Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for HB 443
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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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. The
214 sponsor may review the code and offer recommendations. Any
215 complaint or appeal related to the code of student conduct must
216 be resolved by the charter school’s governing board using the
217 board’s established procedures and must be in compliance with
218 applicable law and rules.
219 (10) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—
220 (d) A charter school may give enrollment preference to the
221 following student populations:
222 1. Students who are siblings of a student enrolled in the
223 charter school.
224 2. Students who are the children of a member of the
225 governing board of the charter school.
226 3. Students who are the children of an employee of the
227 charter school.
228 4. Students who are the children of:
229 a. An employee of the business partner of a charter school
230 in-the-workplace established under paragraph (15)(b) or a
231 resident of the municipality in which such charter school is
232 located; or
233 b. A resident or employee of a municipality that operates a
234 charter school-in-a-municipality pursuant to paragraph (15)(c)
235 or allows a charter school to use a school facility or portion
236 of land provided by the municipality for the operation of the
237 charter school.
238 5. Students who have successfully completed, during the
239 previous year, a voluntary prekindergarten education program
240 under ss. 1002.51-1002.79 provided by the charter school, the
241 charter school’s governing board, or a voluntary prekindergarten
242 provider that has a written agreement with the governing board.
243 6. Students who are the children of an active duty member
244 of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
245 7. Students who attended or are assigned to failing schools
246 pursuant to s. 1002.38(2).
247 8. Students who are the children of a safe-school officer,
248 as defined in s. 1006.12, at the school.
249 9. Students who transfer from a classical school in this
250 state to a charter classical school in this state. For purposes
251 of this subparagraph, the term “classical school” means a
252 traditional public school or charter school that implements a
253 classical education model that emphasizes the development of
254 students in the principles of moral character and civic virtue
255 through a well-rounded education in the liberal arts and
256 sciences which is based on the classical trivium stages of
257 grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
258 (h) The capacity of the charter school shall be determined
259 annually by the governing board, in conjunction with the
260 sponsor, of the charter school in consideration of the factors
261 identified in this subsection and subsection (18) unless the
262 charter school is designated as a high-performing charter school
263 pursuant to s. 1002.331. A sponsor may not require a charter
264 school to waive the provisions of s. 1002.331 or require a
265 student enrollment cap that prohibits a high-performing charter
266 school from increasing enrollment in accordance with s.
267 1002.331(2) as a condition of approval or renewal of a charter.
268 (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
269 (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance
270 with the following statutes:
271 1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
272 records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
273 2. Chapter 119, relating to public records.
274 3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size,
275 except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s.
276 1003.03 shall be the average at the school level.
277 4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and
278 salary schedules.
279 5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions.
280 6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with
281 instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011.
282 7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive
283 requirements for performance evaluations for instructional
284 personnel and school administrators.
285 8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
286 9. Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat management teams.
287 10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental
288 Safety Incident Reporting.
289 11. Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
290 involuntary examinations.
291 12. Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
292 Assessment Tool.
293 13. Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting an active
294 assailant response plan.
295 14. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile
296 suspicious activity reporting tool.
297 15. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
298 awareness and assistance training.
299 16. Section 1001.42(4)(f)2., relating to middle school and
300 high school start times. A charter school-in-the-workplace is
301 exempt from this requirement.
302 17. Section 1001.42(8)(c), relating to student welfare.
303 (18) FACILITIES.—
304 (h) A charter school that is not implementing a school
305 improvement plan pursuant to paragraph (9)(n) or a corrective
306 action plan pursuant to s. 1002.345 may increase its student
307 enrollment to more than the capacity identified in the charter,
308 but student enrollment may not exceed the capacity of the
309 facility at the time the enrollment increase will take effect.
310 Facility capacity for purposes of expansion must include any
311 improvements to an existing facility or any new facility in
312 which the students of the charter school will enroll. A charter
313 school must notify its sponsor in writing by March 1 if it
314 intends to increase enrollment for the following school year.
315 The written notice must specify the amount of the enrollment
316 increase.
317 (20) SERVICES.—
318 (a)1. A sponsor shall provide certain administrative and
319 educational services to charter schools. These services shall
320 include contract management services; full-time equivalent and
321 data reporting services; exceptional student education
322 administration services; services related to eligibility and
323 reporting duties required to ensure that school lunch services
324 under the National School Lunch Program, consistent with the
325 needs of the charter school, are provided by the sponsor at the
326 request of the charter school, that any funds due to the charter
327 school under the National School Lunch Program be paid to the
328 charter school as soon as the charter school begins serving food
329 under the National School Lunch Program, and that the charter
330 school is paid at the same time and in the same manner under the
331 National School Lunch Program as other public schools serviced
332 by the sponsor or the school district; test administration
333 services, including payment of the costs of state-required or
334 district-required student assessments; processing of teacher
335 certificate data services; and information services, including
336 equal access to the sponsor’s student information systems that
337 are used by public schools in the district in which the charter
338 school is located or by schools in the sponsor’s portfolio of
339 charter schools if the sponsor is not a school district. Access
340 to the sponsor’s student information system must be provided to
341 the charter school and its contractor, unless prohibited by
342 general or federal law. Student performance data for each
343 student in a charter school, including, but not limited to,
344 statewide FCAT scores, standardized test scores, coordinated
345 screening and progress monitoring student results, previous
346 public school student report cards, and student performance
347 measures, shall be provided by the sponsor to a charter school
348 in the same manner provided to other public schools in the
349 district or by schools in the sponsor’s portfolio of charter
350 schools if the sponsor is not a school district. The department
351 shall provide student performance data to a charter school and
352 its contractor, unless prohibited by general or federal law.
353 2. A sponsor shall provide training to charter schools on
354 systems the sponsor will require the charter school to use.
355 3. A sponsor may withhold an administrative fee for the
356 provision of such services which shall be a percentage of the
357 available funds defined in paragraph (17)(b) calculated based on
358 weighted full-time equivalent students. If the charter school
359 serves 75 percent or more exceptional education students as
360 defined in s. 1003.01(9), the percentage shall be calculated
361 based on unweighted full-time equivalent students. The
362 administrative fee shall be calculated as follows:
363 a. Up to 5 percent for:
364 (I) Enrollment of up to and including 250 students in a
365 charter school as defined in this section.
366 (II) Enrollment of up to and including 500 students within
367 a charter school system which meets all of the following:
368 (A) Includes conversion charter schools and nonconversion
369 charter schools.
370 (B) Has all of its schools located in the same county.
371 (C) Has a total enrollment exceeding the total enrollment
372 of at least one school district in this state.
373 (D) Has the same governing board for all of its schools.
374 (E) Does not contract with a for-profit service provider
375 for management of school operations.
376 (III) Enrollment of up to and including 250 students in a
377 virtual charter school.
378 b. Up to 2 percent for enrollment of up to and including
379 250 students in a high-performing charter school as defined in
380 s. 1002.331.
381 c. Up to 2 percent for enrollment of up to and including
382 250 students in an exceptional student education center that
383 meets the requirements of the rules adopted by the State Board
384 of Education pursuant to s. 1008.3415(3).
385 4. A sponsor may not charge charter schools any additional
386 fees or surcharges for administrative and educational services
387 in addition to the maximum percentage of administrative fees
388 withheld pursuant to this paragraph. A sponsor may not charge or
389 withhold any administrative fee against a charter school for any
390 funds specifically allocated by the Legislature for teacher
391 compensation.
392 5. A sponsor shall provide to the department by September
393 15 of each year the total amount of funding withheld from
394 charter schools pursuant to this subsection for the prior fiscal
395 year. The department must include the information in the report
396 required under sub-sub-subparagraph (5)(b)1.l.(III)
397 (5)(b)1.k.(III).
398 6. A sponsor shall annually provide a report to its charter
399 schools on what services are being rendered from the sponsor’s
400 portion of the administrative fee. The report must include the
401 listed services and be submitted to the department by September
402 15 of each year.
403 (d) Each charter school shall annually complete and submit
404 a survey, provided in a format specified by the Department of
405 Education, to rate the timeliness and quality of services
406 provided by the sponsor in accordance with this section. The
407 department shall compile the results, by sponsor, and include
408 the results in the report required under sub-sub-subparagraph
409 (5)(b)1.l.(III) (5)(b)1.k.(III).
410 (26) STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.—
411 (d) A landlord of a charter school or his or her spouse or
412 an officer, a director, or an employee of an entity that is a
413 landlord of a charter school or his or her spouse may not be a
414 member of a governing board of a charter school unless the
415 charter school was established pursuant to paragraph (15)(c).
416 Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 1002.331, Florida
417 Statutes, is amended to read:
418 1002.331 High-performing charter schools.—
419 (2) A high-performing charter school is authorized to:
420 (a) Increase its student enrollment once per school year to
421 more than the capacity identified in the charter, but student
422 enrollment may not exceed the capacity of the facility at the
423 time the enrollment increase will take effect. Facility capacity
424 for purposes of expansion must shall include any improvements to
425 an existing facility or any new facility in which the students
426 of the high-performing charter school will enroll.
427 (b) Expand grade levels within kindergarten through grade
428 12 to add grade levels not already served if any annual
429 enrollment increase resulting from grade level expansion is
430 within the limit established in paragraph (a).
431 (c) Submit a quarterly, rather than a monthly, financial
432 statement to the sponsor pursuant to s. 1002.33(9)(g).
433 (d) Consolidate under a single charter the charters of
434 multiple high-performing charter schools operated in the same
435 school district by the charter schools’ governing board
436 regardless of the renewal cycle.
437 (e) Receive a modification of its charter to a term of 15
438 years or a 15-year charter renewal. The charter may be modified
439 or renewed for a shorter term at the option of the high
440 performing charter school. The charter must be consistent with
441 s. 1002.33(7)(a)19. and (10)(h) and (i), is subject to annual
442 review by the sponsor, and may be terminated during its term
443 pursuant to s. 1002.33(8).
444 (f) Assume the charter of an existing charter school within
445 the same school district in which it operates. Any request to
446 assume a charter must be initiated by a school in a written
447 format to the high-performing charter school.
448
449 A high-performing charter school shall notify its sponsor in
450 writing by March 1 if it intends to increase enrollment or
451 expand grade levels the following school year. The written
452 notice shall specify the amount of the enrollment increase and
453 the grade levels that will be added, as applicable. If a charter
454 school notifies the sponsor of its intent to expand, the sponsor
455 shall modify the charter within 90 days to include the new
456 enrollment maximum and may not make any other changes. The
457 sponsor may deny a request to increase the enrollment of a high
458 performing charter school if the commissioner has declassified
459 the charter school as high-performing. If a high-performing
460 charter school requests to consolidate multiple charters or to
461 assume an existing charter, the sponsor has shall have 40 days
462 after receipt of that request to provide an initial draft
463 charter to the charter school. The sponsor and charter school
464 shall have 50 days thereafter to negotiate and notice the
465 charter contract for final approval by the sponsor.
466 Section 5. Present paragraphs (h) and (i) of subsection (3)
467 of section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
468 paragraphs (i) and (j), respectively, and a new paragraph (h) is
469 added to that subsection, to read:
470 1006.15 Student standards for participation in
471 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
472 activities; regulation.—
473 (3)
474 (h) A student in a full-time virtual instruction program
475 under s. 1002.45, including the full-time Florida Virtual School
476 program, a full-time school district virtual instruction
477 program, or a full-time virtual charter school, is eligible to
478 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
479 school in the school district in which the student resides, or
480 may develop an agreement to participate at a private school,
481 provided the student:
482 1. During the period of participation in the
483 interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
484 in paragraph (a);
485 2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
486 board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School, the district
487 school board, or the governing board of the virtual charter
488 school, as applicable;
489 3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
490 in the school at which he or she participates;
491 4. Meets the same standards of athletic team acceptance,
492 behavior, and performance which are required of other students
493 in extracurricular activities; and
494 5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
495 interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
496 before participation.
497 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
498 1006.195, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
499 1006.195 District school board, charter school authority
500 and responsibility to establish student eligibility regarding
501 participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
502 extracurricular activities.—Notwithstanding any provision to the
503 contrary in ss. 1006.15, 1006.18, and 1006.20, regarding student
504 eligibility to participate in interscholastic and
505 intrascholastic extracurricular activities:
506 (1)(a) A district school board must establish, through its
507 code of student conduct, student eligibility standards and
508 related student disciplinary actions regarding student
509 participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
510 extracurricular activities. The code of student conduct must
511 provide that:
512 1. A student not currently suspended from interscholastic
513 or intrascholastic extracurricular activities, or suspended or
514 expelled from school, pursuant to a district school board’s
515 suspension or expulsion powers provided in law, including ss.
516 1006.07, 1006.08, and 1006.09, is eligible to participate in
517 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.
518 2. A student may not participate in a sport if the student
519 participated in that same sport at another school during that
520 school year, unless the student meets the criteria in s.
521 1006.15(3)(j) s. 1006.15(3)(i).
522 3. A student’s eligibility to participate in any
523 interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity may
524 not be affected by any alleged recruiting violation until final
525 disposition of the allegation pursuant to s. 1006.20(2)(b).
526 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
527
528 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
529 And the title is amended as follows:
530 Delete everything before the enacting clause
531 and insert:
532 A bill to be entitled
533 An act relating to education; amending s. 163.3180,
534 F.S.; providing that a charter school is a public
535 facility for the purpose of concurrency; amending s.
536 1002.32, F.S.; providing that a lab school may use the
537 lab school’s discretionary capital improvement funds
538 for specified purposes; requiring that an expenditure
539 be at or below appraised value; defining the term
540 “appraised value”; requiring that certain
541 documentation be provided to the Department of
542 Education upon request; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.;
543 providing requirements for specified deadlines for
544 charter schools; authorizing a charter school
545 governing board to adopt its own code of student
546 conduct; providing requirements for the code of
547 student conduct; providing that charter schools are
548 not exempt from a specified statute; authorizing a
549 charter school to increase its student enrollment
550 beyond the capacity identified in the charter under
551 certain conditions; requiring a charter school to
552 notify its sponsor in writing by a specified date, and
553 to include specified information, if it plans to
554 increase enrollment; revising services a sponsor must
555 provide to a charter school; requiring the department
556 to provide student performance data to a charter
557 school and its contractor; providing an exception;
558 prohibiting specified individuals from being on a
559 charter school governing board; providing an
560 exception; amending s. 1002.331, F.S.; authorizing a
561 high-performing charter school to assume the charter
562 of an existing charter school within the same school
563 district; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing a
564 student in a full-time virtual instruction program to
565 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a
566 public school in the school district in which the
567 student resides or to develop an agreement to
568 participate at a private school; specifying
569 requirements for such participation; amending s.
570 1006.195, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
571 providing an effective date.