Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7128
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/01/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Gaetz) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 224 - 229
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (10) and subsection
    6  (19) of section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, are amended, present
    7  subsections (25) and (26) of that section are redesignated as
    8  subsections (26) and (27), respectively, and a new subsection
    9  (25) is added to that section, to read:
   10         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   11         (10) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—
   12         (e) A charter school may limit the enrollment process only
   13  to target the following student populations:
   14         1. Students within specific age groups or grade levels.
   15         2. Students considered at risk of dropping out of school or
   16  academic failure. Such students shall include exceptional
   17  education students.
   18         3. Students enrolling in a charter school-in-the-workplace
   19  or charter school-in-a-municipality established pursuant to
   20  subsection (15).
   21         4. Students residing within a reasonable distance of the
   22  charter school, as described in paragraph (20)(c). Such students
   23  shall be subject to a random lottery and to the racial/ethnic
   24  balance provisions described in subparagraph (7)(a)8. or any
   25  federal provisions that require a school to achieve a
   26  racial/ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves or
   27  within the racial/ethnic range of other public schools in the
   28  same school district.
   29         5. Students who meet reasonable academic, artistic, or
   30  other eligibility standards established by the charter school
   31  and included in the charter school application and charter or,
   32  in the case of existing charter schools, standards that are
   33  consistent with the school’s mission and purpose. Such standards
   34  shall be in accordance with current state law and practice in
   35  public schools and may not discriminate against otherwise
   36  qualified individuals.
   37         6. Students articulating from one charter school to another
   38  pursuant to an articulation agreement between the charter
   39  schools that has been approved by the sponsor.
   40         7. Students living in a development in which a business
   41  entity provides the school facility and related property having
   42  an appraised value of at least $10 million to be used as a
   43  charter school for the development. Students living in the
   44  development shall be entitled to 50 percent of the student
   45  stations in the charter school. The students who are eligible
   46  for enrollment are subject to a random lottery, the
   47  racial/ethnic balance provisions, or any federal provisions, as
   48  described in subparagraph 4. The remainder of the student
   49  stations shall be filled in accordance with subparagraph 4.
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52         And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete line 28
   54  and insert:
   55         provisions relating to charter schools; providing for
   56         an additional student population to be included for
   57         enrollment in a charter school; providing that