Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for HB 443
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AE/2R . Floor: C
04/29/2025 12:11 PM . 05/01/2025 11:53 AM
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Senator Rodriguez moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 163.3180, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 163.3180 Concurrency.—
8 (4) The concurrency requirement as implemented in local
9 comprehensive plans applies to state and other public facilities
10 and development to the same extent that it applies to all other
11 facilities and development, as provided by law. For purposes of
12 this subsection, a charter school is considered a public
13 facility.
14 Section 2. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (9) of
15 section 1002.32, Florida Statutes, to read:
16 1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.—
17 (9) FUNDING.—Funding for a lab school, including a charter
18 lab school, shall be provided as follows:
19 (f) A lab school’s governing body may use the lab school’s
20 discretionary capital improvement funds for the following
21 purposes:
22 1. Purchase of real property.
23 2. Construction of school facilities.
24 3. Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of permanent or
25 relocatable school facilities.
26 4. Purchase of vehicles to transport students to and from
27 the charter lab school.
28 5. Renovation, repair, and maintenance of school facilities
29 that the charter lab school owns or is purchasing through a
30 lease-purchase or long-term lease of 5 years or longer.
31 6. Payment of the cost of premiums for property and
32 casualty insurance necessary to insure the school facilities.
33 7. Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of driver’s education
34 vehicles; motor vehicles used for the maintenance or operation
35 of plants and equipment; security vehicles; or vehicles used in
36 storing or distributing materials and equipment.
37 8. Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of computer and
38 device hardware and operating system software necessary for
39 gaining access to or enhancing the use of electronic and digital
40 instructional content and resources; and enterprise resource
41 software applications that are classified as capital assets in
42 accordance with definitions of the Governmental Accounting
43 Standards Board, have a useful life of at least 5 years, and are
44 used to support schoolwide administration or state-mandated
45 reporting requirements. Enterprise resource software may be
46 acquired by annual license fees, maintenance fees, or a lease
47 agreement.
48 9. Payment of the cost of the opening day collection for
49 the library media center of a new school.
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51 Any purchase, lease-purchase, or lease made pursuant to this
52 subsection must be at or below the appraised value. For purposes
53 of this subsection, the term “appraised value” means the fair
54 market value as determined by an independent, state-licensed,
55 qualified appraiser selected by the governing board.
56 Documentation of the appraised value must be provided to the
57 department upon request.
58 Section 3. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (5),
59 paragraphs (d) and (h) of subsection (10), paragraph (b) of
60 subsection (16), and paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (20)
61 of section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph
62 (s) is added to subsection (9), paragraph (h) is added to
63 subsection (18), and paragraph (d) is added to subsection (26)
64 of that section, to read:
65 1002.33 Charter schools.—
66 (5) SPONSOR; DUTIES.—
67 (b) Sponsor duties.—
68 1.a. The sponsor shall monitor and review the charter
69 school in its progress toward the goals established in the
70 charter.
71 b. The sponsor shall monitor the revenues and expenditures
72 of the charter school and perform the duties provided in s.
73 1002.345.
74 c. The sponsor may approve a charter for a charter school
75 before the applicant has identified space, equipment, or
76 personnel, if the applicant indicates approval is necessary for
77 it to raise working funds.
78 d. The sponsor may not apply its policies to a charter
79 school unless mutually agreed to by both the sponsor and the
80 charter school. If the sponsor subsequently amends any agreed
81 upon sponsor policy, the version of the policy in effect at the
82 time of the execution of the charter, or any subsequent
83 modification thereof, shall remain in effect and the sponsor may
84 not hold the charter school responsible for any provision of a
85 newly revised policy until the revised policy is mutually agreed
86 upon.
87 e. The sponsor shall ensure that the charter is innovative
88 and consistent with the state education goals established by s.
89 1000.03(5).
90 f. The sponsor shall ensure that the charter school
91 participates in the state’s education accountability system. If
92 a charter school falls short of performance measures included in
93 the approved charter, the sponsor shall report such shortcomings
94 to the Department of Education.
95 g. The sponsor is not liable for civil damages under state
96 law for personal injury, property damage, or death resulting
97 from an act or omission of an officer, employee, agent, or
98 governing body of the charter school.
99 h. The sponsor is not liable for civil damages under state
100 law for any employment actions taken by an officer, employee,
101 agent, or governing body of the charter school.
102 i. The sponsor’s duties to monitor the charter school do
103 not constitute the basis for a private cause of action.
104 j. The sponsor may not impose additional reporting
105 requirements on a charter school as long as the charter school
106 has not been identified as having a deteriorating financial
107 condition or financial emergency pursuant to s. 1002.345.
108 k. The sponsor may not impose upon a charter school
109 administrative deadlines that are earlier than the sponsor’s own
110 corresponding deadlines for similar reports or submissions. Any
111 deadline imposed upon a charter school for financial audits or
112 other administrative requirements may not be earlier than 15
113 days before the sponsor’s own deadline for similar submissions
114 to the department.
115 l.k. The sponsor shall submit an annual report to the
116 Department of Education in a web-based format to be determined
117 by the department.
118 (I) The report must shall include the following
119 information:
120 (A) The number of applications received during the school
121 year and up to August 1 and each applicant’s contact
122 information.
123 (B) The date each application was approved, denied, or
124 withdrawn.
125 (C) The date each final contract was executed.
126 (II) Annually, by November 1, the sponsor shall submit to
127 the department the information for the applications submitted
128 the previous year.
129 (III) The department shall compile an annual report, by
130 sponsor, and post the report on its website by January 15 of
131 each year.
132 2. Immunity for the sponsor of a charter school under
133 subparagraph 1. applies only with respect to acts or omissions
134 not under the sponsor’s direct authority as described in this
135 section.
136 3. This paragraph does not waive a sponsor’s sovereign
137 immunity.
138 4. A Florida College System institution may work with the
139 school district or school districts in its designated service
140 area to develop charter schools that offer secondary education.
141 These charter schools must include an option for students to
142 receive an associate degree upon high school graduation. If a
143 Florida College System institution operates an approved teacher
144 preparation program under s. 1004.04 or s. 1004.85, the
145 institution may operate charter schools that serve students in
146 kindergarten through grade 12 in any school district within the
147 service area of the institution. District school boards shall
148 cooperate with and assist the Florida College System institution
149 on the charter application. Florida College System institution
150 applications for charter schools are not subject to the time
151 deadlines outlined in subsection (6) and may be approved by the
152 district school board at any time during the year. Florida
153 College System institutions may not report FTE for any students
154 participating under this subparagraph who receive FTE funding
155 through the Florida Education Finance Program.
156 5. For purposes of assisting the development of a charter
157 school, a school district may enter into nonexclusive interlocal
158 agreements with federal and state agencies, counties,
159 municipalities, and other governmental entities that operate
160 within the geographical borders of the school district to act on
161 behalf of such governmental entities in the inspection,
162 issuance, and other necessary activities for all necessary
163 permits, licenses, and other permissions that a charter school
164 needs in order for development, construction, or operation. A
165 charter school may use, but may not be required to use, a school
166 district for these services. The interlocal agreement must
167 include, but need not be limited to, the identification of fees
168 that charter schools will be charged for such services. The fees
169 must consist of the governmental entity’s fees plus a fee for
170 the school district to recover no more than actual costs for
171 providing such services. These services and fees are not
172 included within the services to be provided pursuant to
173 subsection (20). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
174 interlocal agreement or ordinance that imposes a greater
175 regulatory burden on charter schools than school districts or
176 that prohibits or limits the creation of a charter school is
177 void and unenforceable. An interlocal agreement entered into by
178 a school district for the development of only its own schools,
179 including provisions relating to the extension of
180 infrastructure, may be used by charter schools.
181 6. The board of trustees of a sponsoring state university
182 or Florida College System institution under paragraph (a) is the
183 local educational agency for all charter schools it sponsors for
184 purposes of receiving federal funds and accepts full
185 responsibility for all local educational agency requirements and
186 the schools for which it will perform local educational agency
187 responsibilities. A student enrolled in a charter school that is
188 sponsored by a state university or Florida College System
189 institution may not be included in the calculation of the school
190 district’s grade under s. 1008.34(5) for the school district in
191 which he or she resides.
192 (c) Sponsor accountability.—
193 1. The department shall, in collaboration with charter
194 school sponsors and charter school operators, develop a sponsor
195 evaluation framework that must address, at a minimum:
196 a. The sponsor’s strategic vision for charter school
197 authorization and the sponsor’s progress toward that vision.
198 b. The alignment of the sponsor’s policies and practices to
199 best practices for charter school authorization.
200 c. The academic and financial performance of all operating
201 charter schools overseen by the sponsor.
202 d. The status of charter schools authorized by the sponsor,
203 including approved, operating, and closed schools.
204 2. The department shall compile the results by sponsor and
205 include the results in the report required under sub-sub
206 subparagraph (b)1.l.(III) (b)1.k.(III).
207 (9) CHARTER SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.—
208 (s) A charter school governing board may adopt its own code
209 of student conduct. The code of student conduct must meet or
210 exceed the minimum standards set forth in the sponsor’s code of
211 student conduct. Any provision of the code of student conduct
212 which is more stringent than the sponsor’s code of student
213 conduct must align with the mission of the charter school and be
214 acknowledged electronically or in writing by the parent. The
215 sponsor may review the code and offer recommendations. Any
216 complaint or appeal related to the code of student conduct must
217 be resolved by the charter school’s governing board using the
218 board’s established procedures and must be in compliance with
219 applicable law and rules.
220 (10) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—
221 (d) A charter school may give enrollment preference to the
222 following student populations:
223 1. Students who are siblings of a student enrolled in the
224 charter school.
225 2. Students who are the children of a member of the
226 governing board of the charter school.
227 3. Students who are the children of an employee of the
228 charter school.
229 4. Students who are the children of:
230 a. An employee of the business partner of a charter school
231 in-the-workplace established under paragraph (15)(b) or a
232 resident of the municipality in which such charter school is
233 located; or
234 b. A resident or employee of a municipality that operates a
235 charter school-in-a-municipality pursuant to paragraph (15)(c)
236 or allows a charter school to use a school facility or portion
237 of land provided by the municipality for the operation of the
238 charter school.
239 5. Students who have successfully completed, during the
240 previous year, a voluntary prekindergarten education program
241 under ss. 1002.51-1002.79 provided by the charter school, the
242 charter school’s governing board, or a voluntary prekindergarten
243 provider that has a written agreement with the governing board.
244 6. Students who are the children of an active duty member
245 of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
246 7. Students who attended or are assigned to failing schools
247 pursuant to s. 1002.38(2).
248 8. Students who are the children of a safe-school officer,
249 as defined in s. 1006.12, at the school.
250 9. Students who transfer from a classical school in this
251 state to a charter classical school in this state. For purposes
252 of this subparagraph, the term “classical school” means a
253 traditional public school or charter school that implements a
254 classical education model that emphasizes the development of
255 students in the principles of moral character and civic virtue
256 through a well-rounded education in the liberal arts and
257 sciences which is based on the classical trivium stages of
258 grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
259 (h) The capacity of the charter school shall be determined
260 annually by the governing board, in conjunction with the
261 sponsor, of the charter school in consideration of the factors
262 identified in this subsection and subsection (18) unless the
263 charter school is designated as a high-performing charter school
264 pursuant to s. 1002.331. A sponsor may not require a charter
265 school to waive the provisions of s. 1002.331 or require a
266 student enrollment cap that prohibits a high-performing charter
267 school from increasing enrollment in accordance with s.
268 1002.331(2) as a condition of approval or renewal of a charter.
269 (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
270 (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance
271 with the following statutes:
272 1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
273 records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
274 2. Chapter 119, relating to public records.
275 3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size,
276 except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s.
277 1003.03 shall be the average at the school level.
278 4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and
279 salary schedules.
280 5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions.
281 6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with
282 instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011.
283 7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive
284 requirements for performance evaluations for instructional
285 personnel and school administrators.
286 8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
287 9. Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat management teams.
288 10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental
289 Safety Incident Reporting.
290 11. Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
291 involuntary examinations.
292 12. Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
293 Assessment Tool.
294 13. Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting an active
295 assailant response plan.
296 14. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile
297 suspicious activity reporting tool.
298 15. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
299 awareness and assistance training.
300 16. Section 1001.42(4)(f)2., relating to middle school and
301 high school start times. A charter school-in-the-workplace is
302 exempt from this requirement.
303 17. Section 1001.42(8)(c), relating to student welfare.
304 (18) FACILITIES.—
305 (h) A charter school that is not implementing a school
306 improvement plan pursuant to paragraph (9)(n) or a corrective
307 action plan pursuant to s. 1002.345 may increase its student
308 enrollment to more than the capacity identified in the charter,
309 but student enrollment may not exceed the capacity of the
310 facility at the time the enrollment increase will take effect.
311 Facility capacity for purposes of expansion must include any
312 improvements to an existing facility or any new facility in
313 which the students of the charter school will enroll. A charter
314 school must notify its sponsor in writing by March 1 if it
315 intends to increase enrollment for the following school year.
316 The written notice must specify the amount of the enrollment
317 increase.
318 (20) SERVICES.—
319 (a)1. A sponsor shall provide certain administrative and
320 educational services to charter schools. These services shall
321 include contract management services; full-time equivalent and
322 data reporting services; exceptional student education
323 administration services; services related to eligibility and
324 reporting duties required to ensure that school lunch services
325 under the National School Lunch Program, consistent with the
326 needs of the charter school, are provided by the sponsor at the
327 request of the charter school, that any funds due to the charter
328 school under the National School Lunch Program be paid to the
329 charter school as soon as the charter school begins serving food
330 under the National School Lunch Program, and that the charter
331 school is paid at the same time and in the same manner under the
332 National School Lunch Program as other public schools serviced
333 by the sponsor or the school district; test administration
334 services, including payment of the costs of state-required or
335 district-required student assessments; processing of teacher
336 certificate data services; and information services, including
337 equal access to the sponsor’s student information systems that
338 are used by public schools in the district in which the charter
339 school is located or by schools in the sponsor’s portfolio of
340 charter schools if the sponsor is not a school district. Access
341 to the sponsor’s student information system must be provided to
342 the charter school and its contractor, unless prohibited by
343 general or federal law. Student performance data for each
344 student in a charter school, including, but not limited to,
345 statewide FCAT scores, standardized test scores, coordinated
346 screening and progress monitoring student results, previous
347 public school student report cards, and student performance
348 measures, shall be provided by the sponsor to a charter school
349 in the same manner provided to other public schools in the
350 district or by schools in the sponsor’s portfolio of charter
351 schools if the sponsor is not a school district. The department
352 shall provide student performance data to a charter school and
353 its contractor, unless prohibited by general or federal law.
354 2. A sponsor shall provide training to charter schools on
355 systems the sponsor will require the charter school to use.
356 3. A sponsor may withhold an administrative fee for the
357 provision of such services which shall be a percentage of the
358 available funds defined in paragraph (17)(b) calculated based on
359 weighted full-time equivalent students. If the charter school
360 serves 75 percent or more exceptional education students as
361 defined in s. 1003.01(9), the percentage shall be calculated
362 based on unweighted full-time equivalent students. The
363 administrative fee shall be calculated as follows:
364 a. Up to 5 percent for:
365 (I) Enrollment of up to and including 250 students in a
366 charter school as defined in this section.
367 (II) Enrollment of up to and including 500 students within
368 a charter school system which meets all of the following:
369 (A) Includes conversion charter schools and nonconversion
370 charter schools.
371 (B) Has all of its schools located in the same county.
372 (C) Has a total enrollment exceeding the total enrollment
373 of at least one school district in this state.
374 (D) Has the same governing board for all of its schools.
375 (E) Does not contract with a for-profit service provider
376 for management of school operations.
377 (III) Enrollment of up to and including 250 students in a
378 virtual charter school.
379 b. Up to 2 percent for enrollment of up to and including
380 250 students in a high-performing charter school as defined in
381 s. 1002.331.
382 c. Up to 2 percent for enrollment of up to and including
383 250 students in an exceptional student education center that
384 meets the requirements of the rules adopted by the State Board
385 of Education pursuant to s. 1008.3415(3).
386 4. A sponsor may not charge charter schools any additional
387 fees or surcharges for administrative and educational services
388 in addition to the maximum percentage of administrative fees
389 withheld pursuant to this paragraph. A sponsor may not charge or
390 withhold any administrative fee against a charter school for any
391 funds specifically allocated by the Legislature for teacher
392 compensation.
393 5. A sponsor shall provide to the department by September
394 15 of each year the total amount of funding withheld from
395 charter schools pursuant to this subsection for the prior fiscal
396 year. The department must include the information in the report
397 required under sub-sub-subparagraph (5)(b)1.l.(III)
398 (5)(b)1.k.(III).
399 6. A sponsor shall annually provide a report to its charter
400 schools on what services are being rendered from the sponsor’s
401 portion of the administrative fee. The report must include the
402 listed services and be submitted to the department by September
403 15 of each year.
404 (d) Each charter school shall annually complete and submit
405 a survey, provided in a format specified by the Department of
406 Education, to rate the timeliness and quality of services
407 provided by the sponsor in accordance with this section. The
408 department shall compile the results, by sponsor, and include
409 the results in the report required under sub-sub-subparagraph
410 (5)(b)1.l.(III) (5)(b)1.k.(III).
411 (26) STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.—
412 (d) A landlord of a charter school or his or her spouse or
413 an officer, a director, or an employee of an entity that is a
414 landlord of a charter school or his or her spouse may not be a
415 member of a governing board of a charter school unless the
416 charter school was established pursuant to paragraph (15)(c).
417 Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 1002.331, Florida
418 Statutes, is amended to read:
419 1002.331 High-performing charter schools.—
420 (2) A high-performing charter school is authorized to:
421 (a) Increase its student enrollment once per school year to
422 more than the capacity identified in the charter, but student
423 enrollment may not exceed the capacity of the facility at the
424 time the enrollment increase will take effect. Facility capacity
425 for purposes of expansion must shall include any improvements to
426 an existing facility or any new facility in which the students
427 of the high-performing charter school will enroll.
428 (b) Expand grade levels within kindergarten through grade
429 12 to add grade levels not already served if any annual
430 enrollment increase resulting from grade level expansion is
431 within the limit established in paragraph (a).
432 (c) Submit a quarterly, rather than a monthly, financial
433 statement to the sponsor pursuant to s. 1002.33(9)(g).
434 (d) Consolidate under a single charter the charters of
435 multiple high-performing charter schools operated in the same
436 school district by the charter schools’ governing board
437 regardless of the renewal cycle.
438 (e) Receive a modification of its charter to a term of 15
439 years or a 15-year charter renewal. The charter may be modified
440 or renewed for a shorter term at the option of the high
441 performing charter school. The charter must be consistent with
442 s. 1002.33(7)(a)19. and (10)(h) and (i), is subject to annual
443 review by the sponsor, and may be terminated during its term
444 pursuant to s. 1002.33(8).
445 (f) Assume the charter of an existing charter school within
446 the same school district in which it operates. Any request to
447 assume a charter must be initiated by a school in a written
448 format to the high-performing charter school.
449
450 A high-performing charter school shall notify its sponsor in
451 writing by March 1 if it intends to increase enrollment or
452 expand grade levels the following school year. The written
453 notice shall specify the amount of the enrollment increase and
454 the grade levels that will be added, as applicable. If a charter
455 school notifies the sponsor of its intent to expand, the sponsor
456 shall modify the charter within 90 days to include the new
457 enrollment maximum and may not make any other changes. The
458 sponsor may deny a request to increase the enrollment of a high
459 performing charter school if the commissioner has declassified
460 the charter school as high-performing. If a high-performing
461 charter school requests to consolidate multiple charters or to
462 assume an existing charter, the sponsor has shall have 40 days
463 after receipt of that request to provide an initial draft
464 charter to the charter school. The sponsor and charter school
465 shall have 50 days thereafter to negotiate and notice the
466 charter contract for final approval by the sponsor.
467 Section 5. Present paragraphs (h) and (i) of subsection (3)
468 of section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
469 paragraphs (i) and (j), respectively, and a new paragraph (h) is
470 added to that subsection, to read:
471 1006.15 Student standards for participation in
472 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
473 activities; regulation.—
474 (3)
475 (h) A student in a full-time virtual instruction program
476 under s. 1002.45, including the full-time Florida Virtual School
477 program, a full-time school district virtual instruction
478 program, or a full-time virtual charter school, is eligible to
479 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
480 school in the school district in which the student resides, or
481 may develop an agreement to participate at a private school,
482 provided the student:
483 1. During the period of participation in the
484 interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
485 in paragraph (a);
486 2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
487 board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School, the district
488 school board, or the governing board of the virtual charter
489 school, as applicable;
490 3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
491 in the school at which he or she participates;
492 4. Meets the same standards of athletic team acceptance,
493 behavior, and performance which are required of other students
494 in extracurricular activities; and
495 5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
496 interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
497 before participation.
498 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
499 1006.195, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
500 1006.195 District school board, charter school authority
501 and responsibility to establish student eligibility regarding
502 participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
503 extracurricular activities.—Notwithstanding any provision to the
504 contrary in ss. 1006.15, 1006.18, and 1006.20, regarding student
505 eligibility to participate in interscholastic and
506 intrascholastic extracurricular activities:
507 (1)(a) A district school board must establish, through its
508 code of student conduct, student eligibility standards and
509 related student disciplinary actions regarding student
510 participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
511 extracurricular activities. The code of student conduct must
512 provide that:
513 1. A student not currently suspended from interscholastic
514 or intrascholastic extracurricular activities, or suspended or
515 expelled from school, pursuant to a district school board’s
516 suspension or expulsion powers provided in law, including ss.
517 1006.07, 1006.08, and 1006.09, is eligible to participate in
518 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.
519 2. A student may not participate in a sport if the student
520 participated in that same sport at another school during that
521 school year, unless the student meets the criteria in s.
522 1006.15(3)(j) s. 1006.15(3)(i).
523 3. A student’s eligibility to participate in any
524 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity may
525 not be affected by any alleged recruiting violation until final
526 disposition of the allegation pursuant to s. 1006.20(2)(b).
527 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
528
529 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
530 And the title is amended as follows:
531 Delete everything before the enacting clause
532 and insert:
533 A bill to be entitled
534 An act relating to education; amending s. 163.3180,
535 F.S.; providing that a charter school is a public
536 facility for the purpose of concurrency; amending s.
537 1002.32, F.S.; providing that a lab school may use the
538 lab school’s discretionary capital improvement funds
539 for specified purposes; requiring that an expenditure
540 be at or below appraised value; defining the term
541 “appraised value”; requiring that certain
542 documentation be provided to the Department of
543 Education upon request; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.;
544 providing requirements for specified deadlines for
545 charter schools; authorizing a charter school
546 governing board to adopt its own code of student
547 conduct; providing requirements for the code of
548 student conduct; providing that charter schools are
549 not exempt from a specified statute; authorizing a
550 charter school to increase its student enrollment
551 beyond the capacity identified in the charter under
552 certain conditions; requiring a charter school to
553 notify its sponsor in writing by a specified date, and
554 to include specified information, if it plans to
555 increase enrollment; revising services a sponsor must
556 provide to a charter school; requiring the department
557 to provide student performance data to a charter
558 school and its contractor; providing an exception;
559 prohibiting specified individuals from being on a
560 charter school governing board; providing an
561 exception; amending s. 1002.331, F.S.; authorizing a
562 high-performing charter school to assume the charter
563 of an existing charter school within the same school
564 district; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing a
565 student in a full-time virtual instruction program to
566 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a
567 public school in the school district in which the
568 student resides or to develop an agreement to
569 participate at a private school; specifying
570 requirements for such participation; amending s.
571 1006.195, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
572 providing an effective date.