Bill Text: FL S1762 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Charter Schools/Maximum Class Size [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 [S1762 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1762-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1762 
        
       By Senator Thrasher 
       8-01363A-10                                           20101762__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to charter schools; amending s. 
    3         1002.33, F.S.; requiring that a charter school comply 
    4         with the maximum class size requirements in s. 1, Art. 
    5         IX of the State Constitution; providing that the 
    6         calculation for compliance with the maximum class size 
    7         requirements be the average at the school level; 
    8         providing an effective date. 
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section 
   13  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
   14         1002.33 Charter schools.— 
   15         (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.— 
   16         (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance 
   17  with the following statutory and constitutional provisions 
   18  statutes: 
   19         1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and 
   20  records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties. 
   21         2. Chapter 119, relating to public records. 
   22         3. Section 1, Art. IX of the State Constitution, relating 
   23  to the maximum class size requirements. The calculation for 
   24  compliance shall be the average at the school level. 
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.