27497577 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

Florida Department of State and Division of Library and Information Services


Notice: 27497577
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

Division:	FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL


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	The Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME:	September 12, 2023, starting at 9:00 a.m., for the Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees Quarterly Meeting, during which time a “litigation shade meeting”/private attorney-client session will be conducted in accordance with section 286.011(8), Fla. Stat.

PLACE:	The Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees Quarterly Meeting, including the public portion of the litigation shade meeting/private attorney-client session noted below, will be livestreamed, and members of the public may observe/access the meeting online via the Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees YouTube page. The virtual meeting will be streamed directly to this YouTube channel. You can also access the meeting by using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSp-oyR-9hroo-cmIumUXCg Should you wish to comment during the public comment or hearing portion of the meeting, please dial 866-580-4071.

Subject:	This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the Florida Virtual School Board of Trustees and includes a litigation shade meeting/private attorney-client sessions as noted below. The Board will consider all matters properly presented to it, including (without exception) all such matters pertaining to Board Policy and Florida Virtual School operations, financing, staffing, governance, and other topics pertinent to the Florida Virtual School. The Board will also take formal and final agency action on all matters properly and timely presented to the Board. Attorney-Client As requested by FLVS’s General Counsel at the August 15, 2023, public Session meeting of the Board of Trustees, the litigation shade meeting/private attorney-client session conducted pursuant to section 286.011(8), Fla. Stat., is to obtain advice and discuss litigation strategy and expenditures regarding Florida Virtual School v. K12, Inc. and K12 Florida, LLC, currently pending before the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division) and assigned Case No. 6:20-cv-02354-GAP-EJK. It is anticipated that the approximate duration of this litigation shade meeting/private attorney-client session will be 30 minutes. Those persons speaking at or otherwise in attendance at the litigation shade meeting/private attorney-client session shall be limited to those persons permitted under section 286.011(8). Fla. Stat. Accordingly, it is anticipated that the following persons will be in attendance: Board of Trustees Member Linda Reiter, Chair Board of Trustees Member Rafael "Tony" Arza, Ph.D., Co-Chair Board of Trustees Member Robert Kornahrens Board of Trustees Member Edward Pozzuoli Board of Trustees Member Nercy Radcliffe Board Member John Watret, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Louis J. Algaze General Counsel Dr. David J. D’Agata Senior Assistant General Counsel Luis R. Guzman FLVS outside counsel Stephen Luther, Luther Law PLLC FLVS outside counsel Thomas E. Bishop, Bishop & Mills, PLLC Court Reporter Pursuant to Florida law, the entire attorney-client session shall be recorded by a certified court reporter. No portion of the attorney-client session shall be off the record. A copy of the transcript will be made part of Florida Virtual School’s public record after the litigation has concluded.


	A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Mr. Bruce Moore, Board Clerk, at 5422 Carrier Drive, Suite 201, Orlando, FL 32819; or at (407) 735-1191; or by email to bmoore@flvs.net. It may also be obtained via https://go.boarddocs.com/fla/flvs/Board.nsf/vpublic?open

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:	9/1/2023 Vol. 49/171


REFERENCE MATERIALS:	No reference(s).

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