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The Florida Charter School Alliance has been a driving force behind major legislative victories that have advanced equity and opportunity for all public charter school students. Through relentless advocacy, we’ve secured shared access to tax dollars, fair and equitable student funding, and increased capital outlay support — all without compromising charter school autonomy or accountability.
 
As a member-funded, non-profit organization, all our legislative priorities (and wins) are driven by our member charter schools.

What we do for member schools:

  • Advocate
  • The only charter school association focused on charter schools’ legislative policy and environments in the state of Florida
  • Represent the charter school movement in Tallahassee to educate lawmakers and work to ensure funding and autonomy are protected without compromising accountability
  • Promote charter school successes at the federal, state, county, and city levels
  • Lead charter school/district mediation and funding dispute resolution efforts
  • Provide advocacy training workshops for school leaders, educators, and parents
  • Protect & Promote
  • Provide tailored crisis communications and media relations guidance to members
  • Celebrate educator excellence by hosting the Charter School Teacher of the Year program
  • Share the charter school movement’s successes statewide (movement grade link)
  • Respond swiftly to misinformation with accurate, fact-based reporting
  • Support
  • Offer a state-approved Professional Learning system with direct reporting of in-service points to FLDOE
  • Offer a Teacher/Principal Evaluation Tool to strengthen instructional leadership
  • Connect member schools to quality, cost-saving products and services through our online Marketplace
  • Help recruit quality governing board members  
  • Develop turnaround strategies for struggling schools
  • Provide critical ESE consulting services to school leaders
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Become an Alliance Member

Operating School

This level of membership is for a public charter school that has a contract with its authorizer and is educating students. Membership: $5/student per school year (based on October FTE). 

New School

This level of membership is for a public charter school that has a contract with its authorizer and has been educating students for 1 to 3 years. Membership: $3/student per school year (based on October FTE). 

Approved Applicant Membership

This membership is for a group whose charter application has been approved by an authorizer, but the school has not opened yet. Year membership: $250

Planning Group

This membership is for groups that plan to or are currently developing a charter school application. Year membership: $250
Groups or individuals planning to open a public charter school in Florida are encouraged to review the requirements established by the Florida Department of Education and determine the appropriate authorizer for submission—eitherthe school district in the county where the school will be located or the Florida Charter Institute.
 
Fee-based services available for planning groups include:
  • Initial Review
    An initial review of the application is conducted to ensure that all required components are complete and properly addressed.
  • Substantive Review
    A comprehensive evaluation of the application by an experienced, qualified reviewer. Detailed feedback and suggested revisions are provided to strengthen the application before submission to the authorizer.
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As a proud FCSA member school, you gain exclusive access to a suite of essential benefits designed to strengthen your school community, support your educators, and amplify your voice at the state and federal levels.
 
Your membership includes:
 
  • Direct Access to Florida’s State-Approved Professional Learning System
  • Access to Administrator/Educator Evaluation Tool
  • Expert Crisis Management & Media Relations guidance and support
  • Advocacy Training for principals, educators, and/or parents
  • Crisis & Media Relations Training for Administrators
  • Personalized Support with District/Authorizer Issues
  • Real-Time State and Federal Legislative Updates
  • Recognition Opportunities
  • Networking with Charter School Leaders Across Florida
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Discover how your FCSA membership supports your school every step of the way.

Contact Leicha at Leicha@flcharteralliance.org for more details.
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Marketplace Membership (Vendor)

This membership level is exclusively for vendors, suppliers or consultants that want to reach the Florida charter school market.
 
We partner with local and national vendors with a proven track record of working with and supporting quality public charter schools . The FCSA Marketplace is a trusted resource for our member school leaders and governing board members when making purchasing decisions.

As a Marketplace Partner, your company benefits include:

  • Company profile and logo on the FCSA Marketplace webpage
  • Ads, marketing materials included in FCSA e-newsletter*
  • Opportunity to distribute webinar or other marketing information to members via FCSA e-newsletter, social media and emails to member schools.
  • Opportunities to showcase your company at FCSA booth at the annual state charter schools conference*
  • Regional sponsorship opportunities to meet charter school operators and school leaders
  • Opportunity to be a guest on Providing Choice, a FCSA podcast
  • Access to members-only e-newsletter
  • Priority mention by FCSA staff to schools seeking services and products
  • Access to FCSA team leaders who can address your general questions about charter schools, and policy/regulations
  • Opportunity to connect with key school leaders and decision makers via personalized introductions
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* All ads, promotional and marketing materials/content must be provided by the Marketplace partner. Publication and/or distribution dates of all materials will be determined partner and an FCSA team member. Marketplace partners are encouraged to provide our team with materials to promote your products and services.
 
** Membership does not include booth space at the annual Florida Charter School Conference hosted by the Florida Department of Education every fall. Exhibitor information for the state conference is available at www.charterschoolconference.com.
 
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