Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 780
       
       
       
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       12-01104-13                                            2013780__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to charter schools; amending s.
    3         1002.33, F.S.; providing that contracts for charter
    4         school employees and contracts for charter school
    5         operations with an educational service provider or
    6         vendor may not extend beyond the terms of the school’s
    7         charter contract; specifying that charter school
    8         employees and service providers or vendors under
    9         charter school operations contracts are not entitled
   10         to compensation after the charter school’s closure;
   11         providing for applicability; providing for closure of
   12         a charter school under certain circumstances;
   13         providing an effective date.
   14  
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (12) and
   18  paragraph (d) is added to subsection (20) of section 1002.33,
   19  Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   21         (12) EMPLOYEES OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.—
   22         (j) A contract for a charter school employee may not have a
   23  term that extends beyond the term of the school’s charter
   24  contract and must provide that, in the event of a charter
   25  school’s closure, the remainder of the employee contract is void
   26  and the employee is not entitled to compensation after the date
   27  of the school’s closure. This paragraph applies to employee
   28  contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2013. A violation of
   29  this paragraph by a charter school is considered good cause for
   30  closure of the charter school under subsection (8).
   31         (20) SERVICES.—
   32         (d) A contract for operation of a charter school with an
   33  educational service provider or vendor may not have a term that
   34  extends beyond the term of the school’s charter contract and
   35  must provide that, in the event of a charter school’s closure,
   36  the remainder of the service provider or vendor contract is void
   37  and the service provider or vendor is not entitled to
   38  compensation after the date of the school’s closure. This
   39  paragraph applies to service provider or vendor contracts
   40  entered into on or after July 1, 2013. A violation of this
   41  paragraph by a charter school is considered good cause for
   42  closure of the charter school under subsection (8).
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.