| 1 | Representative Nelson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 878-956 and insert: |
| 5 | (20) SERVICES.-- |
| 6 | (a)1. A sponsor shall provide certain administrative and |
| 7 | educational services to charter schools. These services shall |
| 8 | include contract management services; full-time equivalent and |
| 9 | data reporting services; exceptional student education |
| 10 | administration services; services related to eligibility and |
| 11 | reporting duties required to ensure that school lunch services |
| 12 | under the federal lunch program, consistent with the needs of |
| 13 | the charter school, are provided by the school district at the |
| 14 | request of the charter school and that any funds due to the |
| 15 | charter school under the federal lunch program are paid to the |
| 16 | charter school at the same time and in the same manner as other |
| 17 | public schools serviced by the sponsor; test administration |
| 18 | services, including payment of the costs of state-required or |
| 19 | district-required student assessments; processing of teacher |
| 20 | certificate data services; and information services, including |
| 21 | equal access to student information systems that are used by |
| 22 | public schools in the district in which the charter school is |
| 23 | located. Student performance data for each student in a charter |
| 24 | school, including, but not limited to, FCAT scores, standardized |
| 25 | test scores, previous public school student report cards, and |
| 26 | student performance measures, shall be provided by the sponsor |
| 27 | to a charter school in the same manner provided to other public |
| 28 | schools in the district. |
| 29 | 2. A total administrative fee for the provision of such |
| 30 | services under subparagraph 1. shall be calculated based upon up |
| 31 | to 5 percent of the available funds defined in paragraph (17)(b) |
| 32 | for all students. However, a sponsor may only withhold up to a |
| 33 | 5-percent administrative fee for enrollment for up to and |
| 34 | including 500 students. For charter schools with a population of |
| 35 | 501 or more students, the difference between the total |
| 36 | administrative fee calculation and the amount of the |
| 37 | administrative fee withheld may only be used for capital outlay |
| 38 | purposes specified in s. 1013.62(2). Each charter school shall |
| 39 | receive 100 percent of the funds awarded to that school pursuant |
| 40 | to s. 1012.225. Sponsors shall not charge charter schools any |
| 41 | additional fees or surcharges for administrative and educational |
| 42 | services in addition to the maximum 5-percent administrative fee |
| 43 | withheld pursuant to this subparagraph paragraph. |
| 44 | (21) PUBLIC INFORMATION ON CHARTER SCHOOLS.-- |
| 45 | (a) The Department of Education shall provide information |
| 46 | to the public, directly and through sponsors, both on how to |
| 47 | form and operate a charter school and on how to enroll in a |
| 48 | charter school schools once it is they are created. This |
| 49 | information shall include a standard application format, charter |
| 50 | format, evaluation instrument, and charter renewal format, which |
| 51 | shall include the information specified in subsection (7) and |
| 52 | shall be developed by consulting and negotiating with both |
| 53 | school districts and charter schools before implementation. The |
| 54 | charter and charter renewal These formats shall be used as |
| 55 | guidelines by charter school sponsors. |
| 56 | (b)1. The Department of Education shall report student |
| 57 | assessment data pursuant to s. 1008.34(3)(c) which is reported |
| 58 | to schools that receive a school grade or student assessment |
| 59 | data pursuant to s. 1008.341(3) which is reported to alternative |
| 60 | schools that receive a school improvement rating to each charter |
| 61 | school that: |
| 62 | a. Does not receive a school grade pursuant to s. 1008.34 |
| 63 | or a school improvement rating pursuant to s. 1008.341; and |
| 64 | b. Serves at least 10 students who are tested on the |
| 65 | statewide assessment test pursuant to s. 1008.22. |
| 66 | 2. The charter school shall report the information in |
| 67 | subparagraph 1. to each parent of a student at the charter |
| 68 | school, the district in which the charter school is located, and |
| 69 | the governing board of the charter school. This paragraph does |
| 70 | not abrogate the provisions of s. 1002.22, relating to student |
| 71 | records, or the requirements of 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, the Family |
| 72 | Educational Rights and Privacy Act. |
| 73 | 3.a. Pursuant to this paragraph, the Department of |
| 74 | Education shall compare the charter school student performance |
| 75 | data for each charter school in subparagraph 1. with the student |
| 76 | performance data in traditional public schools in the district |
| 77 | in which the charter school is located and other charter schools |
| 78 | in the state with substantially similar demographics in |
| 79 | ethnicity, exceptional student education, English for Speakers |
| 80 | of Other Languages, and free and reduced-price lunch |
| 81 | populations. For alternative charter schools, the department |
| 82 | shall compare the student performance data described in this |
| 83 | paragraph with alternative schools in the state with |
| 84 | substantially similar demographics in ethnicity, exceptional |
| 85 | student education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and |
| 86 | free and reduced-price lunch populations. The |
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