District School Board Exclusive Authority to Sponsor Charter Schools

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-6.0783: District School Board Exclusive Authority to Sponsor Charter Schools

NOTICE OF CORRECTION

Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 33 No. 20, May 18, 2007 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Based on staff recommendations subsection (1) and paragraphs (1)(d) and (2)(c) are amended to read:

(1) A written resolution adopted by the district school board and indicating intent to retain exclusive authority to authorize charter schools within the geographic boundaries of the district must be submitted by the district school board on or before March 1 of the fiscal year prior to the year exclusive authority is to be in effect. The written resolution shall be submitted to the Agency Clerk for the Department of Education, Room 1514, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400. Revisions to the initial application for exclusivity which was due March 1, 2007 must be received by the Agency Clerk within seven (7) days of by the effective date of this rule.

(d) The Department will confirm in writing receipt of the application and will inform the school district if the application fails to meet the procedural requirements of this subsection. The Department will accept a district’s revised application if it is received before the deadline as established in subsection (1) of this rule.

(2)(e) The Department will confirm in writing receipt of the written input and will inform the charter school if its submission fails to meet the procedural requirements of this subsection.