter status may request a pre-charter
28 agreement at any time prior to or in lieu of submitting a
29 charter proposal by the February 1 deadline.
30 (6) TIME PERIOD FOR PILOT.--The pilot program shall be
31 authorized for a period of 3 full school years commencing with
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1 award of a charter. The charter may be renewed upon action of
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3 (7) REPORTS.--The state board shall annually report on
4 the implementation of the charter school district pilot
5 program. Upon the completion of the first 3-year term, the
6 state board, through the Commissioner of Education, shall
7 submit to the Legislature a full evaluation of the
8 effectiveness of the program.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 creating s. 228.058, F.S.; establishing a
19 charter school districts pilot program;
20 providing requirements for charter school
21 districts; providing for exemptions from
22 statutes and rules; providing for a governing
23 board; providing for charter proposals;
24 providing for a precharter agreement; providing
25 a time period for the pilot project; requiring
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