FCSA Legislative Update – November 13, 2015

Preparations for the 2016 legislative session have begun and the FCSA is busy tracking bills that impact educational choice and charter schools. In an effort to keep you informed about the upcoming session, we will provide you with frequent updates and links to those bills.

The legislative session will convene on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. We have a long way to go before any bill language is finalized, however, the summaries and links below give you a good idea of where we are right now. Please contact us if you have questions about any proposed legislation or the upcoming legislative session.

 

SB 0830 – Relating to School Choice by Senator Stargel

School Choice; Revising the required contents of a charter school application; providing for the automatic termination of a charter under certain conditions; specifying that certain limits on the number of charter schools established do not apply under certain circumstances; authorizing certain entities to apply for status as a High-Impact Charter Network; revising charter school eligibility requirements for funding allocations, etc.

 

SB0808 – Relating to Charter Schools by Senator Brandes

Charter Schools; Authorizing a municipal governing authority to become a charter school sponsor in the municipality over which the municipal governing authority has jurisdiction; requiring a municipal governing authority to make timely and efficient payment and reimbursement to charter schools; deleting a provision that prohibits high-performing charter schools from establishing more than one charter school in any given year, etc.

 

House Choice & Innovation Subcommittee meeting

The House Choice & Innovation Subcommittee will meet on Tuesday, November 17th at 1:00 p.m. A draft bill relating to school choice is going to be discussed during the meeting. For the committee packet and full text of bill Click here.  You can watch a LIVE STREAM of the meeting on http://thefloridachannel.org

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