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

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recommended the following substitute for amendment (341150):

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 286-318

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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 conjunction with

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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. A sponsor may require an

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applicant to provide additional information, as an addendum to

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the charter school application as described in paragraph (a).

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     (b)  A sponsor shall receive and review all applications for

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a charter school using an evaluation instrument developed by the

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Department of Education. A sponsor may require an applicant to

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provide additional information, as an addendum to this evaluation

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instrument. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school

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