Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Education Appropriations (Wise) recommended
12 the following amendment to amendment (153720):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) and
19 paragraph (f) of subsection (8) of section 1002.33, Florida
20 Statutes, are amended to read:
21 1002.33 Charter schools.--
22 (5) SPONSOR; DUTIES.--
23 (b) Sponsor duties.--
24 1.a. The sponsor shall monitor and review the charter
25 school in its progress toward the goals established in the
26 charter.
27 b.2. The sponsor shall monitor the revenues and
28 expenditures of the charter school.
29 c.3. The sponsor may approve a charter for a charter
30 school before the applicant has secured space, equipment, or
31 personnel, if the applicant indicates approval is necessary
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1 for it to raise working capital.
2 d.4. The sponsor's policies shall not apply to a
3 charter school.
4 e.5. The sponsor shall ensure that the charter is
5 innovative and consistent with the state education goals
6 established by s. 1000.03(5).
7 f.6. The sponsor shall ensure that the charter school
8 participates in the state's education accountability system.
9 If a charter school falls short of performance measures
10 included in the approved charter, the sponsor shall report
11 such shortcomings to the Department of Education.
12 g. The sponsor shall not be liable for civil damages
13 under state law for personal injury, property damage, or death
14 resulting from an act or omission of an officer, employee,
15 agent, or governing body of the charter school.
16 h. The sponsor shall not be liable for civil damages
17 under state law for any employment actions taken by an
18 officer, employee, agent, or governing body of the charter
19 school.
20 i. The sponsor's duties to monitor the charter school
21 shall not constitute the basis for a private cause of action.
22 2. Immunity for the sponsor of a charter school under
23 this paragraph applies only with respect to acts or omissions
24 that are not under the sponsor's direct authority as described
25 in this section.
26 3. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be
27 considered a waiver of sovereign immunity by a sponsor.
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29 A community college may work with the school district or
30 school districts in its designated service area to develop
31 charter schools that offer secondary education. These charter
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1 schools must include an option for students to receive an
2 associate degree upon high school graduation. District school
3 boards shall cooperate with and assist the community college
4 on the charter application. Community college applications for
5 charter schools are not subject to the time deadlines outlined
6 in subsection (6) and may be approved by the district school
7 board at any time during the year. Community colleges shall
8 not report FTE for any students who receive FTE funding
9 through the Florida Education Finance Program.
10 (8) CAUSES FOR NONRENEWAL OR TERMINATION OF CHARTER.--
11 (f) If a charter is not renewed or is terminated, the
12 charter school is responsible for all debts of the charter
13 school. The district may not assume the debt from any contract
14 for services made between the governing body of the school and
15 a third party, except for a debt that is previously detailed
16 and agreed upon in writing by both the district and the
17 governing body of the school and that may not reasonably be
18 assumed to have been satisfied by the district.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; providing that the
29 sponsor of a charter school shall not be liable
30 for civil damages for certain actions;
31 providing that the duty to monitor a charter
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1 school shall not be the basis for a private
2 cause of action; prescribing limits on
3 immunities of a charter school sponsor;
4 providing that nothing related to a sponsor's
5 duties shall be considered a waiver of
6 sovereign immunity by a sponsor; expanding a
7 school district's immunity from assumption of
8 contractual debts;
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