Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7070
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Farmer moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 488 and 489
    4  insert:
    5         (8) CAUSES FOR NONRENEWAL OR TERMINATION OF CHARTER.—
    6         (g)1. If a charter is terminated or a charter school closes
    7  before the end of a school year or within 3 years after
    8  beginning operations and, after a specific finding by the school
    9  district of material fraud, disregard of generally accepted
   10  accounting principles, or of intentional malfeasance by an
   11  applicant for the charter, the charter school owner, the charter
   12  school president, charter school governing board members, and
   13  the relatives of such owner, upon findings made by the school
   14  district, the applicant for the charter, the charter school
   15  owner, the charter school president, the charter school
   16  governing board members, and the relatives of such owner,
   17  president, or governing board member may not submit an
   18  application to open a charter school in this state pursuant to
   19  subsection (6) for a period of 5 years after the termination of
   20  the charter or closure of the charter school. The applicant for
   21  the charter, the charter school owner, the charter school
   22  president, the charter school governing board members, and the
   23  relatives of such owner, president, or governing board member,
   24  may appeal to the charter appeals commission the school
   25  district’s finding of material fraud, intentional malfeasance,
   26  or disregard of generally accepted accounting principles.
   27         2. If a charter school owner, a charter school president, a
   28  member of a charter school governing board, a charter management
   29  organization, or an education management organization is
   30  convicted of a crime, including, but not limited to, material
   31  fraud or serious financial theft offenses, misrepresentation,
   32  fraud, or misappropriation related to the operation of a charter
   33  school, that owner, president, or governing board member,
   34  including any relatives of such individuals, or the charter
   35  management organization or the education management
   36  organization, may not submit an application to open a charter
   37  school in this state pursuant to subsection (6) for a period of
   38  10 years after such conviction.
   39  
   40  For the purpose of this paragraph, the term “relative” has the
   41  same meaning as specified in subparagraph (24)(a)2.
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   44  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   45  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   46         Delete line 467
   47  and insert:
   48         Section 4. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (7) and
   49  paragraph (g) is added to subsection (8) of
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete line 16
   54  and insert:
   55         Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; authorizing
   56         certain charter school applicants to open charter
   57         schools before a specified timeframe and after
   58         approval; prohibiting specified individuals and
   59         entities from submitting an application to open a
   60         charter school for specified periods of time; defining
   61         the term “relative” for the purpose of applying the
   62         prohibition; amending s.