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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (Dockery)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 286-315

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and insert:

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     (a)  A person or entity wishing to open a charter school

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shall prepare and submit an application on a model application

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form prepared by the Department of Education, in consultation

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with the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission, which that:

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     1.  Demonstrates how the school will use the guiding

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principles and meet the statutorily defined purpose of a charter

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school.

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     2.  Provides a detailed curriculum plan that illustrates how

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students will be provided services to attain the Sunshine State

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Standards.

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     3.  Contains goals and objectives for improving student

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learning and measuring that improvement. These goals and

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objectives must indicate how much academic improvement students

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are expected to show each year, how success will be evaluated,

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and the specific results to be attained through instruction.

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     4.  Describes the reading curriculum and differentiated

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strategies that will be used for students reading at grade level

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or higher and a separate curriculum and strategies for students

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who are reading below grade level. A sponsor shall deny a charter

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if the school does not propose a reading curriculum that is

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consistent with effective teaching strategies that are grounded

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in scientifically based reading research.

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     5.  Contains an annual financial plan for each year

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requested by the charter for operation of the school for up to 5

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years. This plan must contain anticipated fund balances based on

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revenue projections, a spending plan based on projected revenues

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and expenses, and a description of controls that will safeguard

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finances and projected enrollment trends.

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     6. Documents that the applicant has participated in the

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training required in subparagraph (g)2.

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A sponsor may require an applicant to provide additional

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information, as an addendum to the charter school application as

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described in paragraph (a).

3/18/2008  7:52:00 PM     ED.EA.05268