(1) The commission shall consist of seven members who have charter school experience, selected by the State Board of Education and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The commissioner shall designate one member as the chair. Each member shall be appointed to a 4-year term. However, for the purpose of achieving staggered terms, of the initial appointments, three members shall be appointed to 2-year terms and four members shall be appointed to 4-year terms. All subsequent appointments shall be for 4-year terms. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum.
(2) The commission has the same powers and duties as sponsors pursuant to s. 1002.33 in regard to reviewing and approving charter schools.
(3) The Department of Education shall contract with a college or university to provide administrative and technical assistance to the commission by reviewing and providing an analysis of charter school applications submitted to the commission.
(4) The district school board of the school district in which the proposed charter school will be located shall be the sponsor of and supervisor for the new charter school and shall provide an initial proposed charter contract to the charter school pursuant to s. 1002.33(7)(b) within 30 calendar days after the commission’s decision granting an application.
(5) Within 3 calendar days after an applicant submits an application for a charter school to the commission, the applicant must also provide a copy of the application to the school district in which the proposed charter school will be located. Within 30 calendar days after receiving a copy of the application, the school district may provide input to the commission on a form prescribed by the department. The commission must consider such input in reviewing the application.
(6) The decisions of the commission may be appealed in accordance with s. 1002.33(6)(c).
(7) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement this section.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2022-144.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code
Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices
Part III - Educational Choice (Ss. 1002.31-1002.40)
1002.31 - Controlled open enrollment; public school parental choice.
1002.3105 - Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) options.
1002.311 - Single-gender programs authorized.
1002.32 - Developmental research (laboratory) schools.
1002.3301 - Charter School Review Commission.
1002.3305 - College-Preparatory Boarding Academy Pilot Program for at-risk students.
1002.331 - High-performing charter schools.
1002.332 - High-performing charter school system.
1002.333 - Persistently low-performing schools.
1002.334 - Innovative Blended Learning and Real-Time Student Assessment Pilot Program.
1002.34 - Charter technical career centers.
1002.35 - New World School of the Arts.
1002.36 - Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
1002.37 - The Florida Virtual School.
1002.38 - Opportunity Scholarship Program.
1002.39 - The John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program.
1002.391 - Auditory-oral education programs.
1002.394 - The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.