Bill Text: FL S2262 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Charter Schools [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Died on Calendar [S2262 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S2262-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 2262 
 
By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Thrasher 
581-04933-10                                          20102262c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to charter virtual schools; creating 
3         s. 1002.46, F.S.; providing for the establishment of 
4         charter virtual schools; providing requirements for 
5         participation in the program; providing requirements 
6         for student eligibility; providing for funding; 
7         providing exceptions from certain requirements; 
8         providing an effective date. 
9 
10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
11 
12         Section 1. Section 1002.46, Florida Statutes, is created to 
13  read: 
14         1002.46 Charter virtual school.— 
15         (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—A charter virtual school shall be part 
16  of the state’s program of public education. 
17         (2) VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.—A provider of virtual instruction 
18  that has been approved by the Department of Education pursuant 
19  to s. 1002.45 and that has a charter school agreement approved 
20  by a district school board pursuant to s. 1002.33 may be 
21  established as a charter virtual school as provided in this 
22  section and may provide virtual instruction to students who 
23  reside in the district in which the charter is granted. 
24         (3) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A charter virtual school must 
25  meet the requirements of program definitions, provider 
26  qualifications, virtual instruction, contract requirements, 
27  student participation, and assessment and accountability as 
28  provided in s. 1002.45(1)(a) and (b), (2), (3), (4), (6), and 
29  (8). 
30         (4) STUDENT ELGIBILITY.—A charter virtual school may enroll 
31  a student who resides in the school district in which the 
32  charter is granted and meets the requirements of s. 
33  1002.45(5)(a), (b), or (c). 
34         (5) FUNDING.—Funding for a charter virtual school shall be 
35  through the Florida Education Finance Program as follows: 
36         (a) A full-time equivalent student shall be reported as 
37  required under s. 1011.61(1)(c)1.b.(III) or (IV). 
38         (b) A charter virtual school shall report its full-time 
39  equivalent students to the school district in which the charter 
40  is granted in the manner prescribed by the Department of 
41  Education. 
42         (c) School districts shall report charter virtual school 
43  full-time equivalent students to the Department of Education in 
44  the manner prescribed by the department and the eligible FTE 
45  shall be funded through the Florida Education Finance Program. 
46         (d) For each eligible full-time equivalent student reported 
47  by a charter virtual school and funded in the Florida Education 
48  Finance Program, the school district shall receive an annual 
49  allocation for operation which is equivalent to the funds per 
50  unweighted student as provided to the Florida Virtual School. 
51  This amount shall be included in the basic amount to be included 
52  for operation under the Florida Education Finance Program for 
53  each district; however, these payments and full-time equivalent 
54  students may not be used for any other calculation under the 
55  Florida Education Finance Program. The school district may 
56  retain an administrative fee pursuant to s. 1002.33(20)(a) prior 
57  to the distribution of funds to the charter virtual school. 
58         (6) EXCEPTIONS.—A charter virtual school is not required to 
59  meet the educational facilities or student transportation 
60  requirements for charter schools under s. 1002.33. 
61         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.