Senate Bill sb2170

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2170

    By Senator Posey





    24-1212-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to charter school districts;

  3         amending s. 1003.62, F.S.; providing additional

  4         criteria for the establishment of a charter

  5         school district; providing for renewal of the

  6         charter; 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.  Subsection (1) of section 1003.62, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         1003.62  Charter school districts pilot program.--The

13  State Board of Education is authorized to enter into a

14  performance contract with up to six district school boards for

15  the purpose of establishing them as charter school districts.

16  The State Board of Education shall give priority to

17  Hillsborough and Volusia Counties upon the submission of a

18  completed precharter agreement or charter proposal for a

19  charter school district.  The purpose of this pilot program is

20  to examine a new relationship between the State Board of

21  Education and district school boards that may produce

22  significant improvements in student achievement and school

23  management, while complying with constitutional requirements

24  assigned to each entity.

25         (1)  CHARTER DISTRICT.--A charter school district is a

26  school district in Florida in which the district school board

27  has submitted and the State Board of Education has approved a

28  charter proposal that exchanges statutory and rule exemption

29  for agreement to meet performance goals in the proposal.  The

30  charter school district shall be chartered for 3 years, at the

31  end of which the performance shall be evaluated. A school

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2170
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 1  district in which a minimum of 50 percent of the schools earn

 2  a grade of "A" or "B" and in which no school earns a grade of

 3  "D" or "F" pursuant to s. 1008.34(2) is eligible to be

 4  designated as a charter school district. Schools that receive

 5  a grade of "I" or "N" shall not be included in this

 6  calculation. The performance contract for a school district

 7  that earns a charter based on school grades shall be

 8  predicated upon at least half the schools in the district

 9  maintaining a grade of "A" or "B" and no school's earning a

10  grade of "D" or "F." The charter for a school district that

11  qualifies based on school grades applies for one full school

12  year after qualification and shall be renewed each year that

13  the district continues to qualify based on the school grades

14  within the district.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Provides that a school district may become a charter
      school district by having at least 50 percent of the
20    district schools earn "A's" or "B's" and having no
      schools in the district earn "D's" or "F's." Provides for
21    renewal of such charters.

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