Senate Bill 1640

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1640

    By Senator Clary





    7-1134-99                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; creating s.

  3         228.0563, F.S.; authorizing charter conversion

  4         municipal subdistricts; providing requirements

  5         for operation; providing for areas of municipal

  6         jurisdiction; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 228.0563, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         228.0563  Charter conversion municipal

13  subdistricts.--Pursuant to s. 228.056, but notwithstanding s.

14  228.056(8)(h), upon compliance with s. 228.056(3), a

15  municipality or municipalities may present to the district

16  school board a school or group of schools to be operated by a

17  municipally appointed charter school board. Unincorporated

18  areas adjacent to incorporated municipalities may be included

19  in the area of municipal jurisdiction for the purposes of this

20  section if the governing bodies of the municipality or

21  municipalities and the county in which the area is located

22  agree on the boundaries of such additional areas. Upon receipt

23  of a request for a charter municipal subdistrict in accordance

24  with this section, the district school board shall

25  expeditiously authorize the requested charter.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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29                          HOUSE SUMMARY

30
      Authorizes charter conversion municipal subdistricts.
31    Provides requirements for conversion, operation, and
      areas of municipal jurisdiction.
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