SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1972
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 752584
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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 12, lines 3-17, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  
17         (5)  NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.--
18         (a)  The number of newly created charter schools is
19  limited to no more than 28 in each school district that has
20  100,000 or more students, no more than 20 in each school
21  district that has 50,000 to 99,999 students, and no more than
22  12 in each school district with fewer than 50,000 students.
23         (b)  An existing public school which converts to a
24  charter school shall not be counted towards the limit
25  established by paragraph (a).
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27  Notwithstanding any limit established by this subsection, a
28  district school board or a charter school applicant shall have
29  the right to request an increase of the limit on the number of
30  charter schools authorized to be established within the
31  district from the State Board of Education.
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    9:55 AM   05/03/01                              s1972c1c-01m0a

SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1972 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 752584 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 1, lines 10-12, 4 5 delete the words: 6 "removing the limit on the number of charters a 7 school district may issue;" 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 9:55 AM 05/03/01 s1972c1c-01m0a